GIANTS GET WILLIAMS IN BIG APPLE TRADE
The Big Cat is joining Big
Blue.
The New York Jets traded defensive lineman Leonard Williams to the Giants on Monday for a third-round draft pick next year and a fifthrounder in 2021, according to a source.
Williams was the No. 6 overall pick of the Jets in 2015 and made the Pro Bowl in his second season, but never truly lived up to his lofty draft status. He has 17 career sacks, but none in seven games this season for the struggling Jets. He actually had one in New York’s 29-15 loss at Jacksonville on Sunday that was negated by a penalty on a teammate.
It would be first completed trade since 1983 between the teams that share MetLife Stadium as their home. The Jets sent a conditional pick to the Giants in 1983 for offensive lineman Chris Foote, a Fairview High School alumnus, but the trade was nullified a week later when he was waived.
ESPN first reported the deal for Williams on Monday, a day before the NFL’s trade deadline at 2 p.m.
The 25-year-old Williams is scheduled to become a free agent after this season. The fifth-rounder the Jets are receiving could become a fourthrounder if the Giants sign Williams to a contract extension.
Browns send LB Avery to Eagles.
OHIO» The Cleveland Browns BEREA, have agreed to trade linebacker Genard Avery to the Philadelphia Eagles for an undisclosed 2021 draft pick.
A fifth-round pick from Memphis in 2018, Avery played 16 games — starting five — for Cleveland last season and showed potential as an edge rusher. However, he has been active for only two games this season and general manager John Dorsey figured it was time to move the 6foot, 250-pounder, who can also play defensive end.
Source: Cardinals get RB Drake.
A source said the Arizona Cardinals have acquired running back Kenyan Drake from the Miami Dolphins for a conditional sixthround draft pick in 2020.
The 25-year-old Drake is in his fourth season in the league and gives the Cardinals some depth at the banged-up running back position. Starter David Johnson has missed most of the past two weeks with an ankle injury and backup Chase Edmonds injured his hamstring in the team’s 31-9 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
Ex-Michigan State president to stand trial.
MICH.» A judge LANSING, ordered former Michigan State University President Lou Ann Simon to stand trial on charges that she lied to police about her knowledge of a sexual misconduct complaint against now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar.
The ruling came the same day the school revealed that a trustee resigned Saturday over the governing board’s decision last month to drop an independent review of Nassar’s assaults, despite having unanimously voted for the probe in June.
Nancy Schlichting, in a letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, said it became clear to her that four trustees do not share the commitment by Schlichting and three other trustees to an independent review, including the release of documents protected by attorney-client privilege “so the truth can come out.”
Wyoming assistant resigns.
» Assistant University of LARAMIE
Wyoming football coach Willie Mack Garza has resigned after being charged with drunken driving.
The safeties coach was cited Oct. 17 and coach Craig Bohl suspended him Oct. 18. Bohl announced Garza’s resignation Monday.
• Wyoming running back Xazavian Valladay was named the Mountain West offensive player of the week.
Valladay rushed for a career-high 206 yards and grabbed two catches for a career-high 74 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown grab on the first offensive play of the game.