The Bills pass-catching corps is in transition. With Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis leaving the team this offseason, Buffalo will enter 2024 without its top two receiving yardage-earners and their first and third-most targeted players. Surprisingly, these departures could serve as a springboard for growth and evolution rather than a catastrophic setback for the Bills offense. Diggs has been an …
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Penn State’s 2024 White Out Game features a new Big Ten team
Penn State unveiled its 2024 game themes Monday afternoon, including the iconic White Out game that the program has made a nationwide phenomenon. This season’s game will take place on November 9 against the newly minted Big Ten program, the Washington Huskies. The time and network are still TBD, but the reigning national runner-ups are now confirmed as the Nittany …
Read More »Browns reportedly sign Dustin Hopkins to new 3-year deal, make him among highest-paid kickers in league
The Cleveland Browns have locked down Dustin Hopkins and made him one of the league’s highest-paid kickers in the process. Hopkins and the Browns agreed to a three-year, $15.9 million extension on Monday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The new deal, which will pay Hopkins about $5.3 million per season, makes him one of the five highest-paid kickers in the …
Read More »Kings, Quinton Byfield agree to five-year, $31.25 million extension
Jul 15, 2024, 07:49 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Forward Quinton Byfield has agreed to a five-year, $31.25 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings announced the deal Monday for Byfield, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft. The contract runs through the 2028-29 season. The 21-year-old Byfield made significant strides last season …
Read More »Move over Ohio State, USC and Oregon are bringing elite receivers to the Big Ten
When it comes to wide receiver rooms in the Big Ten, it lately it has been Ohio State setting the gold standard, and then there’s everyone else trying to measure up. In 2024, USC and Oregon enter the league with elite receiving corps of their own. Although the Ducks lose multi-year starter Troy Franklin, Tez Johnson emerged last year as a …
Read More »Tee Higgins will play 2024 under the franchise tag as deadline for long-term deal passes
It’s official: Bengals receiver Tee Higgins will play 2024 under the franchise tag. Monday’s deadline passed for players who received the franchise tag to sign a long-term deal, and Higgins will be the lone NFL player to play this season on the tag. He signed his franchise tag last month, guaranteeing him $21.816 million this season. Higgins is scheduled to …
Read More »Browns’ Dustin Hopkins agrees to 3-year extension that makes him one of NFL’s highest-paid kickers, per report
Getty Images Cleveland Browns kicker Dustin Hopkins was primed to enter the 2024 season in the last year of his current contract, but the team’s front office decided to amend that situation by re-signing him to a three-year, $15.9 million extension on Monday, according to ESPN. The 33-year-old Hopkins drilled game-winning field goals as time was expiring in consecutive weeks in …
Read More »Overlooked among SEC coaches, history shows Brian Kelly will have LSU ready to ‘pop’ in Year 3 with Tigers
DALLAS — In the mad dash to replace Nick Saban as king of the SEC’s hill, an outsider leads the pack. You know the coach and you recognize the championship resume, but he’s probably not the first name on the tip of your tongue. That man is Brian Kelly. The LSU coach has won more games than his colleagues — …
Read More »Caleb Williams has said he’s not handling his contract; the Bears tell the NFL they’re negotiating with him
Quarterback Caleb Williams isn’t handling his contract negotiations with the Bears. Unless he is. Over the weekend, Williams said regarding his rookie deal, “I’m not handling that. My lawyers and attorney and everybody, the head of the Bears, everybody up there up top is handling that. That’s not my position that I’m handling.” Since Williams isn’t represented by an NFLPA-certified …
Read More »USC football opener against LSU gains more attention as Week 1 gets closer
How important is the LSU game to USC’s season? The College Football Playoff math becomes much more favorable if the Trojans can beat LSU in Las Vegas in Week 1. The big point to remember about the shift to a 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024 is that if a team can go 10-2, that should be enough to make the …
Read More »Lions to induct Calvin Johnson into Pride of the Lions, honoring team’s all-time greats
All now appears to be well between Calvin Johnson and the Detroit Lions. The Hall of Fame receiver will be inducted into the team’s Pride of the Lions display at Ford Field that honors the greatest players in franchise history. The ceremony will take place during halftime of Detroit’s Week 4 matchup with the Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 30. This …
Read More »EA Sports College Football 25: How Seth Henigan, Memphis football are rated
If EA Sports’ “College Football 25” − which made its long-awaited return Monday − is any indication, Memphis football might run away with the AAC in 2024. The Tigers, who are already a trendy pick to be the Group of Five representative in the College Football Playoff, received an overall rating of 85 from the creators of the hugely popular …
Read More »Free agent WR Deven Thompkins won’t face NFL punishment after accusations of abuse
Former Buccaneers receiver Deven Thompkins will not face discipline from the NFL after accusations of abuse from his wife. “Following a review of the matter, the league did not discover sufficient evidence to support a finding of a violation of the Personal Conduct Policy,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Greg Auman of Fox Sports. Thompkins and Maria Castillos are in …
Read More »Nick Sirianni opens up whether Eagles will make any changes to training camp following last season’s collapse
PHILADELPHIA — Training camp practices in the Nick Sirianni era in Philadelphia are a far cry from the Andy Reid days. The Philadelphia Eagles don’t practice long and don’t practice a lot. Of course, the Eagles go hard for 90 minutes — but the practice is unconventional towards what the city and its fanbase are used to. Since the Eagles …
Read More »How Clark Lea anticipated NCAA rule change with Jerry Kill hire to Vanderbilt football staff
Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea had a hunch one NCAA rule could be changing when he made staff changes over the winter. Sure enough, Lea was right. In June, it was announced that there would no longer be a restriction on the number of coaches who could participate in on-field instruction in college football, only on the number who could …
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