O'Connell is expected to miss six to eight weeks and likely will be placed on injured reserve.

Now, the fifth-round pick has officially secured his spot on the team's Week 1 roster, the team announced on Tuesday.

“It’s such an all-encompassing evaluation,” Stefanski told reporters. “Everything the guys did in the games was important. We also saw a lot of them out here in practice and how they are at their craf...