The NFL has informed the NFLPA that it has finalized the rules for designating players to return from injured reserve in 2024. Teams will have a maximum of eight designations during the regular season, the same as last year, but will also receive two additional designations in the postseason. .
If a team has not exhausted its eight regular season assignments, it may carry them into the postseason for a total of 10 assignments.
Players can return from the injured reserve list a total of two times, including the postseason.
The Lions have proposed allowing unlimited IR returns in the postseason.
Detroit also proposed allowing teams to place two players on injured reserve on the day of the initial roster reduction to 53 players. Previously, players had to spend at least one day on the 53-man roster to be eligible for activation from injured reserve at the end of the year.
The NFL approved this change.
Injured players still need to miss four games before returning from the list.
