Giants’ Kitchens gets shot at redemption against Browns

Freddie Kitchens was fired after one stormy, discouraging season as Cleveland Browns coach.

This weekend he’ll get a shot at some personal payback.

Kitchens will call plays for the New York Giants Sunday night against Cleveland after offensive coordinator Jason Garrett tested positive Thursday for COVID-19.

Kitchens is coaching New York’s tight ends this season, but it was innovative playcalling when he was elevated in the 2018 season from running backs coach to interim coordinator that helped him get Cleveland’s coaching spot.

Browns

Wide receiver Jarvis Landry called Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters “a coward” for appearing to spit at him Monday night. A video taken from the national TV broadcast shows Peters spitting in Landry’s direction at the end of the first quarter. Landry has his back turned and is walking in the opposite direction and toward Cleveland’s huddle when Peters spits. Landry said the action was uncalled for.

“He’s a coward,” Landry said Thursday on a Zoom call after practice. “He knew that maybe behind my back he could do things like that, but to my face he wouldn’t. Take it for what it’s worth and now I know. Everybody knows what type of player he is and the type of person he is and just move on from there.”

Washington

Safety Deshazor Everett went on injured reserve with a pectoral muscle injury that also affected his shoulder. Everett started six games this season for Washington, which has won four in a row to improve to 6-7 and take over first place in the NFC East heading into a game Sunday against the visiting Seattle Seahawks (9-4). In another move, Washington signed running back Lamar Miller off of the ChicagoBears practice squad.

Raiders

Quarterback Derek Carr left the game Thursday night against the visiting Los Angeles Chargers with a groin injury. Carr came up lame on a third-down scramble near the goal line in the first quarter. He went immediately to the locker room and the team said he would not return.