Injury Statuses and IR Eligibility

Depending on your league's settings, there may be times when you'll need to free up a roster spot because a player is no longer eligible for an IR slot.

This commonly occurs when a player's injury designation changes throughout the week.

When a player is ruled Out for a specific game, that designation is considered a game-week status. Once that NFL week concludes, the player will no longer retain the Out designation unless they have already been ruled out for their next game.

As a result, injury designations are updated early Wednesday mornings, when the NFL week officially rolls over.

For example, a player who was listed as Out on Sunday may revert back to Questionable, Doubtful, or even have no injury designation at all once the new week begins.

While this can be frustrating, Sleeper mirrors the official NFL injury designations as closely as possible.

Bye weeks are the one exception.

If a player carries an injury designation into a bye week, they will retain that designation for the entire bye week.

For example, if Tyreek Hill is listed as Out in Week 5 and the Dolphins have a bye in Week 6, he will continue to carry the Out designation throughout Week 6.

This also applies to the following designations:

Prior to the 2021 NFL season, injury designations were not retained through bye weeks. This behavior was updated to provide a more consistent experience for managers.

Shortly after the Super Bowl, all injury designations are removed since the NFL season has concluded.

Players generally will not receive an injury designation again until:

Even when it is widely known that a player is expected to miss significant time, Sleeper follows official NFL designations. Because of this, some players may not receive an IR designation until late August.

PUP stands for Physically Unable to Perform.

Any player designated as PUP is automatically eligible for an IR slot on Sleeper.

Player Status Designations:

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