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Dec 21, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney (1) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Reports: Giants signing WR Darnell Mooney to 1-year, $10M deal

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The New York Giants are signing veteran wide receiver Darnell Mooney to a one-year contract worth up to $10 million, according to multiple reports on Saturday.

The Atlanta Falcons released Mooney, 28, earlier this month as a salary cap casualty after he signed a three-year, $39 million contract in March 2024. He was set to count $18.4 million against the cap, but the move saved the Falcons $7.42 million.

The Giants lost 2025 leading receiver Wan’Dale Robinson (92 receptions, 1,014 yards) in free agency to the Tennessee Titans earlier this week. They added former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Calvin Austin and re-signed Gunner Olszewski to join veterans Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton.

Mooney recorded 64 catches for 992 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in 16 games (all starts) in his first season with the Falcons in 2024. He had just 32 receptions for 443 yards and one score in 15 games (all starts) in 2025. He missed Game 1 due to a broken collarbone and two other games because of a hamstring injury.

He has 309 catches for 4,028 yards with 17 touchdowns in 91 career games (80 starts) with the Chicago Bears (2020-23) and Falcons.

Chicago selected Mooney in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Tulane.

–Field Level Media

Jan 12, 1969; Miami, FL, USA; FILE PHOTO New York Jets running back #41 Matt Snell in action during Super Bowl III against the Baltimore Colts. Snell ran 31 times for 121 yards as the Jets defeated the Colts 16-7. Mandatory Credit: Photo By Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images

Matt Snell, Jets’ Super Bowl III hero, dies at 84

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Matt Snell, the bruising running back who powered the New York Jets to their iconic moment in a shocking Super Bowl III victory, died Tuesday morning on Long Island at the age of 84, the team announced.

Snell’s role in Jets history is closely linked to the upset that changed professional football. In the 16-7 victory over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts, he carried the ball 30 times for 121 yards and scored New York’s only touchdown, a 4-yard run that put the Jets ahead, a lead they never lost.

“Matt Snell will forever hold a special place in the history of the New York Jets,” chairman Woody Johnson said in a statement. “He was the embodiment of toughness, selflessness and belief — traits that defined our organization’s proudest moments. His performance in Super Bowl III was nothing short of legendary.”

Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath credited Snell as essential to that title run.

“I’m really sad to hear that he passed,” Namath said. “Matt was not only a hell of a player — he was a terrific teammate and without him we wouldn’t have had a chance to win a championship.”

The third overall pick in the 1964 AFL Draft, Snell made an immediate impact, winning AFL Rookie of the Year honors. He became one of the franchise’s foundational players, leading the Jets in rushing in five of his first six seasons.

Snell finished his career with 4,285 rushing yards, still fourth in team history, with 24 touchdowns. He added 1,375 receiving yards and seven more scores and earned All-AFL second-team honors three times and first-team once.

A three-time AFL All-Star, Snell was inducted into the Jets’ Ring of Honor in 2015.

–Field Level Media

Reports: Lions hire ex-Giants interim coach Mike Kafka

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Former interim New York Giants head coach Mike Kafka has agreed to join the Detroit Lions’ staff, according to multiple reports.

Kafka, 38, served as the Giants’ offensive coordinator for three-and-a-half seasons before assuming the head-coaching reins after Brian Daboll’s firing on Nov. 10. The Giants fashioned a 2-5 record during his tenure and averaged 23.1 points per game.

Kafka was interviewed to become the full-time head coach, but the Giants hired longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh. Kafka also interviewed to replace the fired Johnny Morton as the Lions’ offensive coordinator, but Detroit hired ex-Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing.

Kafka’s title with the Lions has not been specified, but he is expected to fulfill a “high-ranking” offensive staff role.

The Lions fired Morton despite ranking fourth in the NFL in points (481) and fifth in total yards (6,344). Both of those numbers fell short of the standard set in 2024 by Ben Johnson, who parlayed Detroit’s 564 points (first) and 6,962 yards (second) into the Chicago Bears’ head-coaching job.

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Reports: Mike McCarthy, Antonio Pierce on NYG interview list

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Former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce and franchise nemesis Mike McCarthy are among candidates on New York’s interview list as the franchise searches for a new head coach, according to reports.

Pierce was head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders for parts of two seasons and went 9-17. He played linebacker for the Giants from 2005-09.

McCarthy, the former Cowboys and Packers coach, is expected to be a candidate for multiple openings. He was not retained at the end of the 2024 season by Dallas, which promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to fill the opening.

Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo and Giants interim coach Mike Kafka are also expected to be candidates for the Giants’ job, ESPN reported.

Kafka is 1-5 since being named interim head coach following the firing of Brian Daboll. Daboll was 20-40-1 and was dismissed after a 2-8 start to the 2025 season.

Joe Judge was the team’s coach from 2020-21 and went 10-23 and before that Pat Shurmur had a 9-23 record from 2018-19.

