Garrett to return this week for the Giants
Offensive coordinator back after a bout with COVID-19 last week
Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett will be back calling plays for the New York Giants this weekend after missing a game following a positive test for COVID -19.
Coach Joe Judge said Thursday that Garrett will have finished his mandated isolation by Sunday when the Giants (5-9) face the Ravens (9-5) in Baltimore.
Judge said the only thing not finalized is how Garrett will travel to Baltimore.
Tight ends coach and former Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens called the plays on Sunday night when the Giants fell to Cleveland 20-6 at Metlife Stadium in losing their second straight game.
Kitchens has been handling the play-calling at practice this week with Garrett working with the team on the online calls.
“It’s kind of crazy having the voice come through a speaker in terms of the install and talking through it when the guys are in the building,” Judge said. “That’s a little bit different. But look, different is really not a challenge for us. We kind of want to thrive in that kind of situation.”
Judge said quarterback Daniel Jones looked good in Wednesday ’s workout and he hopes he will be able to return Sunday. He missed the game against Cleveland with ankle and hamstring injuries. He also missed a game against Seattle at the start of the month with a hamstring injury.
Bills: Cut receiver Jake Kumerow on Thursday in opening the possibility of receiver John Brown’s return after missing four games with an ankle injury. Kumerow’s release comes after scoring on a 22-yard touchdown pass on his first and only catch in six games with the Bills in a 48-19 AFC East-clinching win at Denver on Saturday. He opened the season on Buffalo’s practice squad after spending the previous two-plus years with Green Bay.
Lions: Interim coach Darrell Bevell is the NFL’S first head coach to miss a game because of COVID-19 protocols even though he has not tested positive for the coronavirus. “It’s kind of the times that we’re living in right now,“Bevell lamented. The Lions (5-9) will also be without defensive coordinator Cory Undlin, defensive line coach Bo Davis, defensive backs coach Steve Gregory and linebackers coach Ty Mckenzie against Tampa Bay (9-5) on Saturday. Wide receivers coach Robert Prince will coach the team.
Cardinals: Arizona coach Kliff Kingsbury said linebacker Dennis Gardeck is out for the rest of the regular season and will be placed on injured reserve with a knee injury.
Cowboys: Ron Widby, the 1967 Southeastern Conference player of the year in basketball and punter for the Dallas Cowboys’ first Super Bowl championship has died. He was 75.
Browns: Cleveland may have to try to secure a playoff spot — its first since 2002 — on Sunday in New York without starting rookie left tackle Jedrick Wills, who was placed on the COVID-19 list.