Giants WR Beckham is sidelined by injury
New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has been ruled out for today’s game against Washington with a quadriceps injury. He did not travel to Washington with the team.
Beckham appeared on the team’s injury report Friday with a bruised quadricep and practiced on a limited basis. He was downgraded to out on Saturday.
Beckham participated in practice on Wednesday and Thursday and gave no indication that he might be dealing with a medical issue when he spoke to reporters on Thursday.
“I’m excited about Washington,” he said. “Another opportunity to go out there Sunday and do what we do.”
Beckham first disclosed the quad injury in his Facebook docuseries with “Uninterupted” on Friday morning.
Beckham leads the team in receptions (77) and receiving yards (1,052). BROWNS ACTIVATE CB MITCHELL >> Cleveland Browns cornerback Terrance Mitchell has been activated from injured reserve after missing eight games with a broken right wrist. Cleveland made the move Saturday, enabling Mitchell to be available for today’s game against Carolina. The Browns need Mitchell because rookie cornerback Denzel Ward is out with a concussion.
The 26-year-old Mitchell broke his wrist making a tackle on Sept. 30 against Oakland. He started Cleveland’s first four games opposite Ward before getting hurt.
BILLS MOVE WR SCOTT TO ACTIVE ROSTER >> The Buffalo Bills have promoted receiver Da’Mari Scott to the active roster for today’s game against the New York Jets. Scott was signed to the Bills practice squad on Wednesday, a day after Buffalo cut receivers Kelvin Benjamin and Andre Holmes.
Scott was an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State who has yet to play an NFL game. He spent the first 13 weeks of the season with the Cleveland Browns before being waived on Monday.
FINE TIME >> Buffalo defensive end Jerry Hughes was fined $53,482 by the NFL on Saturday for confronting an official in the tunnel after the Bills-Dolphins game last weekend. Hughes accused the official of calling him a vulgar name.
“I’ll catch you. I’ll catch you, guaranteed,” Hughes shouted, waving his index finger, as he was pulled away by Bills officials. Hughes later declined to elaborate on the reason for his anger, saying, “I lost the game, so I am supposed to be angry.”
• The league also fined Tennessee left tackle Taylor Lewan $26,739 for yelling at referee Jerome Boger and his crew after the JetsTitans game.
• Fines of $26,739 for unnecessary roughness were levied against Dallas’ Jaylon Smith (helmet-to-helmet hit) and Jatavis Brown of the Chargers.
• Receiving $20,054 fines were Ndamukong Suh of the Rams for a horse collar tackle, the Lions’ Ezekiel Ansah for an illegal hit on the quarterback, Za’Darius Smith of the Ravens for roughing the passer and Bears quarterback Chase Daniel for a horse collar tackle on an interception.
• Three players received $13,369 fines for unsportsmanlike conduct: Kansas City’s Eric Murray, Oakland’s Jared Cook and Atlanta’s Vic Beasley Jr., for dunking the football over the crossbar.
• Malcolm Smith of San Francisco was fined $10,026 for unnecessary roughness. Two Jacksonville Jaguars players, C.J. Reavis (unnecessary roughness) and Ronnie Harrison (taunting) also were fined that amount.