The Raiders and Chargers will start backup quarterbacks when the two teams meet on Thursday Night Football. Rookie Aidan O’Connell will be in the lineup for Las Vegas, while Easton Stick will make his first career start after five seasons in Los Angeles. O’Connell has an over-under of 192.5 yards in the latest NFL player props, while Slick’s number is …

If the college football calendar made some sense, Texas QB Maalik Murphy would likely be in uniform for the Longhorns as they play Washington in the College Football Playoff. Instead, Murphy won’t be with the Longhorns at the Sugar Bowl. Heck, he might even have a new team by that point. Murphy announced Wednesday night that he was entering the …

The Week 15 NFL main slate begins Sunday at 1 p.m. EST and features 10 games. There will be no more teams on bye from this point forward, but the Thursday Night Football (Chargers-Raiders), Saturday game (Vikings-Bengals, Steelers-Colts and Broncos-Lions), Sunday Night Football (Ravens-Jaguars) and Monday Night Football (Eagles-Seahawks) participants play outside the Week 15 main slate. Yahoo will run …

Davante Adams reached a new low last Sunday in what has been a turbulent one-plus years as a member of the Las Vegas Raiders. The perennial All-Pro was part of an offense that did not score a point in what was a 3-0 loss to the Vikings. The loss dropped the Raiders to 5-8 and on the brink of playoff …

Let’s not mince words about this – the college bowl system is weird. There’s nothing quite like it in any other sport. The games count – sort of –, but really they don’t. Well, except for a couple. In the sport’s modern era, a significant number of the participating teams will be in the midst of a coaching change, have …

Video Details We’re at that time of year where everyone is having MVP conversations, and Kyle Shanahan, coach of the San Francisco 49ers, makes a case for both his quarterback, and his running back Christian McCaffrey. Greg Jennings & Willie Colon, alongside David Jacoby join Craig Carton to decide whether they believe one of them deserve MVP, or if it …

We’re already into the home stretch of the 2023 NFL season, and one of the final “Thursday Night Football” games of the year will see the Las Vegas Raiders play host to the division rival Los Angeles Chargers.  Both teams come into this game incredibly banged up, but the Chargers in particular will be very short-handed. They’re also in the …

Dec. 14—Jack Kiser had a big decision to make in regards to his future. He has decided to remain at Notre Dame for one more year, he announced on the website X Wednesday. Kiser will be a sixth-year linebacker for the Fighting Irish next season. He’s able to play six years because of a redshirt year in 2019 plus an …

Chargers coach Brandon Staley can temporarily slow the calls for him to be dismissed when the Los Angeles Chargers visit the rival Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday Night Football at Allegiant Stadium. The 41-year-old Staley is in his third season as Chargers coach and is 24-23 over that time. But under Staley, the team is 6-12 in games decided by …

It’s hard to win without your starting quarterback. Harder still to win when you’re down to your third-string quarterback. But one team has won games with four different quarterbacks this season, and another team can join them. The Browns have pulled off the feat of winning with four different starters this season: Cleveland won five games with starter Deshaun Watson …

Transfer portal activity is buzzing both in Madison, Wisconsin and across the country. Luke Fickell and other coaches across the sport are hot on the recruiting trail as they look to both lock up the 2024 high school class and also improve the team in the portal entering next season. For Wisconsin, the team needs that improvement. A 7-5 2023 …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter Derek Carr reached his right hand up above his head Wednesday afternoon. “All of our expectations were so high,” the Saints quarterback said, gesturing to reporters. “And our expectations still should be high. Everything is still in front of us. Again, I keep saying this: This is the time to do it. This is the …

IRVING, Texas — The NFL is continuing its global push by expanding its international game sampling from four to eight games beginning in 2025 after voting upon it at Wednesday’s league meetings. The measure didn’t pass with unanimity, but it did go through with a good laugh. The lone “no” vote, according to sources, came from the Chicago Bears. George …

Easton Stick will make his first career start when the Los Angeles Chargers kick off Week 15 of the 2023 NFL schedule by visiting the AFC West-rival Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday Night Football. A fifth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Stick is expected to be under center for Los Angeles (5-8) in place of Justin Herbert, who fractured …

The seventh year of the early signing period begins with National Signing Day on Wednesday, Dec. 20. With the NCAA transfer portal dominating not just the news cycle but also the way in which programs approach the recruiting process, the drama has seemingly been lifted. The era of name, image and likeness and the transfer portal has engulfed the sport …