Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Chance to play Week 12
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Davis-Gaither (illness) is listed as questionable for Sunday's contest against the Steelers, Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
Davis-Gaither popped up on the team's injury report Saturday with an illness. He returned Week 9 against the Bills after missing the previous four games with a knee injury. Davis-Gaither has played mostly on special teams this season and has four tackles (two solo) in six games.
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Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Active against Buffalo
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Davis-Gaither (knee) is active for Sunday's game against Buffalo.
Davis-Gaither was questionable ahead of Sunday's matchup but has been cleared to return to action after missing the last four games due to his knee injury. He had a limited role on defense earlier this year, playing just 13 defensive snaps over the first three games of the season.
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Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Questionable to face Buffalo
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Davis-Gaither (knee) is listed as questionable for Sunday night's Week 9 game against the Bills.
Davis-Gaither has missed the last four games after playing just 14 defensive snaps across the first three weeks of the season. His main duties come on special teams, where he has played 64 snaps in that same span.
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Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Won't play at San Francisco
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Davis-Gaither (knee) is listed as out for Sunday's game at the 49ers.
Despite the benefit of a Week 7 bye, Davis-Gaither will miss his fourth consecutive game as he recovers from a nagging knee injury. Markus Bailey should continue to see limited work in Davis-Gaither's absence.
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Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Questionable Sunday
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Davis-Gaither (knee) is listed as questionable ahead of Sunday's game against Tennessee.
Davis-Gaither seems to be trending in the wrong direction to play, as he missed practice Friday after logging limited participation Thursday. The 26-year-old was able to play through his knee injury during Week 3, but if he were to miss this Sunday's contest, Markus Bailey would likely see an uptick in work as the team's strongside linebacker.
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Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Set to play Monday
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Davis-Gaither (knee) does not carry an injury designation ahead of Monday's matchup against the Rams.
Davis-Gaither did not participate in Saturday's practice after being limited Friday but appears to be good to go for Week 3. He had two solo tackles in Sunday's 27-24 loss to the Ravens.
Davis-Gaither (foot) was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday as a result of testing positive for the virus, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
Davis-Gaither was already out for the season due to a foot injury suffered in Week 9 against Cleveland. He'll need to clear protocols before returning to the Bengals' facilities to continue rehabbing for a return in 2022.
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Bengals' Akeem Davis-Gaither: Will not return
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Davis-Gaither (foot) will not return Sunday against the Browns.
Davis-Gaither's injury is a blow to the Bengals' linebacker unit. Markus Bailey and Joe Bachie will be forced into bigger roles now.
