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Giants trade LB Markus Golden to Arizona for draft picks

before signing with the Gi- Oshane Ximines (shoulder)
The Giants announced the ants as a free agent last year. also is eligible to come off in-
deal on Friday, less than 24 He led New York with 10 1/2 jured reserve for New York's
hours after losing a heart- sacks last season but his play- next game, at home against
breaker to Philadelphia to ing time decreased with the Tampa Bay on Nov. 2.
fall to 1-6. The NFL trading new coaching staff.
deadline is Nov. 3 and the Golden played in 46 regular-
Giants may be a seller with Golden was a free agent after season games with 24 starts
their chances of making the last season but he was un- when he was with the Car-
playoffs slipping. able to get a new contract. dinals from 2015-18. He
The Giants re-signed him on also started two postseason
Arizona needs depth at line- Aug. 4. He had 10 tackles, 1 games. Golden had 142 tack-
backer after losing 2019 All- 1/2 sacks, four quarterback les, 19 sacks, three passes de-
Pro Chandler Jones for the hits and one pass defensed. fensed, six forced fumbles,
season because of a biceps He played 27 snaps against and one fumble recovery for
injury sustained on Oct 11 the Eagles and had a sack. the Cards.
against the Jets.
(AP) — The New York the Arizona Cardinals for The Giants signed defensive The Giants are scheduled to
Giants have traded line- a sixth-round draft pick in Golden played his first four end/linebacker Jabaal Sheard play host to the Cardinals in
backer Markus Golden to 2021. seasons with the Cardinals last week. Fellow linebacker MetLife Stadium on Dec. 13.

Saints' Sanders on COVID reserve, Thomas out with hamstring

(AP) — New Orleans He was on schedule to re- (3-2). Sanders practiced on
Saints receiver Emmanuel turn from the ankle injury in Thursday but was not feel-
Sanders has tested positive Week 5, only to be benched ing well afterward and was
for COVID-19 and Mi- because of an outburst at immediately tested for CO-
chael Thomas remained practice in which he punched VID-19.
unable to practice on Fri- defensive back C.J. Gardner-
day because of a recent Johnson. His punishment When Sanders' test came
hamstring injury. Neither was lifted during the Saints' back positive, Payton said a
will be able to play Sunday Week 6 bye, but now he has combination of players and
against Carolina. a new lower-body injury, the coaches totaling about 20
severity of which Payton did people who might have been
Thomas, the 2019 AP Offen- not want to discuss. close to Sanders were tested
sive Player of the Year after and all were negative.
setting an NFL record with “I'm not going to get into de-
149 catches in a season, was tails but it's something he's Payton said the club has al-
listed as out on the Saints' fi- working through and we'll ready determined that there
nal injury report of the week. leave it at that,” Payton said. was no issue with its coro- on the club, Payton said he Fowler on injured reserve
He has not played since the navirus protocols “Protocols feels “good” about the Saints' because of a shoulder inju-
season opener, when he Sanders had a career-high 12 have been outstanding,” Pay- receiver depth. "A lot of dif- ry, leaving Tre'Quan Smith,
caught three passes for 17 catches for 122 yards in New ton said, adding that Sanders ferent guys working at dif- Deonte Harris and Marquez
yards before spraining his an- Orleans' last game, a 30-27 "got this at home. He knows ferent positions, and we had Callaway as their remaining
kle when running back Lata- triumph over the Los Ange- exactly how he got it and I'll good work today,” Payton active receivers. The Saints
vius Murray was tackled into les Chargers in Week 5. He leave it at that." said. also have three receivers on
the back of the star receiver's has caught 26 passes for 304 the practice squad: Austin
lower legs. yards and two touchdowns Despite being without argu- Also Friday, the Saints placed Carr, Juwan Johnson and
this season for the Saints ably two of the best receivers reserve receiver Bennie Tommylee Lewis.

Washington's Ron Rivera on verge of final cancer treatment

(AP) - Washington coach missed some practice time ing experience, some things name change, allegations
Ron Rivera will have his Rivera learned in August he but no games while undergo- about going through cancer of sexual harassment in the
last treatment for a form had squamous cell carcino- ing treatments, and has been treatment surprised him. workplace from before his
of skin cancer on Monday, ma, which is considered very told his long-term prognosis time that came to light after
two months after being di- treatable when caught as ear- is good. “There are certain things that he was hired, and his own
agnosed. ly as his was. The 58-year-old pop up all of a sudden, side cancer battle. Defensive co-
“I met with both doctors this effects that you have: the fa- ordinator Jack Del Rio ran
week on Tuesday and Thurs- tigue, how tired you get; at practice when Rivera couldn't
day,” Rivera said. "They both times you get nauseous; hon- be at the facility.
are very positive about the estly at times sometimes your
progress I’ve made. So, so far equilibrium is messed with, Washington is 1-5 going
so good. I’ve got follow-ups, almost a sense of vertigo,” into its game Sunday against
check-ups and scans still left Rivera said. “Then the nau- the Dallas Cowboys. Rive-
to do. What I’ve been told is sea. It hits you at any time, ra hopes he can get back to
it’s headed in the right direc- anywhere. (And) the fatigue coaching like normal after his
tion.” and going out to practice and treatments are over.
stuff, it limited me, and that
Doctors scheduled Rivera to really bothers me because I “It’s probably going to take
receive IV fluids at halftime can’t really coach the way I three or four weeks after I
of games to keep him hydrat- coach.” get my last treatment because
ed. While usually prepared of the recovery period, but I
for happenings on the field Rivera has coached through really am looking forward to
with a decade of NFL coach- a pandemic, the franchise's it,” Rivera said.