Bengals consider injured reserve status for edge rusher Shemar Stewart
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 31, 2026, 6:11 AM
Last updated Aug 31, 2026
The Cincinnati Bengals currently face uncertainty regarding the health and future of former first-round draft pick Shemar Stewart as the team finalizes its roster. Stewart, an edge rusher, is managing a hyperextended knee that sidelined him for significant portions of the previous season. While the team kept him off the initial injured reserve list to buy more time for his rehabilitation, he remains a candidate for an IR-return designation. Such a move would require him to miss at least the first four weeks of the season. The team’s decision depends on his recovery progress before the regular-season opener. This development follows a challenging start for Stewart, marked by a contract dispute and injury-plagued rookie year in which he appeared in only eight games.
- •Shemar Stewart remains on the 53-man roster while rehabbing a hyperextended knee.
- •The team can place Stewart on IR-return before the season opener to delay his debut until October 11.
- •Stewart appeared in eight games during his 2025 rookie season, recording 11 tackles and one sack.
- •The Bengals rebuilt their defensive front this offseason with the additions of Dexter Lawrence, Boye Mafe, Jonathan Allen, and Cashius Howell.
- 6:11 AMYahoo Sports — Bengals Given Warning on Future for Former First-Round Pick Shemar Stewart
"Things haven’t gone the way either Shemar Stewart or the Cincinnati Bengals would have liked them to go. Now, he’s set to enter a pivotal second season in the NFL.It was an inauspicious start to Stewart’s career. He began with a contract dispute that kept him from hitting the ground running with the Bengals and […] The post Bengals Given Warning on Future for Former First-Round Pick Shemar Stewart appeared first on HEAVY.
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