https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-makes-significant-change-to-injured-reserve-rule/ar-BB1kD3On?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=544d7b9f9fb54ca7bb1286356f1207d7&ei=9
Previously, if a team placed players on injured reserve (IR) during preseason, it would automatically be season-ending. That is no longer the case thanks to this amendment at the annual league meeting in Orlando.
By Competition Committee; amends Article XVII, Section 17.16(C), to permit each club to place a maximum of two players who are placed on an applicable Reserve List on the business day of the final roster reduction to be designated for return. Such players will immediately count as two of the club's total designations.