Originally posted by buck:
Michael Crabtree (Achilles, PUP) has been cleared to resume practicing.
The 49ers now have a three-week window to activate their No. 1 receiver from the reserve/PUP list. It's a surprise after the Sacramento Bee speculated Tuesday that the club would wait until the November 19 deadline to clear Crabtree to practice.
Now he must be activated off the PUP list by November 26. That's Week 13, where the Niners host the Rams.
Crabtree is unlikely to appear in any of the 49ers' next three games, but that's not a certainty.
http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/275418/texans-name-wade-phillips-interim-head-coach
If I understand this correctly, Crabtree must be put on the 53-man roster by November 26th.
If he is not put on the active roster by then, he must go on Injured Reserve.
Is my understanding correct?
Is it three weeks (21 days) from when we clear him to practice? If so, then yes, we can add him to the active roster as late as the day after the Redskins game, in time for the Rams game...don't have to PLAY him though at all. My guess is that we may be aiming for the Rams game at home but sort of expect him in the lineup for the hawks game at home the following week.