Defensive End · Cincinnati Bengals

Shemar Stewart

No. 94 · 2nd season

Stewart walked off the practice field and the whole team noticed

Practice was moving along when Shemar Stewart went down in a team drill. He walked back to the locker room under his own power, but gingerly enough that it made everyone stop.

Stewart is a young defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals — the kind of player a team counts on to grow into something over time. Whatever he was building toward this season, it just ran into a detour.

The injury is being described as a hyperextension, and the Bengals are exploring medical options. That phrase — best case scenario — is the part worth sitting with. It means the range of outcomes is still wide, and no one is ready to close the door on good news yet.

For a player still trying to establish himself, every missed practice rep is a cost. The next few days will tell the story.

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