This spring, the NFL owners approved a change in the rules, and Collective Bargaining Agreement, allowing teams to place a player on the injured reserve list in training camp, then remove him later in the season. Under the old system, whenever a player was placed on injured reserve, their season was over, even if they could have been cleared to play late in the season.
With the new system, one player a year per team could be placed on IR, then removed later, meaning teams would not have to try to decide between carrying an injured player on their roster throughout the season hoping he would recover. Last season, the Indinapolis Colts kept quarterback Peyton Manning on the roster, intially hoping he would be cleared to return at some point during the season.
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