JJ Watt doesn’t like what the Pittsburgh Steelers have done this offseason. He loves it.  Watt, a future Hall of Fame pass rusher, current CBS NFL analyst and older brother of Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt, recently lauded the bold moves made by general manager Omar Khan and the rest of Pittsburgh’s staff.  “I love it,” Watt said during an one-on-one …

Notre Dame’s 2024 Football Pro Day takes place today, Thursday, March 21, exclusively on Peacock at 12:30 PM ET as select members of the Fighting Irish showcase their skills in front of scouts and coaches, hoping to bring their pro football dreams to reality. See below to find out which Notre Dame prospects are expected to be in attendance and …

The initial waves of NFL free agency have washed to shore and the New England Patriots look a lot like the team that ended the 2023 season. Sure, the club did make some seismic moves since the end of the year, like moving on from Bill Belichick and trading Mac Jones, but from a free agency standpoint, this new regime …

The NFL’s new league year kicked off with a flurry last week as marquee names like Saquon Barkley, Christian Wilkins, and others changed zip codes. After a reshuffling of the deck, new faces are in new places, so it’s time for the first offseason power rankings as we firmly turn our attention to the 2024 season. Here’s where all 32 …

Kaiden Prothro has been a popular name in the recruiting world since last October. He earned his first offer from Florida State on Oct. 15, 2023. Since then, he has fielded offers from a plethora of Power Five programs such as Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, and Alabama. As of Tuesday, he can add Auburn to that list. Prothro, a …

Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst In today’s era of pass-happy offenses, edge rushers rank second behind only quarterbacks in terms of their value to NFL teams. Every club is on the lookout for young, inexpensive talent. This year’s class lacks an obvious headliner guaranteed to earn a top-10 selection but don’t let that fool you. There is plenty of talent …

The Philadelphia Eagles were certainly active in NFL free agency, thanks to a rising salary cap and the need to improve a team that lost six of their final seven games after a 10-1 start. There were plenty of holes on the Eagles roster that needed to be addressed in the first wave of free agency. Philadelphia didn’t address all …

BLOOMINGTON — An annual rite of spring has been a new quarterback competition for the Indiana football team. There’s a fresh round of optimism this year with the program hiring Curt Cignetti, a coach with a proven history of developing quarterbacks. The same is true of the brain trust he hired — offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri …

Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald says he’s accomplished everything he set out to do as an NFL player, and now it’s time to do something else. Donald posted a video on social media saying that after a great career, he’s ready to move on. “Ten years, 10 Pro Bowls, eight All-Pros, three defensive players of the year, rookie of the …

BLOOMINGTON — First-year Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti has laid out lofty expectations for the 2024 season ever since landing the job. “We’re going to win and we’re going to win this year and we’re going to change the brand and the expectation level and the way people see Indiana football,” Cignetti said. Cignetti didn’t have to set such a high …

Hip-drop tackles will be a 15-yard penalty if at least 24 NFL owners agree with the Competition Committee that it’s time to take the technique out of the game. The Competition Committee has formally proposed banning hip-drop tackles with the following new rule: “ARTICLE 18. HIP-DROP TACKLE. It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring …

Coach Josh Heupel said he’s challenged his Tennessee football players to not repeat mistakes of last season. He should follow his own advice in spring practice. The Vols had a good 2023 season. They went 9-4, including a Citrus Bowl victory over Iowa. But frustrating losses to Florida, Alabama, Missouri and Georgia derailed their chances at any serious contention for …

When pass rusher Chase Young agreed to terms with the Saints, the simultaneous tweets announcing the development also claimed that he’s getting $13 million fully guaranteed. And while that’s technically true, there’s a major asterisk that was previously omitted. Of that amount, $7.99 million is tied to per-game roster bonuses. Via Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, Young will receive a …

The son of Deion Sanders could have been the second quarterback selected in the NFL draft next month if he wanted to be and “should be” the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft in 2025. At least that’s the opinion of Deion Sanders, the father. And he could be right. But what about Shedeur Sanders, his quarterback son at …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMar 14, 2024, 07:10 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. SEATTLE — Practically everyone in hockey has heard that the Nashville Predators’ trip to see U2 in February at the Sphere in Las Vegas was canceled because of how poorly the team was playing at that time. They’d lost six of …