Patriots add Decker to receiving corps
»The Patriots FOXBOROUGH, MASS. have signed free agent receiver Eric Decker in hopes of adding depth to their receiving corps.
The eight-year NFL veteran signed with New England on Friday after working out for the team this week. The Patriots are looking to give quarterback Tom Brady more options following Julian Edelman’s four-game suspension for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancers, the free agency departure of Danny Amendola and trade of Brandin Cooks.
Decker, the husband of singer Jessie James, joins his fourth NFL team. A third-round pick in the 2010 draft by Denver, the 31-yearold spent four seasons with the Broncos, three with the Jets and last season with the Titans.
He caught 54 passes for 563 yards and TD for Tennessee in 2017.
Jets LB Donahue gets suspended sentence for Montana DUI.
BILLINGS, MONT. » New York Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue received a three-month suspended sentence and was fined $1,000 for a DUI crash in his hometown of Billings, Montana.
The Billings Gazette reports Donahue pleaded guilty Friday through his attorney and was sentenced at the same hearing.
Donahue was charged after hitting an abandoned vehicle in May 2017, causing his Jeep to flip. The crash happened 10 days after he was drafted.
Donahue pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving while intoxicated for causing a wrong-way crash in February that injured four people in the Lincoln Tunnel.
49ers concerned about knee injury. Garnett’s
CALIF. » There’s growing concern about Joshua Garnett’s knee injury, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday, after the guard missed the last five practices of training camp.
Garnett began camp in a heated competition to start at right guard after missing all of 2017 following surgery on the same right knee last August. The team said Garnett banged knees with a teammate July 28.
Pro Bowl headed back to Orlando for 3rd straight yearORLANDO,
FLA.» The Pro Bowl is headed back to Orlando, Florida. The NFL announced Friday that the all-star game will be played Jan. 27 at Camping World Stadium. It will be televised on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and simulcast on ABC. Tickets go on sale in the fall.
Mayfield throws first pick of camp in Browns’ scrimmage.
» Rookie Baker Mayfield threw his first interception of training camp during the Browns’ intra-squad scrimmage on Friday. The No. 1 overall pick had some good and bad moments, which included a tipped pass being caught by linebacker Jamie Collins. — The Associated Press