Redskins’ Stephen Bowen, Jason Hatcher on active/PUP list to start camp
By Mike Dyce
Training camps around the NFL are getting kicked off. For Washington Redskins defensive lineman Jason Hatcher and Stephen Bowen, they’ll start camp on the active/physically unable to perform list.
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#Redskins expected to start training camp w/ Jason Hatcher & Stephen Bowen on preseason PUP. Means they can't practice.Activate at any point
— ESPN 980 (@ESPNRadio980) July 23, 2014
It doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise for either player. Bowen, 30, is less than eight months removed from microfracture surgery. The Redskins kept him on the roster, costing them $7 million against the camp and that speaks volumes to how confident the Redskins are about him recovering from the injury.
Hatcher, a free agent signing this offseason from their NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys, is roughly five weeks removed from an arthroscopic procedure done on his knee that had a rehab timetable of four to six weeks. No reason to pressure Hatcher to return if an extra week would ensure that he is healthy.
Being on the PUP list still counts the players against the 90-man roster limit and they can attend meetings but cannot practice.