The Detroit Lions are the only team remaining in the 2024 NFL playoffs that has never won the Super Bowl. The Lions will visit the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 NFC Championship Game on Sunday, their first appearance in a conference title game since 1991. According to the latest Championship Round NFL odds, the Lions are 7-point underdogs. Meanwhile, …
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Kansas football co-defensive coordinator Jordan Peterson leaves for job at Texas A&M
LAWRENCE — It’s official, Kansas football co-defensive coordinator Jordan Peterson is moving on to a position on the coaching staff at Texas A&M. The Aggies announced the news in a release Monday, with the Southeastern Conference program naming Peterson as its co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. The move brings Peterson back to a place he knows very well, considering he …
Read More »Raiders name Tom Telesco the team’s new General Manager
Tom Telesco is staying in the AFC West. The long-time General Manager of the L.A. Chargers has landed on his feet, as the G.M. of the Las Vegas Raiders. The team made it official on Tuesday night. Telesco served as G.M. of the Chargers for 11 years. He was fired along with coach Brandon Staley the day after an embarrassing, …
Read More »Vanderbilt football hires Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford as run game coordinator for Clark Lea
Vanderbilt football has hired Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford of New Mexico State as its run game coordinator and running backs coach, the program announced in a release Tuesday. He is the third on-field coach Clark Lea has added from the Aggies this offseason, joining offensive coordinator Tim Beck and safeties coach Melvin Rice. The Commodores also hired former New Mexico State coach …
Read More »Covington ‘would be the right choice’ for Pats DC position
Perry: Covington ‘would be the right choice’ for Pats DC position originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston As New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo assembles his staff, there appears to be a standout candidate for the vacant defensive coordinator position. DeMarcus Covington, currently the team’s defensive line coach and a member of the staff since 2017, is reportedly considered …
Read More »Raiders hire Tom Telesco as next GM; former Chargers exec beats out finalists Champ Kelly, Ed Dodds for job
Getty Images Tom Telesco is sticking in the AFC West. The Las Vegas Raiders have hired the former Los Angeles Chargers executive as their next general manager, the team announced on Tuesday. Telesco, 51, beat out finalists interim GM Champ Kelly and Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds, per Jones. This hiring comes after Telesco interviewed with the Raiders twice throughout the …
Read More »Greg McElroy defends Iowa after Kadyn Proctor comments: ‘It’s all about relationships’
Former Alabama tackle Kadyn Proctor raised some eyebrows following his transfer to Iowa when he commended the Iowa staff on keeping in touch with and encouraging him throughout his freshman year at Alabama. Proctor, a Des Moines native, explained his decision: “It was so easy for me to pick them when I did enter the transfer portal. Because we still …
Read More »After big 2023, Texans must follow C.J. Stroud’s lead: ‘I want to be the best’
Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter The Texans can look within their own division for a cautionary tale. At this time last year, the Jaguars found themselves in a similar situation that the Texans are in now — looking toward the next season, to ascending into perennial contender status after a surprising run to an AFC South title and a playoff …
Read More »Sanjay Lal interviews with Bears
The Bears announced the hiring of Shane Waldron as offensive coordinator on Tuesday. Waldron likely brings some of the assistant coaches with him in Seattle to Chicago, and one of those interviewed Tuesday. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Seahawks pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal interviewed for a position on the offensive coaching staff. Lal spent …
Read More »Wylie East safety Michael Henderson III commits to Texas Tech football
Another addition to the 2025 Texas Tech football recruiting class comes from the defensive side of the field. Michael Henderson III, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound safety out of Wylie East High School, announced his commitment to the Red Raiders via social media on Tuesday. Henderson was the District 9-6A defensive newcomer of the year as a sophomore in 2022. As a …
Read More »Uga X, the most decorated mascot in Georgia program history, has died
The winningest bulldog in Georgia football history has died. Uga X, the University of Georgia’s English bulldog mascot, died on Tuesday, the university announced. He was 10. We are saddened to announce that Uga X, fondly known as Que, died peacefully in his sleep earlier this morning. Born May 27, 2013, he formally began his tenure in a collaring ceremony …
Read More »Stressing the importance of choosing the next Pats OC
Curran: Stressing the importance of choosing the next Pats OC originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston One week after being introduced as New England Patriots head coach, Jerod Mayo is in the process of assembling his staff. Atop Mayo’s to-do list is finding a new offensive coordinator. The position became vacant after Bill O’Brien took the OC job at Ohio …
Read More »Why Chiefs didn’t win didn’t hinge on a missed field goal | What’s Wright?
Nick Wright relives the Divisional Round win for his Kansas City Chiefs, despite all of the breaks going in the Buffalo Bills favor. The Chiefs made HUGE mistakes, including a fumble at the 1-yard line, and still the Bills couldn’t capitalize and win the game… so why are people saying the Chiefs only lost due to a missed field goal …
Read More »‘Simply just does his job’
Georgia football is projected to have around 10 players taken in the 2024 NFL draft, which would expand on an NFL record of 25 players selected in the last two years. With a draft class containing star players like Brock Bowers, Amarius Mims and Kamari Lassiter among others, wide receiver Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint may be overlooked. Rosemy-Jacksaint was one of the …
Read More »Buffalo area cat rescue group receives over $100,000 in donations in Tyler Bass’ name
Bills fans are looking to lift the spirits of kicker Tyler Bass through charitable donations after he missed a pivotal field goal in their season-ending loss to the Chiefs. Ten Lives Club, a Western New York cat rescue and adoption group that Bass has partnered with, received over $110,000 in donations in the kicker’s name as of Tuesday afternoon, a …
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