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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2024 Week 14 college football score predictions, odds, top picks: Projections from 10,000 model simulations
No. 20 Texas A&M will try to bounce back from its loss to Auburn and punch its ticket to the SEC Championship when it hosts No. 3 Texas on Saturday night during the Week 14 college football schedule. The Aggies still have a chance of making the College Football Playoff, but they are 5.5-point underdogs in the Week 14 college …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Dolphins vs. Packers odds, prediction, time, spread, line: 2024 Thanksgiving NFL picks from model on 22-8 run
The Miami Dolphins will try to win their fourth consecutive game and improve their playoff chances when they take on the Green Bay Packers in a 2024 NFL Thanksgiving night matchup. Miami is coming off a 34-15 win over the New England Patriots, while Green Bay defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 38-10, in Week 12. The Dolphins (5-6), who are …
Read More »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 …
Read More »2024 Thanksgiving: Browns fans should be thankful that there’s a tiny sparkle of hope under center
Thanksgiving is upon us, which means we’re fast approaching the home stretch of the 2024 NFL season. There’s still plenty of time for teams on the fringe to get back in the playoff picture, but even for those already looking ahead to 2025, there’s reason for hope. In the spirit of the holiday, here’s one thing for which each of …
Read More »Thanksgiving preview: What is the main course among the 3 Thanksgiving games?
The NFL’s Thanksgiving tradition goes all the way back to 1920. (Yahoo Sports/Grant Thomas) NFL games on Thanksgiving is a tradition that dates back all the way to the first season of the league’s existence, in 1920. The NFL had six games on Thanksgiving that first season. Over the years the tradition as we know it took shape: The Detroit …
Read More »NFL odds, Week 13 lines, ATS predictions, game picks, times, tips: Model simulates every game 10,000 times
With no teams on a bye this week, football fans are rejoicing as that simply means more games to place Week 13 NFL bets on. A bonus is that there’s a loaded slate of games, ranging from fierce divisional battles like Steelers vs. Bengals (-2.5, 47.5) to matchups between playoff hopefuls such as Chargers vs. Falcons (+2, 48) to a …
Read More »Miami, SMU rise in CFP Rankings; UConn stumbles again; Dodgers acquire Blake Snell
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Read More »2024 Week 13 NFL picks, odds, best bets from advanced model: This five-way football parlay pays out 25-1
The Cincinnati Bengals will return from their bye week and host the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC North showdown on Sunday during the Week 13 NFL schedule. Cincinnati has lost three of its last four games, making this a must-win game for the Bengals. They are 2.5-point favorites in the Week 13 NFL odds, one of four Week 13 NFL …
Read More »2024 NFL Thanksgiving bold predictions: Caleb Williams stuns Lions, Packers freeze Dolphins
Getty Images Thanksgiving will treat us to a tripleheader of NFL matchups, including a pair of divisional showdowns and a cross-conference clash with major playoff implications. Before you stuff the turkey, set the table and settle in for a full day of feasting and football, here are some bold predictions for Thursday’s slate: Time: 12:30 p.m. ET | TV: CBS …
Read More »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 …
Read More »NFL kickers better than ever on long field goals, but missing key kicks late in games
Two things are happening simultaneously in the NFL this season, especially in the past two weeks: Kickers are making longer field goals more often and more consistently than ever before, and they’re also changing the outcome of games by missing kicks in crucial moments. Consider this past weekend. Washington’s Austin Seibert missed a game-tying extra point with 21 seconds left …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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