Retrospect: Should we have IR'd Malcolm Kelly?

Malcolm Kelly has yet to make any contribution this year due to injury. Now it appears that despite recovering from the ankle, his bad knee is back again.

Should we have IR'd Kelly when putting together the 53-man and opted for another player, WR or other - maybe Billy McMullen?

From the Post (the snipet about Kelly is on the 2nd page of the article):

Rookie wide receiver Malcolm Kelly (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Malcolm+Kelly?tid=informline) played sparingly after finally coming back from a knee injury, but his knee is swelling again, so his status will be evaluated through the week. . .

Brooks Continues To Struggle - washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602748_2.html?sid=ST2008100603021&s_pos=)

No, because as long as he's week to week, we can hope that he will be ready to contribute in the future. Billy McMullen is the very definition of camp scrub.

It was probably a tough call for the coaches, but they probably felt like they could carry him without neccessarily getting immediate production out of him and there's no way to see into the future with injuries. From what I gathered, Kelly was actually beating out Devin Thomas in training camp.

No, because as long as he's week to week, we can hope that he will be ready to contribute in the future. Billy McMullen is the very definition of camp scrub.

Well, I didn't necessarily say we should have only taken McMullen if we IR'd him, just threw him out there.

I really do feel that Malcolm will eventually contribute to this team. Its a very long season guys and hes just a little banged up right now.

The only way to find out if he will make it is to put him on the field and let him learn, just like DT. This whole season may end up being just getting his feet wet, but at least he will have the year on the field and under his belt.

Absolutely not. He's not injured severe enough to miss the entire season. Right now, we can make him inactive most weeks because he's really not needed. He's 5th on the WR depth chart right now.

If we'd sustain some injuries to anyone ahead of him, we may need him to play. We'd regret placing him on IR then.

Plus, he's practicing, participating in lots of ways that will help with the learning curve. And he still may get healthy for the second half--he will be a good target when he's ready.

I agree that his injuries don't really warrant putting him on IR. It's frustrating but they are injuries that you have to try to work through. It's a long season, you don't want to shut guys down prematurely.

we're 4-1 looking at a possible 8-1 at the bye, so... it hasn't really hurt us.

that said, he doesn't exactly inspire confidence that he was a good pick thus far...