With the 2023 regular season ending on Sunday, 18 of the NFL’s 32 teams are done for the year. That means it’s time to turn our attention toward the league’s coaching carousel where there are currently four vacancies: the Carolina Panthers, the Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers and the Atlanta Falcons with the team firing Arthur Smith Sunday evening just after midnight. …
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What 49ers’ past playoff appearances taught Warner about postseason
What 49ers’ past playoff appearances taught Warner about postseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Fred Warner has learned plenty about the NFL playoffs across his six seasons in the league, with the 49ers punching their ticket to the postseason in over half of those campaigns. As San Francisco prepares for its fourth playoff trip in the past five …
Read More »Rutgers lands BYU long snapper Austin Riggs
Rutgers made it two transfer portal additions in as many days with the commitment of Austin Riggs on Sunday. The long-snapper, previously at BYU, is another addition out of the transfer portal for Rutgers. He has extensive experience, with 40 games played over four seasons in Provo. He made 12 appearances this past season as a junior. He comes to …
Read More »Bills take good, bad and ugly with Josh Allen en route to AFC East title
Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter It was the Miami Dolphins’ division to lose. And that’s what they did. The Buffalo Bills came away with a 21-14 Week 18 win in Miami, with Buffalo overcoming three turnovers from Josh Allen. And for the fifth straight season, the Bills are the AFC East champs. Even after starting 5-5. Even after getting to …
Read More »2024 NFL wild card playoff lookahead: Opening round features Matthew Stafford heading back to Detroit
The regular season is officially in the books and the mad dash to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas is down to just 14 teams. The playoff bracket is set and we’re now looking forward to Super Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, which will kick off on Saturday. For the Ravens and the 49ers, they get to sit back …
Read More »NFL head coach, GM tracker: 4 teams currently looking for new leadership after conclusion of regular season
USATSI With the NFL regular season behind us, it is time for teams to begin preparing for next season. Several teams have already made the decision to change key positions within the organization, whether that be a general manager, head coach or coordinator. Rather than scouring the scatter shot reports across social media, CBSSports.com has compiled all of those reports of interest …
Read More »Former OU football lineman Sherrone Moore on cusp of championship as Michigan OC
Sherrone Moore played in 14 games for the Sooners in 2006 and 2007. Only the craziest of OU diehards remember the offensive guard who transferred in from Butler County Community College in Kansas, but Moore’s profile has grown as he’s climbed the coaching ladder. Now the offensive coordinator at Michigan, Moore will be coaching for a national championship Monday night …
Read More »NFL Stock Watch: NFC playoff matchups are must-see; Jaguars flame out
Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst I love the final weekend of the NFL regular season. There’s always one or two games where a team playing for nothing ruins the season of a potential playoff team. There are players who need to hit incentives that are out there aiming to collect more money. In the betting landscape, season futures are …
Read More »‘It’s going to be rocking’
Matthew Stafford’s return to Detroit couldn’t have come at a bigger time. Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will travel to Ford Field next weekend for their first round playoff matchup against the Lions — which will mark the first home playoff game in Detroit since 1994 and the first ever at Ford Field. Stafford was first drafted by the …
Read More »Penn State lands Wisconsin offensive tackle Nolan Rucci from transfer portal
Jan. 7—Wisconsin offensive tackle Nolan Rucci, a former five-star prospect from Warwick, announced Saturday that he’s transferring to Penn State. The 6-8, 300-pound Rucci was rated the No. 1 prospect in Pennsylvania in the 2021 recruiting class. He has two years of eligibility remaining. He played in six games during his Wisconsin career, including three games last season as the …
Read More »Ranking NFL Super Wild Card Weekend games: Matthew Stafford vs. Jared Goff revenge matchup must-see
The playoffs are here! The most glorious time of the year is upon us, with the 2023 NFL regular season coming to an exciting conclusion and a wide-open race remaining for a Super Bowl. You could talk me into just about any matchup between any team on both sides of the bracket. In fact, I would believe you if you …
Read More »2024 NFL playoff schedule, bracket: Dates, times and TV for every round of AFC and NFC postseason
The NFL playoffs are finally upon us. After a wild 18 weeks, the NFL regular-season is finally in the books and it’s now time for the postseason Although there will be some familiar faces in the playoffs this year — like the 49ers, Chiefs and Cowboys — there will also be some new blood. As a matter of fact, of …
Read More »Derrick Henry breaks Shaun Alexander’s Alabama record for career NFL rushing yards
“King Henry” is now the king of career rushing yards by an Alabama football alum. Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry broke Shaun Alexander’s record for NFL rushing yards by a former Alabama player against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. REQUIRED READING: All-22 film room: The good, bad and ugly from Alabama’s final play in loss to Michigan In the …
Read More »Mike Edwards, Harrison Butker propel Chiefs past Chargers 13-12 without Mahomes or Kelce
Mike Edwards returned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown, Harrison Butker made a 41-yard field goal with 49 seconds remaining, and the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs beat the Los Angeles Chargers 13-12 on Sunday while resting most of their starters. With the Chiefs (11-6) locked into the AFC’s No. 3 seed for the playoffs, Patrick Mahomes and …
Read More »Falcons fire coach Arthur Smith after 3 straight losing seasons
Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith was fired at the end of his third season. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones) As the Atlanta Falcons’ losses piled up, coach Arthur Smith seemed preoccupied with what people were saying or writing about him and his team. When Smith was asked fair questions about the lack of use for his star players, he would usually …
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