The Minnesota Vikings made a somewhat surprising move in placing T.Y. McGill on injured reserve on the day before final cutdown day.
On Tuesday morning, multiple reports came out that the Vikings had reached an injury settlement with DL T.Y. McGill.
Regarding the T.Y. McGill release off injured reserve, a source says he can immediately sign with any other team and the #Vikings have relinquished their rights to him. His injury was not believed to be that serious.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) September 6, 2022
Injury settlements work like this. The two sides agree on how long the player will be out, they get paid by the team for those weeks and become a free agent immediately after.
Considering his injury was not viewed to be serious, this is a puzzling move for the Vikings. McGill had played extremely well. The idea with the injury settlement without paying him for a single week says that they didn’t see a future for him with the team at all.
The Vikings now only have WR Olabisi Johnson on injured reserve.
