Proposed New Rule/Bylaw changes

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I never understood the point of having a player on IR being done for the season. Why don't they have an injury policy more like MLB with a 30-60-90-120 day injury list. That allows players hurt in preseason to contribute down the stretch. I guess stashing could be an issue but the way its done now is kinda dumb.

From what I remember, other teams used to complain about Joe Gibbs in the 80's "stashing" players away on IR who weren't really "hurt". Don't know if that's the reason for the current IR rules or not, but I do think it's kind of crazy to force someone on IR for the entire season if they can technically comeback before season's end and be healthy.