Golden Tate is in the concussion protocol.

Related players: Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard

Cause of the concussion is the way he landed on the touchdown reception, the tweet went on to say. If Tate needs to miss time, the fantasy value will still be there for Slayton who led the team in yards with 67 on Sunday against the Bears. Shepard went 5-15-0 in his return from a concussion.

WR Sterling Shepard (concussion) was practicing.

Shepard suffered his second concussion of the year and has missed the last five games as a result. He'll still need to clear protocol heading into Week 12.

Giants WR Sterling Shepard (concussion) and TE Evan Engram (foot) will not play Sunday against the Jets.

This is not much of a surprise. Shephard is effectively on the concussion protocol for a third time after being taken off and put back on in a span of about a day last weekend and Engram saw a foot specialist during the week. As has been the case for many weeks this season, it'll be mainly Golden Tate and Saquon Barkley surrounding Daniel Jones. But they are facing a bad Jets team and are effectively playing a home game (Giants are considered the road team in this game). You could do worse in a week with six teams on a bye.

The NFL concussion protocol failed Sterling Shepard, so the Giants might have to use some old-fashioned instincts and common sense to protect their receiver from himself.

Shepard was cleared to return from his second concussion of the season by team doctors and an independent neurologist Friday, but reported a return of symptoms Saturday night. He is back in the five-step NFL concussion protocol, did not play Monday against the Cowboys and is prohibited from speaking to the media by rule.

Shepard has suffered two concussions this season, one in Week 1 and then another after missing two games and coming back in Week 5. In both cases, Shepard returned to the games. This time, the question is how did he make it to step five - which is full-contact practices - and gain clearance if he still had a concussion, the story wondered. The story added it's possible he's shut down for the rest of the season.