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Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Generally, the workaround is to start your franchise without using pre-existing injuries. Typically in Madden roster updates / franchise start points, any players with pre-existing injuries of any significant length either get automatically placed on Injured Reserve by the CPU roster management logic during franchise start-up or placed on IR in the roster file by EA Sports before you even start the franchise. In either case, each player is placed on IR as if they were IR'd during the preseason. Per NFL rules, any player who is placed on IR during preseason may not come off of IR until the start of the next league year (in Madden, this is the offseason).

So is short term IR in the game this year?