CB Leodis McKelvin was placed on injured reserve with a cracked fibula in his right leg, ending the 2008 first-round pick's season. McKelvin was injured two weeks ago in a win over Tampa Bay but played last Sunday in a loss to New Orleans. He left the game in the first half and did not return. McKelvin assumed the starting right corner job this season and was poised for another season as a record-setting returned specialist. But the team needed to make room on the roster for RB Marshawn Lynch, returning from a suspension, and felt McKelvin's injury would keep him sidelined too long to carry him on the 53-man. 1//1/2009

McKelvin was placed on injured reserve Thursday.
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