blade Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I just saw on espn that the Bucs had 3 weeks to activate Caddilac Williams, so he must have been placed on the IR. I'm not exactly sure how the IR works. I had heard that that once a person was placed on IR they were out for the year. The reason I ask is because we are getting thin at l.b. with Digi getting hurt and all and I was wondering if that means Crowell could still be brought back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 from what I remember thers different versions of IR..some are full season and some are shorter..but on the shorter one the player has to be put back into reg 53 man roster b4 a certain time or he is out for the whole year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I'm pretty sure Cadillac was on the PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) List, not the IR. That means he has to sit out the first six games of the season and then after that, the team has until Week 10 to activate him or lose him for the remainder of the year. As far as I know, IR is an absolute season ender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonInBuffalo Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 If someone gets placed on IR, per league rules they can't play for that team during the remainder of that season. However, if they have a doctor's opinion that they've recovered to the point where they can play, they can file a grievance via the NFLPA to force the team to release them. That's essentially what happened with Steve Christie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I'm pretty sure Cadillac was on the PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) List, not the IR. That means he has to sit out the first six games of the season and then after that, the team has until Week 10 to activate him or lose him for the remainder of the year. As far as I know, IR is an absolute season ender. ok yea..this is what I was thinking..theres PUP and IR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrite Gal Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 If someone gets placed on IR, per league rules they can't play for that team during the remainder of that season. However, if they have a doctor's opinion that they've recovered to the point where they can play, they can file a grievance via the NFLPA to force the team to release them. That's essentially what happened with Steve Christie. This is also the way that the Troy Vincent situation went down a couple of years back. If he is judged healed by his docs it would seem reasonable that he could file a grievance to come back and that the team would not be able to sign him unless he cleared waivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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