What does "waived-injured" mean if he's going to ir?
basically half-way between injured and cut - basically my guess is he probably doesnt factor much in our future plans anymore and it allows other teams to claim him and take on his contract (while injured) - in almost all cases though these guys don't get claimed and then they get placed on I/R of the team that waived them
it's more important when you've got players with not season ending injuries where after a player goes claimless you can negotiate an injury settlement so that they aren't sat on i/r the whole time taking up cap space for the whole year
with hill it doesnt matter because his injury is likely season-ending so any settlement would have to account for his whole season's worth of contract
basically it was a chance to get his salary off the books before stashing him on i/r