While the NFL earlier this week approved a further expansion of the Designated to Return numbers for Injured Reserve, expanding the number of players who could be brought back from two to three, there was another proposal pertaining to the rule that did not pass through the owners meeting.
It did not fail a vote, either, though. It was tabled, to be revisited later. The proposal was that a player would not have to be included on the initial 53-man roster in order to be eligible for the return designation. And it’s one that I very much hope the league quickly reconsiders and puts into place in time for the start of the 2020 season.