LAKE FOREST, ILL. –On the field, Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams improved over each of three sessions of the team’s mandatory minicamp, his first taste of life on an NFL field, overcoming two interceptions in his first two days to firing off a slew of red-zone touchdowns in his third. Off the field, Williams is focused on being “neutral” and …

Getty Images The College Football Playoff is tripling in size to 12 teams for the 2024-25 season and will take up an even greater amount of the sport’s postseason discourse. But the traditional bowl games aren’t going anywhere, and college football fans will get plenty of non-CFP action to enjoy over December and early January. The 2024-25 college football bowl …

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson played it safe on the final day of minicamp by resting his sore right shoulder. The second-year player had season-ending surgery on the shoulder last fall and participated in workouts Tuesday and Wednesday before trainers told Richardson to take it easy. Afterward, Richardson said he felt fine and that he continues to be ahead of …

The Miami Dolphins have made it to the NFL playoffs in each of head coach Mike McDaniel’s first two seasons. But the team also lost both times, which is a starting point for McDaniel’s offseason motivation tactics for his staff and players. It’s been 24 years since the Dolphins last won a playoff game. One way McDaniel is reminding the …

A view of the 2024 CFP logo on the field before the College Football Playoff national championship game between Michigan and Washington at NRG Stadium. Mandatory An NCAA committee on Thursday opened the door to colleges being able to put a corporate logo on their football fields for regular season home games. The move by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel …

Twenty-four years. That’s how long it’s been since the Miami Dolphins have won a playoff game, marking the longest current streak without a playoff win in the NFL. The Dolphins have lost their last six postseason games, including last year’s blowout loss to the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. As they enter the 2024 season, the goal among players …

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts is still in the learning process regarding Kellen Moore’s offense. The execution hasn’t been as sharp in the OTA portion of the offseason as in years past, part of the process in learning a new offense. How much of that Eagles offense is new? Hurts put a percentage out that is surprisingly high.  “Right now it’s …

The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl has its preferred New Year’s Eve date and a noon kickoff time for 2024, the bowl and it’s long-time partner CBS announced Thursday, while also confirming a team from last season’s Pac-12 would fill the slot opposite the ACC. This is the normal Sun Bowl date and time slot and the one the bowl …

Getty Images One of the biggest changes the NFL implemented this offseason are the new rules governing kickoffs. In case you need a refresher, here they are: Of the 22 players on the field for the play, 21 of them will be in the receiving team’s territory. That number will break down like this for the kicking team:  Kicker will …

Hufanga impressed by young 49ers safeties Brown, Mustapha originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers’ safety position is in good hands, even as former Pro Bowler Talanoa Hufanga works his way back from a torn ACL. In speaking to reporters after San Francisco’s mandatory minicamp practice Wednesday, Hufanga was asked what he saw from then-rookie safety Ji’Ayir Brown …

Much of former Duke quarterback Riley Leonard’s time at Notre Dame has been marked with injury since his arrival this winter. That’s left obvious concern with Notre Dame fans about where things stand for Leonard as the 2024 season approaches.  Despite the cleanups and such that kept Leonard off the field for much of spring (including the annual Blue Gold …

USATSI The Seattle Seahawks are adding another arm as they gear up for mandatory minicamp next week. The club is signing veteran quarterback P.J. Walker to a deal, according to NFL Media. The parameters of the contract that brings Walker to the Pacific Northwest were not immediately disclosed.  Up until this signing, the Seahawks had only two quarterbacks on the …

Bears minicamp observations: Caleb Williams flashes touch, talent with surgical touchdown passes originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Thursday’s final mandatory minicamp practice was a short one for Caleb Williams and the Bears. But it was enough for the rookie quarterback to showcase his rare arm talent and the progress he’s making adjusting to the speed …

The expanded College Football Playoff is making the 2024-25 bowl schedule look very unfamiliar. Bowl Season announced the lineup for nearly every other bowl game on Thursday, a day after the CFP announced the schedule for the first 12-team playoff. The first bowl game is Saturday, Dec. 14 and the final non-playoff bowl game is on Jan. 4. The Camellia …

The final play of the 2023 NFL season came in February when Mecole Hardman caught the game-winning touchdown pass in Super Bowl LVIII, and it seems that won’t be the final reception he ever makes in a Chiefs uniform.  The veteran receiver will be returning to Kansas City for the 2024 season after agreeing to a one-year deal, according to …