Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  With Memorial Day now in the rearview mirror, you might think we’re about to hit the slow part of the NFL offseason, but think again, because there is now slow part of the NFL offseason. And if you need proof of that, just look at what happened today: The Dolphins …

Getty Images Josh Jacobs was hoping to bring a player synonymous with Packers football with him after he signed with Green Bay earlier this offseason. The veteran running back revealed on Thursday that he texted former Raiders teammate and former Green Bay standout Davante Adams shortly after he signed with the Packers.  “When I came out here … I sent him the …

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech football will open the home portion of its 2024 schedule in primetime versus Georgia State and close the regular season in primetime at archrival Georgia, highlighting five kickoff times for the Yellow Jackets that were announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners on Thursday. The five kickoff times and television designations include: …

“Give me 18 inches of daylight, that’s all I need.”  Gale Sayers’ infamous quote helps tell the story of what made him one of the most electric players in pro football history. Sayers, who died at age 77 in 2020, was born 81 years ago today (May 30, 1943). Sayers dazzled NFL fans with his dizzying array of speed, agility and …

The 2024 CBS Sports Network college football schedule is officially set with notable games on deck across the Group of Five and the Power Four. It’s a loaded slate with multiple big weekday games in addition to packed Saturdays all year long.  With less than 100 days to go until the start of the season, let’s take a look at …

Eagles OTAs observations: Ballhawks in the secondary  originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia On Thursday, the Eagles were on the field for OTAs again. They went through stretching, position drills, 7-on-7s and even 11-on-11s during this session and the secondary shined. The Eagles are scheduled to hold one more OTA practice on Friday. It’ll be their sixth and final voluntary …

The bulk of the NFL offseason is behind us, and teams are reconvening for organized team activities (OTAs) as they prepare for the 2024 season. In fact, the first game of the 2024 season is less than 100 days away. The countdown officially began on Tuesday, with minicamps being held in the next couple of weeks and training camps starting …

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning, center, waits to take the field with his team for their game against Oregon State at Autzen Stadium Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. The Big Ten Conference on Thursday announced kickoff times and TV designations for Oregon football’s first three games of the 2024 season this fall. The Ducks will open their season against Idaho at …

Harrison Butker has been handling kickoffs for the Kansas City Chiefs since his rookie year in 2017, but that’s something that could be changing this season.  Chiefs special-teams coordinator Dave Toub revealed on Thursday that the team is thinking about sending Butker to the bench for kickoffs this season. Although Butker has been under fire for making controversial comments at …

Every NFL offseason, it seems like the market, at least in one position, changes in a significant way. Guards got paid in a massive way this offseason, and wide receivers are beginning to as well. Meanwhile, the safety market seemingly collapsed while the running back market had a rally.  But that’s just one offseason, and it’s significantly affected by the …

The college football season is about three months away, and Thursday became the day we learned more on when and what channel a few more games will kick off this season. The Michigan State football tradition will indeed live on as the Spartans’ opener at home against Florida Atlantic has officially been moved to Friday, Aug. 30 and will be …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Sean McVay says at the start of every offseason that each year stands on its own and there’s no guarantee your team will be good based on how it performed the year before. For the Los Angeles Rams and the rest of the NFC West, that means building a new identity as teams finish OTAs …

The Kansas City Chiefs are considering taking kicker Harrison Butker off kickoff duties for the upcoming season. But the decision has nothing to do with recent controversial remarks during a commencement speech that made him a recent national story. The new rules implemented in March dictate that any ball kicked into the “landing zone” from the goal line to the …

Getty Images One iconic coach met another when Deion Sanders met new U.S. women’s national team manager Emma Hayes on Wednesday. The USWNT was in Boulder, Colo., so Sanders came out to greet the team ahead of its appearance in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Hayes was just named the new USWNT manager on May 21, and she’s been busy getting …

When Allen Robinson got traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2023 offseason, he thought for sure that he’d be spending more than one year with the team, but that didn’t happen.  Although Robinson was a full-time starter for the Steelers last season, the team decided to cut him in March in a move that caught the former Pro Bowl …