Jets cornerback Kris Boyd remains hospitalized, more than two days after a shooting in Manhattan. The shooter remains at large.
Via NBCNews.com, police said Monday that Boyd is in “critical but stable condition,” with a bullet still lodged in his lung.
The incident happened near W. 38th Street and Seventh Avenue, not far from Times Square. The shooter has not been apprehended.
Boyd and the assailant reportedly were engaged in a fight at the time the shooting happened. The article from NBCNews.com has a description and photo of the suspect.
A seventh-round pick in 2019, Boyd has played for the Vikings, Cardinals, and Texans. He signed a one-year, $1.6 million deal with the Jets in the offseason. He was placed on season-ending injury reserve in August.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the Jets issued a statement noting that they are “aware of the situation” and “will have no further comment at this time.”
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Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that running back Josh Jacobs avoided a major knee injury.
Jacobs has a left knee contusion and could play against the Vikings on Sunday, LaFleur said.
“Potentially. We’ll see where he’s at,” LaFleur said, via Weston Hodkiewicz of the team website. “It’s a contusion. It’s more or less trying to get the swelling down. Unfortunately, that’s a pretty hard surface over there [at MetLife Stadium], and that’s a byproduct of that.”
Jacobs left the game in the first half after rushing for 40 yards on seven carries in the win over the Giants.
Emanuel Wilson replaced Jacobs and rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. Chris Brooks had one carry for 8 yards.
The Packers could soon see the return of running back MarShawn Lloyd from injured reserve.
Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Lloyd could have his 21-day return-to-practice window opened on Wednesday. Lloyd played only one game last season and has spent this season on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, which followed a groin injury.
Lloyd visited a clinic to study his biomechanics after multiple soft-tissue injuries. Silverstein reports that his issues may stem from the ACL tear he had at South Carolina.
Quarterback Jordan Love was sore but “doing good” on Monday, LaFleur said, after a brief scare in Sunday’s game. Love left for seven plays after taking a blow directly on his left shoulder.
There is some positive news on the injury front for Packers running back Josh Jacobs.
According to multiple reports, Jacobs did not suffer a major injury against the Giants on Sunday. His knee is structurally sound and surgery is not needed.
Jacobs is considered week-to-week, but may miss Green Bay’s Week 12 matchup against Minnesota.
In his second season with the Packers, Jacobs has rushed for 648 yards with 11 touchdowns so far in 2025. He’s also caught 28 passes for 237 yards.
The Packers also have Emanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks on their 53-man roster at running back, with Pierre Strong Jr. on the team’s practice squad.
Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy’s first NFL start came against the Bears in Week 1 and it looked like his second matchup with the Vikings’ divisional rival might end the same way.
In Week 1, McCarthy rebounded from a rough three quarters to lead the team to a win. On Sunday, the Vikings trailed 16-3 entering the fourth quarter and McCarthy was 10-of-22 with many of his incompletions missing by wide margins. He went 6-of-10 while leading two touchdown drives in the final 15 minutes. The second score came with 50 seconds to play, but the Bears got a big kickoff return to set up a field goal that gave them a 19-17 win.
McCarthy’s finish offered some encouragement, but McCarthy is now 50-of-99 with five interceptions in three starts since returning from an ankle injury. After the game, head coach Kevin O’Connell was asked at his press conference about balancing McCarthy’s development with trying to win enough games to advance to the postseason.
“There’s what’s best for the young quarterback, what’s best for our offense, what’s best for our team,” O’Connell said. “That’s my job to manage all those things and I’ve got to do a better job of that.”
O’Connell was later asked if there was a level of performance that would lead him to make a quarterback change during a game. He said he’s “not going to get into any of that right now” and the Vikings will be hoping that McCarthy shows enough improvement to take that consideration off the table for the rest of the season.
In a game with a wild, back-and-forth final minute, the Bears got a 48-yard field goal from Cairo Santos as time expired to beat the Vikings 19-17.
Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy threw two costly interceptions in the first half and looked like he wasn’t going to give his team any chance to win, but late in the game McCarthy settled down, and when he hit Jordan Addison in the end zone with 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter, he appeared to have pulled off more late-game heroics.
Instead, the Bears got a long return on the ensuing kickoff and got themselves into field goal range, where Santos won it.
Bears running back D’Andre Swift had a big game, carrying 21 times for 90 yards, and Chicago’s offense did enough to win on a day when Caleb Williams was not at his best.
The win improves the Bears’ record to 7-3, and for now they’re in first place in the NFC North. The Vikings fall to 4-6, and their playoff hopes may be slipping away.
Lost in the front-burner frustrations of Eagles receiver A.J. Brown is the simmering purple pot in Minnesota.
Receiver Justin Jefferson is saying all the right things, but something is off. And it’s not hard to trace the issue to the work-in-progress quarterback situation in Minnesota.
Case in point. With J.J. McCarthy under center, Jefferson averages 52.3 receiving yards per game. When Carson Wentz was starting, Jefferson averaged 95.4 yards.
That doesn’t mean McCarthy should force the ball to Jefferson. Twice last week that resulted in interceptions.
And as McCarthy prepares for his fifth career start, he has another reason to avoid throwing an interception on Sunday. If he does, he’ll be the third quarterback in the last 10 seasona to throw interceptions in each of his first five games, joining Jets quarteback Zach Wilson in 2021 and Browns quarterback DeShone Kizer in 2017.
