New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr left their 26-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs early on Monday night with an oblique injury in the fourth quarter. With the Saints trying to convert on a deep fourth down late in the game at Arrowhead Stadium, the Chiefs sent an all-out blitz at Carr to force an incompletion. Carr was slow …
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Vote for the Varsity 845 football players of the week for Oct. 4-5
The Varsity 845 football players of the week polls are online for Oct. 4-5. There will be voting in the large- and small-school divisions. Information was utilized on reports to Varsity 845. Coaches are encouraged to provide their game reports in order for athletes to be chosen; they may also nominate one player from their team by Sunday afternoon. One …
Read More »Monday Night Football: Chiefs remain undefeated with 26-13 win over Saints
On Monday night, Derek Carr made his 18th start against the Chiefs. It didn’t turn out any better than most of the others. Carr now is 3-15 against the Chiefs in his career, including 1-9 in games against Patrick Mahomes. To add injury to insult, Carr left with 9:32 remaining after injuring his oblique. Kansas City had much to celebrate …
Read More »Penn State football: Short runway means longer trip for Lions
The Penn State football team will leave Thursday from Harrisburg International Airport for its game Saturday at USC. It’s a charter flight that Nittany Lions coach James Franklin would prefer to be making from State College Regional Airport. “We cannot fly out of State College,” Franklin said Monday. “Based on runway length, size of plane, weight of plane (and) fuel …
Read More »Chiefs’ new look offense with old faces beats the Saints to move to 5-0
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes had more than 300 yards in a win over the Saints. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images) On Monday night, the Kansas City Chiefs ran some plays with four tight ends. It was voluntary. The Chiefs are going to have to mix, match and get creative to generate offense due to multiple injuries, but unlike …
Read More »Penn State football team is establishing a more physical identity
For a while under coach James Franklin, Penn State was regarded as a finesse team with outstanding speed at its skill positions on offense and among its back seven on defense. That is changing. Over the last few years, the Nittany LIons have built a mightier team dependent on more powerful and deeper offensive and defensive lines. “I think we …
Read More »Why Whitner believes CMC’s absence is behind 49ers’ red-zone struggles
Why Whitner believes CMC’s absence is behind 49ers’ red-zone struggles originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have dealt with a wave of injuries to begin the 2024 NFL season, but Christian McCaffrey’s absence has hurt San Francisco in a very specific area of the field. Red-zone efficiency has been an issue for the 49ers all season, something …
Read More »Fact or Fiction: Notre Dame will land a QB from the portal this offseason
Rivals rankings director and national transfer portal analyst Adam Friedman is joined by Paul Strelow of TigerIllustrated.com, national recruiting director Adam Gorney and Eric Hansen of InsideNDSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE: The 10 biggest recruiting visits this weekend ***** MORE TRANSFER PORTAL: Latest news | Transfer search | …
Read More »NFL Week 5 Power Rankings: Will the Chiefs or Vikings be the last undefeated team?
It didn’t take too long for just about every team to take a loss this regular season. Just five weeks in, we’re down to two teams chasing the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings are the two 5-0 teams left in the NFL. When we wonder which team will be the last undefeated standing, Minnesota is …
Read More »Heisman odds: After a chaotic Week 6, the top two favorites are both non-QBs
The two current favorites to win the Heisman Trophy are not quarterbacks. Thanks to No. 1 Alabama’s loss at Vanderbilt and No. 4 Tennessee’s loss to Arkansas in Week 6, the new frontrunners aren’t players who primarily throw the football. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty is the new BetMGM favorite at +225 ahead of Colorado DB/WR Travis Hunter at +350. …
Read More »Is it Russell Wilson time in Pittsburgh?
When a decision is looming at some point down the road, the answer has a way of naturally revealing itself before it has to officially be made. For the Steelers, the decision on whether to revert to QB1 might have done just that. Russell Wilson is getting healthier and healthier. The starting job has never been given to Justin Fields. …
Read More »First look: Washington State visits Fresno State in teams’ first regular-season meeting in 30 years
Oct. 7—PULLMAN — Here is a first look at Washington State’s road matchup against Fresno State on Saturday evening. What is it? Coming off the first of two bye weeks this season, Washington State will visit Fresno State in the teams’ first regular-season meeting in 30 years. For the Cougars, it’s the second game of a Pac-12/Mountain West scheduling agreement …
Read More »Monday Night Football: Chiefs dominate first half, lead 16-7 at halftime
The Chiefs dominated the first half, and the Saints are lucky to be down only nine points. Kansas City leads 16-7 after going only 1-for-4 in the red zone. The Chiefs settled for Harrison Butker field goals of 26, 34 and 28 yards with drives that ended at the New Orleans 8, 16 and 9. The Chiefs’ only touchdown came …
Read More »WSU announces kickoff time for homecoming game against Hawaii
Oct. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State has a kickoff time for this season’s homecoming game. WSU’s Oct. 19 home matchup with Hawaii will kick at 12:30 p.m. on The CW, the school announced Monday. For the Cougars (4-1), it will be the third game of a Pac-12/Mountain West scheduling agreement the conferences struck to provide WSU and Oregon State with games …
Read More »Why fantasy managers should worry about Breece Hall | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast
Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don explore the reasons fantasy managers might consider panicking about Breece Hall. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Give me your temperature check on, on Breece Hall who was drafted as …
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