Loading ...With less than a week to go until the NFL regular season kicks off, the NFL and NFLPA have agreed on several rule changes and new rules that have been lingering undefined since the lockout was ended last year. Among them is an alteration to the Injured Reserve (IR) rule, which now allows for one player to be designated to short-term IR. In other words, it will not mean the end to his season.
There are some very specific rules within the rule, however. Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger (soon to be USA Today) was kind enough to break them down:
- Only one player per team is allowed the short-term IR exception per season.
- Short-term IR is not transferable, so if a player suffers a set-back or is shut down for the season, the team can't slide someone else into his position.
- The team must determine and announce if an Injured Reserve player is on short-term IR at the moment of his designation.
- For this season, the player must be on the 53-man roster as of 4:00 PM EST on Tuesday in order to be available for short-term IR designation.
- Because this new rule was passed so late in the season, teams can move one player currently on IR to short-term IR by 9:00 PM Friday. This will not be allowed during any other season.
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin liked the new short-term IR rule, but would not indicated when or if the team would use it. Both cornerback Terrell Thomas and defensive tackle Shaun Rogers seem like likely candidates for it, and Rogers would completely understand it if he ended up there.
"I'm a big boy. I can handle it," Rogers said.
In addition to the short-term IR rule, the NFL moved the trade deadline back from October 16th to October 30th. So rather than having to figure out buyers and sellers just after week six, teams will now have until just after week eight to decide. All in all, it's a good decision by the NFL and may result in more trades across the league.
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Right now it seems like it makes the most sense for Rogers.
Austin appears to be getting better, although he’s probably unavailable until around week 3-4 even if his back is better by next week. Thomas is a very tough case. If they designate him and then he gets hurt again they wasted the designation (as someone noted earlier). He claims he can go soon, but apparently the Giants’ doctors aren’t buying that. They can carry him on the roster hoping he’s ready in a few weeks after he starts running and if he isn’t then IR him if necessary. They can use their designation on him on Tuesday. Or they can waive him figuring that a year after the Eagles got snookered by Steve Smith no teams around the league are going to trust their medical staff when they say the Giants’ staff was wrong and he can play this season.
I could see Belichick claiming him just to keep him from the Giants, as could the Eagles, Cowboys or Skins, but it’s unlikely because each of those teams is making tough cuts now and probably doesn’t want to make space on their roster for someone who cannot help them quickly.
Tough decision all around. And whatever they decide could easily come back to haunt them.
T2 would definitely be claimed. Not a chance he would go unclaimed. A 27 year-old cornerback who has proven to be productive?
In a year that an unproven wide receiver coming off an ACL tear (Ryan Broyles) was drafted in the second round, TT would certainly be claimed.
I think it is also ridiculous to think that the Giants will cut TT, and that he will be waiting around later in the year for the reasons outlined above. TT will probably contribute before the season is halfway done, and the Giants aren’t cutting a productive player who they just signed to an extension. Not to mention he would be scooped up very soon. It’s not happening.
T2 has 2 tears and a “strain” to the same ACL. At the age of 27.
Not even kind of close to a 20 year old WR with 1 tear during college.
Agreed
Wow, Goddell only gave Britt a game. Not sure how this whole suspension thing works.
Be a hardened criminal = 1 game
Take a pill to get over public speaking fears = Ermagerhd 4 games!
It’s an absolute joke. I cannot believe how a guy who has been in trouble with the law on several occasions gets 1 game (which he was going to be inactive for anyway!) while Sash gets 4 over something that wasn’t taken in order to give him a competitive edge. Risk killing people by driving drunk or take some adderall to get over anxiety. Obviously Sash is a menace to society.
8 arrests 1 dui
To be fair, David Diehl will not be suspended at all for that time he “risk[ed] killing people by driving drunk.”
That’s the problem…there’s no objective system. It’s all subjective. Not good.
P.S.- Welcome back dude
Thx. Be spotty with posting but will chime in.
How’s the Ojomo vibe?
I think it’s impossible to cut the guy now. The coaches seemed to really like him and I think he’s done too much to not be on the team now. He really was impressive.
I think Tracy’s out of a job.
Just looked at Garafola’s and Castillo’s final 53
Both cut Ware and keep Brown and Scott
Each keep 6 WR including Barden and Jernigan
Garafola cuts Tracy in favor of Ojomo and cuts Kuhn in favor of Thomas
Castillo keeps both Tracy and Ojomo and Kuhn over Thomas
I’m pulling for Castillo
I’d cut Tracy and keep both Mojo Ojomo and Marshall. Keep Kuhn
Granola keeps 8 LBs including Jones
Castillo keeps 7 cutting Jones
I don’t think Kuhn nor Thomas should be cut. Both are still pretty young, have upside, and do a solid job. I loved Tracy’s promise early on…but I don’t think he’ll last now. I certainly wouldn’t keep him over Kuhn, Thomas, or Ojomo right now. Greg Jones has shown more promise as of late…but I’d rather cut him if it meant keeping others like the three mentioned above.
Let me chime in about what FF55 said earlier about DJ Ware and Andre Brown.
Your comments were not shocking, as I’ve made similar ones in the past. I like Brown a lot, and think that he could very well be as good, or very likely slightly better, than DJ Ware.
