Retrospect: Should we have IR'd Malcolm Kelly?

This is why the NFL needs a disabled list. We could have put him on the DL for 4 weeks, and then he could have healed and been ready for last week.

This is why the NFL needs a disabled list. We could have put him on the DL for 4 weeks, and then he could have healed and been ready for last week.

Well, there's the PUP list.

Nah, he's not hurting us right now with his absence so why shoot yourself in the foot for a whole season when you don't need to.

I forgot about the PUP list. Was he on the active roster at the start of camp?

Per Wikipedia:

Physically Unable to Perform is the term for a rule in the National Football League which allows teams to designate players as "Physically Unable to Perform" or "PUP". Once they are designated as such, they are prohibited from practicing with the team. They can, however, rehabilitate and participate in team meetings. If a player begins training camp on the PUP list, they can be moved to the active roster at any time, even after one practice. A player is not allowed to be placed on the PUP list if they start training camp on the active roster.

A player who begins the season on the PUP list must sit out his team's first six games. After that point, the player is allowed to practice with the team through Week 10 of the NFL season, and can be activated any time within that window. If the player is not activated by Week 10, he must stop practicing and is unavailable to be moved to the active roster for the remainder of the season.

It's a bit early to be looking at this retrospectively, we don't know what kind of impact (if any) he'll have as the season progresses.

I've actually wanted him on IR for a while. Maybe bring back Anthony Mix for depth or at least find a way to use Fred Davis more, I mean for God's sake the guy used to play receiever, maybe you can split him out near the 10 yard line.

However with Kelly I feel it's better for the long run if we just give him a year to heal and then hopefully he'll end up being the next Rocky McIntosh. Then again Rocky played a little during his Rookie year but still. Actually I think the success with Rocky is one of the main reasons the Redskins decided to draft Kelly in spite of his bad knees. Either way Kelly needs to be brought along slowly.