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Bengals to put Shemar Stewart on IR

Bengals defensive end Shemar Stewart was ruled out of Sunday's game with a knee injury and the rookie is set to miss at least three more games as well.

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Stewart will be placed on injured reserve. The first-round pick will be eligible to return in Week 15.

Stewart missed four games earlier this season with an ankle injury. In the five games he's played, Stewart has recorded six tackles and a quarterback hit.

The Bengals are also going to be without defensive end Trey Hendrickson in Week 11. Myles Murphy, Joseph Ossai, Cam Sample, and Cedric Johnson are their other options at the position.

Davante Adams closes in on double-digit touchdowns with his third different team

Davante Adams has 42 catches this year. More than 20 percent of them have resulted in touchdowns.

He has nine, in nine games. With one more, he'll become the third member of one very specific club.

Via NBC Sports research, a tenth touchdown catch with the Rams will make Adams only the third player in NFL history to have a 10-or-more receiving touchdowns in a given season with three different teams.

Adams has done it with the Packers and Raiders. Brandon Marshall did it with the Jets, Bears, and Broncos. Terrell Owens did it with the Cowboys, Eagles, and 49ers.

Whether Adams will even have a chance to get to 10 on Sunday against the Seahawks remains to be seen. He's questionable for the game with an oblique injury.

Adams could have been working on his fourth team with double-digit touchdowns. In only 11 games with the Jets last season, he had seven receiving touchdowns.

In all, Adams has six seasons with 10 or more touchdown catches — including a league-leading 18 in 2020.

Adams is also eighth on the all-time receiving touchdown list with 112. He's four away from catching Antonio Gates, and nine away from matching Larry Fitzgerald.

Jaxson Dart officially ruled out, setting up Jameis Winston for first Giants start vs. Packers

The Giants have officially ruled rookie QB Jaxson Dart out for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers.

Dart has been expected to remain sidelined for the contest all week. 

The youngster is making his way through the five-step concussion protocol, but he hasn’t made enough progress to be fully cleared for his return just yet. 

The fact that he was able to get back out on the practice field and do some stretching during Friday's session is a potentially encouraging sign for his status heading into next week. 

For now, though, Big Blue will turn things over to veteran Jameis Winston.

Interim head coach Mike Kafka announced during the week that Winston had jumped over Russell Wilson on the depth chart and would receive the start if Dart could not go. 

The 31-year-old has mainly served as a backup over the past few seasons, but he has plenty of experience under center having spent the first five years of his career as the starter in Tampa. 

He has a career 61.2 completion percentage, 3,178 passing yards, and 54 touchdowns. 

“I’m grateful,” Winston said. “I get to be the starting quarterback for the New York Giants for this week -- when you get a chance to get opportunities like this, you do your best to capitalize and stay present and just do all you can do.”

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