Month: August 2021

Aug 14, 2021 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Jets rookie quarterback Zach Wilson passed his first test with relative ease, delivering an efficient performance in his preseason debut Saturday night against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Wilson, who started and played two series, completed 6-of-9 passes for 63 yards. He was in

Aug 15, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence‘s first NFL snap ended with a sack that nearly turned into a fumble, but the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback didn’t let that rattle him. The 2021 No. 1 draft pick bounced back from that inauspicious start and turned in a solid but unspectacular performance in the Jaguars’ 23-13

10:35 PM ET Associated Press Joe Walton, the former New York Jets coach who built Robert Morris University‘s football program from the ground up, has died. He was 85. Robert Morris announced in an obituary posted on its website that Walton died Sunday. No cause of death was provided. Walton, a native of Beaver Falls,

2:24 PM ET PITTSBURGH — When Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke told Joe Schobert he needed to talk with him after the team’s final team meeting Thursday, the veteran inside linebacker knew something was off. But Schobert hardly expected what Baalke told him next. The Jaguars were trading Schobert, a splashy free-agent signing just

4:03 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers waived three players Sunday following their preseason-opening loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, including former Navy cornerback Cameron Kinley, who was given a special exemption by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to delay his service to the Navy so he could attend Buccaneers training camp. The exemption

1:17 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Saturday’s preseason opener was supposed to be just the beginning of three weeks filled with an abundance of game snaps for Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love, while Aaron Rodgers watched from the sideline. There might not be as many of those preseason snaps for Love now. While

Aug 15, 2021 Taysom Hill got the first start of the preseason. Jameis Winston threw the first touchdown pass. But neither of the New Orleans Saints‘ quarterback contenders was able to avoid the turnovers that doomed a 17-14 loss at the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. Each QB threw an interception as part of the Saints’