For the year, McCarthy has completed 58 of 108 passes for 692 yards, with five touchdown passes and six interceptions. It translates to a passer rating of 65.8.
If he had played enough to make it to the list of qualifying leaders, that would put him dead last — nearly seven points behind Cam Ward’s 72.2.
The Bills have an unexpected inclusion on their inactive list for Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers.
Wide receiver Keon Coleman will not play for Buffalo. The 2024 second-round pick was not on the injury report this week, which makes him a healthy scratch for a game the Bills need to try to push their way back up the AFC East standings.
According to multiple reports, Coleman missed a team meeting on Friday and that led to the decision to sit him on Sunday. Coleman was also benched for portions of two games as a rookie for disciplinary purposes.
The Bills signed Mecole Hardman to the 53-man roster on Saturday and they also elevated Gabe Davis from the practice squad. They will join Khalil Shakir, Josh Palmer, Curtis Samuel, and Tyrell Shavers at receiver for the Bills.
Bills at Buccaneers
Bills: WR Keon Coleman, TE Dalton Kincaid, WR Elijah Moore, LB Shaq Thompson, CB Ja’Marcus Ingram, DT Phidarian Mathis, T Chase Lundt
Buccaneers: G Ben Bredeson, WR Chris Godwin, RB Bucky Irving, DL C.J. Brewer, G Elijah Klein, EDGE Haason Reddick, EDGE Markees Watts
Bengals at Steelers
Bengals: QB Sean Clifford, CB Marco Wilson, RB Samaje Perine, WR Jermaine Burton, TE Cam Grandy, DE Trey Hendrickson
Steelers: EDGE Alex Highsmith, CB Darius Slay, LB Cole Holcomb, DT Logan Lee, DT Brodric Martin, OL Andrus Peat
Chargers at Jaguars
Chargers: S Tony Jefferson, LB Kyle Kennard, T Bobby Hart, OL Foster Sarell, WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith, TE Will Dissly, DT Naquan Jones
Jaguars: CB Jourdan Lewis, WR Brian Thomas Jr., RB Cody Schrader, OL Anton Harrison, TE Hunter Long, DL Emmanuel Ogbah
Bears at Vikings
Bears: QB Case Keenum, LB T.J. Edwards, WR Jahdae Walker, DL Chris Williams, CB Jaylon Jones
Vikings: LB Chaz Chambliss, EDGE Jonathan Greenard, T Walter Rouse, TE Ben Sims, DL Elijah Williams
Texans at Titans
Texans: QB C.J. Stroud, S Jalen Pitre, K Ka’imi Fairbairn, WR Braxton Berrios, RB Dameon Pierce, OL Jarrett Kingston, OL Ed Ingram
Titans: S Xavier Woods, S Jerrick Reed II, G Drew Moss, T Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
Panthers at Falcons
Panthers: WR Hunter Renfrow, S Lathan Ransom, LB Trevin Wallace, C Nick Samac, DT Jared Harrison-Hunte, TE James Mitchell, DT Cam Jackson
Falcons: CB Dee Alford, CB Mike Hughes, LB Josh Woods, EDGE Leonard Floyd, G Matthew Bergeron, DL Elijah Garcia, DL Zach Harrison
Packers at Giants
Packers: K Brandon McManus, WR Malik Heath, CB Nate Hobbs, OL Donovan Jennings, DL Lukas Van Ness
Giants: LB Kayvon Thibodeaux, QB Jaxson Dart, WR Darius Slayton, S Tyler Nubin, DL Chauncey Golston, DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches, T James Hudson III
Vikings linebacker Dallas Turner will find his upcoming paychecks more than $34,000 lighter, due to a pair of infractions against the Ravens in Week 10.
Turner was fined $17,389 for roughing the passer in the second quarter of the loss to Baltimore. He landed on quarterback Lamar Jackson with his full body weight.
Turner also was fined $17,389 for a hip-drop tackle of kicker returner Justice Hill on the opening kickoff of the game.
A penalty was called on the roughing violation. No flag was thrown for the hip-drop violation.
And, yes, the two fines exceed Turner’s sack total for the year, at 1.5. It’s a fact of which Vikings fans have been keenly aware, especially since Jared Verse was on the board when Turner was selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2024 draft.
The Bears will have to wait at least one more week for cornerback Jaylon Johnson to return to the lineup.
Johnson returned to practice on Friday and was listed as questionable on the team’s final injury report, but the Bears announced on Saturday that he will not be activated from injured reserve ahead of their game against the Vikings. Johnson has been on injured reserve with a groin injury since Week 2.
That Week 2 game was Johnson’s only appearance of the season. He initially injured his groin over the summer.
The Bears still have safety Jaquan Brisker listed as questionable to play due to a back injury. His game status will be determined when the Bears release their inactives 90 minutes ahead of Sunday’s kickoff.
Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy practiced with a bandage on his right hand this week, but the issue won’t stop him from starting against the Bears on Sunday.
McCarthy has no injury designation on the team’s final injury report ahead of Week 11. McCarthy banged his hand on a helmet last weekend, but was able to practice all week and returned to full participation on Thursday.
Sunday’s game will be McCarthy’s third since returning from an ankle injury that kept him out of five games.
The Vikings ruled out edge rusher Jonathan Greenard with a shoulder injury that kept him out of practice this week. They also announced that center Ryan Kelly (concussion) will not be activated from injured reserve this week.
