Cowboys owner ‘threatens’ to sue league over Goodell
Packers send veteran Bennett packing
NEW YORK, Nov 9, (Agencies): Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is threatening to sue the National Football League if they go ahead and approve a contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell, the US media reported on Wednesday.
The New York Times said that Jones told a half dozen fellow owners that he had already hired prominent New York lawyer David Boies to handle the matter.
According to a recent bombshell report from The New Yorker Boies had signed a contract demanding a private security agency seek to uncover information to stop the publication of a Times story about Weinstein’s sexual abuse — at the same time his firm was also representing the newspaper in a libel case.
The newspaper said the league and the team both declined to comment.
Goodell’s contract expires after the 2018 season.
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The Green Bay Packers released tight end Martellus Bennett with a failure to disclose a medical condition designation, the team announced Wednesday.
By cutting Bennett with that designation, the Packers can bid to reclaim the $4.2 million in remaining prorated signing bonus money.
The Minnesota Vikings activated quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to the 53-man roster and placed Sam Bradford on injured reserve.
The team had a Wednesday deadline to decide Bridgewater’s status for the rest of the 2017 season after he spent the first six weeks sidelined on the physically unable to perform list before being medically cleared to return to practice on Oct 18.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who last played in a game at the end of the 2014 season, pronounced himself “clean and sober” when he addressed the media.
Gordon reported to the Browns’ facility on Tuesday after he was conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The 26-year-old had been suspended indefinitely since September 2016 without pay for multiple violations of the league’s substance-abuse policy.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers injured quarterback Jameis Winston apologized for sparking an incident that led to wide receiver Mike Evans’ one-game suspension.
Winston also said that he had his throwing shoulder examined by orthopedic surgeon Dr James Andrews
on Tuesday.
The Cincinnati Bengals resigned offensive tackle Eric Winston to a one-year deal, the team announced.
Winston, who also serves as president of the NFL Players Association, was released by the club in September.
The Denver Broncos placed right tackle Menelik Watson on season-ending injured reserve due to torn tendon in his foot.
The 6-foot-5, 315-pound Watson, a fifth-year player, started seven games in his first season with the Broncos after joining the club as an unrestricted free agent from the Oakland Raiders on March 10. He originally suffered his injury in the Oct 15 loss to the New York Giants in Week 6 and then missed the following game.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week after passing for a career-high four touchdowns Sunday against the New York Giants.
The NFL also announced that Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton earned the AFC offensive honor for Week 9. In the Colts’ 20-14 win over the Houston Texans, Hilton caught five passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers promoted wide receiver Freddie Martino from the practice squad to the active roster.
The 6-foot, 195-pound Martino spent this season on the team’s practice squad after joining Tampa Bay as a free agent in 2016. Last season, he played in 13 games for the Buccaneers, catching eight passes for 142 yards and one touchdown.
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution calling on players to honor the Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act during Sunday’s games.
The act, unanimously passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by former president Barack Obama on Oct 7, 2016, calls for all Americans to observe a two-minute moment of silence on Veterans Day.
Veterans Day this year falls on Nov 11, with a slate of 12 NFL games to be played on Sunday.
NFL players are calling on everyone in the league to observe this moment of silence together before the NFL games this weekend.
The NFLPA did not immediately return calls to clarify whether the resolution included players standing to observe the moment of silence or if they would continue to take a knee in what has been a season-long protest over racial injustice that has polarized Americans.