Saints IR promising rookies

Is it really against the rules though?

I mean, how do you define injury?
Belichick fools with his injury list every week.

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Is it really against the rules though?

I mean, how do you define injury?
Belichick fools with his injury list every week.

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Is trying to knock players out of the game bc they are in too much pain against the rules? It is now.

I doubt the NFL would really be able to prove this. If any team were hypothetically putting non-injured players on IR, they wouldn't be doing it against the players wishes. The players would have to agree to the designation or else they could just go blow the whistle and say either put me on the roster, put me on the PS, or release me.

I think these players are agreeing to the designation to get paid for a redshirt year to improve their chances next year.

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just b/c the players agree doesn't mean the NFL approves of it.

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You're right. But how would they prove it. If the players agree, then they would say "yeah, I'm hurt". And obviously the team wouldn't incriminate themselves. So there would need to be a whistle blower of some sort.

I doubt this is a big deal to anyone. It's not like we are stashing players that are in high demand.

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medical records would show if someone is actually injured

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that's kind of iffy, really. All these guys have various sprains, contusions and pulled muscles (even the "healthy" players). It's hard to quantify how bad they are.

For example, take Mark Ingram (and forget for a second all the bitching and complaints about him). He's a pretty big, physical back who ran with power in college. Early last season, he apparently had a foot/toe injury, something mild enough that he got past the trainers and team doctors (because he wanted to play through it). Nothing, apparently, so serious that you'd have the coach or front office say "you're hurt, you HAVE to sit". But the guy was ineffective, no power at all... remember the Tampa game where a corner stuffed him 1 on 1.
Look at later that season, Dallas game on... he might not always have made the best cuts, but it would take 2-3 players to wrap him up, and a lot of times he'd still be upright when the whistle blew. There was a clear difference.

Let's say you get a player losing effectiveness like that, but instead of a 1st rd pick counted on to start, he's a marginal roster player, one who won't see the field that much even if healthy. You don't see anything clear on the x-rays, but you know the first 2 weeks of camp he was turning heads, and now he's crumpling on contact... you can IR him if you choose. You don't HAVE to cut him, or keep him active.

The Saints aren't the only team that does this.

Bountygate is over with, why even bring it up again this season

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that's kind of iffy, really. All these guys have various sprains, contusions and pulled muscles (even the "healthy" players). It's hard to quantify how bad they are.

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It doesn't have to be bad. I don't think there is anything wrong with putting a guy on IR who is expected to only miss a week or two. Sometimes, the demands of fielding maintaining a 53 man roster force you to put a guy on IR when otherwise you would not.

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medical records would show if someone is actually injured

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Not if they hired Lois Lerner