Jets sign Malone to active roster, place Maulet on IR
FLORHAM PARK, NJ, Sept 23, (AP): The New York Jets signed wide receiver Josh Malone to the active roster after he was elevated from the practice squad for the first two games.
The team also announced it placed cornerback Arthur Maulet on the injured reserve list and released linebacker Paul Worrilow from the practice squad.
Malone has four catches for 16 yards this season while helping bolster an injury-depleted receiving group. He began the season on the practice squad, but was elevated to the active roster before each of the first two games. As part of new NFL rules, a team can elevate a player from the practice squad and then return him twice in a season without exposing him to waivers.
He joins Chris Hogan and Braxton Berrios as the only healthy wide receivers on the active roster. Breshad Perriman injured an ankle against San Francisco last Sunday and could miss a few games. Jamison Crowder sat out the game with a hamstring injury.
Maulet injured his groin during a punt by San Francisco late in the third quarter of the Jets’ 31-13 loss. He will have to sit out the next three games before being eligible to be activated.
Worrilow, who played four games last season for New York, was signed to the practice squad last week.
Two more NFL head coaches and their teams have been fined for not wearing masks on the sideline.
A person with knowledge of the punishment said that Jon Gruden of the Raiders and Sean Payton of the Saints were each fined $100,000 for not wearing masks on the sideline on Monday night.
The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league wasn’t announcing specific fines, said the teams were also fined $250,000 for the infractions. The league already handed out similar punishments to Denver’s
Vic Fangio, San Francisco’s
Kyle Shanahan and Seattle’s
Pete Carroll, the person said.
Gruden apologized after the game for failing to wear his mask and also acknowledged for the first time that he had the coronavirus during the offseason.
The New York Giants placed running back Saquon Barkley on injured reserve, a day after confirming the 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year tore his right ACL.
The Giants made the move Tuesday and replaced Barkley’s roster spot by signing cornerback Ryan Lewis squad.
Barkley was hurt near the Chicago sideline after trying to fend off Bears safety Eddie Jackson on a 6-yard carry early in the second quarter. The No. 2 overall draft choice in 2018 dragged his right leg behind him as he was helped back across the field to the Giants sideline.
Surgery will happen once swelling in Barkley’s knee subsides.
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The Denver Broncos are in the process of adding free agent Blake Bortles to serve as their backup quarterback, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Broncos haven’t announced the signing, said the seventh-year veteran is going through the COVID-19 protocols after agreeing to a one-year deal.
Bortles, the third overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft, won’t be able to join the team until the weekend.
Brett Rypien is expected to serve as Jeff Driskel’s backup Sunday when the Broncos (0-2) host Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-1).
One of the NFL’s two new stadium sites will serve as a voting center as the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams are making SoFi Stadium a venue for election support.
The NFL also announced on Voter Registration Day it is joining with two groups to recruit workers for polling places and to get out the vote.
The Rams and Chargers increase to 14 the number of NFL franchises allowing their sites to be used for the upcoming election. A voting center outside their stadium will open Oct 30, and a vote by mail drop box will be available starting Oct 5.
Other teams providing such election help are the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Washington Football Team.
Washington Football Team right guard Brandon Scherff
went on injured reserve after hurting his right knee and receiver Cam Sims was brought up from the practice squad.
Scherff, Washington’s top offensive lineman, is a three-time Pro Bowl selection who is playing under a franchise tag this season.
He got injured Sunday and missed the second half of a 30-15 loss at the Arizona Cardinals.
While blocking on a play late in the first half, Washington right tackle Morgan Moses inadvertently pushed Arizona defensive end Angelo Blackson onto Scherff’s right leg.