Injuries continue to mount around the NFL, and with Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror — and playoff berths already clinched — the push is on to get healthy for the stretch run. But a couple of teams that were thought to be among the playoff contenders at the start of the year have had their seasons derailed by trips to …

Signed You can’t cook the meals unless you go and get the groceries and that’s what today is about for Ohio State and the rest of college football. It’s the first day of the Early Signing Period and we’ve seen that in the years since this was put in play, most of the recruits sign with good ‘ole State U …

1 His numbers are actually quite tame by his standards, but he’s stepped up in huge spots against legit defenses, all while juggling injuries to his receiving corps. We also take for granted how seamlessly he extends every play, putting his supersized athleticism to work. (+2)2 He and the Ravens haven’t quite reached “unstoppable” status, dropping physical fights with the …

As we get ready to head into Week 14, there are still a total of 12 playoff spots that will be up for grabs in the NFL over the final five weeks of the season.  In the AFC, two spots have already been clinched with the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills both punching their ticket to the postseason in …

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The 1983 NFL Draft is celebrated for its quarterbacks, and for good reason. It produced three of the greatest quarterbacks ever: John Elway, Dan Marino and Jim Kelly. It also had some misses. Ken O’Brien was solid but Todd Blackledge and Tony Eason were first-round disappointments. It’s almost impossible to have many quarterbacks taken in the first round and have …

UCF opened the 2025 National Signing Day with plenty of uncertainty as the program moves forward amid a coaching search. Still, that didn’t stop the Knights from kicking things off with a couple of signees: Malachi Boone Buzz: The 3-star linebacker from South Sumter High School was the first player to sign his Letter of Intent on Wednesday. He had …

Lions head coach Dan Campbell said this week that he doesn’t “really give a crap” that running back Jahmyr Gibbs revealed some of the team’s protection calls in a social media post and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur isn’t expecting to gain an advantage in Thursday night’s game because of it. Campbell noted that there are other ways to pick …

Michigan football has landed its second pass rushing recruit in the past two days to add to the Wolverines’ top-10 recruiting class for 2025. Three-star defensive end Travis Molten from Louisville, Kentucky, announced his commitment to the Wolverines on Wednesday morning. He was one of the first players Michigan announced as part of its new recruiting class to open the …

Dallas Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle has found himself in consideration as a weekly flex play having taken over the backfield this season. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images) Happy Bye-pocalypse 2.0! The good news? It’s the last week of the season where you’ll have to deal with byes in your fantasy leagues. The bad news? There are six teams out! Those …

Bobby Kanka, a class of 2025 four-star defensive lineman from Howell, signed Wednesday with Michigan football to open the early signing period. Kanka is the No. 7 player in the state in his class, per 247 Sports’ composite rankings. He also held offers from Penn State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Louisville and Kansas, among others. Here is why Bobby Kanka chose …

Subscribe to McCoy & Van Noy In this episode of McCoy & Van Noy, Gerald McCoy and Kyle Van Noy start off with the Battle of the Birds, where the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Baltimore Ravens in a tightly contested game that came down to the struggles of kicker Justin Tucker. Kyle shares his belief in Tucker and what the …

Getty Images With 93 of the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2025 already committed before the early signing period even begins, one wonders how much action will actually be seen on National Signing Day. Should headlines be made, they will likely come as the result of prospects flipping their commitments at the last minute, which could lead to …

Chicago Bears WR DJ Moore led the NFL in targets in Week 13. (AP Photo/David Dermer) There hasn’t been much to like about the Chicago Bears’ passing game in the 2024 season despite the influx of talent with the additions of Keenan Allen and rookie Rome Odunze, and former OC Shane Waldron was no small part of it. Since his …

Early signing day is even earlier now. High school athletes can sign to play college football beginning Dec. 4, 2024. It has been moved up from the previous date of late December. The early signing period runs through Friday, Dec. 6. The late signing period opens on Feb. 5. The Colorado State football team is expected to sign more than …