Are you struggling with your reading? He was hurt in mini camp, had surgery before training camp. He was going to miss A L L O F T R A I N I N G C A M P...ON TOP of AT LEAST a few weeks into the regular season. He is a rookie getting ZERO REPS in a new defensive system. You PUP him and he still misses the reps and comes in clueless on where to be, what his assignment is, what the calls are, etc.
This isn't that hard to figure out people...quit taking PART of my post and read the ENTIRE thing...
We read what you said just fine.
It makes no sense to IR a player if he is only missing two weeks into the season.'
Hopefully you won't struggle with comprehension of this fact.