NEW YORK — Jeremy Kerley insists he did nothing wrong to warrant a four-game suspension.
The New York Jets’ wide receiver-punt returner was banned from the team without pay by the NFL on Monday after the league said Kerley violated its policy on performance-enhancing substances. His suspension begins immediately.
“I was shocked by a positive test for Turinabol, as I have never knowingly taken any banned substances,” Kerley said in a statement issued by his representatives .
The 5-foot-9, 180-pound Kerley said he has never used steroids in his life.
TEXANS: Coach Bill O’Brien says he and GM Rick Smith have discussed signing Colin Kaepernick in the wake of last week’s season-ending injury to Deshaun Watson.
When asked about Kaepernick on Monday, a day after Tom Savage struggled in a 20-14 loss to the Colts, O’Brien said: “We talk about the roster and what’s out there every day Rick and I.”
O’Brien was then pressed on whether they have specifically discussed adding Kaepernick.
“Oh yeah, everybody gets discussed,” he said. “Is that a problem? Isn’t that the way most teams do it. People seem shocked by that.”
Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterback, began the national anthem protest movement by kneeling last season. He remains unsigned and has filed a complaint that team owners colluded against him because of the protests, which are aimed at police brutality against African-Americans and other social justice issues.
BROWNS: Top executive Sashi Brown dismissed the idea he sabotaged the trade with Cincinnati for quarterback AJ McCarron that fell apart last week.
The teams failed to submit the proper paperwork to complete the trade before the NFL’s 4 p.m. deadline, and the inability to execute the deal led to speculation that Brown intentionally scuttled the swap. Brown said that narrative “is wholly untrue.”
The Browns agreed to send the Bengals second and third-round draft picks for McCarron. Brown downplayed any rift between Coach Hue Jackson and the front office, saying everyone “is disappointed.”
• On the cusp of his return from suspension, wide receiver Josh Gordon says he used drugs or alcohol before every game of his career. Gordon, who was reinstated on a conditional basis last week by Commissioner Roger Goodell, tells GQ magazine he drank or smoked marijuana before games. He added “a bunch of guys smoke weed before the game.”
BENGALS: Receiver A.J. Green faces a fine but no suspension from his on-field fight with Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey, the defining moment of the Bengals’ biggest meltdown of the season.
BUCCANEERS: The NFL suspended Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans for one game for unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary roughness in the Buccaneers’ loss at New Orleans.
COWBOYS: A federal appeals court has set a Thursday hearing as attorneys for Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott seek a longer-lasting injunction to stop his six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued an emergency stay of the NFL’s punishment, the third legal reprieve for Elliott.
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