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Week 5 Injured Reserve Return Tracker

October 3, 2023 by Pro Football Rumors

After a 2022 rule change, teams can activate up to eight players from injured reserve. That has reintroduced some strategy into how franchises proceed with their activations, and teams will again need to be cognizant of their activation counts in 2023.

The NFL had reintroduced IR-return options in the 2010s, after a period in which an IR move meant a player’s season was over. But the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the league to loosen restrictions on IR from 2020-21. Teams were permitted to use unlimited activations to start the decade, but roster math is again a consideration.

Players who land on IR after cutdown day must miss at least four games. Once a team designates a player for return, the activation clock starts. Clubs have 21 days from a player’s return-to-practice date to activate that player. If no activation commences in that window, the player reverts to season-ending IR.

Week 5 represents the season’s first activation window, and teams are taking advantage of it early. Here is how this week’s IR situations look:

Arizona Cardinals

Eligible for activation:

  • OL Dennis Daley
  • OLB Myjai Sanders

Activations remaining: 8

Atlanta Falcons

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

Baltimore Ravens

Eligible for activation:

  • LB Malik Hamm
  • RB Keaton Mitchell
  • CB Damarion Williams

Activations remaining: 8

Buffalo Bills

Eligible for activation:

  • WR Justin Shorter
  • LB Baylon Spector

Activations remaining: 8

Carolina Panthers

Eligible for activation:

  • DE Marquis Haynes
  • TE Stephen Sullivan

Activations remaining: 8

Chicago Bears

Designated for return:

  • G Teven Jenkins (story)

Eligible for activation:

  • OL Doug Kramer

Activations remaining: 8

Cincinnati Bengals

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

Cleveland Browns

Eligible for activation:

  • LB Jordan Kunaszyk

Activations remaining: 8

Dallas Cowboys

Eligible for activation:

  • OL Matt Waletzko
  • DB Nahshon Wright

Activations remaining: 8

Denver Broncos

Eligible for activation:

  • DB P.J. Locke
  • OL Alex Palczewski
  • CB K’Waun Williams

Activations remaining: 8

Detroit Lions

Designated for return:

  • DE Julian Okwara (story)

Activations remaining: 8

Green Bay Packers

Eligible for activation: 

  • OL Luke Tenuta

Activations remaining: 8

Houston Texans

Designated for return:

  • P Cameron Johnston (story)

Eligible for activation:

  • T Tytus Howard
  • C Juice Scruggs

Activations remaining: 8

Indianapolis Colts

Eligible for activation:

  • TE Jelani Woods

Activations remaining: 8

Jacksonville Jaguars

Eligible for activation:

  • DT DaVon Hamilton (story)
  • OL Cooper Hodges

Activations remaining: 8

Kansas City Chiefs

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

Las Vegas Raiders

Eligible for activation:

  • CB Brandon Facyson (story)

Activations remaining: 8

Los Angeles Chargers

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

Los Angeles Rams

Eligible for activation:

  • WR Cooper Kupp (to return to practice 10/4)
  • TE Hunter Long
  • CB Ochaun Mathis

Activations remaining: 8

Miami Dolphins

Eligible for activation:

  • OL Robert Jones
  • CB Jalen Ramsey; not expected to be activated until season’s second half
  • RB Jeff Wilson (story)

Activations remaining: 8

Minnesota Vikings

Eligible for activation:

  • RB Kene Nwangwu

Activations remaining: 8

New England Patriots

Eligible for activation: 

  • CB Jack Jones (story)
  • T Riley Reiff (story)
  • WR Tyquan Thornton

Activations remaining: 8

New Orleans Saints

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

New York Giants

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

New York Jets

Eligible for activation:

  • T Carter Warren
  • TE Kenny Yeboah

Activations remaining: 8

Philadelphia Eagles

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

Pittsburgh Steelers

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

San Francisco 49ers

Eligible for activation:

  • DE Robert Beal
  • WR Danny Gray

Activations remaining: 8

Seattle Seahawks

Eligible for activation:

  • WR Dareke Young

Activations remaining: 8

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Eligible for activation: none

Activations remaining: 8

Tennessee Titans

Designated for return: 

  • WR Kyle Philips

Activations remaining: 8

Washington Commanders

Eligible for activation:

  • DT Phidarian Mathis (story)
  • WR Dax Milne
  • DE Efe Obada (story)

Activations remaining: 8

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