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Per NFL Network, Ross' absence could be "in the
range of a month or so." Ross had his arm in a sling after the
27-3 defeat, which dropped the Bengals to 0-4. The team has been
without star wideout A.J. Green since training camp, and Green
is expected to miss a few more games.
Ross, 24, is having a breakout season after disappointing
through two years since being drafted ninth overall in 2017. He
has 16 catches for 328 yards and three touchdowns in four games,
although he has cooled off with just five catches for 58 yards
over the last two.
Ross played in just three games as a rookie in 2017, not
catching a pass, and then missed three games in 2018. He
finished with 21 catches for 210 yards and seven touchdowns last
season.
--The New York Giants activated wide receiver Golden Tate
following his four-game suspension, and they also signed
linebacker Josiah Tauaefa from the practice squad and released
wide receivers Bennie Fowler and T.J. Jones.
Tate, 31, is expected to make his Giants debut Sunday against
visiting Minnesota. He was suspended in July for violating the
league policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
Tate signed a four-year, $37.5 million contract with the Giants
in March, two days after the team traded away star wideout Odell
Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns. Tate caught 611 passes for
7,214 yards and 38 touchdowns in 137 games with Seattle, Detroit
and Philadelphia.
--Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Kawann Short will have
surgery for a partially torn rotator cuff and miss the rest of
the season.
The Panthers placed the two-time Pro Bowl selection on injured
reserve. Short sustained the injury in Week 2 against Tampa Bay
and sat out the past two games. Short, 30, made the Pro Bowl in
2015 and 2018 and was voted a team captain for the first time
this season.
Carolina signed defensive lineman Bryan Cox Jr. from the
practice squad to fill Short's spot on the active roster.
--A day after an MRI exam revealed a partially torn ACL in his
left knee, Denver Broncos linebacker Bradley Chubb told
reporters that he was as taken aback as anyone by the diagnosis.
"Nobody was as surprised to know it was a partially torn ACL
than myself," said Chubb, who got an MRI on Monday after waking
up with some stiffness, which he thought was just postgame
soreness. Through four games this year, he had one sack, six QB
hits and 21 tackles (five for loss).
Chubb said the training staff checked his ACL on the sideline
during the Sunday game against Jacksonville -- after he injured
the knee early in the fourth quarter -- and ruled that it was
stable. "I felt comfortable enough to go back out there and
play," he said Tuesday, hours before being placed on injured
reserve.
--The Houston Texans signed veteran safety Mike Adams to help
shore up the back end of their defense.
The 38-year-old Adams has recorded 30 interceptions in 15 NFL
seasons. He was a Pro Bowl selection in back-to-back seasons
(2014-15) for the Indianapolis Colts. He spent the past two
seasons with the Panthers but wasn't retained.
Houston waived tight end Jerell Adams (no relation) to open up
the roster space. Jerell Adams played in one game for the Texans
this season and didn't have a catch. He also spent part of last
season on the team's practice squad.
--The Baltimore Ravens waived outside linebacker Tim Williams, a
former third-round pick in his third season.
Williams, 25, was drafted 78th overall in 2017 out of Alabama,
after once being considered a likely first-round pick.
He had no sacks and two QB hits in eight games as a rookie, then
totaled two sacks and three QB hits in seven games last season.
Williams did not have a sack in four games this season, playing
a season-low seven snaps Sunday in Baltimore's 40-25 loss to the
Cleveland Browns.
--Field Level Media
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