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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have agreed to a trade that will send outside linebacker Kamalei Correa to the Jacksonville Jaguars, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Correa was frustrated with his diminished role after playing only 38 snaps on defense (14%) and 23 special-teams snaps in three games.
Trading Correa gives the fifth-year veteran the fresh start that he wanted. Correa’s new team happens to be a Titans AFC South rival. The Titans and Jaguars will meet next on the field in Jacksonville on Dec. 13.
Correa asked the Titans to trade him after he was not active for Tuesday night’s 42-16 win over the Buffalo Bills. Tennessee had just removed Correa from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday after he was placed on the list on Sept. 30.
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Titans coach Mike Vrabel said earlier Tuesday that the team would honor Correa’s request for a new start somewhere else.
The Jaguars need help at linebacker after the loss of Leon Jacobs to a torn ACL, an injury he suffered during the Jaguars’ Sept. 24 loss to the
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Sean McDermott and the Bills (4-0) face the Titans (3-0) Tuesday night and the Chiefs (4-1) on Monday. AP Photo/Isaac Brekken “We’re not really sure what’s going on. Honestly, we’re clueless about the situation coming up,” Bills safety
Hyde, who spoke hours before the league moved the Bills-Titans game to Tuesday, said he didn’t realize postponing games was a possibility within the NFL’s protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone within the Bills’ organization is well aware now. To adjust for the Tuesday game, the Bills canceled Friday’s practice and worked out instead on Saturday and Sunday.
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More NFL coverage »After Tuesday’s game is played, Buffalo will get six days to prepare for the Chiefs (4-1), twice as many as it would have with its original schedule. Following the Chiefs game, the Bills will get another short week, this time facing the winless New York Jets on Oct. 25.
From there, they will face the New England Patriots — who had to shut down their facility last week after multiple positive COVID-19 tests — the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals before their bye in Week 11.
The Bills are doing their best to keep their tunnel vision on the game ahead of them, even as the threat of postponing games — and losing game checks — lingers.
“We knew adversity was going to hit,” Bills offensive lineman Cody Ford said. “We’re just going to take it day by day and focus on this week only.
“I don’t know anybody who wants to lose money because of something that they couldn’t control. It’s one of those things where we can only control what we can control. It would hurt not to get paid, but I would rather be healthy than be rich.”
With his offense threatening franchise marks for futility, embattled New York Jets coach Adam Gase conceded Monday that it might be time to change the playcaller — meaning himself.
“For the last four years, I’ve toyed with the idea every once in a while,” said Gase, alluding to his time as a head coach. “I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever been opposed to trying something to try to change things up. I’d say everything is on the table at this point.”
Whether he actually relinquishes the duty remains to be seen. It’s important to note he didn’t volunteer the admission; it came in direct response to a question about whether he would consider an overview role as head coach. If he’s being forced to make a change, it would be the first sign from management that it’s unhappy with his performance.
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Despite an 0-5 start, and a 7-14 overall record, Gase always has received public support from the Jets’ hierarchy.
“I’m considering everything,” Gase said. “I’m just looking at everything and trying to figure out whatever can help us turn things in the right direction. I’ll be all for that.”
Gase called the plays in every game as the Miami Dolphins’ coach (2016-2018), and he was hired by the Jets last year, in large part, because of his playcalling ability. But for the second straight year, the offense is experiencing profound struggles. The Jets are ranked 32nd in scoring (15 points per game) and 28th in total yards (279 per game), averages that rank among the worst in franchise history.
If a change is made, the candidates to replace Gase as the playcaller would be offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains and running backs coach Jim Bob Cooter, a former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.
As if he didn’t have enough challenges, Gase also is dealing with a potential issue with running back Le’Veon Bell, who apparently was frustrated that he had only one target in Sunday’s 30-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. After the game, Bell took to twitter and liked a tweet by a media member that suggested he should be traded because Gase doesn’t use him properly.
Gase made it clear he didn’t appreciate Bell’s method of communication. “I get it in the aspect that players get frustrated when they feel like they should be targeted more, get more touches,” Gase said. “There’s a lot of guys feeling that way… I hate that that’s the route we go with all this instead of just talking about it, but it seems that’s the way guys want to do it nowadays.”
This wasn’t the first dust-up between them. In training camp, Bell was critical of Gase on Twitter after the coach removed him from an intrasquad scrimmage. That disagreement resulted in a long sit-down. Afterward, Bell called it a miscommunication, claiming they cleared the air.
Gase gave a non-answer when asked whether they’re open to trading Bell before the Oct. 29 trading deadline, saying he and general manager Joe Douglas have only talked about Sunday’s game. Gase said he’d like to give more carries to rookie La’Mical Perine, perhaps an indication they’d be willing to move Bell.
Meanwhile, there’s an uncertainty at quarterback. Sam Darnold, who sat out Sunday with a sprained right shoulder, is a question mark for Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. Chances are, the team will make a decision by Wednesday on whether to start Joe Flacco again.
