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Getty Images Mike Nugent has never won a playoff game. Playing for a bunch of bad teams will do that for a man. He should have a chance to change that. Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the veteran kicker has won the right to replace the injured Stephen Gostkowski, after they brought in a...

Getty Images Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon joined the list of players on the team’s injury report on Wednesday. Gordon was listed as a limited participant in the session due to a knee issue. It’s the first time that Gordon has been listed with an injury this season. He joined fellow...

Getty Images The Patriots held a kicking competition with free agent kickers Wednesday. Not only did Kai Forbath and Mike Nugent workout for New England, but so did Elliott Fry, Blair Walsh and Matthew Wright, Howard Balzer reports. The Bears cut Fry on Aug. 18 after he lost the kicking...

Getty Images Washington promoted receiver Cam Sims from the practice squad Wednesday, the team announced. Sims, 23, went undrafted out of Alabama in 2018. He caught five passes for 131 yards in the preseason, making the team’s 53-player roster as a rookie. But on his first NFL snap, a kickoff...

Getty Images The Patriots worked out five kickers Wednesday. They asked another to participate. Kaare Vedvik turned them down, Mike Garafolo of the NFL reports. Vedvik is concentrating on punting and kicking off, his agent, John Perla, told Garafolo. The Vikings traded a fifth-round choice...

Getty Images In 2013, the Vikings had no intent to trade Percy Harvin. In 2019, the Vikings have no plans to trade Stefon Diggs. So. Yeah. Tom Curran of NBCSportsBoston.com reports that the Vikings have no plans to trade Diggs. The speculation, which began last week, reached a fever pitch on...

Getty Images The Patriots are bringing back a familiar face for some special teams depth. According to Field Yates of ESPN, the Patriots are re-signing safety Jordan Richards. Richards was with the Falcons last season (starting 12 games when all their safeties got hurt), but spent the...

Getty Images After the Patriots beat the Bills last Sunday, Patriots linebacker Kyle Van Noy said that he feels like he and his teammates have been underappreciated this season. Van Noy said, via Tom Curran of NBCSportsBoston.com, he “just wants some respect” and wondered if “maybe people will...

Getty Images The Patriots work out free agent players throughout the season in order to have an idea of who would fit their needs in the event of an injury or other absence for a player, so reading much more into any visits than due diligence is usually unwise. In some cases, though, it feels...

Getty Images The Patriots offense had a tough time against the Bills on Sunday and the team’s tight ends had a particularly quiet day. None of Tom Brady‘s 18 completions came on throws to tight ends and the position group has had just four catches as a whole through the first four weeks of the...

Getty Images Monday was the 18th anniversary of Tom Brady‘s first NFL start. Reminded of that fact by Jim Gray of Westwood One during the Bengals-Steelers pregame show, Brady said he didn’t realize it. A full generation later, and 25 percent of the way into his 20th NFL season, Brady realizes...

Getty Images The Patriots have released receiver Cameron Meredith, Field Yates of ESPN. The team signed him Aug. 2, four days after the Saints cut him. The Patriots placed him on the physically unable to perform list with a knee injury the same day, and he remained on the list until his...

NFL investigators have not interviewed Antonio Brown as part of the investigation into alleged sexual assault and rape, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Brown is a free agent, so, as Fowler points out, it’s unclear whether he will cooperate. However, no team seems willing to sign Brown until the...

Getty Images Bills head coach Sean McDermott didn’t want to go another round on Monday regarding the hit by Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones that landed quarterback Josh Allen in the concussion protocol. McDermott said on Sunday that there’s no room in the game for hits like the ones Jones...

Getty Images Bills defensive back Micah Hyde intercepted Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the end zone on Sunday, and afterward Bill Belichick wanted to know about it. Channel 25 in Boston got postgame video of Belichick running after Hyde following the game, asking what happened. “Micah...

When the Ravens and Packers met in the preseason, future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers had some simple and clear advice for budding franchise quarterback Lamar Jackson: Slide. That’s advice every quarterback should take to heart. On Sunday, multiple young quarterbacks were reckless...

Getty Images Washington coach Jay Gruden didn’t get fired on Monday. Assuming it doesn’t happen on Tuesday or Wednesday (“dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things”), Gruden will need to name a quarterback for the Week Five game against the Patriots. “I think I’ll figure that out, especially...

Getty Images The Patriots remain unbeaten after Sunday’s 16-10 win over the Bills, but being 4-0 doesn’t mean Tom Brady is all smiles on Monday morning. Brady and the offense had a pedestrian outing in Buffalo. The quarterback was 18-of-39 for 150 yards and the offense gained just 224 yards...

Getty Images Bills head coach Sean McDermott and some players on the team thought that Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones should have been ejected from Sunday’s game for a hit to the head of Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Jones was penalized for the hit, which forced Allen out of the game, but...

Getty Images Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty still hasn’t gone a game without intercepting a pass. McCourty intercepted Bills quarterback Josh Allen today in Buffalo, making it four games in a row with a pick for McCourty. That ties Hall of Famer Mike Haynes for the most consecutive...