Noble placed on Injured Reserve

[AnonEmouse]

They must see something in Jones to promote him straight away without looking at other FA's?

[sportscurmudgeon]

I BELIEVE that once a player goes on IR there is no benefit to the team in terms of cap space in cutting him. I defer to Crazy Canuck as the capology expert here on that issue; but if that is the case, there are no "losses to cut" by jettisoning Noble.

I said somewhere else that I was hoping he could come back and play because he's the kind of player you can't help rooting for. The football gods have not been kind to Noble since he came to Washington.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

They must see something in Jones to promote him straight away without looking at other FA's?

Biggest thing is being on the practice squad, he knows the defense, and should be able to fill in right away. A FA would have to learn it, so it would be a few weeks before an impact could be made, whereas Jones can possibly make one right away.

That sucks for Noble. Good guy, hard worker, just too bad he couldn't stay healthy.