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The Cowboys' many, increasingly depressing QB options
With Tony Romo sidelined for at least two months, the first-place Dallas Cowboys have no problem putting their season in the capable hands of backup Brandon Weeden. Um, about that...
More than Tebow: The biggest casualties of NFL's epic cut day
Tim Tebow was the biggest name among NFL cuts for the second time in three years. Tebow had seemingly won the No. 3 QB job when Philadelphia traded Matt Barkley to...
Jets' newly signed QBs both lose backup competition
The winner of the Jets’ veteran backup quarterback competition is ... no one. The Jets released both Matt Flynn and Josh Johnson on Saturday as the team made 22 moves...
'Tough decisions' for Jets as WR, DB battles complicate cuts
The Jets will move a step closer to the regular season Saturday when they cut their roster from 75 players to 53. Most of the roster decisions need little or...
Matt Flynn makes strong case for backup QB job in Jets' win
Matt Flynn may have locked up the Jets’ backup quarterback spot with a decent performance in Thursday’s 24-18 win over the Eagles in the preseason finale. Flynn played his first...
Geno Smith tries to show off as Jets QB competition takes shape
Geno Smith threw the football as if it were the game-winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. Each pass he fired was a 100-mph heater, all into a net. Pass after...
Jets' Leonard Williams follows up good news with Week 1 vow
Prized rookie defensive lineman Leonard Williams plans to be ready for Week 1. The Jets’ first-round pick out of USC, who suffered a muscle strain behind his knee in Saturday’s...
The Jets' search for a competent backup QB isn't over
The Jets have another backup plan. Free-agent quarterback Josh Johnson signed with the team Thursday after working out, and rookie Jake Heaps was waived. A fifth-round pick in 2008, Johnson,...
Todd Bowles reveals why it was time for Jets to snag Matt Flynn
The Jets are the sixth team quarterback Matt Flynn has played for in four years, so you would have to forgive him if sometimes he can’t keep his location straight....
Jets on verge of landing Fitzpatrick's backup with Petty not ready
The Jets are on the verge of landing the veteran quarterback general manager Mike Maccagnan was talking about Tuesday night, but far sooner than he predicted it would happen. According...
Muhammad Wilkerson talks sore hamstring, but not contract
Defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson remains sidelined with a tweaked left hamstring, and there is no clarity about when he might return. Wilkerson did some positional drills last week, but suffered...
Jets have QB Matt Flynn in for a check-up
The Jets are still trying to figure out what they are going to do for a backup quarterback in the wake of Geno Smith’s broken jaw. As part of that...
Packers can’t just rely on Lambeau Field to beat Lions
The Packers have beaten the Lions 22 years in a row at Lambeau Field, but Detroit’s current winning streak in the series is the more pertinent one for Green Bay....
Freeman, Flynn to audition Tuesday for uncertain Giants role
Veteran quarterbacks Josh Freeman and Matt Flynn are expected to work out for the Giants on Tuesday in the wake of Eli Manning’s ankle surgery last week. Freeman and Flynn...
Giants eye Josh Freeman, Matt Flynn as QB insurance
The Giants fully expect Eli Manning to be fine by the time training camp starts the third week of July. Before then, though, the arthroscopic surgery he had to hasten...
Who's next? Banged-up Bills sign QB Matt Flynn
ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills signed free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn on Monday in their latest bid to shore up an injury-depleted position. A week after being cut by Oakland,...
QB carousel: Vick hurt, Freeman signs, Flynn cut
The NFL quarterback carousel will see plenty of new faces this week. With injuries abound, several new starters will be under center on Sunday, highlighted by Eagles backup quarterback Nick...