IR and roster limits...are they really needed?

[ZenBuc]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/061107

I found this an interesting read on the need, or lack thereof,  for IR, roster limits, and game-day inactives.

There's also a blurb about the Bucs farther down in the article about how "When Tampa's own Tampa 2 is giving up easy deep passes, you know the season is lost."

[OpTiOnMaStA]

Players that are put on the IR aren't coming back because they aren't going to be healthy enough to come back. Most players on IR can't play that year. They may look healthy but they aren't.

The only thing I agree with here is the inactive list. They should just set 53 as the number of guys and then do away with inactives. I can't understand one reason why there are inactives, either.