The NFL has finally made a major change to how teams handle the injured reserve list in the preseason.
Before, teams had to keep injured players on the initial 53-man roster to be eligible to play in the regular season. If a player was placed on IR during the preseason, he was ineligible to play for that team in the regular season.
Now, teams can place up to two players on IR, the physically unable to perform list, or the non-football injury list before cutting the roster to 53 players and still be eligible to return to the active roster.