Eric Williams NFL Reporter Ever the showman, George Kittle soared through the air during pregame warm-ups, dunking an imaginary basketball over the goalpost to the delight of San Francisco 49ers’ fans, who were egging him on from the stands. The flashy move was a foreshadowing of things to come two weeks ago against the Arizona Cardinals. Kittle would score in …

Chart shows 49ers’ stunning struggles in offensive stat they’re known for originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area If there is one thing the 49ers notoriously have done well in the Kyle Shanahan Era, it’s accumulate yards after the catch. San Francisco, with its plethora of offensive weapons including running back Christian McCaffrey, tight end George Kittle and wide receivers …

Oct 12, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) throws a pass during the first half at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-Imagn Images Up to this point in the 2024 college football season, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been nothing short of up-and-down. After an impressive season-opening win over Western Kentucky, Alabama struggled at times …

Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster tops Scott Pianowski’s list of Week 7 sleepers in fantasy football, filling the role of a currently-injured Rashee Rice. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) After a great Week 5, the Week 6 fantasy football sleeper page was a swing and a miss. Josh Downs came through, albeit it was fairly obvious, but little else went right. …

Saquon Barkley heads back to the Meadowlands on Sunday (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app) for the first time since leaving the New York Giants in free agency this offseason, but the star running back isn’t expecting it to be a revenge game of any sort. After Barkley’s decision to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles left …

. The Oklahoma Sooners have been battling injuries at wide receiver all season. Deion Burks has missed the last two games for the Sooners, but is questionable heading into Oklahoma’s matchup with the South Carolina Gamecocks. If Oklahoma’s leading receiver can find his way onto the field, it would be a huge boost for the Sooners offense. Running back and …

The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. Among the most important habits we can cultivate as fantasy football managers is a willingness to dive into advanced data in an effort to better understand the player pool. We …

By his own admission, Jordan Mott never thought he would have made it onto the field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum decked out in Penn State gear after running out with USC’s team before its game against his beloved Nittany Lions. Something he likely expected less? Getting a call from his team’s head coach praising him for doing so. …

Davante Adams will be Aaron Rodgers’ house guest for a while, at least until the New York Jets’ newly acquired wide receiver gets situated. So, they drove together to the team facility Wednesday morning. And then they sat next to each other during the team meeting, just like old times. “I turned to him and just said, ‘Man, how crazy …

A simple look at a box score or a study of fantasy football categories doesn’t always tell the whole story of how a player is performing. Dalton Del Don attempts to identify misleading numbers that are worth a closer look. Yes … The Numbers Do Lie. Geno Smith’s six TD passes are a lie Smith easily leads the league in …

Bye weeks are a good opportunity for healing beaten bodies. But bye weeks can also help to heal beaten spirits. And right now, there’s no more beaten-down program in the SEC than the 2-4 Auburn Tigers, a team that began the year with promise and hope and now stands on the edge of yet another wasted season in a long, …

As we get into the thick of the fantasy season, we are going to have to make some uncomfortable start/sit decisions. For example, if you started Tyler Allgeier last week (who was in this column), he finished as RB11 in Week 6. Others from this column last week who stood out were Chase Brown (RB20) and Zach Ertz (TE11). Dontayvion …

This week, the Iowa Hawkeyes face a new test they have not seen much of this year. That test is the elusive, sometimes reckless, but usually exciting quarterback play of Michigan State’s Aidan Chiles. Just a sophomore, Chiles has flashed for Michigan State with his ability to extend plays and keep defense on their heels. But, that type of play …

Dominate your fantasy football leagues with these favorable Week 7 matchups. De’Von Achane vs. IND Achane returns from his bye week and is expected to clear concussion protocol this week. It’s been a rough four weeks if you’re an Achane fantasy manager. He’s failed to top 10 points in any game since Tua Tagovailoa went down with injury in Week …

“College GameDay” is heading back to The Lone Star State for one of Texas football’s biggest regular season games of the season. With the Longhorns’ first SEC matchup against No. 4 Georgia on the Week 8 docket, college football’s preeminent pregame show with Rece Davis, Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee is returning to Austin and DKR-Texas …