League Rules State:
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10. Injured Reserve
Each team has a maximum of two (2) injured reserve slots. For a player to be put on IR he must be listed as Questionable, Doubtful or Out on any NFL.com weekly injury reports. Suspended players are NOT eligible for the IR. Any player placed on IR must remain on IR for a minimum of 4 weeks. By the start of the next rookie draft, each franchise must clear IR and have no more than sixteen players on their roster. Once a player is placed on IR, the club can pick up another player but they must go through the free agent channel as with any other pick up.
When a player is placed on IR, 50% of their salary will count against your cap (either active or DS, depending where the player was before the IR move), teams will also receive 1 temporary "contract year". This temporary year may be used at the discretion of the team for signing a replacement, etc. As soon as the injured player is removed from IR, the temporary year is revoked and the team must immediately return its roster to a total of 36 contract years.
The 1st available date will be a flexible date each year that basically commences the day after the 3rd pre-season games end (4th for the few teams that play 5). This will be approximately 7-10 days before the NFL regular season kicks off.
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From NFL.com (
http://www.nfl.com/injuries):
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* NFL.com is currently not tracking preseason injuries. Please check back during the regular season.
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The Ravens officially placed Terrell Suggs on the PUP list this morning (
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/...4-3da881fd7ae3) but since NFL.com isn't reporting any injury news yet, does that mean Suggs is still not IR eligible? If so, what happens when NFL.com doesn't report Suggs on their injury list since he is on the PUP list and not on an active roster?