New York Jets rookie Braelon Allen has made the case for a chunk of the work in the backfield alongside star running back Breece Hall. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) Running backs remain king in fantasy football. While it feels like there are more elite quarterbacks and wide receivers than ever before, the amount of consistent, dependable running backs is …

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire The 2024 college football season enters Week 5. No. 6 Tennessee (4-0, 1-0 SEC) will have its first of two open dates this season in Week 5. Florida, Missouri, South Carolina and Vanderbilt will also have an open date this week. The following games involving Southeastern Conference teams will be contested Saturday. Kentucky at …

Capitalize on the fantasy football trade market in your leagues with these trade targets and players to trade away ahead of Week 4. Buy low on Tee Higgins Tee Higgins returned from a hamstring injury in Week 3. There were some worries around if he’d been limited in his first game back from injury, but he wasn’t. Higgins immediately played …

Oklahoma Sooners running back Jovantae Barnes (2) moves past Tennessee Volunteers linebacker Arion Carter (7) during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Tennessee Volunteers at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Oklahoma Sooners offense has …

What if A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Britain Covey all miss the Eagles-Bucs game? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia John Ross has never played for the Eagles. Johnny Wilson has one catch in his brief career. Parris Campbell has two catches in an Eagles uniform, and Jahan Dotson has three. That, potentially, is your Eagles receiving crew this weekend. …

The SEC should be patting itself on the back as the first month of the football season ends Saturday. Six teams are unbeaten, and nine are ranked in the Top 25. I’m not surprised at that success. But I am surprised at how inept the bottom half of the conference has been at times. Mississippi State is the best example. …

The Giants elevated linebacker Ty Summers from the practice squad for each of their first three games, but they can’t do so again without risking losing him to another team. Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that the Giants plan to get around that by signing Summers to their 53-man roster. The Giants will not need to make a corresponding move …

How far will Saturday’s massive matchup go in swinging the race for the Heisman Trophy? September is typically too early to start talking about games that will have a significant impact on voters’ minds at the end of the season. But No. 2 Georgia’s trip to No. 4 Alabama is no typical September game. The rematch of December’s SEC title …

Vic Fangio explains the next step after Jalen Carter’s dominant Week 3 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni revealed on Monday that Jalen Carter was the team’s player of the game against the Saints. For his performance, Carter got a game ball. No surprise there. The Eagles’ second-year defensive tackle put together an absolutely dominant …

Sep. 25—You could definitely say that Eastern Washington’s football program had “it” going on this century, with a national title in 2010 and perennial playoff teams behind strong quarterback play. The Eagles don’t seem to have it right now. Since a 57-41 road playoff loss to Montana in the 2021 FCS playoffs, in which Eagle QB Eric Barriere memorably threw …

UNLV starting quarterback Matthew Sluka announced on social media Tuesday night that he won’t play any more games for the Rebels and has opted to use his redshirt season. The move allows the senior, who spent the first four seasons of his college career at Holy Cross, to enter the transfer portal once again. “I committed to UNLV based on …

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for the newsletter here. Today is Sept. 25, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, the Longhorns had no problems scoring in their first conference contest of the 2021 season. …

Coming out of the 49ers’ 32-19 season-opening victory over the New York Jets, the player of the game wasn’t any of San Francisco’s well-known stars. Instead, that honor went to Jordan Mason, unknown to the casual NFL fan prior to that Monday night.  With superstar running back Christian McCaffrey inactive due to injury, Mason made his first NFL start in …

So much news is coming out from a very busy weekend on the recruiting trail that a second Recruiting Rumor Mill was needed. Here’s the latest from Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney. MORE FROM GORNEY: Fans need to show patience with second-year coaches CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 …

Josh Harris was approved as the new owner of the Commanders in July 2023 and the decisions that the team has made since then have been focused on charting a new path after the on- and off-field failures of the Daniel Snyder era. One key move came in April when the team drafted quarterback Jayden Daniels with the second overall …