Any player placed on IR in-season is eligible to return after 4 games. That season-ending restriction only applies before cutdowns
The in-season limitation is that teams can only use 8 IR activations over the course of the season (PUP/NFI players do not count against this total). So every player is eligible to return, it's just a matter of which ones do. Teams do not have to designate players when placed on IR, it only counts once they actually return to practice
Is this the 4 week variety of IR for Hutchins or...?