I propose we expand IR to 2 spots

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My vote is no. With as many teams as we have 2 IR's would depleate the player pool by that much more.

I also voted no. Keep in mind also folks the IR is ONLY for players listed on IR in the NFL. Also, the salary cap for the IR player is still active..so you get no salary break by using IR.

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But you get an extra roster spot if a couple of your regular's go down for the season. It will not be uncommon for teams to have move then 1 IR'd player by the end of the season. If you don't ,that is good for you b/c you don't deal with the injuries. If your start to eat up your active spots with guys on IR, your depth in a league this size will take a huge hit quickly and your ability to field a compeitive team will so as well. In the NFL their is no limit to the # of guys they can IR, don't see why ours would be at 1 if we are trying to make it like your running an NFL team.

This is not a huge deal either way, just tryign to add some flexibility to the guy who gets hit by the injury train.

i voted yes for the flexibility but dont see this as a big deal. for one, i dont see a ton of teams having 2 important players go on IR. and two (more importantly) its really not like youre going to go get that 20th guy on your roster, have him be better than all the guys on both practice squads, and have him make a difference in week 10 or 12. not likely.

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I voted yes as well. It matters little to me, but i think the possibility of losing two marquee players is a legit possibility, and we should allow teams to put both of them on the IR to open up roster spots for replacements.

Only 11 votes here. If we don't get the rest voted soon, this will be put on hold till next year.

I voted no, I have used IR in the past and from what I have seen one spot will be more than enough.

I'm a bit torn on this one. I could see the potential use for 2 spots, but before I vote... how does the IR affect the salary cap $ and Years? Looking at the rules... I'm going to vote no. One spot should be enough.

From the rules: "Each team will be restricted to a $125,000 salary cap. A team’s total salary cap number is made up of the total salaries of all of the players on the team’s active roster, IR, and any cap penalties the team has incurred."

and "Similar to but separate from the salary cap, a team’s contract cap number is the total number of years obtained by adding up the contract years associated with each of the players on a team’s active roster and IR."

But I think this says it all. "
Injured Reserve:
Each team has been provided one IR slot. A player may only be put on IR if that player is placed on the official NFL injured reserve list. As soon as the NFL removes a player from the IR the team owner must remove that player within one week. If the player’s owner does not remove the player after one week the player will automatically be moved to an empty roster slot by the commissioner or asst. commissioner. If no empty roster slots are available for that player then the player will be released. You may not acquire a player from free agency via waivers to fill your IR spot. A player on your IR at the end of the season may be designated a franchise player, but a player on IR must be removed from the IR after contracts are cycled by the commissioner. A player still counts against the contract and salary caps while on the IR."

The spots on your IR will still count against the cap and against the years. All the IR spot does is allow teams who have 2 players out for the season to replace them with a WW pick-up, the impact will be minimal. You will still need the space to sign the extra player in both money and years.

well we got 9 votes here now for the yes so i guess it passed.

does anyone know how the IR really works in the nfl? i was thinking that the salary counts half or some discounted amount for that season. it seems like that would be a good rule to consider maybe.

While I appreciate the verve to make this exactly like the NFL...I do request some of you keep in mind the amount of work needed to keep up on all this and watch caps and all.

We passed the rule for expanded IR...lets not make me work too hard...K?

I like it as is for now and agree with Phic we need to keep it somewhat simple.

2 IR is cool, gives you a shot to at least have a full active roster if 2 go down for the year.

im not going to push for it, but i dont think it overcomplicates things too much. i bet that you'll wish you had agreed to this when LJ goes on the IR this year and you wish he only took up 20 grand of your cap instead of 40. it would be nice if one of your big time stars goes down just because it gives you some flexibility to make a couple moves for expiring contracts and try to still contend.

on a related note, is a player on IR tradable? lets say my #1 pick goes on IR in week 4, but then i get an offer i cant refuse by like week 8 for the guy. is that tough luck?

Can you trade a player from IR, yes. Can you acquire a player in trade to put on IR, no. I am pretty sure that is called out in the rules.

so if you trade for them, they must be kept on the active roster?

Yep.