Monthly Archives: November 2024

Breer: Patriots ownership is ‘resigned’ to a multi-year rebuild

Breer: Patriots ownership is ‘resigned’ to a multi-year rebuild originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots’ embarrassing loss to the Miami Dolphins last Sunday was a significant setback in the team’s rebuild. As our Tom E. Curran wrote the following day, every member of the organization should be under scrutiny over the final five games to determine …

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Bears QB Caleb Williams, Bucs RB Bucky Irving setting franchise records

Last Sunday’s Bucs-Giants game featured the NFL’s top two rookie running backs in Tampa Bay’s Bucky Irving and New York’s Tyrone Tracy Jr., who entered Week 12 as the only rookies with 500 rushing yards on the season. Much like the Bucs, Irving came away as the big winner, breaking loose for a 56-yard run on the way to 151 …

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2024 SEC receiving yard leaders after Week 13

Dont’e Thornton Jr. Tennessee Volunteers football versus UTEP Miners at Neyland Stadium on November 23, 2024. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire The 2024 college football season enters Week 14. Tennessee (9-2, 6-2 SEC) defeated UTEP (2-9, 2-5 C-USA) in Week 13, 56-0, at Neyland Stadium. The Vols will travel to face Vanderbilt (6-5, 3-4 SEC) in Week 14. Kickoff …

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The making of the 12-team playoff: Inside the historic creation of the new college football postseason

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Deep within Jack Swarbrick’s home, down a flight of stairs, across a basement floor and inside a small closet, the original relics of the expanded College Football Playoff format exist. These note-filled papers are artifacts of an 18-month-long endeavor to create the largest and most significant postseason concept in college football history. They are kept safe and …

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Lions waive DE James Houston

The Lions have elected to move on from one of their 2022 draft picks. Detroit has waived defensive end James Houston on Tuesday, the team announced. Houston recorded 8.0 sacks in seven games as a rookie, but missed all but two games of last season with a leg injury. He appeared in eight games for Detroit in 2024 but posted …

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Colorado’s Hunter, Sanders May Buck Trend by Playing in Bowl

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders suggested Tuesday that his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, and two-way star Travis Hunter could participate in a college football bowl game this year despite being projected as high first-round NFL Draft picks. The Buffaloes are technically still in College Football Playoff contention because of the expanded field, though their 37-21 loss to Kansas this past …

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