Reports: Giants going with QB McCoy today
Colt McCoy will start at quarterback for the New York Giants on Sunday night, filling in for the injured Daniel Jones, multiple outlets reported.
The Giants (5-8) are hosting the Cleveland Browns (9- 4) in a game crucial to both teams. New York is still in the mix to win the NFC East title, and the Browns are looking to bolster their playoff position.
Jones has hamstring and ankle injuries.
McCoy, 34, entered the NFL in 2010 as a thirdround draft pick of the Browns and appeared in 24 games (21 starts) with the franchise over three seasons. He also played for San Francisco (2013) and Washington (2014-19) before joining the Giants.
Former Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens will be calling the plays for the Giants in the absence of offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, who is away from the team because of COVID-19.
SAINTS’ THOMAS ON IR >> The New Orleans Saints placed receiver Michael Thomas on injured reserve on Saturday, a move that allows the Saints to give a healthy player Thomas’ active roster spot for their final three regular-season games while resting their star receiver for the playoffs.
Thomas, the 2019 AP Offensive Player of the Year, has been bothered by an ankle injury since Week 1 of the season and already had been ruled out on Friday for Sunday’s game against the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. It will be the seventh time this season Thomas had been scratched from the lineup.
BENGALS QB ALLEN OUT FOR MONDAY GAME >> Quarterback Brandon Allen is out for the Monday night game against the Steelers, the Cincinnati Bengals said Saturday.
Ryan Finley is expected to start in his place.
Allen, 0- 3 as a starter since rookie Joe Burrow suffered a season- ending injury, hurt his knee late in last week’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys and hasn’t practiced this week.
Finley, who has been the backup to Burrow, has played sparingly after the team decided to start Allen, a former practice team player, instead of him after Burrow was injured.
Finley is 10 for 19 for 75 yards and two interceptions in 2020.
The Bengals signed freeagent quarterback Kyle Schurmur to the practice squad this week to add to some depth.
RAVENS’ PETERS FINED FOR SPIT ATTACK >> Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters can deny it all he wants, but the NFL thought he spit at Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry.
The league fined Peters $12, 500 on Saturday for his actions, which were followed by a back-and-forth verbal battle between the players this week.
Peters was fined for unsportsmanlike conduct despite not being penalized during Baltimore’s 47- 42 win over Cleveland.
TV footage caught Peters spitting in Landry’s direction at the end of the first quarter. Landry had his back turned and didn’t know what Peters had done until after the game. BROADCASTER MICHAELS OUT WITH COVID CONCERNS >> Broadcaster Al Michaels will not participate in NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” telecast out of COVID-19 concerns.
The network said in a statement issued Friday that Michaels had “not been cleared to work this weekend’s game in accordance with NBCUniversal COVID-19 safety protocols.”
Mike Tirico will stand in for Michaels and call the game between the Cleveland Browns (9- 4) and New York Giants (5-8).