4:30 PM ET The New England Patriots have agreed to trade wide receiver Demaryius Thomas to the New York Jets, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Pats will get back a 2021 sixth-round pick for Thomas, who was inactive for the team’s Week 1 win over Pittsburgh. Thomas became expendable after New England signed wide
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4:30 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — One day after coach Adam Gase’s public criticism of the team, the New York Jets traded for wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and changed kickers for the third time since training camp — a mini-shake-up that sends a message to the locker room. The Jets acquired Thomas from the
4:06 PM ET New York Jets defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd was suspended six games by the NFL for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He will be eligible to return to the Jets’ active roster on Monday, Oct. 28. Shepard told NFL.com he knowingly took the banned substances while he was recovering from shoulder and
3:21 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets have changed kickers. Again. Two days after Kaare Vedvik‘s disastrous NFL debut, the Jets have signed Sam Ficken, who was cut recently by the Green Bay Packers. Ficken, who was on the Packers’ preseason roster, will be their fourth kicker since the start of
2:32 PM ET Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine has testified at a preliminary hearing about a shooting in Kansas that killed his best friend and former Washburn University teammate as they stood outside a party where they were celebrating Ballentine being drafted. Ballentine’s testimony at a preliminary hearing Monday
1:58 PM ET HOUSTON — The Texans have signed center Nick Martin to a three-year, $33 million contract extension with $18.35 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Martin, a second-round pick in 2016, has been the Texans’ starting center for the past two seasons and was entering the final season of his rookie
6:47 AM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Call it the first impression the Denver Broncos didn’t want to make in the football new year, but after an offseason of planning, adding new players such as quarterback Joe Flacco and saying better days were ahead on offense, the first play from scrimmage in the new season went
1:16 PM ET CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns star Odell Beckham Jr. said that he still plans to wear in games the luxury watch that he sported in the season opener against the Tennessee Titans. “I’ll still be wearing it,” Beckham said Tuesday. “The same way I wear it every day I go to practice, when
5:30 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Alex Mack has grown accustomed to the musical chairs along the Atlanta Falcons‘ offensive line in recent years. The six-time Pro Bowl center enjoyed continuity during the 2016 Super Bowl run when the Falcons started the same five offensive linemen — left tackle Jake Matthews, left guard Andy
12:09 PM ET Among a flurry of roster moves coming off a 31-17 season-opening loss to the 49ers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have re-signed safety Andrew Adams, who picked off Cam Newton three times last year. The Bucs face the Panthers on Thursday night. Adams was among the Lions’ roster cuts this preseason after the