Greg Auman NFC South Reporter ORLANDO, Fla. — Bucs coach Todd Bowles and general manager Jason Licht both spoke with reporters at the NFL meetings on Tuesday, touching on a wide variety of topics. Much of the headlines for the Bucs in the past few weeks has focused on the team’s success in keeping their own best free agents, but …
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The NFL is deciding between these two opponents for Eagles’ 2024 Brazil game, says team executive
Getty Images The NFL will air its first-ever South American game on Peacock, sending the Philadelphia Eagles to Brazil in a streaming-only matchup set for Friday, Sept. 6. As for which team will play the Eagles overseas, the league is currently deciding between two possibilities, according to Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy: the Packers and the Cleveland Browns. Murphy …
Read More »Texas A&M has offered former Indiana DL from the transfer portal
The transfer portal consistently gives and takes year after year, and with the spring portal window set to open on April 15 (at least, officially), plenty of veteran talent will be there for the taking. Regarding Texas A&M, it has been reported that head coach Mike Elko has offered former Indiana defensive lineman Philip Blidi, looking to add more depth …
Read More »Roger Goodell says Tom Brady’s part ownership of Raiders hasn’t been approved, but is ‘making progress’
Getty Images Tom Brady is no longer playing in the NFL, but he is still trying to be involved in the league, just in a new way. Tom Brady and Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis agreed for the seven-time Super Bowl champion to become a minority owner of the team in May. Nearly a year later, and the deal …
Read More »Mark Murphy: Packers voted no on new kickoff because it “made sense to have a trial” in preseason
While the NFL adopted a new kickoff rule for 2024 on Tuesday, the Packers were one of just three teams to vote against the proposal. Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy explained to reporters later in the day that he didn’t necessarily want to implement all the changes so quickly. “Our issue was that it’s such a major change, my …
Read More »Kirby Smart calls 2025 ‘probably the best home schedule ever’ for Georgia football
Kirby Smart still has the entire 2024 Georgia football season ahead of him and a team most project as the preseason No. 1. His 10th season as head coach of the Bulldogs in 2025 offers a blockbuster home schedule. Smart addressed that Tuesday, the first time he was available to speak to reporters since the league released the SEC opponents …
Read More »Jets’ Rick Bowness to return vs. Oilers after 4-game absence
Mar 26, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness will return to the bench for Tuesday’s home game against the Edmonton Oilers. Bowness traveled to Winnipeg from New York last Tuesday to receive treatment for what the team called “a minor medical procedure.” Associate coach Scott Arniel guided the Jets to a 1-3-0 record in his absence. “Just …
Read More »Jets’ Aaron Rodgers will not be VP pick of U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., per report
USATSI Aaron Rodgers was on the short list of vice presidential possibilities for U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but the New York Jets quarterback will not be on the ballot this November. Kennedy is instead expected to name attorney Nicole Shanahan as his VP for a 2024 election bid, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Rodgers, 40, was …
Read More »Ohio State secondary looking to build off strong season on field, recruiting trail
Mar. 26—COLUMBUS — A year or so ago, Ohio State fans were uncertain what they had in Tim Walton. The Buckeye secondary remained shaky in Walton’s first season as cornerbacks coach, and he was facing a recruiting season in which some big scores were available that he couldn’t afford to miss. Now Walton is one of the most popular members …
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Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter There wasn’t a moment during the early years of Eli Manning when John Mara — or anyone in the New York Giants organization — publicly acknowledged they were looking at other quarterback options. And there hasn’t been a moment in the first five years of Daniel Jones’ career when any of them publicly admitted it …
Read More »Hall of Fame Game for 2024 is set, will be Bears vs. Texans
The annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game will be between the Bears and Texans in 2024. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) When the Chicago Bears had a good day in the Pro Football Hall of Fame results, they had to know they were headed to Canton in more ways than one. The Bears had Devin Hester, …
Read More »Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin predicts spring portal chaos within ‘really stupid system’
OXFORD — More transfer portal chaos is brewing, Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin predicts. At his weekly news conference Tuesday, Kiffin was asked whether he believes the spring transfer portal window ‒ set to begin on April 16 ‒ will be more active than we’ve seen in previous years. In the transfer portal era, the winter window has seen …
Read More »2024 NFL Annual Meetings: Here’s what Roger Goodell said, including playing on Christmas each year
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Roger Goodell concluded the NFL Annual Meetings at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Tuesday, having a brief 15-minute session on the state of the league. Goodell didn’t give an address, but took questions to end the three-day meetings. Here were the highlights of Goodell’s presser: “I wouldn’t say it’s a delay. It’s a very thorough process …
Read More »Goalie watch: What we learned from a subpar 2024 season
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comMar 26, 2024, 02:47 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. It has been a rough few weeks for reliable goaltending in the fantasy realm. In fact, it’s been a pretty topsy-turvy season …
Read More »New NFL kickoff rule: Strategies, return averages, and more to expect in 2024 with drastic new change
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The NFL has adapted a modified version of the XFL Kickoff Rule for the 2024 season that intends to bring the kickoff back to the game of football. While the league will be eliminating the traditional kickoff, the modified kickoff is designed to put the ball back in the returner’s hands. The XFL had 341 …
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