Caleb Wiliams recently met and dined with the Bears: reports originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago USC quarterback Caleb Williams recently met with the Bears for dinner, according to ESPN 1000. And there’s a wrinkle to this meeting versus the initial ones, per the report. “I will not tell you where it was, but I will tell you not only …
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Former Georgia LB re-enters the transfer portal
Former Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Rian Davis has re-entered the NCAA transfer portal after spending the 2023 college football season at UCF. Davis recorded 14 tackles for UCF in 2023 and likely has two years of eligibility remaining (only appeared in one game in 2021 and played during the 2020 season, which did not count against eligibility). Davis appeared in seven …
Read More »Taylor Swift’s impact on U.S. sports extends to flag football ahead of its Olympic debut
Through her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, global pop star musician Taylor Swift brought a new batch of fans to the NFL scene. Her appearance at several Chiefs games, including the team’s Super Bowl win, ushered in record-breaking viewership numbers, including an all-time high in female viewership. But her impact on American football extends past the …
Read More »Rome Odunze visited Jets, set to meet Bears Thursday
Wide receiver Rome Odunze is expected to be selected early in the first round and he’s spending time with a couple of teams drafting in the top 10 this week. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Odunze visited with the Jets, who own the 10th pick, on Wednesday. The wideout is set to move on to a meeting with …
Read More »Four-star defensive lineman Landon Rink commits to Texas A&M: ‘It checked all the boxes’
Four-star defensive lineman Landon Rink committed to Texas A&M on Wednesday, giving the SEC program another strong in-state for their rebuild. A 6-foot-2, 280-pound defensive lineman from Cy-Fair (Cypress, Texas), Rink is a four-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite. He held offers that included Arizona, Arizona State, Duke, Kansas, Miami, Ohio State, Ole Miss and Penn State among others. His …
Read More »Rashee Rice car accident: Chiefs WR apologizes, to cooperate with Dallas authorities; NFL monitoring situation
A six-vehicle car crash this past weekend in Dallas led to a police search for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice, according to the Dallas Morning News. The report states that a vehicle believed to be registered or leased to Rice was involved in an accident at 6:20 p.m. local time on Saturday. According to CBS Sports HQ senior NFL insider …
Read More »Commanders’ Marcus Mariota will become the first quarterback to wear this number
Getty Images Marcus Mariota is about to make history. This season, the Washington Commanders’ veteran will become the first quarterback to wear the No. 0. Last season, 22 players started the year wearing No. 0, but no quarterbacks. The NFL brought back the number last season after a 50-year hiatus. Entering 2023, only 41 players had ever worn either 0 …
Read More »Stefon Diggs trade shows Texans, Bills headed in opposite directions
Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter The Texans have been assembling a star-studded cast this offseason, using the financial flexibility afforded by C.J. Stroud’s rookie contract to close the gap with the AFC’s elite. On the flip side, the Bills continue to recalibrate, looking like a team taking a step back in the upcoming season in hopes of reestablishing its place …
Read More »Penn State hoping for commitment from Matt Zollers, the top-rated QB in PA
Penn State is already off to a solid start with its efforts in the Class of 2025 recruiting cycle. Already with one of the nation’s and the Big Ten’s top-rated recruiting classes, the Nittany Lions are missing a commitment from one key position in 2025, and that hole could be filled this week. Spring-Ford quarterback Matt Zollers, from Royersford, PA, …
Read More »Adding Stefon Diggs is Texans’ latest move that signals ‘all in’ offseason Jerry Jones promised Cowboys fans
The Dallas Cowboys have long been known as “America’s Team” and certainly Texas’ preferred team, thanks to their status as the NFL and the world’s most valuable sports franchise plus the five Super Bowl titles. However, all five of those championships occurred nearly 30 years ago with only one being won since the NFL instituted a salary cap in 1994 …
Read More »Stefon Diggs trade winners and losers: Josh Allen, C.J. Stroud, AFC defensive backs and more
In a league that never ceases to make waves, the NFL news cycle took its latest pivot on Wednesday when the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans agreed to a trade. The Bills sent Houston four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs, a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick in exchange for a 2025 second, the team confirmed. The …
Read More »Elite 2025 safety Jordan Young still considering Penn State
Penn State continues looking to build upon their strong showing so far in the class of 2025 and are coming out of a weekend where many of their top targets were on campus to witness spring practice in person. At this time, many of the uncommitted recruits are still gathering information on different schools interested in them before planning out …
Read More »Agent’s Take: Let the buyer beware when drafting a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft
Quarterback is the most important position on a football team. It’s why a premium is placed on quarterbacks in the NFL Draft. The incentives for selecting quarterbacks changed after the 2011 NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement drastically reduced salaries for the first few picks by implementing a rookie wage scale. Teams have been more willing to take quarterbacks extremely early since …
Read More »Cam Heyward says Russell Wilson is ‘ready to prove people wrong’ with Steelers
Cam Heyward is running out of time. That fact is surely what drove Pittsburgh’s veteran defensive tackle to recently lobby for the Steelers to sign Russell Wilson, who 11 years ago in Seattle won the prize that Heyward is hoping to win before he hangs up his cleats for good. Heyward continues to be motivated to win his first Super …
Read More »Why Penn State football is thriving with Julian Fleming: ‘I love being around him.’
It’s quite possibly taken Julian Fleming four years seasons, two bad shoulders and one dramatic change of working scenery. The Penn State football wide receiver from Catawissa, Pa. − via Ohio State − has proclaimed himself healthier than ever, seemingly perfect-placed news, for all involved. It is exquisite timing for a Nittany Lion team in the midst of breaking in …
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