Kendall is traded to Redskins

After an unhappy training camp with the New York Jets, Pete Kendall got what he wanted: a new team and a new contract.

The Washington Redskins acquired the veteran offensive lineman Thursday from the Jets in a trade, hoping he’ll fill a hole at left guard.

New York will receive a fifth-round pick in 2008 or a fourth-rounder in 2009, depending on how many snaps Kendall plays this season. The Redskins also did what New York wouldn’t -- give Kendall a raise of $1 million, boosting his salary this year to $2.7 million -- as part of a new, two-year $5 million contract.

It’s a trade the Jets had to make, and one the Redskins had hoped to avoid. Kendall had asked to be traded or released because New York wouldn’t renegotiate his contract, and his frustration was evident daily in his body language on the training camp practice field -- where he stood far from his teammates while the first-team offense practiced.

The Detroit Lions released former Pro Bowl return specialist Eddie Drummond.

Drummond was named to the Pro Bowl after the 2004 season when he became the second player in NFL history to return two kickoffs and two punts for touchdowns in the same season.

With one exhibition game to go, Drew Brees was already showing off his Pro Bowl form.

The same cannot be said of the Kansas City Chiefs, whose murky quarterback picture was only muddied further as Brodie Croyle struggled and a nearly perfect Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a dominating 30-7 victory at Kansas City, Mo

At Green Bay, Wis., the Packers lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 21-13, and may have lost receiver Donald Driver, who was taken to the locker room before halftime because of an injury to his right foot.

Driver was helped off the field, then sat in the front seat of a motorized cart as he was taken to locker room at the two-minute warning to undergo medical tests. He did not return.