The Chicago Bears are blessed with controlling the top of the NFL Draft for the second year in a row. Last year, they traded out of the first overall pick, sending it to the Carolina Panthers and dropping down to the ninth overall pick. The Panthers went on to select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, and his and Carolina’s struggles resulted …

The NFL has set the salary cap for the 2024 season, and the times are good for the league. The official salary cap figure for 2024 will be $255.4 million, up from $224.8 million in 2023 that had previously been a record high. At the rate the league’s revenues are growing, each year will always be a new record high …

When a new college football season schedule is revealed, we all have our opinions on what the biggest game is, what the pivotal game is, and which games should be easy, automatic wins. For USC football, it is no different. As we dive into the schedule for 2024 and the Trojans’ first season in the Big Ten Conference, there is …

The Seattle Seahawks have restructured quarterback Geno Smith’s contract for the 2024 NFL season, turning a $9.6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus to create $4.8 million in cap space this offseason, ESPN reported Thursday. The restructured deal also raises Smith’s cap hit to $38.5 million for 2025. Smith just finished the first season of a three-year, $75 million …

The NFL announced on Friday that the salary cap for the 2024 season will be $255.4 million per team and the fifth-year option salaries for 2021 first-round picks have been revealed as well. Under the formula used by the NFL, players qualify for one of four salaries. Players named to multiple Pro Bowls on the original ballot will be eligible …

A former Auburn player and analyst is set to take on his first collegiate head coaching role. Matt Zenitz of 247Sports is reporting that Georgia State is eyeing Dell McGee to take over as head coach of the football program following the departure of Shawn Elliot. Zenitz reports that Georgia State held Zoom interviews with candidates on Tuesday, and in-person …

USATSI The Los Angeles Chargers are beginning a new chapter, as they have netted Jim Harbaugh as their new head coach, and reunited him with his former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator in Greg Roman. Roman last served as the offensive coordinator for the other Harbaugh brother, John, with the Baltimore Ravens, and he’s known for running the ball. In …

Football fans and gaming enthusiasts have reason to celebrate as EA Sports makes a comeback in the college sports arena after over a decade. Through a Twitter/X announcement on Thursday, the gaming giant revealed plans to launch a new college football video game in the summer, set for the 2024 season. The return of the game to Sony PlayStation and …

The NFL announced Friday that the 2024 salary cap will be $255.4 million per club, along with an additional $74 million per club payment for player benefits, which includes Performance Based Pay and benefits for retired players. The figure, which marks an unprecedented $30-plus million rise over last season’s cap ($224.8 million), is “partially the result of the full repayment …

Bill Belichick will not be coaching in the NFL for the first time since the 1974 season and his son Steve shared a bit about what his father will be doing instead this week. The younger Belichick, who is now the defensive coordinator at the University of Washington, joined former Patriots defensive end Chris Long on Long’s Green Light podcast …

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  I hope you enjoyed this quiet week around the NFL because things could get chaotic as soon as next week. First of all, the NFL Combine will be starting with the first batch of players reporting to Indianapolis on Sunday, but don’t get too excited about that because testing won’t …

It wasn’t too long ago when the first week of February contained the college football signing day for high school football recruits. ESPN would cover it all day long and the college football world would be buzzing. Now , the early signing day is in December, the transfer portal is in play and the February date has been downgraded some. …

With 2024 NFL free agency also comes the offseason trade market. Sometimes blockbuster deals are forecast weeks or months in advance, much like the Chicago Bears with quarterback Justin Fields, who’s widely expected to be shopped as the team considers resetting the position atop April’s draft. Other times, big-name moves sent genuine shockwaves around the league. With that in mind, …

Running backs took a big financial hit in 2023. The number of running backs with contracts averaging $12 million per year or more was cut in half to four thanks to releases and pay cuts until the Indianapolis Colts made Jonathan Taylor the league’s fifth in October with a three-year, $42 million contract extension, averaging $14 million per year. Taylor …

Georgia State is targeting Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee as its next head football coach, according to 247Sports. McGee, who has also served as Georgia’s run game coordinator since 2019, is set to replace Shawn Elliott, who abruptly left his post to become the tight ends coach and run game coordinator at South Carolina.  This will be the first …