Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  After thinking about it for the past three hours, I have decided that my new favorite part of the offseason is any time a team unveils a new uniform, and I’m only mentioning that right now, because we GOT ONE on Thursday.  The Minnesota Vikings unveiled a new alternate uniform, …

The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl will enter its ninth decade with a prime-time slot. College bowl schedules were finalized on Thursday after the College Football Playoff schedule was released earlier in the week, with the Gator Bowl landing on Thursday, Jan. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The game, which matches an SEC versus an ACC team, is on ESPN and will be …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs were forced to postpone practice on Thursday after a medical emergency that occurred at the facility, the team announced.  The Chiefs didn’t offer very many details on the situation, but according to NFL Media, a player — defensive lineman BJ Thompson  — had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance after he went …

Receiver Mecole Hardman is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs. The six-year veteran has agreed to a one-year contract with the team, reports NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Hardman signed with the New York Jets as a free agent before last season. He was a disappointment in five games, catching only one pass for 6 yards. The Jets traded him back …

North Carolina legislation that would’ve required UNC and NC State to regularly play the state’s Group of Five schools in football will not advance further, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore said Thursday. House Bill 965, entitled “UNC Intrastate Athletic Competition,” passed through the house’s Appropriations committee earlier in the week.  That’s as far as it will go.  “It’s had the hearing …

The 2024 Fantasy Football season isn’t quite in full swing yet but we’re gearing up and the unofficial “OK it’s happening” moment for me every offseason is when we have the Fantasy Football Today magazine draft. For those who don’t know, the magazine draft takes place in early June, way before training camp, and we draft a full-point PPR team …

Quarterback Joe Burrow was the top choice in the 2020 draft and he will get a chance to spend some time with the latest first overall pick this summer. Bears head coach Matt Eberflus announced at a Thursday press conference that his team will host Burrow and the Bengals for a joint practice. That practice will take place on August …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Dak Prescott would never say it, but by now he knows that Jerry Jones’ vow to be “all in” on the 2024 season has become an international joke. No team did less to improve themselves this offseason than the Dallas Cowboys. No team spent less money. So it would be understandable if Prescott was worried, …

Michigan football has already held one official visit weekend in the warm weather months, now its set for the encore. The Wolverines hosted two five-stars and three four-stars last week with Derek Meadows, Douglas Utu, DJ Sanders, Kainoa Winston, and Marco Jones all making it to campus. And the slate of visits for June 7 promises to also be impactful …

Kansas City Chiefs backup BJ Thompson was taken to a hospital in stable condition Thursday after the defensive lineman experienced a cardiac event during a team meeting, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the event, said team trainers and …

Word on Thursday is that the Buccaneers are signing former Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard, but they announced the addition of another wideout before making anything official with Shepard. The team announced that they have signed Cody Thompson to their 90-man roster. Thompson had one catch for 10 yards in seven appearances with the Seahawks last season. He also recorded …

Jun. 6—Ethan Stendel and Colin Hansen have never gone head-to-head in a high school football game. It would be quite a matchup if it could happen, but with Hansen’s Byron Bears playing in Class 4A and Stendel’s Caledonia Warriors in Class 2A, and the teams playing in different districts during the regular season, that meeting seems an impossibility. It looks …

The San Francisco 49ers already have a loaded room at wide receiver, but that didn’t stop them from trying to pull off what would have been the biggest trade of the NFL offseason.  According to ESPN, the 49ers were one of at least three teams that called the Minnesota Vikings about possibly making a trade for Justin Jefferson. So who …

During his rookie season, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson showcased his extraordinary skill set. He completed 60% of his passes at an average of 6.9 yards per attempt, with a 3-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and he also averaged 5.4 yards per carry and added four scores on the ground. And he did all that while playing in only four games. Of …

A member of Florida football’s 2025 recruiting class parted ways with the program on Monday when three-star wide receiver Josiah Abdullah out of Atlanta (Georgia) Woodward Academy announced his decommitment. According to Swamp247’s sources, the move was described as “a mutual parting of ways.” The 5-foot-10-inch, 170-pound pass-catcher committed to the Gators back in January had an official visit set …