The National Football League made some rule changes on Wednesday, with one of the most significant coming to Injured Reserve eligibility. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, players must be held out for at least four games before being allowed to return from the IR.
The NFL and NFLPA locked in some rules for the 2022 season recently. Among them: Eight players per team can return from injured reserve and other reserve lists as detailed below. Four games must have elapsed before a player can return. pic.twitter.com/EiUoTE8YgI
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) May 25, 2022
Last season injured players were able to return to the lineup after missing three games rather than four which was much better for fantasy general managers waiting for their biggest producers to come back.