Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter It’s hard to believe right now, but there have been multiple points in Lamar Jackson’s career when no one has seemed to want him. It’s hard to believe right now because he is the odds-on favorite to win the NFL MVP. He is arguably the best quarterback on the planet, and that makes him perhaps …
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Ex-Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa heading to 2024 NFL Draft after sixth-year waiver request is denied
Taulia Tagovailoa is heading to the 2024 NFL draft. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) Taulia Tagovailoa’s efforts to play a sixth season of college football are over. According to multiple reports, the former Maryland QB will enter the 2024 NFL Draft after his waiver request for a sixth year of eligibility was denied by the NCAA. Tagovailoa skipped the Terrapins’ …
Read More »Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield on record-breaking playoff win vs. Eagles: It’s always fun to be counted out
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018, but has spent the majority of his career since then being the underdog, something he says he enjoys. Mayfield has endured an unending competition to prove his worth as a starting QB, including this year when he battled Kyle Trask for QB1 honors. But after bouncing …
Read More »Examining the 2024 fantasy football value of playoff top performers
Overreacting to single-game playoff performances is generally a terrible mistake. It’s how we ended up with the Gabe Davis fiasco of 2022, one of the more regrettable episodes in recent fantasy football history. But it’s not as if we can simply disregard postseason production, either. These are the final meaningful data points we’re gonna get before it’s time to draft …
Read More »2024 NFL Draft: Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa plans to declare after previously seeking waiver for sixth year
USATSI Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa will declare for the 2024 NFL Draft, 247Sports reports. The Big Ten’s all-time leading passer, Tagovailoa previously entered the transfer portal contingent on the NCAA granting him a waiver for a sixth year of eligibility. Tagovailoa originally signed with Alabama in 2019. He played in five games with the Crimson Tide before transferring to Maryland …
Read More »Jason Dickinson agrees to new 2-year contract with Blackhawks
Jan 16, 2024, 12:26 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a two-year contract with Jason Dickinson, handing out another extension to a veteran forward. Chicago announced the deal Tuesday. It runs through the 2025-26 season and carries a salary cap hit of $4.25 million. The Blackhawks also finalized a new two-year contract with Nick Foligno last …
Read More »What we learned from Super Wild Card Weekend, Day 3: Changes are coming to Eagles; Bills battle-tested
The final day of Super Wild Card Weekend finished the job of setting up matchups for the divisional round of the playoffs. The Buffalo Bills took care of business against the Pittsburgh Steelers and will square off against the Kansas City Chiefs — this time in Buffalo — while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stunned the Philadelphia Eagles and will travel …
Read More »Brad Crawford predicts Texas to reach CFP semifinal in 2024
Is it too early to predict the 2024 season? We don’t think so. One college football analyst doesn’t think so either. 247Sports college football analyst Brad Crawford sent out his way-too-early college football semifinal predictions for the 2024 season. Texas made the cut. In his scenario, the Longhorns reach the final four as the SEC’s second-highest finisher. Understandably, Georgia is …
Read More »Bucs’ wild-card rout of Eagles saw surprise stars step into spotlight
Greg Auman NFC South Reporter TAMPA, Fla. – Few expected the Buccaneers to win as easily as they did in Monday’s 32-9 wild-card rout of the Eagles, so it’s fitting that surprise stars on both sides of the ball factored heavily into Tampa Bay’s victory. It started on offense, where the Eagles made it a priority to cover Bucs receivers …
Read More »Jerry, Stephen Jones won’t do radio this week
Every Tuesday, right around now, word begins to trickle out regarding some of the words uttered by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones during one of his two weekly appearances on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. This week, that won’t happen. Shan Shariff of 105.3 The Fan said Monday that neither Jerry nor Stephen Jones will be appearing on the team’s flagship …
Read More »Arizona hires San Jose State coach Brent Brennan as the successor to Jedd Fisch
Arizona have found their next football coach. The Wildcats have agreed to a deal with Brent Brennan to become the successor to Jedd Fisch, according to multiple reports. Fisch was hired Sunday by Washington. Brennan has been the coach at San Jose State for the past seven seasons, posting a record of 34-48 with bowl appearances in three of the …
Read More »NFL DFS, 2024 Divisional Round picks: DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy football stacks, playoff lineups
The 2024 NFL Divisional Playoffs will get underway with two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday. Each conference’s top seed competes on Saturday, starting with the AFC top-seeded Baltimore Ravens hosting the No. 4 Houston Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by the NFC top-seeded San Francisco 49ers hosting the No. 7 Green Bay Packers at 8:15 p.m. …
Read More »49ers vs. Packers odds, line, time: 2024 NFL divisional round picks, predictions by model on 183-129 roll
The top-seeded San Francisco 49ers will hope to continue their recent postseason dominance against Green Bay when they host the seventh-seeded Packers on Saturday in a 2024 NFC divisional round matchup. San Francisco (12-5) is 5-4 all-time against Green Bay in the NFL playoffs but has won the last four meetings, including a 13-10 triumph in the Divisional Round two …
Read More »Patrick Mahomes vs. Josh Allen: Five reasons why this QB rivalry is best since Tom Brady-Peyton Manning
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen will meet for the seventh time on Sunday, and the first time in the playoffs since the 42-36 overtime thriller won by Kansas City two years ago. The numbers don’t lie. This is easily the best QB rivalry since Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, who last met in the 2015 AFC title game. Here’s the …
Read More »Four-Star OL Mason Short decommits from the Crimson Tide
Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban sent shock waves through the college football world last Wednesday when he decided to retire from the sport. In hindsight, there may have been some signs he was planning to step away, but nobody truly saw it coming. Saban was the heart and soul of the Alabama program, so it is not totally shocking …
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