But let’s be honest. Fumbles and blown blocking assignments don’t earn you jobs on a Coughlin-led team. We’re not going to cut Ware, right or wrong, in favor of any of what Andre Brown or Da’Rel Scott *could be* at some later date. Today, they’re not as good as Ware at what we expect of our #3 RB–blitz pickup and reliability in the passing game. Again, I believe that next year, both of these guys could very well bump Ware, and perhaps even Bradshaw, off this team. But not today, and not tomorrow.
Supposedly they love Tracy. I wouldn’t cut him. Cut two of Brown Scott or Ware
Cut one of Barden or Jernigan
We don’t need 4 RBs on the roster; we don’t need 6 WRs
Osi walks after this season; Tuck’s health is always a serious issue
We need quality DE depth; it’s who we are
We have that depth on our roster right now and by all accounts it’s got great potential. You can’t let either guy go.
We kept 4 rb’s last year. 7 wr’s. Barden and JJ are safe. I don’t care how much they supposedly love Tracy, he’s constantly hurt, a project and still just a 6th rd pick. They waived him last year only to sign him to practice squad. I believe he’ll be odd man out.
Disagree. Even if they keep Ware they don’t need 4 backs on the roster and we really don’t need to carry 6 WRs
Keep quality over depth
Guess its always good to have Derek Hagan on speed dial? Nicks is good to miss 1-4 games. Just one of those guys. Hix has knee problems, Barden is injury prone, randle is unknown, JJ is a question mark…. Etc.
Ugh….here we go with the “Nicks misses games….Nicks is a p*ssy” stuff.
You’ve been back for, what, 2 hours?
Nicks and Cruz are rocks. I’m personally not a huge Hixon fan. But we have Randal. Jernigan and Barden are both garbage unless and until they prove otherwise in real live regular season action. If we cut them now no one is going to pick them up. And even if someone does, if we ever get down to a point where we need to rely on both of them, the competitive part of the season is toast anyway
I can’t abide keeping depth for the fear of disaster over obvious and potentially terrific potential
Ojomo and Tracy stay; one of bardan or Jernigan goes; 2 of Brown Scott and Ware go
Any combo is fine
LOL…so you’re saying we keep Nicks, Cruz, Randle and Hixon.
4 WRs.
Are you f*cking high tonight, Stoll? Am I going to have to beat your **** around G101 on Demo’s behalf?
Kuj. I luv ya man, but work on those math skills; I said one of, not both, Barden or Jernigan go
Thats5 WRs, not 4
Return to your regularly scheduled pot imbibing party
“Jernigan and Barden are both garbage unless and until they prove otherwise in real live regular season action. If we cut them now no one is going to pick them up.”
Your words. Did you say them elsewhere?
And I’ve never once ever smoked pot. I stick to scotch, beer and red wine.
Dont even get me started on How 32 teams were wrong about Mr. Vontaze Burfict. ;)
Lol. Not saying hes a pu$$y, saying he just gets hurt. Wish it wasn’t like that but…
As opposed to other players, who DON’T get hurt…
I don’t think Scott, Scott, or Ware offer much at all. I realize that Wilson is untested and Bradshaw is hurt a lot…but worst case scenario I think we could pick up a street free agent to do what those 3 guys could do. I think Tracy is better than many linemen that would be available. I’m curious about how they’ll handle WRs. Is it too early to give up on Jernigan? He hasn’t shown much yet, but he also hasn’t been targeted that much either. I think it’s impossible to cut Barden after the last 2 games and since Hixon is always hurt we’d need the depth there since the next guy in the pecking order is unproven as well (Randle).
Anyone catch Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican Convention? Strangest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot of strange things. I like Clint (met him a few times out in Carmel). But he was way out in space with that one.
They do have medical marijuana in California…
Just sayin’.
When I learned Clint Eastwood was going to make an appearance at the RNC, the LAST thing I thought I’d see was a 12 minute stand-up routine featuring extended sight-gag where one of the greatest actors and directors of our time traded barbs with an empty stool.
So you’re telling me a rich, old, white male was a featured speaker at the RNC?
Also lots of black and Hispanic men and women of various socio-economic, religious and political backgrounds.
But yeah, keep being a moron.
He used humor to make a point and he was great at it.
I love Eastwood but he fumfered and stuttered and though he was making a good point and had some funny stuff, I felt uncomfortable watching him.
As for the roster I wouold cut Tracy and Ware keep Scott and Brown. Scott has been contributing on ST’s and Coughlin Praised him.
Does TT have too much experience to be claimed? Or does his time on IR not count towards 4 years that would make him an unrestricted free agent?
Not that this would ever happen.
I believe you are correct. He wouldn’t be placed on waivers, he’d be released straight-up and be a street free agent entitled to an injury settlement.
Each year TC and JR do something really creative in the final path to 53. I’m betting T2 is this year’s object of that creativity.
Sean Rogers can be released with an injury settlement and then re-signed when healthy. Same goes for T2, I believe.
Seems to me that the new IR rule is best suited for players who could be claimed off waivers, or who might walk to another team rather than re-sign.
Roster in a nutshell:
Brown or Scott
Jones or Paysinger
2 of Tracy/Kuhn/Ojomo
or create additional spots by moving Austin and/or T2 off the roster.
I see McCants being waived and later signed to PS.
Cordle gets final OL spot, at least until a better interior lineman shows up on the waiver wire.
I think the balance of the roster is pretty well set. We’ll know soon enough.