The 2024 NFL Draft is still a little over five months away, but fans of some teams (looking at you Bears, Cardinals and Patriots) are already thinking ahead to April.  Here is the current draft order after the three Thanksgiving games and the inaugural “Black Friday” matchup in Week 12, according to Tankathon. Note: Team needs are built out based on …

Getty Images Welcome to the Black Friday edition of the Week 12 grades! For the first time ever, the NFL held a game on Black Friday and if you spent the day shopping, you didn’t miss much. Actually, yes you did. Although the Dolphins ended up blowing out the Jets 34-13, the game still had a few wild moments, including …

Rutgers football has one more game to play. In the regular season, that is. The Scarlet Knights will host Maryland today in the teams’ regular-season finale. Both teams enter with a 6-5 record. Rutgers is coming off a 27-6 loss to Penn State, while the Terrapins lost to Michigan 31-24 last week. Maryland has beaten Rutgers in each of the …

Nov 24, 2023, 07:40 PM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. The league and union announced Girard’s status in a joint statement Friday before the Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild, 3-2. Girard, 25, had been away from the Avalanche …

The New England Patriots are heading to New York without identifying a starting quarterback. Two days before Sunday’s game against the Giants, coach Bill Belichick refused to say whether Mac Jones will be benched. Bailey Zappe relieved Jones in a Week 10 loss to Indianapolis, but was no more effective. New England also has Will Grier on the roster and …

EAST RUTHERFORD — You’ve read this column already. It’s admittedly tiring figuring out a new way to frame it each week. The Jets’ opponents change, sure. The score may vary depending on when the defense eventually breaks. But, ultimately, it’s all the same. Shame on anyone for expecting different before Friday’s 34-13 loss to the Dolphins. This offense is categorically …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s next matchup in its 2023 season is Saturday on the road against Cincinnati. The Jayhawks (7-4, 4-4 in Big 12) are coming off of a loss at home against now-No. 20 Kansas State. The Bearcats (3-8, 1-7 in Big 12) are coming off of a loss on the road against West Virginia. It’ll serve as the …

Getty Images Black Friday couldn’t have been bleaker for the New York Jets as they are being run off their own field by the high-flying Miami Dolphins. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Raheem Mostert ran in a 13-yard touchdown to put Miami up by three scores. Then, things got interesting.  On the ensuing extra point, tempers flared between the …

Jevon Holland scored a sensational 99-yard interception touchdown as the Miami Dolphins won 34-13 at the New York Jets in the NFL. The safety caught Tim Boyle’s ‘Hail Mary’ pass on his own one-yard line before running the length of the pitch. “Nobody on this team on the field will forget that particular play,” said Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel. “There …

Oregon defensive back Tysheeem Johnson celebrates a stop as the No. 6 Oregon Ducks take on the No. 16 Oregon State Beavers Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Oregon got its revenge Friday night with a rivalry win against Oregon State. Now the Ducks get their rematch. It’ll be No. 6 Oregon and No. 4 Washington …

Nov 24, 2023, 11:38 PM ET SUNRISE, Fla. — Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 32 shots he faced, Dylan Samberg and Mason Appleton each had two assists and the Winnipeg Jets shut out the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Friday night. Nino Niederreiter, Nikolaj Ehlers and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets in coach Rick Bowness’ return from personal leave. Winnipeg is …

The star of the NFL’s first-ever “Black Friday” game was Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel. The reason, however, had nothing to do with Miami’s 34-13 thumping of the Jets.  During Amazon’s broadcast, play-by-play legend Al Michaels divulged considerable air time to Miami’s second-year head coach. After breaking down McDaniel’s unique wardrobe, Michaels shared a story about how McDaniel met his future wife …

HONOLULU — The last game of the season or not? The storylines are simple in this one. The Colorado State football team is playing at Hawaii late, late Saturday night (9 p.m. Mountain kickoff) in the last game of the weekend. If the Rams win it’s not the final game of the season as CSU would earn a bowl trip. …

Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby is doubtful because of a knee injury for Sunday’s home game against the Kansas City Chiefs, potentially costing Las Vegas its top defensive weapon against one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks in Patrick Mahomes. “Getting treatment around the clock,” Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce said before practice Friday. “A guy that plays every snap, you’ve …

USATSI Garrett Wilson isn’t used to losing. After all, the Jets’ talented second-year wideout lost just four times during his three years at Ohio State. His time in Columbus likely contributed to his frustration following Friday’s 34-13 blowout loss to the Dolphins.  It was the fourth consecutive loss for the Jets, who are now 4-7 and way on the outside …