Purdy details mindset shift from first 49ers playoff run to now originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy isn’t approaching this year’s playoffs like he did a year ago. The 49ers quarterback has had an entire season, especially the last two weeks, to reflect on one of his young career’s defining moments: his impressive showing in the 2023 …

Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne explained former Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban’s new role as an “adviser” in an appearance on “The Paul Finebaum Show” Wednesday. Saban, who coached Alabama for 17 years, announced his retirement Jan. 10 after winning six national championships in Tuscaloosa. However, the 72 year old told ESPN he will still have “a presence” with the …

Why ex-49ers, Packers QB Benkert gives Green Bay advantage vs. SF originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area When exactly was the last time the 49ers played a meaningful game this season? To former 49ers and Green Bay Packers quarterback Kurt Benkert, who recently appeared on the “Up & Adams Show,” it has been about seven weeks, or nearly two …

For the second consecutive season, the Reese’s Senior Bowl is bringing in assistant coaches to elevated positions for the week of practice. Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator Daronte Jones will be the defensive coordinator of the National team under New York Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich who will be the head coach. The Senior Bowl sent …

The ratings for super wild-card weekend were stellar, even if the games weren’t. Browns-Texans on NBC, which resulted in a 45-14 Houston win, averaged 29 million viewers. Saturday night’s Dolphins-Chiefs game, a 26-7 margin, averaged 23 million viewers on Peacock. On Sunday, the Packers-Cowboys game on Fox — which was over before halftime — averaged 40 million. Rams-Lions on NBC …

Jan. 17—Former New Mexico State quarterback Diego Pavia announced his commitment to SEC school Vanderbilt on Wednesday night via a post on social media. After entering the transfer portal hours after Jerry Kill’s resignation, the Albuquerque native and Volcano Vista High School graduate is set to reunite with former NMSU offensive coordinator Tim Beck, teammate Blaze Berlowitz, also a quarterback, …

Jerry Jones apparently doesn’t want him some gloryhole, after all. The Cowboys owner won’t be making a coaching change. Instead, the team has announced that Mike McCarthy will return for a fifth year on the job. McCarthy has won 12 regular-season games in 2021, 2022, and 2023. However, he hasn’t made it past the divisional round once. This year, the …

Getty Images The ACC formally amended its complaint against Florida State Wednesday, multiple outlets report. The 55-page filing alleges the university breached its original contract with the league when it chose to challenge the conference’s exclusive grant of rights for television broadcasts.  Perhaps most importantly, the ACC requested that the court issue a permanent injunction that would bar FSU from …

The speculation was fair. The Dallas Cowboys hired head coach Mike McCarthy in 2020 to do what predecessor Jason Garrett had not: Get over the playoff hump. Four years later, McCarthy has not. He has not guided a talented roster to an NFC championship game, much less a Super Bowl, both measures of success that have eluded the franchise for …

If you were thinking about grabbing tickets to the Buccaneers-Lions game on Sunday, you might want to think again — or be prepared to dip into that rainy day fund. Tickets to the NFC divisional-round matchup have skyrocketed on the secondary market, with average admission to Ford Field reaching a record high of $1,186 apiece, according to TickPick.com. The unexpected …

New Mexico State quarterback Diego Pavia has committed to Vanderbilt football, he announced on social media Wednesday. Pavia, the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year, joins the Commodores on the heels of Vanderbilt hiring several New Mexico State staffers, including offensive coordinator Tim Beck to the same role and coach Jerry Kill as a special advisor. In 2023, Pavia …

Packers DT makes easily disproven ‘guarantee’ about Purdy’s turnovers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Green Bay Packers’ locker room might need a fact checker. But at the very least, they’re giving the 49ers some bulletin board material. Ahead of Green Bay’s divisional-round playoff game against San Francisco on Saturday at Levi’s Stadium, there was an odd claim …

St. Ignatius’s Cody Haddad makes a third-quarter touchdown reception over McKinley’s Geno Kelly, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. MADISON – Wisconsin’s 2025 football class grew by one Wednesday. Cody Haddad, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound safety/wide receiver from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, announced on social media he has committed to UW. Haddad also held offers from Kansas, Nebraska, Purdue, Cincinnati, Duke …

49ers left tackle Trent Williams plans to play a 14th NFL season. “Oh, yeah, 100 percent,” Williams said Wednesday, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. Williams, 35, this season became the eighth offensive lineman in history with at least 11 Pro Bowl selections. He may not catch Bruce Matthews, who had 14 career selections, but he needs only one more Pro …

USATSI South Alabama is expected to promote offensive coordinator Major Applewhite to fill its vacant coaching position, 247Sports reports. Applewhite served under former coach Kane Wommack for the past three seasons until Wommack left to become Alabama’s defensive coordinator. Applewhite, 45, helped assemble one of the top offenses in the Sun Belt this season. The Jaguars averaged over 33 points and 440 yards …