12-01-2020, 12:35 PM
(12-01-2020, 12:17 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'm not sure on this either.
What I do remember is John Ross was put on IR his rookie year after it was discovered he was hiding an injury. Ross had posted on social media that he felt like he could still play, but he was put on IR anyway.
Yeah, but Ross was a rookie and Atkins is a multi Pro Bowler on his 3rd contract. I suspect there is wording in there to protect his incentives for games played, working out, etc. But that's just supposition. We don't know his injury, but if he just needs something simple like a clean out or something that will not keep him from being ready day one if he has surgery after the season, they might be hard pressed to force him onto IR.
