Jets’ Darnold feeling better
Sam Darnold is out of his walking boot and has started jogging. Next step for the New York Jets quarterback: getting back on the field.
Darnold sat out the team’s first practice after its bye-week break while he continues to recover from a foot strain.
The rookie wore a green Jets cap and sweats as practice began yesterday, and mostly watched from the side while Josh McCown and
Davis Webb threw passes in individual drills.
“The foot is really good,” Darnold said, adding that he’s experiencing no pain. “I feel really good. Like I said last week, just following protocol right now, but it feels really good. (I’ve) been walking around on it fine. It’s just stable progressions throughout the week, I think.”
It’s uncertain if Darnold will be able to start Sunday ay home against the Patriots.
Bills’ Allen back
Buffalo Bills coach Sean
McDermott said quarterback Josh Allen will return to the starting lineup this week against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Allen missed four games after suffering an elbow injury in Buffalo’s Week 6 loss to the Houston Texans . ...
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill has made progress during the team’s bye week in his rehabilitation from a throwing shoulder injury. He remains on schedule to meet his goal of returning Sunday at Indianapolis. But there are significant hurdles yet to be cleared, and coach Adam Gase said he doesn’t even know whether Tannehill will participate fully in practice this week.
McCoy to start
The Washington Redskins will turn to Colt
McCoy as their starting quarterback after Alex
Smith’s season-ending broken leg. They signed Mark
Sanchez to back up McCoy on Thursday at the Dallas Cowboys.
McCoy has been with Washington for coach Jay Gruden’s entire time there and has in-depth knowledge of the offense.
Meanwhile, Cowboys rookie receiver Michael Gallup is away from the team after being told following Sunday’s victory in Atlanta that his brother had died by suicide. His status for Thursday’s game is unknown.
Bears’ Trubisky hurt
The Chicago Bears said quarterback Mitchell Trubisky hurt his right shoulder in their victory over the Vikings.
Coach Matt Nagy did not mention the injury after the game or when he met with reporters yesterday. But the Bears later said Trubisky would not have participated had they practiced . ...
Marcus Mariota is recovering from a stinger that knocked him out of the Titans’ 38-10 loss to the Colts, not the elbow injury announced during the game.
Coach Mike Vrabel said all tests were positive on defensive coordinator Dean
Pees, who returned to Nashville yesterday. Pees spent a night in an Indianapolis hospital after an issue forced him from the coaches’ box early in the game.
The Colts are trying to figure out how much time, if any, center Ryan Kelly will miss after injuring his knee in Sunday’s victory over Tennessee.
Mexico City in 2019
The NFL will return to Mexico City with a game next year. Less than a week after the league moved last night’s high-profile ChiefsRams matchup from Azteca Stadium to Los Angeles because of the poor playing condition at the Mexico venue, the NFL and Mexico’s president-elect confirmed the 2019 game.