Quote:You really think he didn't? If Doss was going to be back in two weeks, it might have made sense to just keep him on the active roster. If he's going to be out until week eight, it probably makes more sense to shut him down and have him available next season than to carry dead weight on the roster for half the season in hopes that he can contribute late in the year.


Colvin's on reserve/NFI, not IR-Return. IR-Return can only be applied to a single player per season, whereas (apparently, I didn't know this until Colvin) a player on reserve/NFI can be activated after a set amount of time if they're healthy.


Pretty sure the in-season limit is 80, not 90, for a total of 17 players on reserve lists. I know that reserve/retired doesn't count against the 80, and I doubt that reserve/suspended or reserve/left squad do, but the various health-related reserve lists definitely do. I recall Coughlin bumping into this limit in his later years here, and having to release guys from IR and run with five guys on the practice squad.

It's hard to find exact numbers but I know the have recently changed the amount of players a team has from 80 to 90 pre active roster cuts that's where 27 came from. And they have different designations that I didn't really feel like getting into but you are correct about Colvin.


What has made it more complicated is they changed the IR rules. Prior to 2012 if you were on IR you were done for the year. Since they changed it all these extra exemptions have come into play which are all almost the aNd thing but slight differences like NFI and pup list or who has the return designation from IR

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