The Dolphins’ loss to the Bills in Week 18 didn’t just cost them a division title, it also cost them the right to host a wild-card game. If there’s one team that could have really used home-field advantage in the opening round of the playoffs, it’s definitely Miami.  Instead of playing at home this week, the Dolphins will be hitting …

Getty Images Since winning Super Bowl 50, the Denver Broncos have largely been known for their inability to make the playoffs, which is better than the current narrative surrounding this once proud franchise.  Along with still not being a playoff team (Denver missed the playoffs for an eighth straight year this season), the franchise is now caught in a he …

Penn State football will look to revamp its lackluster offense while maintaining defensive excellence as it heads into the 2024 college football offseason. The Nittany Lions allowed just 13.46 points per game in the 2023 season, the third-lowest mark in college football. However, coach James Franklin’s squad gave up 20 points to Ohio State and 24 to Michigan in losses, …

Maybe Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos aren’t headed for a nasty, costly divorce, after all. That was the main message from coach Sean Payton, general manager George Paton and team owner and CEO Greg Penner at the Broncos’ season-ending news conference Wednesday. While the head coach said he hasn’t made up his mind about the direction the Broncos will …

The 2024 Super Bowl is headed to Sin City. Super Bowl 58 will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV this February. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis) We’ve reached Week 18 of the 2023-24 NFL season, so grab your jerseys and start the shopping list for your favorite Game Day snacks — because the 2024 Super Bowl is just one …

The Chicago Bears franchise is at a crossroads. They invested the 11th overall pick in quarterback Justin Fields, but they have yet to see tangible, surefire results that would infer he is THE GUY for them at the sport’s most important position.  Some of that is on Fields, some of that is on the lacking offensive ecosystem around him. Fields …

Oregon Ducks football finishing in the Top 10 of the final Associated Press in becoming a regular thing nowadays. Believe it or not, it wasn’t always like that. The Ducks were a pretty good team in the early part of this century, but it wasn’t until Chip Kelly took over the reins from Mike Bellotti that Oregon started to dominate …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz Jason Fitz is joined by Senior NFL Reporters Jori Epstein and Charles Robinson to react to the biggest news to come out of the infamous Black Monday coaching changes as Jori and Charles give their insider analysis on what’s going on behind the scenes. The trio start with the most surprising story: Mike Vrabel is no …

The Miami Dolphins signed veteran linebackers Justin Houston and Bruce Irvin on Tuesday and placed three more players on injured reserve. Houston and Irvin are expected to add depth to a linebacker group that has been decimated by injuries, as Jerome Baker, Cameron Goode and Andrew Van Ginkel have all gone down in the past week. Miami is preparing for …

Michigan’s national title game win over Washington on Monday night was also a win for ESPN. ESPN said Tuesday that the Wolverines’ 34-13 win over the Huskies averaged just over 25 million viewers and was the most-watched national title game since LSU took down Clemson in January of 2020. Monday night’s game drew almost eight million more viewers than Georgia’s …

Lamar Jackson is in the playoffs, leading the No. 1-seeded Baltimore Ravens and is an MVP front-runner, but his days of impressing football fans goes far before his NFL years. Future Hall of Famer Tom Brady first took notice when Jackson was in high school. The 27-year-old appeared on Brady’s “Let’s Go” podcast this week and TB12 explained when Jackson was …

Getty Images It’s fitting that Mason Rudolph will be the Steelers’ first starting quarterback for a playoff game since Ben Roethlisberger made his final postseason start in January of 2022. Rudolph, who was drafted in 2018 with the idea that he would one day be Big Ben’s successor, will make his first playoff start Sunday in Buffalo against the Bills.  …

Michigan State has made a splash at a position of need on Tuesday evening, earning the commitment of Georgia Tech defensive tackle D’Quan Douse. A 6-foot-2, 290 pound defensive tackle, Douse is a native of Savannah (GA) and has spent the past four seasons with Georgia Tech. In those four seasons, Douse has recorded 69 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, …

Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed didn’t practice at all last week because of a calf injury, but he’s back on the field ahead of the team’s playoff opener. Sneed was a limited participant in the team’s first practice of the week on Tuesday. The Chiefs also had wide receiver Kadarius Toney (hip, ankle) and left tackle Donovan Smith (neck) back on …

Getty Images The Steelers made it into the playoffs as the No. 7, thanks to the 17-10 win over the Baltimore Ravens and a Jacksonville Jaguars loss in Week 18. Unfortunately for the team, they will have to enter the playoffs without one of their most important players.  T.J. Watt suffered a knee injury on Saturday and is officially out …