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Report: Jets TE Jeremy Ruckert agrees to 2-year, $10M extension

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New York Jets tight end Jeremy Ruckert agreed to a two-year, $10 million extension, ESPN reported Wednesday.

The deal can be worth a maximum of $5.5 million per year with incentives, per the report.

Ruckert, a third-round draft pick in 2022, is currently playing in the final season of his rookie contract.

Ruckert, 25, has recorded 20 catches for 163 yards and one touchdown this season, all career highs.

A reliable blocker and contributor on special teams, he has 55 career receptions for 427 yards and one TD in 55 games (27 starts).

The Jets (3-11) signed starting center Josh Myers to a two-year, $11 million extension earlier this month.

–Field Level Media

Patriots put seven-game streak on line, welcome surging Jets

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The New England Patriots have ascended to the top of the NFL standings. New York Jets fans could do without the flashback to their rival’s glory days.

The Patriots ride a seven-game winning streak into Week 11 and will put their stellar defense up against Justin Fields, Breece Hall and the Jets on Thursday in Foxborough, Mass.

New England (8-2) has tied Indianapolis and Denver for the best record in football thanks to a run that dates back to Sept. 28. The Patriots have benefited from a schedule that afforded victory laps against bottom-feeders New Orleans, Tennessee and Cleveland.

But the Patriots also beat Buffalo on the road during this stretch to overtake the AFC East division lead — and they played four solid quarters Sunday to prevail 28-23 at the NFC South-leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Drake Maye threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns and his offensive line performed better, allowing just one sack after surrendering 16 over the three previous games.

The Patriots are angling for their first eight-game winning streak since 2019. That’s also the last time New England started a year 8-2 or better — Tom Brady’s final season in town.

“We never want to take the cheese and get into all that,” first-year Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said about his team’s national attention. “Certainly there’s a human element to it. When things are going good, you have to be able to prepare for things when they’re not.”

New England owns the best run defense in the league at just 792 yards allowed through 10 games, which could force more passing downs for the struggling Fields.

The Jets (2-7) won their second straight game Sunday despite Fields going a meager 6 of 11 for 54 yards. Star running back Hall was responsible for 42 of those 54 yards on one play when he took the go-ahead touchdown catch to the house in a 27-20 victory over Cleveland.

Hall’s season has run hot and cold, but he’s 10th in the league at 664 rushing yards and he put up 133 yards and two TDs in the Jets’ first win over Cincinnati.

“He’s that man,” Fields said. “It’s simple. He’s that man.”

The Jets need Fields to be the man as well.

Any hopes of ending their 14-year postseason drought have evaporated, but New York has stuck with Fields over veteran Tyrod Taylor at the most important position.

“I don’t care if it’s three games. I don’t care if it’s one game. We just want to win,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn said. “The more you win, the more confidence you get as a player, the more confidence you get as a team. That’s the only thing that we care about.”

Both head coaches have experienced the Jets-Pats rivalry as players — Glenn with the Jets from 1994-2001, Vrabel from 2001-08 at the outset of the Brady era. The Pats won 15 in a row against the Jets from 2016-23, but the Jets broke that drought at the end of the 2023 season and split the two meetings last year as well.

New York returned a kick and a punt for touchdowns in the first quarter against Cleveland – the first time in franchise history that combo occurred in the same game — and Will McDonald IV tied a team record by logging four sacks. Vrabel said the Jets don’t look like a team on tape that dealt away two top defensive players (Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams).

“That didn’t show up at all,” Vrabel said. “I saw an energy, I saw excitement that jumped off the screen. This will be a challenge. I know they’ll be ready to go on the road and we’ll have to continue to prepare and ultimately play well.”

The Patriots’ biggest injury concerns are in their backfield. Rookie TreVeyon Henderson (430 yards) has a knee injury but practiced in full Tuesday. Rhamondre Stevenson (toe) has missed two straight games, and he and third-stringer Terrell Jennings (knee) were limited Tuesday.

Also limited for New England were receiver Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) and linebackers Christian Elliss (hip) and Jack Gibbens (hamstring).

The Jets will reportedly be without top receiver Garrett Wilson (knee sprain) for 3-4 weeks, though Glenn left media at his press conference baffled by directing them to find out which players are injured by grilling the reporter who broke the Wilson re-injury news on Monday.

When the official team injury report dropped, defensive lineman Harrison Phillips (foot) and cornerback Azareye’h Thomas (concussion) were estimated to have missed practice while McDonald (quad) and DL Braiden McGregor (shoulder) were limited.

–Field Level Media

Oct 5, 2025; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) passes the ball against the New Orleans Saints during the first half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images

Giants coach: QB Jaxson Dart (hamstring) ‘OK’ to play vs. Eagles

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New York Giants coach Brian Daboll said on Tuesday that quarterback Jaxson Dart will “be OK’ to play in Thursday night’s home game against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Dart was listed as a limited participant because of a hamstring issue on the Giants’ injury report on Monday, when the team did not practice so participation is an estimation.

