Injured Reserve

To be placed on injured reserve, a player has to be deemed "out" by his NFL team for the upcoming game. Rumors of a player missing a game isn't good enough, the player must be designated as "out" and nothing else! In the preseason, players who go down with injury can be placed on the IR once they are deemed out for week 1 or placed on the NFL Injured Reserve (which in turn ends their season anyway).

Said player must stay on IR for at least TWO of his NFL team's games. Upon his playing again, the Fantasy team with his rights must reclaim him the Tuesday following, or he becomes a free agent. If a player only misses one game, he still has to stay on IR for a second game, though the team with his rights still gets until the Wednesday following the second IR game to reclaim him.

There is also a minimum roster stay before a player can be sent to IR; a player must be on the roster 7 days (again judged by Pacific Time, as is in baseball) if picked up prior to the opening of the NFL regular season, or be on the roster for two team games if an in-season pickup.

If a player gets hurt after you added him then he'll be available to be put on IR before the 2 team games or 7 days, the new implementation is just so people aren't adding and then immediately reserving WW guys. I'm informed, so please don't try to tell me that he got hurt after your addition. Even if you want to tell me that you "didn't know" it's not going be enough. It's really very easy to find the first release of a player's injury, so don't try to cheat the league. If there happens to be a habitual offender (3 false claims in one season), they will have their IR rights suspended for the season.