Patriots receiver Edelman hurt in pre-season game
Elliott plans to attend appeal hearing
NEW YORK, Aug 26, (Agencies): The New England Patriots fear wide receiver Julian Edelman tore a ligament in his right knee in Friday’s pre-season win over the Detroit Lions, multiple media outlets reported.
The Super Bowl champion Patriots were tight-lipped about the injury after the game, but Edelman was scheduled to undergo an MRI exam on Saturday.
Edelman was injured on the team’s first drive, limping off the field after making three catches for 52 yards.
The nine-year veteran had caught the ball at Detroit’s 29yard line. He turned and planted his right foot into the turf and then immediately grabbed the back of his right knee.
After leaving the field under his own power, he was taken to the locker room in a cart.
The Patriots have a long list of wide receivers, including offseason acquisition Brandin Cooks, Malcolm Mitchell, Chris Hogan and Danny Amendola.
But Edelman has been Brady’s most frequent target over the past four years. Edelman has caught 356 passes for 3,826 yards and 20 touchdowns in that span.
The 31-year-old signed a two-year contract extension in the offseason.
Dallas Cowboys
Ezekiel Elliott
star running back plans to attend his six-game suspension appeal hearing at NFL headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
Stephen Jones,
the Cowboys’ executive vice president and CEO, confirmed to reporters that Elliott will not be at practice on Monday and Tuesday to prepare for the appeal hearing.
Arbitrator who was appointed by NFL commissioner to hear the appeal, has denied a request from Elliott’s representatives to make his accuser, former girlfriend available to testify, according to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
Brooks
Harold Henderson,
Roger Goodell
Tiffany Thompson, San Francisco 49ers
Ahmad
The released linebacker
after nine seasons with the team.
The 49ers were unsuccessful in finding a trade partner for the 33-year-old Brooks. The team will save about $6 million in salary cap space by cutting Brooks, who was entering the final year of a six-year, $40.4 million deal.
Brooks, who either led or tied for the 49ers’ team lead in sacks every season since 2013, was battling with thirdyear player Eli Harold for the starting strong-side linebacker Seattle Seahawks running back Eddie Lacy (left), breaks a tackle by Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Derrick Johnson (right), during the first half of an NFL football preseason game,
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spot. Harold, 23, started the most recent preseason game against the Denver Broncos.
Jacksonville Jaguars Doug Marrone
coach needs more time before naming his starting quarterback for the season opener.
The competition
and will continue into the preseason finale next week after neither quarterback did enough to win the job in the Jaguars’ 24-23 loss to the on Thursday night.
Blake Bortles
Michael Vick Beathard
between
Chad Henne
Carolina Panthers
Former NFL quarterback
will work for Fox Sports as a studio analyst this season.
Vick was the No. 1 overall pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 draft out of Virginia Tech. His tenure in Atlanta ended in disgrace when he was arrested for running a dog-fighting operation. He spent 21 months in federal prison for the crime.
In February, Vick announced he was retired from the NFL after not playing in 2016.
Washington Redskins San Diego Chargers
Bobby
Former
and general manager
was named a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Friday by the entity’s contributors committee.
Beathard ran the Redskins from 1978-88 and the franchise won two Super Bowl titles during his reign. He was the general manager in San Diego from 1990-99 and built the Chargers’ lone Super Bowl squad — a team that lost to San Francisco following the 1994 campaign.