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The 49ers placed Stribling (ankle) on injured reserve Saturday.

Stribling suffered what appeared to be a serious non-contact injury during the 49ers' Week 1 win against the Rams in Melbourne, Australia, but afterward tests revealed that his left Achilles was intact, and eventually he was diagnosed with a deltoid sprain of his left ankle. After undergoing surgery, he's expected to miss roughly 10 weeks, meaning a move to IR was inevitable. At least during the initial weeks of Stribling's absence, Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel, Demarcus Robinson, Jacob Cowing, Jordan Watkins and KhaDarel Hodge will handle WR duties for San Francisco.

The Vikings elevated Bell from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday ahead of Sunday's game against the Bears.

The Vikings signed Bell to the practice squad Sept. 2 after waiving the wide receiver on cutdown day. The undrafted free agent out of Georgia has yet to play in an NFL game, but he will likely get his chance Sunday due to Jauan Jennings (personal) being unavailable for the contest.

Kinchens (hamstring) has been ruled out ahead of Monday's game against the Giants, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register reports.

Kinchens did not participate throughout Week 2 as the free safety continues to deal with the hamstring injury he suffered in the Rams' Week 1 loss to the 49ers. The 23-year-old does not appear to have progressed in his recovery significantly and may need to miss future weeks as he deals with the injury. While Kinchens is out, Jaylen McCollough or Quentin Lake will likely take over at free safety for the Rams.

Speights (hip) does not have any injury designation ahead of Monday night's game against the Giants, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register reports.

Speights upgraded to a full participant in Saturday's practice after being limited Thursday and Friday. The linebacker is all set to suit up for Sunday's game next to freshly cleared Nate Landman. The duo will be the primary help at the second level against Giants running back Cam Skattebo.

Curl (ankle) does not have any injury designation ahead of Monday night's game against the Giants, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register reports.

Curl was reported to be set for a limited practice session Saturday but ultimately did not participate. The safety was likely granted a veteran rest day to further recover from his ankle issue before Monday's contest. Curl is set to suit up as the starting strong safety and will likely play more than the 46 percent of the defensive snaps he saw in the Rams' Week 1 loss to the 49ers.

Landman (shoulder) does not have any injury designation ahead of Monday night's game against the Giants, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register reports.

Landman will suit up for Monday night's game despite not logging a single full practice throughout Week 2. The linebacker was likely just resting his shoulder injury in anticipation of game day and will be all set to play nearly all of the Rams' defensive snaps, as he saw 98 percent in Week 1 against the 49ers.

The Bengals elevated Johnson from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday.

With Joe Burrow (back) listed as questionable ahead of Sunday's game against the Texans, Johnson has a shot to be active. The quarterback will either be the backup to Joe Flacco if Burrow cannot suit up, or he will be inactive if Burrow is good to go.

The Raiders elevated White from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday.

White is poised to play his second consecutive game for the Raiders as a depth wide receiver. With Dont'e Thornton (undisclosed), Justin Shorter (undisclosed) and Corey Rucker (undisclosed) all on IR through Week 4 at the least, White will likely continue to suit up on game day until he is out of elevations. White played 11 offensive snaps and 14 special-teams snaps in the Raiders' Week 1 win over the Dolphins but was unable to catch his only target in the contest.

The Raiders elevated Myarick from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday.

Myarick will once again be elevated to the active roster as the Raiders are set to spend another week without starting tight end Brock Bowers (knee). Myarick played eight total snaps in the Week 1 win over the Dolphins but did not appear in the box score.

The Jets elevated Sanders from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday, Amanda Vogt of the team's official site reports.

Sanders will come up from the practice squad for the second week in a row to handle kicking duties for the Jets. Though Blake Grupe is signed to the 53-man roster, the Jets could eventually move on from him to open up a full-time spot for Sanders if he performs well enough to hold down the kicking job. In his team debut in last Sunday's win over the Titans, Sanders converted on both of his point-after tries and connected on field goals of 33, 51 and 52 yards while missing badly from 54 yards.