re: Connor Shaw and Da Bears: Shaw vs Hoyer (article)

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Honest question.

What else were they going to do with him?

Especially with the injury he just went through?

Could they have cut him? I've never seen a player in that situation happen.

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IF they had not put him on IR, then technically they could have sent him to injured-waivers, and if nobody claimed him, he would've defaulted back to them and they couldn've cut him. He would then have the opportunity to go for a settlement, since the injury was team/game related, and he would've got some $ anyways.

However, this IR path is the best possible outcome he could've had with this injury. IR is a limited count/roster for each team. If they put the IR tag on him, it means they're thinking about him coming back this season and/or for a longer term. Basically it shows that they're putting up $ to keep him under contract.

Here is a great link that explains IR and what it entails.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-0928-ask-farmer-20140928-story.html