The 2023 NFL regular season has concluded and the journey to the Super Bowl continues this weekend with six wild-card games split between Saturday, Sunday and Monday night. No team is entering postseason play totally healthy but, who has the most fatal flaws? Here is the most pressing need for every team in the NFL playoffs: AFC Bills: Defensive tackle Outside …
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Vanderbilt football offensive line coach AJ Blazek leaving for Wisconsin
Vanderbilt football offensive line coach AJ Blazek is leaving to take the same job at Wisconsin, according to a report from Football Scoop. Blazek has been with the Commodores since Clark Lea took over in 2021, but he spent most of his career in the Midwest with Winona State, Western Illinois, North Dakota State and Rutgers. After a strong performance …
Read More »Seismic coaching shifts signal the end of 1 era — and the start of another
Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider As much as this week’s spate of stunning, era-ending coaching shifts caused football fans to look backward and reminisce, Eric Mangini believes there is just as much reason to look forward. What began with Pete Carroll moving out in Seattle continued with Nick Saban deciding 17 years of Alabama dominance was enough and wrapped up …
Read More »Gabe Davis, Taylor Rapp ruled out for Sunday
The Bills will be missing one of their top receivers for Sunday’s home game against the Steelers. Head coach Sean McDermott said on WGR 550 on Friday that wide receiver Gabe Davis has been ruled out of the team’s playoff opener. Davis has a PCL sprain and the knee injury has kept him from practicing this week. Khalil Shakir, Trent …
Read More »One reason we can win Super Bowl LVIII
In many ways, the start of the NFL playoffs is similar to the first week of the regular season. There’s a feeling of newness in the air, along with the optimism from fan bases that this might be the year when something special takes place. With that in mind, we decided to list one reason why each team in the …
Read More »Alabama coaching candidates: Kalen DeBoer, Dabo Swinney among options to replace Nick Saban
Nick Saban has retired as Alabama coach after 17 seasons leading the Crimson Tide program, leaving some legendary shoes to fill in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Saban went 292-71-1 overall as a head football coach throughout his career including an absurd 201-29 at Alabama with six national championships. The search for his replacement now begins, and a successor is expected to be …
Read More »Bucky Brooks’ Super Bowl LVIII picks: Cowboys, Ravens to clash for championship
We are a few days away from kicking off the most intriguing NFL playoff tournament we have seen in decades. Despite having a pair of heavyweights holding the No. 1 seeds in each conference, the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are not guaranteed to reach Super Bowl LVIII in a postseason field in which matchups matter more than the …
Read More »Dolphins vs. Chiefs prediction, Wild Card odds, line, spread: 2024 NFL playoff picks by expert on 28-17 roll
The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night as part of NFL Wild Card Weekend 204. The Chiefs locked up the AFC West prior to Week 18 and decided to rest star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce. On the other sideline, Miami is the No. 6 seed. Last Sunday night, the Buffalo Bills …
Read More »Zac Etheridge departs Auburn, expected to be hired at Houston
The Auburn coaching staff continues to see shake-up as the offseason heats up. Late Thursday, Auburn associate head coach and running backs coach Cadillac Williams announced his resignation from the staff to “explore other opportunities.” Early Friday, another alum followed suit. Zac Etheridge, a former Auburn defensive back who spent three seasons on Auburn’s staff, also announced his resignation via …
Read More »2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend odds, spread, line: Lions vs. Rams picks, predictions by expert on 60-42 run
The third-seeded Detroit Lions will try to end the longest postseason losing streak in NFL history when they host the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Rams in a 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend game on Sunday. Detroit (12-5) has lost nine consecutive playoff contests since trouncing Dallas 38-6 in the divisional round in 1991. Los Angeles (10-7) finished the regular season …
Read More »The Patriots are all-in on Jerod Mayo. Is he set up to succeed?
The Patriots are all-in on Jerod Mayo. Is he set up to succeed? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Nobody envisioned 4-13. Nobody envisioned an offense that would fail to score a single touchdown in six of 17 games. When the Krafts gave Jerod Mayo and Bill Belichick contracts last offseason that were timed to expire after next year, that …
Read More »Korey Foreman, who failed to reach his potential at USC, seeks fresh start at Fresno State
The USC Trojans never got what they were hoping for out of former five-star recruit Korey Foreman. In his freshman year in 2021, he had 2.5 sacks with seven solo tackles in eight games. Then his numbers went down in 2022 despite playing in 12 games. In 2023, Foreman played in just three games and was nowhere to be found. …
Read More »Cowboys vs. Packers odds, line, time: 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend picks, predictions by top model
After coming from behind to win the NFC East, the Dallas Cowboys will host the Green Bay Packers for a 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend matchup on Sunday. This will mark the ninth time that these two teams have met in the NFL playoffs, with Green Bay winning the last two head-to-head matchups with Dallas during the NFL playoff …
Read More »2024 NFL Wild Card Weekend bold predictions: Bucs put Eagles out of misery; Cowboys finally stop Aaron Jones
The 2024 postseason is finally here. Eighteen weeks and 17 games played have led to this week. It’s been a shocking week for the football world with Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll and Mike Vrabel all relieved of their head-coaching duties after all achieving strong — historic in the case of Belichick and Carroll — levels of success for their respective …
Read More »Browns vs. Texans odds, line, time: 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend picks, predictions by proven model
NFL Super Wild Card Weekend 2024 will begin in Houston on Saturday as the 4-seed Texans (10-7) host the 5-seed Cleveland Browns (11-6). These teams just met in Week 16, when Cleveland won 36-22 on the road, though C.J. Stroud (concussion) did not play. This will be the first postseason matchup between the teams and they’ve split their 14 all-time …
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