TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – AUGUST 31: Head coach Kalen DeBoer and Jalen Milroe #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide talk during the second half against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Bryant-Denny Stadium on August 31, 2024 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images) The Alabama Crimson Tide will look to improve to 2-0 on the new season this weekend against …

Tight End Travis Kelce #87 and the Kansas City Chiefs open the 2024 NFL regular season this Thursday with a game against the Baltimore Ravens. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) The NFL season kicks off this Thursday with a game between Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs and most-recent Super Bowl losers, the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs are looking to …

Aug 31, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) passes off the ball to Jam Miller (26) during the first quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Will McLelland-USA TODAY Sports With the top five vote-getters of the 2023 Heisman Trophy award all departing for the NFL, there is no clear favorite entering this season. The award …

Click here for my AFC Fantasy Football Preview. NFC East 1. Philadelphia Eagles 11-6 2. Dallas Cowboys 10-7 (Wild Card) 3. New York Giants 5-12 4. Washington Commanders 5-12 Fantasy predictions • Eagles: New OC Kellen Moore is a big benefit to Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, who all live up to their ADPs … Saquon Barkley, however, …

It was the spring of 2019 and then 15-year-old Davis Warren, a high school quarterback from Los Angeles, sat down on the bench press to start a 6 a.m. weightlifting session. He couldn’t finish a single warm up rep with the 135-pound bar. “I was dizzy, light headed,” Warren said on the L.A.B. podcast with Jake Butt last month. “I …

49ers’ Floyd ready to open another season vs. Rodgers, Jets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — On Leonard Floyd’s fourth snap with his new team last season, the now-49ers defensive end registered his first of 10.5 sacks with the Buffalo Bills. That play was best-remembered for what happened to the the player everybody tuned in to …

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. 4, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, the Longhorns opened the 2016 football season with a …

Denver Broncos star cornerback Patrick Surtain II is setting records before the NFL season even begins. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Surtain and the Broncos have agreed to a massive 4-year, $96 million contract extension. At $24 million per year, that makes him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history. Surtain will also receive $77.5 million in guaranteed money. …

The Sun Belt Conference admitted Tuesday that Arkansas State’s winning touchdown catch against FCS opponent Central Arkansas should not have counted. Jaylen Raynor hit Corey Rucker for a seven-yard TD with three seconds to go on the play below. The call on the field was that the pass fell incomplete as the ball bounced away from Rucker after he hit …

Tennessee is playing a regular-season game against North Carolina State on Saturday. Not in Neyland Stadium or on the Wolfpack campus in Raleigh, but in Charlotte. Why? Easy answer for even a casual fan. TV. Nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century, we accept that television dictates the when and occasionally the where of college football. A …

Editor’s note: This is the last of a five-part series on the quarterbacks and teams best equipped to stop Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs from becoming the first NFL team in the Super Bowl era to three-peat. No. 1 on our list: Lamar Jackson and the Ravens (No. 5 was Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, No. 4 was Brock Purdy …

At least the San Francisco 49ers got a couple of controversies out of the way before the season kicked off. After a long offseason of posturing, trade talks and holdouts, the 49ers signed receiver Brandon Aiyuk and left tackle Trent Williams to extensions. It won’t make life easier on their salary cap, but that problem is for another day now. …

There is so much going on in the recruiting world that a second Recruiting Rumor Mill was needed this week. Here’s the latest from Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney. MORE: How the 2024 five-stars fared in Week 1 ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …

Aug 29, 2024; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) prepares to pass the ball in the second half against the North Dakota State Bison at Folsom Field. Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team survived a test to open the 2024 season, but Week 2 presents an even tougher challenge. The Buffaloes (1-0) and Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-0) …

The Steelers face the Falcons on Sunday, which means Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is heading to Atlanta, where he was the head coach the last three years. But that’s not much of an advantage for the Steelers. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said Smith doesn’t have any special insights into how to face the Falcons, despite having coached them. …