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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 809136">That aspect doesn't really matter.  Whether a player was on IR or not, he is subject to the top-51 cap limit like any other player under contract for the following season.  If a player on IR is in a contract year, like Ryan or Wilkerson, he'll be a free agent and go off the books just like a player in his contract year who was on the active roster at the end of the season.In season, there isn't much advantage in cutting a player on IR in most cases since his salary was guaranteed as of week 1 and he's not earning any per game roster bonuses. Even then you'd have to wait until he's healthy enough to play if he's vested.  You cannot cut a vested injured player in-season.  Non-vested players on IR can be cut, but are subject to injury settlement negotiations.  Once the season is over, guys who were on IR are like everybody else...they're free agents, or you hold onto them under their current contract stretching into the next year, or you're free to cut them with the associated dead cap/cap savings like a healthy player.I don't believe there is any limit to the number of guys you can have on IR, but once the season ends it doesn't really matter.  You just have to be under that top-51 cap. And I don't believe you'll run afoul of stashing players on IR unless a particular player complains that he's healthy and is being stashed.  I can't think of one who has done that.</blockquote>

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