The rookie has played in four games, starting the last two with the Giants beating the visiting Los Angeles Chargers 21-18 before losing last Sunday 26-14 at New Orleans. The sore left hamstring was revealed after the Sept. 28 win in his first start, and he played the entire game against the Saints.

Dart has completed 39 of 60 passes (65 percent) for 313 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. He also has rushed 19 times for 109 yards and one TD.

The Giants selected Dart in the first round (25th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Ole Miss.

Daboll also said ahead of Tuesday’s practice that wide receiver Darius Slayton (hamstring) and right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor (back) would not participate.

The pair were listed on Monday’s report as non-participants along with linebackers Swayze Bozeman (ankle) and Demetrius Flanningan-Fowles (hamstring). Dart was listed as limited along with running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. (shoulder), cornerback Dru Phillips (hip) and safeties Dane Belton (shoulder), Jevon Holland (calf) and Tyler Nubin (groin).

The Giants (1-4) host the Eagles (4-1) in East Rutherford, N.J. Philadelphia left guard Landon Dickerson, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, could miss the next couple of games with an ankle injury sustained in Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday.

–Field Level Media

Aug 16, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Xavier Gipson (3) looks on prior to the game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-Imagn Images

Report: Former Jet Xavier Gipson getting fresh start with Giants

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One day after being cut by the New York Jets, Xavier Gipson can play in the same home stadium as he was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants on Thursday, NFL Network reported.

Gipson fumbled a kickoff return on Sunday that helped the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Jets 34-32 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

With the Jets up 26-24 after a Pittsburgh touchdown at the start of the fourth quarter, Gipson coughed up the ball on the ensuing kickoff, recovered by the Steelers at the Jets’ 22-yard line. Two plays and 50 seconds later, Aaron Rodgers connected with Calvin Austin III on an 18-yard pass for a touchdown that gave the Steelers a 31-26 advantage with 14:07 left.

On Wednesday, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn dismissed the notion that Gipson was cut solely for his fumble on Sunday.

“We’re trying to get the best players on this team that can play a role, and at this point, I just felt like we need to have a change at that spot,” Glenn said. “And it wasn’t just one thing when it comes to accountability. There’s accountability in everything that we do, so I don’t want to just pin it on him fumbling the ball. There were a number of things that led up to this. I just felt like it was time to make a change, and (general manager) Darren Mougey and I had conversations about it and we made the change.”

After the game on Sunday, Glenn said such mistakes wouldn’t be tolerated.

“The one thing to me that turned this game is man, we can’t have turnovers, we can’t do it,” Glenn said postgame. “We have to be a more disciplined team. There was some penalties that happened in that game that was true discipline issues, and again, that’s something that will be addressed because you will not be on the field with this team if you’re gonna cause us to lose games.”

Gipson, 24, averaged 9.5 yards on two punt returns and 28.4 yards on five kick returns as well as the fumble on Sunday.

The Giants might need depth as starting wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, who is listed as second on the depth chart behind Gunner Olszewski for punt and kickoff returns, did not practice on Wednesday and was limited on Thursday because of an ankle issue.

Starting wide receiver Darius Slayton (groin) was a limited participant on Thursday, while star Malik Nabers, who was limited on Wednesday because of a back issue, was a full participant on Thursday.

The Jets signed Gipson, a wide receiver, as an unrestricted free agent before the 2023 season. Primarily a special teams contributor, Gipson appeared in 35 games and made 27 catches for 268 yards and one touchdown. He added one rushing touchdown.

Gipson also returned 68 punts with an average of 8.9 yards per return and a touchdown. As a kick returner, he averaged 26 yards on 44 chances.

–Field Level Media

Jul 28, 2025; Berea, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Jowon Briggs (97) during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

Jets acquire DT Jowon Briggs from Browns

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The Cleveland Browns traded second-year defensive tackle Jowon Briggs to the New York Jets on Wednesday in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

The Jets also received a seventh-round pick in 2026 that initially belonged to the Buffalo Bills.

Briggs, who turns 24 on Sept. 1, appeared in six games as a rookie in 2024 and made 13 tackles, including one for loss, and two quarterback hits. He also recovered one fumble. He spent most of the season on the practice squad.

The Browns selected Briggs in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Cincinnati.

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East Rutherford, NJ -- May 9, 2025 -- First round draft pick Abdul Carter during practice at Giants Rookie Minicamp.

Giants first-round LB Abdul Carter signs rookie deal

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Linebacker Abdul Carter, the No. 3 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, signed his four-year rookie contract with the New York Giants on Thursday.

Agents for the Penn State product confirmed that the fully guaranteed deal is worth $45.255 million.

Carter, 21, is represented by Drew Rosenhaus, Robert Bailey and Jason Rosenhaus.

Carter was a consensus All-American and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2024 with 12 sacks, 24 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles in 16 games for the Nittany Lions.

–Field Level Media