While the NFL’s only remaining undefeated teams take their bye week, the debate continues regarding which is the league’s best right now: the back-to-back champion Chiefs or the upstart Vikings?  Heading into Week 6, FOX Sports’ NFL experts tackle that topic and several others, including whether the banged-up 49ers are still a Super Bowl contender, if Derrick Henry’s success with …

In this week’s Football 301, I took a look at two quarterbacks: one an NFL signal-caller playing as well as anybody at the position right now, the other a college passer rising on my prospect ranks with a tasty ranked matchup ahead this weekend. I’m not about to use 2,000-plus words to say that C.J. Stroud, the former No. 2 …

It’ll be nearly impossible for Week 7 to come close to Week 6. Just last weekend, four top-10 teams lost on the road. No. 1 Alabama lost at Vanderbilt, No. 4 Tennessee fell at Arkansas, No. 9 Missouri was blown out at No. 25 Texas A&M and No. 10 Michigan lost its national title game rematch at Washington. We’re going …

The Jaguars won’t have wide receiver Devin Duvernay in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Bears and he won’t be back for the three games after that either. Duvernay was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday. Duvernay injured his hamstring in last Sunday’s win over the Colts. Duvernay signed with the Jaguars this offseason and has seen most of …

Offseason gambles have paid off in a big way for No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Oregon, who meet on Saturday in a Big Ten clash pitting two of the best teams and best offenses in the Bowl Subdivision. Both teams exited last season looking for a new starting quarterback. Current Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord left Ohio State last …

The Ravens won their third straight game against the Bengals last weekend, but safety Kyle Hamilton wasn’t pleased with his unit’s performance. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow threw for 392 yards and five touchdowns before the Ravens finished off a 41-38 overtime win, which led Hamilton to say “I don’t really know how much the defense did for us to win.” …

UCLA offensive lineman Niki Prongos sets set at the line of scrimmage during a game against Oregon at the Rose Bowl on Sept. 28. (Brooke Sutton / Getty Images) In high school, Niki Prongos would hear the play call and wonder what it meant. When he got to UCLA, the offensive lineman went over the playbook and heard teammates talking …

Abdul Salaam, a member of the Jets defensive line known as the New York Sack Exchange, has died at the age of 71. Salaam was a defensive tackle for the Jets from 1976 to 1983. Alongside Joe Klecko, Mark Gastineau and Marty Lyons, they became one of the NFL’s best defensive lines, and received their nickname initially from a fan’s …

Ligonier Valley’s John Jablunovsky finished tantalizingly close to the 1,000 rushing-yard milestone in this past week’s victory at Charleroi. The senior running back enters the Rams’ Week 8 game Friday at South Park (6-1) with 999 rushing yards this season. Ligonier Valley is 3-4. Area stat leaders “He’s one yard shy of 1,000. After the game, we didn’t realize how …

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers insists that he didn’t get former Jets coach Robert Saleh fired. But this isn’t about what he did. It’s what he didn’t do. Rodgers didn’t keep Saleh from getting fired. Rodgers, by all appearances, didn’t even try. He didn’t seem to be particularly upset by the situation when discussing the situation with Pat McAfee and A.J. …

The Chip Kelly era at Oregon was a short but thrilling ride for Duck fans. Kelly, now the offensive coordinator for No. 2 Ohio State, came to Oregon for that same role on Mike Bellotti’s staff in 2007, and two years later he was named Bellotti’s replacement. From 2009 to 2012, Kelly and the Ducks captivated the college football world …

Rookie Cooper DeJean ready for bigger role after bye week originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Cooper DeJean looks back at his only preseason action and laughs. “It was ugly,” DeJean said on Wednesday. “I didn’t play well at all. I just feel like since that I’ve learned so much more about the defense and really all the positions and …

STILLWATER — After six games, Oklahoma State’s first bye week of the season is here. Let’s call it the mid-term break. And with that, let’s hand out some mid-term grades. This probably goes without saying, but mom won’t be hanging this report card on the fridge. The Cowboys are 3-3 overall and 0-3 in Big 12 play. They had climbed …

Defensive end Nick Bosa and the San Francisco 49ers play the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football tonight. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images) Week 6 of the 2024 NFL season kicks off tonight with a Thursday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. Headed into tonight’s match, the San Francisco 49ers are 2-3, and the Seattle Seahawks …

Members of Maryland football’s defense might have forgiven, but they haven’t forgotten. On Oct. 28 last year, Northwestern stunned the Terps, 33-27. Wildcats quarterback Brendan Sullivan enjoyed a career day in passing yards (265) and threw two touchdown passes to hand Maryland its third of four straight losses and added stress to a potential bid for a bowl game appearance. …