Yup, a very unique situation indeed. I'll buy into McCarthy's comments that this is just to get Sherrod some extra game snaps just in case he's needed in the playoffs. Let's be honest, the last few seasons it's taken Clifton all of training camp PLUS 4-5 regular season games to get into synch and good playing shape. It's hard to expect that he'll be able to walk into the lineup after so much time off and an injury and play well on top of it all. Sherrod needs the reps, and at the very least, it builds some confidence for the young dude and gives him something to build on for next season. I think that's the real goal, but it never hurts to "test your emergency batteries" every once in a while.