It has been a busy week for the Dallas Cowboys as far as roster construction is concerned. On Tuesday the team had to drop from 90 to 85 players per NFL rules, and truly said goodbye to only two of them. This is because the Cowboys placed Reggie Robinson and Sewo Olonilua on injured reserve and applied the waived/injured designation to Anthony Hines.
Hines cleared waivers on Wednesday which means that he is now part of the team’s injured reserve. This is commonly viewed as a method of “stashing” players by NFL teams as those placed on injured reserve before the regular season begins must stay there until the season is over.