Re: Dan Koppen injury thread
IIRC you can't re-sign a player after agreeing to an injury settlement. He can only sign elsewhere--precisely to avoid moves like this.
NFL On The Fringe Boomer Grigsby «
The first On the Fringe Player to be off the fringe, fullback Boomer Grisgby, checked in Friday from Las Vegas, where he is rehabilitating a high-ankle sprain that caused him to be waived-injured by Houston just more than a week ago. Grigsby reached an injury settlement this week with the Texans, which he described as “good.” He also received some encouraging news that Houston will consider re-signing him when he’s healthy.
“No guarantees,” Grigsby said about the Texans’ bringing him back.
According to rules of the settlement, Houston can re-sign him after six weeks of reaching the settlement, but Grigsby can sign with another team before then. The key for Grigsby is to get healthy. He was told the average recovery time from his type of injury was about 55 days. Grigsby plans to rehab in Vegas before heading to Arizona, where he lives in Scottsdale with Vikings defensive end Jared Allen, to continue his rehab.
Grigsby plans to keep us abreast of his progress in our ongoing series and with Grigsby, you can bet his reports will be entertaining.
– Steve Wyche
Rams Cut and Slash to Get Down to Limit of 60 : Pro football: They release their two punters and acquire another one from San Diego. - Los Angeles Times
The Rams also released defensive linemen Bill Goldberg and Sean Smith, despite the team's glaring weakness along the defensive front. There were few available options, though.
Smith has an ankle sprain that will probably keep him out six weeks, Goldberg a pulled hamstring that could take two weeks to heal.
Under league rules, the Rams would have lost both players for the season had they been placed on injured reserve before the final cut. However, NFL teams can't release players who are injured, so the Rams cut financial deals with both. They gave Smith six weeks' salary in a lump sum for the estimated time he would miss with the injury.
Just a few things I found on Google. They can't cut him because he's injured but can bring him back after an injury settlement? Seems to be the case but I couldn't find anything more definitive than a few examples.
