I would agree that he may have been higher on the list of IR candidates due to irritation, but someone had to be moved off the roster either way. Mims ended up being out only other healthy RB that day if you don’t include Hill (since he lines up everywhere).
The other IR options were Lattimore, McKinstry, Payton, Williams, or Ridgeway. The first three weren’t likely given we signed/elevated four DB’s for the Panthers game, we were already in a big enough hole to not dig a bigger one with a CB on IR. Williams was an expensive IR option and is practicing this week (probably better at pass pro as well), and Ridgeway has been one of our better interior defenders on a team getting gashed by the run.