Mayo’s Patriots seem thrilled to not be playing for Belichick anymore originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The power of joy is having its national moment, and it appears we underestimated its impact on the Patriots. The first order of business after watching their shocking upset of the Bengals was discerning what we had missed. Is the offensive line better …

Oct 7, 2023; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Tate Ratledge (69) blocks against Kentucky Wildcats defensive lineman Darrion Henry-Young (50) during the second half at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Georgia Bulldogs, the No. 1 team in the nation for a third straight week, will face off against their long time SEC rival the …

Jordan Rapana has played 214 games for Canberra Raiders and has been a regular this season [Getty Images] Hull FC have signed Canberra Raiders back Jordan Rapana for the next two seasons. The 35-year-old has won 16 New Zealand caps and has also represented the Cook Islands and New Zealand Maori during a 16-year career with Gold Coast Titans and …

ESPN’s “College GameDay” returns Sept. 14 to a place the popular pregame show hasn’t visited in 10 years. The show announced that it will be heading to Columbia, South Carolina for the first time since 2014, ahead of the SEC showdown between No. 17 LSU and South Carolina. The Gamecocks are fresh off of their 31-6 blowout over Kentucky, while …

Christian McCaffrey’s Achilles injury seems likely to sideline him for a second straight game. The San Francisco 49ers star running back is considered a long shot to play in Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, NFL Media reported Wednesday.  McCaffrey has been dealing with a calf injury since the early days of training camp in August. The 49ers sidelined him …

Edelman explains how important Week 1 win was for Patriots originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots engineered the most surprising Week 1 upset in years when they traveled to Cincinnati last weekend and beat the Cincinnati Bengals 16-10. The impact of the win goes beyond the standings, according to former Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman. “With …

MADISON – Jalen Milroe is a special player who could end up on the list of Heisman Trophy finalists in November, but there is more to Alabama than its junior quarterback. The nation’s fourth-ranked team features six preseason All-Americans and 14 preseason all-Southeastern Conference selections. Here are six more Crimson Tide players certain to have an impact when it plays …

Rapoport feels 49ers’ McCaffrey is ‘a longshot’ to play vs. Vikings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s appearing increasingly likely that star 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will miss a second consecutive game to open the 2024 NFL season. After he was a surprising late scratch hours before San Francisco’s Week 1 win over the New York Jets …

Sherrone Moore’s Michigan contract has been signed ahead of the third game of the 2024 season. Jim Harbaugh’s successor had coached the first two weeks of the season without a signed contract to be the team’s head coach. That changed on Wednesday when the school announced Moore’s contract had been finalized. “Our University of Michigan administration led by President Santa …

Why Sirianni may be looking at Hurts’ performance differently than everyone else originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia If someone told you Jalen Hurts would throw two touchdown passes, engineer three 70-yard TD drives, pass for nearly 300 yards, put up 34 points against a defense that was top-10 in 2023 and rally the Eagles to a win 5,000 miles …

It appears some angry Auburn bettors were looking up Payton Thorne’s Venmo account after Saturday’s loss to Cal. The Tigers lost 21-14 at home to the Bears to drop to 1-1 on the season. In an interview on Tuesday morning with “The Next Round,” Thorne was asked about how he deals with criticism from fans and mentioned that people hit …

Week 1 was all over the place, but it was amazing to have football back, no matter how sloppy most of it ultimately was. There are a lot of takeaways to dig through from the first week of the season from the supernova experience of Anthony Richardson, to competing theories on running back value. This week’s Four Verts column starts …

Sherrone Moore had been operating as Michigan football head coach since January without a signed contract. That included the Wolverines’ first two games the past two weeks. Michigan finally on Wednesday announced Moore’s full contract has been completed after nearly eight months in limbo. It came four days after the Wolverines’ 31-12 debacle vs. Texas, their first home loss in …

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a season-long series on a breakout star from the past week of NFL action. The Week 1 winner: Detroit Lions receiver Jameson Williams.  After the Lions’ 26-20 overtime victory Sunday night over the Rams to open their 2024 season, Jameson Williams walked into the postgame press conference holding his first game ball …

Usually, it’s not good to freak out about anything one game into the NFL season. Especially with many teams not playing starters in the preseason. But the Atlanta Falcons’ had a really weird Week 1. The Falcons ran an offense nobody expected and they didn’t run in the preseason, lining up almost exclusively in pistol or shotgun formation. They say …