PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Players’ Day in Limbo Ends

Clubs spent much of Tuesday in the time-honored process of reversing what they had done Monday: reclaiming veterans they had cut and placing players who had made 47-man squads on injured reserve so they can be brought back during the season, rather than losing them until next year.

For example, Billy Ard and Keith Uecker returned to the Packers, Cliff Stoudt to the Cowboys, Darrin Nelson and Leo Lewis to the Vikings, Skip McClendon and Leo Barker to the Bengals, Kevin Clark and Jim Szymanski to the Broncos, Paul Skansi and Darren Comeaux to the Seahawks and Gerald Riggs and Stephen Hobbs to the Redskins.

“It’s strictly a numbers game. Anything can happen, and it did,” said Tom Waddle, a three-year player re-signed by the Bears along with fellow wide receiver Glen Kozlowski. “I know they have to protect certain guys. For me, though, I’m going to play the same each day I’ve played all through training camp.”

The movement will continue all week as teams scramble to sign holdouts, claim others off waivers and recall their own cuts. “The real cutdown day isn’t Monday, it’s 1 p.m. Sunday,” said a league official, only partly in jest.

Placing Conklin on injured reserve gave an indication that the Redskins will keep Stan Humphries and Jeff Rutledge to back up starting quarterback Mark Rypien. Rutledge has additional value in that he is the holder for placekicker Chip Lohmiller, who had trouble during the exhibition season when anyone other than Rutledge held the football.