Patriots assistant special teams coach Joe Houston is leaving for the University of Florida, according to multiple reports. Houston, a former USC kicker, spent four seasons with the Patriots. He was going to become the special teams coach at Alabama in 2020 before the Patriots offered him a job. Houston spent the four seasons before that at Iowa State, including …

Not all Super Bowl champions are created equal. Of the previous 57 Super Bowl champions, only eight were able to successfully defend their title. It’s 19 years since our last back-to-back champion, which is the longest such drought of the Super Bowl era. The defending-champion Chiefs, of course, can change all of that after punching their ticket to Las Vegas with …

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are more than just an A-list couple: They have blended the worlds of pop culture, music and the NFL and introduced new fans to the league. The two have supported each other’s careers since they began dating, both showing up to stadiums to watch one another. Kelce has attended Swift’s “The Era’s Tour” concerts, while …

The Georgia Bulldogs play one of the most challenging schedules in the country in 2024. Georgia has road games against two teams that made the College Football Playoff last season. Georgia returns players like star quarterback Carson Beck, offensive lineman Tate Ratledge, linebacker Smael Mondon, and more for the 2024 season. The Bulldogs have brought in a few key transfers, …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter BALTIMORE – The Kansas City Chiefs will play in their fourth Super Bowl in five years. Facing a rare AFC Championship Game on the road, the Chiefs showed they can win away from Arrowhead Stadium, with Patrick Mahomes leading Kansas City to a 17-10 victory over the Ravens. The Chiefs are headed to Las Vegas …

Patrick Mahomes won’t win NFL MVP this season. He didn’t deserve it, based on his regular season. That’s probably OK with him since the Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl. It doesn’t matter anymore if the Chiefs and Mahomes show out in the regular season. When they get to the playoffs, they have Mahomes and that …

Former LSU offensive assistant Joe Brady is sticking around in Buffalo. He began the season as the team’s quarterbacks coach, but after a 5-5 start, the Bills fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and promoted Brady to the gig in an interim capacity. He was considered a hot offensive coordinator commodity and even interviewed for the Falcons head coaching job, but …

When the 2023 NFL season began, the San Francisco 49ers were supposed to be NFC front-runners. And the Detroit Lions were supposed to be challengers — truly competitive for the first time in years. Both things ultimately came to fruition, and now, with one round of playoff football left until Super Bowl LVIII, it all comes down to these two: …

Zay Flowers made an instrumental impact for the Ravens against the Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC Championship, leading Baltimore in receiving. But one of the rookie’s biggest plays also included a polarizing infraction, with the wide receiver flagged for taunting after a 54-yard catch. Four plays later, things only got worse, with Baltimore trailing the Chiefs in the fourth quarter and …

Only four teams remain in the NFL postseason with three games left to play — including Sunday’s AFC and NFC championship games — and per usual this time of the year given the physical grind playing an NFL season, there are some key injuries.  San Francisco 49ers do-it-all wide receiver Deebo Samuel will play in the NFC title game on …

New Alabama Football head coach Kalen DeBoer has his work cut out for him. The successor to Nick Saban not only has some big shoes to fill, but he takes over a historic program at a time of unprecedented change in the sport. On top of all that, DeBoer must face a rather difficult regular season schedule. Some interesting games …

One of the major non-football storylines that centers around the Super Bowl is the halftime show. These days, the halftime show is one of the most exciting performances of the year and is headlined by some of the biggest artists of all time.  Last year, Rihanna took the stage at State Farm Stadium during Super Bowl LVII. Before that, five performers took …

Not that it’s any surprise, but 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel is officially active for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the Lions. After suffering a shoulder injury in last week’s victory over the Packers, Samuel was a full participant for Friday’s practice and did not have a game status entering the weekend. He did not participate on Wednesday and was limited …

The Jets need wide receiver help. There is no question about that. Garrett Wilson needs a running mate. Fortunately, they’ll have a chance to check out plenty of talent in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl. This group includes a pair of receivers who were part of both of Georgia’s national championships as well as Christian McCaffrey’s brother. Coaching the …

USATSI Lamar Jackson is likely the MVP for what he has done as a quarterback this season, but it turns out he would make a decent wide receiver as well. The Baltimore Ravens quarterback caught his own pass against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game for what NFL on CBS analyst Tony Romo called one of the …