Monthly Archives: October 2024

South Jersey Mean 15 football rankings following Week 6

Members of the Winslow football team take to the field prior to the game between Winslow and Millville played at Millville High School on Friday, September 27, 2024. Winslow defeated Millville, 35-7. Week 6 in South Jersey football certainly didn’t disappoint. As we get ready for Week 7, here are the latest rankings: More: Football 2024: Check out all of …

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Mayo had harsh criticism of Patriots defense after loss to Texans

Mayo had harsh criticism of Patriots defense after loss to Texans originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo didn’t like the way his defense played in Sunday’s Week 6 game against the Houston Texans, and he let the players know about it after the team’s 41-21 loss at Gillette Stadium. “Defensively I would say, …

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Dont look now, but Caleb Williams is currently on historic pace

Carmen Vitali NFL Reporter Let’s get this disclaimer out of the way: the Chicago Bears have played some struggling teams the past few weeks. They won their third straight on Sunday by drubbing the now 1-5 Jacksonville Jaguars in London to improve to 4-2 on the season. Before Sunday, it was a beat-up (but still viable!) Los Angeles Rams team. …

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Roob’s Observations: Eagles escape with win over hapless Browns

Roob’s Observations: Eagles escape with win over hapless Browns originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Remember when it used to be fun watching the Eagles? It was too close, too sloppy, too scary, but the Eagles escaped the Browns Sunday at the Linc, a game neither team seemed to want to win for most of the afternoon. A fantastic run-out-the-clock …

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Iowa among USA TODAY Sports’ Week 7 college football ‘winners’

Iowa’s Week 7 contest against Washington felt like a big one for the trajectory of the rest of the season. The Hawkeyes entered after a frustrating second half and blowout loss at Ohio State and with two losses to their name already. As Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz discussed afterwards, there was going to be a big difference between …

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Warner on cusp of breaking 49ers records held by Hall of Famer Willis

Warner on cusp of breaking 49ers records held by Hall of Famer Willis originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After another strong performance on Thursday night in San Francisco’s 36-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks, Fred Warner is on the cusp of overtaking franchise icon Patrick Willis in the 49ers record books. With one pass defended, the San Francisco …

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Gators loss at Tennessee spotlights Billy Napier’s in-game struggles

Florida coach Billy Napier touts “complementary football” as key to his winning formula. But W’s rarely come easily for his Gators, even on an atypical night in Tennessee when football’s three phases all showed up. With his offense, defense and special teams clicking on Rocky Top, Napier didn’t do his part during a soul-crushing 23-17 overtime loss to the No. …

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2025 NFL Draft order: Where Patriots stand in first round after Week 6

2025 NFL Draft order: Where Patriots stand in first round after Week 6 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston In some ways, Sunday’s Week 6 defeat to the Houston Texans was a really good result for the New England Patriots. Sure, they lost 41-21 to drop their record to 1-5 at the bottom of the AFC standings, but rookie quarterback …

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Big 12 power rankings: BYU the latest No. 1, and ASU is on the rise

Voters in the Big 12 football preseason media poll blew it putting Utah, Oklahoma State, Kansas and Arizona in the top five. Championship contenders? Each has already lost two of three conference games. No one foresaw breakout seasons coming from Brigham Young and Arizona State, which went 5-7 and 3-9, respectively, in 2023. Now the Cougars are 6-0 with lopsided …

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