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Wes Horton's roster spot?

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I've been surprised not to see anyone discussing the question of whose roster spot Finnegan will fill long-term assuming he proves a good signing and stays with the team through the end of the season.  Obviously right now we had a free spot due to Wes Horton's suspension and the release of Aiken the emergency long snapper...

But I believe Wes Horton only has two more games of suspension.  It's basically his spot that Finnegan is filling...  When Wes's suspension ends do you all think we'll release him? 

Obviously, if Tillman's injury is serious, he could be IRed (let's hope not!)

Other options?

Certainly we don't have to worry about this for two weeks, but it's a slow team news day, apart from Finnegan's signing, and I'm curious to know what y'all think.

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6 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

I've been surprised not to see anyone discussing the question of whose roster spot Finnegan will fill long-term assuming he proves a good signing and stays with the team through the end of the season.  Obviously right now we had a free spot due to Wes Horton's suspension and the release of Aiken the emergency long snapper...

But I believe Wes Horton only has two more games of suspension.  It's basically his spot that Finnegan is filling...  When Wes's suspension ends do you all think we'll release him? 

Obviously, if Tillman's injury is serious, he could be IRed (let's hope not!)

Other options?

Certainly we don't have to worry about this for two weeks, but it's a slow team news day, apart from Finnegan's signing, and I'm curious to know what y'all think.

If finnegan pans out we will IR Horton to keep from making that decision.

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2 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

If finnegan pans out we will IR Horton to keep from making that decision.

If we IR a healthy player, they can file a grievance to receive a settlement/ be released.  Teams would often do that back in the pre-free agency days (a la Joe Gibbs Redskins) to stash players they didn't have room for on the active roster but didn't want to lose.

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2 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

If we IR a healthy player, they can file a grievance to receive a settlement/ be released.  Teams would often do that back in the pre-free agency days (a la Joe Gibbs Redskins) to stash players they didn't have room for on the active roster but didn't want to lose.

If you are Wes "I've been cut already" Horton would you make a stink about getting IR'd?

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If you are Wes "I've been cut already" Horton would you make a stink about getting IR'd?

Maybe not, especially this late in the season, but the Players Association might cause a stink if there was no documented injury.

I would totally be onboard for the Panthers doing this, I'm just pointing out there could be reasons why they couldn't do it under the current rules.

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Just now, Seltzer said:

Maybe not, especially this late in the season, but the Players Association might cause a stink if there was no documented injury.

I would totally be onboard for the Panthers doing this, I'm just pointing out there could be reasons why they couldn't do it under the current rules.

I get it, at this point in the season no one is "healthy" turf toe can flare up overnight.  Or swelling in a joint, or concussion-like symptoms etc etc etc. 

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23 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

If we IR a healthy player, they can file a grievance to receive a settlement/ be released.  Teams would often do that back in the pre-free agency days (a la Joe Gibbs Redskins)

Yes, I think we just had to release two healthy players from our IR  (Richie Brockel and Davonte Wallace).  Somewhere I think I read that they had to be released because they didn't meet the at least 6 weeks injured criteria, but I could be misinformed.

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Amini went on IR with torn ACL and Big Money took that roster spot.

Horton got suspended after the Racial Slurs game and the extra long snapper took that spot.

Extra long snapper got cut and CB Finnegan was signed today and took that spot.

We're at 53 now, and Horton comes off suspension after the vaGiants game. If a DE gets hurt these next 3 games, we'll keep Horton around. If not, he'll be cut again.

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