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NFL Announces Rule Change for Players Returning from Injured Reserve in 2024 Season

The NFL and NFL Players Association agreed to slightly altered injured reserve rules for the 2024 season that will allow teams to "designate for return" an additional two players in the postseason, alongside the already permitted eight players in the regular season, per NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.

If a team hasn't designated any players for return during the regular season, it could do so for up to 10 players in the postseason. If it has hit its eight-player limit during the regular season, it would only be granted two additional designations in the playoffs.