By Jason Jones
A player like Zach Ertz going on injured reserve is allowed to return after missing only three weeks, and teams may return an unlimited number of players from injured reserve throughout the year.
In a normal year, a player can’t return from injured reserve unless he has missed at least six weeks’ worth of practice and eight weeks’ worth of games, and teams are limited to two players per year that they can return from injured reserve.
This year, a player on injured reserve can return to practice after three weeks. Once a team activates a player from injured reserve, it has 21 days to return him to the active roster. Reserve/COVID-19 is separate than injured reserve. Players on that list may return whenever they clear the testing protocol.
The IR rules are for at least three games, not three weeks.
So Ertz will be out the next 4 weeks (NYG, DAL, bye, NYG). https://t.co/VWMxakznuU
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) October 22, 2020
Roster Moves: #Eagles have activated G/T Matt Pryor from the Reserve/COVID-19 list & placed TE Zach Ertz on Reserve/Injured.#Eagles have signed G Jamon Brown to the practice squad and elevated Brown & DT T.Y. McGill from the practice squad to the active roster for #NYGvsPHI. pic.twitter.com/GqEzHkpZxu
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) October 22, 2020
