New York Giants coach Joe Judge believes the NFL players and coaches will have to sacrifice if the league is going to have a season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants left tackle Nate Solder has opted out of the 2020 NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Everson Griffen burst from his three-point stance and appeared ready to try and beat New York Giants left tackle Nate Solder with speed to the outside.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants offensive line coach Hal Hunter is scruffy a little more than a week into training camp.
Hunter looks as if he has been on a camping trip and...
ATLANTA (AP) — Trent Brown made a huge — no, massive — impression the first time he strolled through the door at New England's facility and met his new teammates.
"Man, I thought Nate Solder was big," Patriots center David Andrews said while shaking his head. "And then he walked into the room."
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Pat Shurmur's first minicamp with the New York Giants nearly had an ugly ending when high-priced left tackle Nate Solder tweaked a knee after being bumped during a helmet-swinging scuffle between defensive tackle Damon Harrison and rookie guard Will Hernandez.
Solder, who signed a four-year, $62 million contract in March, walked away from the fight on the third and final day of the minicamp on Thursday and sat on the grass after Harrison and Hernandez were separated.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee left tackle Taylor Lewan is skipping the Titans' mandatory minicamp while his agents negotiate a new contract for the two-time Pro Bowl lineman.
Titans general manager Jon Robinson said in a statement Tuesday just before the team started a three-day minicamp that Lewan's representatives told the team he would not be attending.
BOSTON (AP) — The Bruins have honored the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots before Boston's game Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks.
Fourteen members of the NFL championship team walked onto center ice wearing Bruins jerseys with their names and numbers on the back.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — With his four-game "Deflategate" suspension completed, Tom Brady was eligible to step back into the New England Patriots' team facility on Monday for the first time in a month.
But if he was there, no one was willing to say.
Only a handful of Brady's teammates appeared in the locker room after attending position group meetings and none of them acknowledged laying eyes on their quarterback.
"I haven't seen him yet," receiver and special teams captain Matt Slater said.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower did not practice because of a knee injury and tight end Ron Gronkowski is still nursing a hamstring as New England prepares to host the Miami Dolphins in their home opener.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tight end Rob Gronkowski will miss the New England Patriots' opener against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night because of a hamstring injury.
The team confirmed Friday night that Gronkowski had been downgraded from questionable to out for the game. Also missing the game will be offensive linemen Jonathan Cooper and Nate Solder — and suspended quarterback Tom Brady.