Seahawks claim WR Gordon
The Seahawks added a big wide receiver in name and in stature, landing Josh Gordon off the NFL waiver wire, the Seattle Times reported.
Gordon played in six games for the Patriots this season, compiling 20 receptions, 287 yards and a touchdown. He hasn’t played since being knocked out of a game on Oct. 10 with a knee injury and was released by the Patriots on Thursday.
“He’s a unique talent,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “Next week, we’ll take a look and see what he looks like.”
Gordon, 28, was suspended indefinitely last December for violating the terms of his conditional reinstatement under the NFL’s drug policy. His suspension was lifted in August.
The former second-round pick by the Browns out of Baylor in 2012 has more than 4,100 career receiving yards and 20 touchdowns over six years in the NFL, but spent both 2015 and 2016 out of the league serving multiple suspensions for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.
Mahomes listed as questionable: Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Vikings, raising the possibility the league MVP could return after missing just one game with a dislocated kneecap.
As he did last week, Mahomes practiced on a limited basis this week. But rather than being listed out, as he was for Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Packers, Mahomes status was upgraded.
“He did good this week. He added quite a little bit to it,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who added little else during the roughly 3 minutes that he spent speaking to reporters. When asked how Mahomes was moving in practice, Reid replied: “He’s doing some good things.”
In seven games this season, Mahomes, 24, has passed for 2,180 yards with 15 TDs and one INT.
Steelers, Tomlin fined over injury report: The Steelers have been fined $75,000 and coach Mike Tomlin has been fined $25,000 for violating the NFL’s injury report policy, a league source confirmed to ESPN.com.
The team did not accurately list quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on the practice report prior to the team’s Week 2 game against the Seahawks, the league found. He was only listed on the report that week as not practicing Wednesday for reasons that were “not injury related.” The Steelers typically gave Roethlisberger that day off. He fully practiced Thursday and Friday.
Roethlisberger left against the Seahawks before halftime with a noncontact elbow injury and subsequently had season-ending elbow surgery.
The Steelers (3-4), who face the Colts on Sunday, have been going with Mason Rudolph in place in Roethlisberger.
Flacco placed on IR: The Broncos placed quarterback Joe Flacco on injured reserve and promoted rookie Brett Rypien from their practice squad to back up new starter Brandon Allen.
Coach Vic Fangio said the herniated disk in Flacco’s neck requires six weeks of rest and it would have taken another two weeks to get the veteran back up to speed.
Fangio said Flacco “was not happy about it, obviously. He’s kind of surprised because he really doesn’t feel that bad.”
Flacco’s first year with the Broncos after 11 seasons with the Ravens ends with 1,822 yards passing, six TDs and five INTs.
Flacco, 34, also was sacked 26 times behind Denver’s porous offensive line, including a career-high eight against the Chiefs two weeks ago.
Niners LB Alexander lost for season: Niners linebacker Kwon Alexander will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle.
Alexander, 25, was injured during Thursday’s 28-25 win over the Cardinals that pushed the 49ers’ record to 8-0.
This is the second straight year Alexander went down with a significant injury. He tore his ACL last year while with the Buccaneers.