Polk is toast, right?

[Sciz]

What are the rules regarding IR?

I don't want to give Polk away for a 7. I'd rather bring him back next summer. If he thinks he can play at some point but is hurt during cutdowns I assume we can just IR him if we want? or does he have options to fight being shut down like that?

The last copy of NFL bylaws I can find is 2016. At that time, the rule was that when a player was placed on IR with an expected recovery time under 6 weeks, then they would have to be released when they were healthy. More than 6 weeks expected recovery and you’re free to stash them until the following season.

 

[signbabybrady]

The last copy of NFL bylaws I can find is 2016. At that time, the rule was that when a player was placed on IR with an expected recovery time under 6 weeks, then they would have to be released when they were healthy. More than 6 weeks expected recovery and you’re free to stash them until the following season.

From what we know I don't think Polk's would require that much time but we don't really know much.

 

[mgteich]

What are the rules regarding IR?

I don't want to give Polk away for a 7. I'd rather bring him back next summer. If he thinks he can play at some point but is hurt during cutdowns I assume we can just IR him if we want? or does he have options to fight being shut down like that?

If Polk is put on IR, when he is healthy, he can demand to be waived with an injury settlement or activated. This is the norm if a player really wants to play this year. Given Polk's contract, I would think that he would simply wait and compete again next year.

 

[PatsFan2]

If Polk is put on IR, when he is healthy, he can demand to be waived with an injury settlement or activated. This is the norm if a player really wants to play this year. Given Polk's contract, I would think that he would simply wait and compete again next year.

Polk wouldn't dare do that: not in his or agents best interest. I know he's hoping they IR for the Year: he would still get a portion of his Second Round salary.

 

[ralmat55]

Polk’s 2025 ($1,236,670) and 2026 ($1,676,349) salaries are fully guaranteed. If cut, his 2025 cap figure $2,203,351 would become a dead money cap charge of $4,516,233. If they could find someone to trade for him, there would be a 2025 cap credit of $220,536.

Those guarantees are why I don’t see anyone trading for him. Watching him run that end around on which he was injured, I think the kid has no interest in playing football other than collecting the checks he still has coming his way. He was guaranteed $8,214,275 just by signing his contract. If cut, he really has no incentive to play in 2025 because whatever he earned from another team would just offset dollar for dollar his Pats guaranteed salary. The Pats should be grateful he wasn’t drafted in 2025 because his 2027 salary would also be guaranteed as well.

They will place him on IR next Tuesday as one of the 2 who can go to the IR on cutdown day and still be eligible to be activated in case his health improves and injuries require him to be activated. But, the most likely scenario is he sits on IR all season and is cut next off-season when he might be interested again in football to try to extend his career beyond his guaranteed money.

 

[n1997y]

The last copy of NFL bylaws I can find is 2016. At that time, the rule was that when a player was placed on IR with an expected recovery time under 6 weeks, then they would have to be released when they were healthy. More than 6 weeks expected recovery and you’re free to stash them until the following season.

That’s also the latest date on the Bylaws I was able to find. But we know IR rules have changed since then. We also know that the CBA specifies some details of IR rules. So I would take everything in the 2016 Bylaws with a large grain of salt, and then I wouldn’t trust that to be correct.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Not true.

True

 

[PatsFan2]

Polk’s 2025 ($1,236,670) and 2026 ($1,676,349) salaries are fully guaranteed. If cut, his 2025 cap figure $2,203,351 would become a dead money cap charge of $4,516,233. If they could find someone to trade for him, there would be a 2025 cap credit of $220,536.

Those guarantees are why I don’t see anyone trading for him. Watching him run that end around on which he was injured, I think the kid has no interest in playing football other than collecting the checks he still has coming his way. He was guaranteed $8,214,275 just by signing his contract. If cut, he really has no incentive to play in 2025 because whatever he earned from another team would just offset dollar for dollar his Pats guaranteed salary. The Pats should be grateful he wasn’t drafted in 2025 because his 2027 salary would also be guaranteed as well.

They will place him on IR next Tuesday as one of the 2 who can go to the IR on cutdown day and still be eligible to be activated in case his health improves and injuries require him to be activated. But, the most likely scenario is he sits on IR all season and is cut next off-season when he might be interested again in football to try to extend his career beyond his guaranteed money.

At least he can tell his Grand kids he was Drafted in the NFL.

 

[Ring 6]

True

Bulls-it but you know that.

 

[Ring 6]

Polk wouldn't dare do that: not in his or agents best interest. I know he's hoping they IR for the Year: he would still get a portion of his Second Round salary.

Why would being away from football for a year be in his best interest?

 

[PatsFan2]

Why would being away from football for a year be in his best interest?

Guaranteed $$$$$$ even though he sucks. AJ he graded out as the Worst WR in Football last year.

 

[Ring 6]

Guaranteed $$$$$$ even though he sucks. AJ he graded out as the Worst WR in Football last year.

He gets his guaranteed $$ either way.
Do you honestly think he would give up his career to collect a 1.2 mill salary instead of whatever he would sign for as a free agent, which might be more than that.
Do you seriously think Polk thinks he should take a few hundred k and give up?

 

[PatsFan2]

He gets his guaranteed $$ either way.
Do you honestly think he would give up his career to collect a 1.2 mill salary instead of whatever he would sign for as a free agent, which might be more than that.
Do you seriously think Polk thinks he should take a few hundred k and give up?

Polk doesn't have a choice: Chism is better Williams is better. I think our Brass will give up on him.

 

[n1997y]

Polk doesn't have a choice: Chism is better Williams is better. I think our Brass will give up on him.

He may be traded.

Niners are down to seeds and sticks after Robinson’s suspension today.

 

[PatsFan2]

He may be traded.

Niners are down to seeds and sticks after Robinson’s suspension today.

They can get better than Polk off the scrap heap.

 

[Ring 6]

Polk doesn't have a choice: Chism is better Williams is better. I think our Brass will give up on him.

That wasn’t the point. The point was whether spending a year on IR even if he isn’t injured is best for him.
He surely has a choice to dispute his IR status if he is healthy.

 

[captain stone]

What are the rules regarding IR?

I don't want to give Polk away for a 7. I'd rather bring him back next summer. If he thinks he can play at some point but is hurt during cutdowns I assume we can just IR him if we want? or does he have options to fight being shut down like that?

He can press for an injury settlement.

 

[captain stone]

He got hurt in the first preseason game.

It was right in front of our seats and at the time I thought it looked like lower right arm like a wrist or forearm. But then we didn't hear about a break or anything and given how much time he's missed I wonder if his shoulder from last year might have been reinjured.

It happened as he was tackled during his end-around run in the RZ, right? I saw that too.

 

[captain stone]

He may be traded.

Niners are down to seeds and sticks after Robinson’s suspension today.

And maybe the Falcons to be re-united with his college QB Michael Penis...

 

[VJCPatriot]

I just read an article we may be trading Polk. If we can even get a 3rd round pick back one year later I would count that as a win.

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