Eligible to start PRACTICING next week, then eligible to PLAY 2 weeks later which coincides with playoff week.
The rules state:
A player who has been designated for return is ineligible to practice until six weeks have elapsed since the date he was placed on Reserve, and is not eligible to return to the Active/Inactive List until eight weeks have elapsed since the date he was placed on Reserve. The business day that the player is placed on Reserve counts as the first day.
ok ... so he was injured in week 5 ... but the Skins didnt add him to the IR until Nov 10 (week 10) which put his return at week 18