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Can you please show me these cases? Players are put on IR all the time and get healthy late in the season but teams need the roster spots. This is not a case for a grievance as the Bills did nothing wrong and Hopkins is getting paid full salary.

 

There's no rule requiring a season-ending injury to be put on IR.

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I think there is something to this. I believe you are correct, there have been cases in the past, but I'll have to do some research. A player was healthy enough to play after being IR'd and negotiated his release. But I don't see this happening with him.

I believe you are correct, Kolb could do this if his brains unscramble and the Dr's clear him but not back to the Bills,
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Sturgis was the other rookie kicker i wanted them to draft (out of Florida). He went to Miami and is kicking pretty well....although he was wide left on a 51 yarder at the buzzer that would've sent the Ravens game into OT on Sunday.

I think Hopkins is the long-term kicker here someday. They won't give up on him...it's just too bad he got hurt and the replacement is kicking well enough to keep the Bills from rushing him back.

 

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I believe you are correct, Kolb could do this if his brains unscramble and the Dr's clear him but not back to the Bills,

 

Teams can reach an injury settlement with a player who they placed on IR. Subsequently, the player can then go on to play for another team in the same season.

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Once Hopkins is healthy, he can request to be released from IR with a settlement in order to go play for another team this season. The last time I recall this happening for the Bills was with Troy Vincent probably like 10 years back. IIRC he made the request, we had no choice to comply since he was healthy enough to play and he went on to play for the Redskins the rest of the year. The CBA has changed so this may have been altered since then.

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Once Hopkins is healthy, he can request to be released from IR with a settlement in order to go play for another team this season. The last time I recall this happening for the Bills was with Troy Vincent probably like 10 years back. IIRC he made the request, we had no choice to comply since he was healthy enough to play and he went on to play for the Redskins the rest of the year. The CBA has changed so this may have been altered since then.

This is a pretty informative thread from this link. You're right, the CBA has changed so maybe IR rules have too. Interestingly, when Vincent went to IR, the Bills brought up Jim Leonhard.

http://philly.sportscolumn.com/archive/index.php/t-2406.html

 

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