The Rams brought in a former NFL head coach for a meeting about their defensive coordinator vacancy. Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reports that the team interviewed Ron Rivera over the weekend. Rivera was fired by the Commanders earlier this month after going 26-40-1 over four seasons as the head coach of the team. The Rams need a coordinator as …

One player can alter the entire course of a season for a conference. In the Southeastern Conference, that player often wins the Heisman Trophy. Several players from the SEC come to mind in regard to taking over the league. Former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow went from a 57.8% passer in 2018 to the most dominant passer college football has ever …

The San Francisco 49ers hosted the Detroit Lions for the right to represent the NFC in Super Bowl LVIII, and it was a rematch from last year’s NFC Championship Game in a way. While the Philadelphia Eagles are nowhere to be found, we did get a player-on-player rematch from last year’s NFC title game: Deebo Samuel vs. Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Gardner-Johnson was …

The brightest stage in the sports world arrives on Sunday, Feb. 11 when the 2024 Super Bowl kicks off in Las Vegas. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will take on Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium with a championship in the balance. The Niners are seeking a record-tying sixth Super …

Just as it will have to do at wide receiver, the Florida State football offense will have a lot of production to replace in 2024 at running back. Trey Benson – who served as one of the main backs for the Seminoles the last two seasons – is NFL Draft-bound following two strong seasons in Tallahassee. FSU has targeted two players in …

USATSI Reba McEntire and Post Malone headline the pregame entertainment lineup for Super Bowl LVIII from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which was announced by the NFL on Thursday. McEntire will sing the national anthem and Post Malone will sing “America the Beautiful.” The big game will be broadcast on CBS (Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff) and there will …

Sunday’s Detroit-San Francisco game marked the end of the line for the Lions. It also ended things for Greg Olsen, in his role at the lead NFL game analyst at Fox. With CBS having this year’s Super Bowl, Fox’s NFL season is over. Barring something unforeseen (but not impossible), Tom Brady will take Olsen’s spot in 2024. It will send …

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, left, talks with his son and starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) prior to an NCAA college football game against Arizona State, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The second year of the Deion Sanders-era of Colorado football should look much different than the first. The Buffaloes have a handful of …

C.J. Gardner-Johnson got a little bit ahead of himself in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. The Lions’ safety began to wave goodbye to the 49ers crowd in Levi’s Stadium after Detroit scored a touchdown to go up 21-7. But that was one of the last high points of Sunday’s game for the Lions, who allowed the 49ers to score 27 straight …

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas was once widely considered one of the best in the game. He set an NFL record (that has since been broken) with 149 catches back in 2019, his second straight year leading the league in receptions. But injuries robbed him of the next few years of his career, and he didn’t really get …

Chargers reportedly request to interview Eagles’ senior offensive assistant originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With the Eagles’ coaching staff already in flux, the Chargers have reportedly requested to interview senior offensive assistant Marcus Brady for their vacant offensive coordinator job under Jim Harbaugh. Here’s the report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The #Chargers have requested an interview with former Colts …

For 30 minutes Sunday, it looked as if the Detroit Lions might reach their first-ever Super Bowl. But then the San Francisco 49ers stormed back to steal the NFC Championship, ensuring a title-game rematch with the vaunted Kansas City Chiefs. It wasn’t necessarily a pretty postseason journey for the NFC’s No. 1 seed, as the 49ers barely survived the upstart …

Throughout the regular season, the Chiefs’ defense helped carry the team to an 11-6 record — finishing the year No. 2 in yards allowed and points allowed. But the unit has turned things up to a higher level in the postseason, holding the Dolphins to seven points, the Bills to 24, and the Ravens to 10 to advance to Super …

The Super Bowl LVIII matchup is set with the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of Super Bowl LIV.  With so many tantalizing matchups between the NFC and AFC champions, let’s take an early look at some intriguing battles from a scout’s perspective.  Here are three key matchups to watch: Can the Chiefs slow …

Penn State has rapidly increased athletic spending since AD Pat Kraft took over 18 months ago. Kraft promised to elevate Penn State football — and the university’s entire athletic image — by providing the resources deemed necessary to compete at national title-winning levels. Certainly enough, the university’s 2023 financial filing, released this month, shows that investment. Penn State athletics spent …