Giants still believe in Manning
Despite mounting losses and a first season quickly turning into a mess, Pat Shurmur is sticking with Eli Manning as the New York Giants quarterback.
Shurmur never hesitated Friday when asked if he was considering a change in the wake of a 34-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that dropped New York to 1-5.
“We believe in Eli,” Shurmur said.
It was as simple as that. There will be no change to either veteran Alex Tanney or rookie Kyle Lauletta.
Shurmur acknowledged Manning made some mistakes in the loss Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, but so did a lot of other players. When he was pressed about whether he would give Lauletta a chance to play if the season slipped away, Shurmur stopped the question.
“Listen, we’re not talking about a quarterback change,” Shurmur said.
Kaepernick left out of 49ers gallery
The San Francisco 49ers are apologizing for initially leaving Colin Kaepernick out of a photo gallery celebrating the team’s history against the Green Bay Packers.
The team posted dozens of photos on its website of past games against the Packers before the teams meet again Monday night without at first including any of Kaepernick.
The team later added photos of Kaepernick. This is the first photo gallery the team has run this year but pictures of Kaepernick were included in all seven photo galleries posted on the team’s website last year.
“Unfortunately there were a handful of obvious misses in this gallery posted by our website team and we appreciate them being brought to our attention,” the team said in a statement. “The 49ers organization has tremendous respect and gratitude for the contributions Colin made to our team over the years.”
Kaepernick set an NFL record for quarterbacks by rushing for 181 yards in a playoff win against Green Bay on Jan. 12, 2013, threw for 413 yards in a season-opening win against the Packers in 2013, and led a drive to win a playoff game in Green Bay on Jan. 5, 2014.
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Jacksonville signed former New York Giants offensive tackle Ereck Flowers and placed left tackle Josh Wells on injured reserve with a groin injury. The Jaguars also placed long-snapper Carson Tinker on injured reserve because of a knee injury . ... Kansas City wide receiver DeAnthony Thomas broke his leg during practice and could miss the rest of the season, the latest in a string of injuries to befall the undefeated team . ... Atlanta will be without defensive tackle Grady Jarrett and running back Devonta Freeman for Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay . ... Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill is questionable for Sunday’s game against Chicago because of a throwing shoulder injury that first bothered him last month. Tannehill was limited in Friday’s workout . ... Cleveland rookie Derrick Willies broke his collarbone in practice and will miss the Chargers game and likely several more.