Did the Chicago Bears make the right move in firing coach Matt Eberflus? After a 4-2 start to the 2024 NFL regular season, the Bears have lost six straight, including losing on a Hail Mary, blocked field goal, and poor clock management. While the team had never fired a head coach in-season in more than 100 years as an NFL …

49ers star CMC vows to ‘come back better’ after latest injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It hasn’t been Christian McCaffrey’s year. First, the star 49ers running back missed most of training camp and the first eight games of the 2024 NFL season with bilateral Achilles tendinitis. Then, in just his fourth game back, McCaffrey sustained a PCL …

No. 24 Army is set to host Tulane Friday evening in the AAC Championship Game with conference glory on the line. This will be the 24th meeting all-time between the two teams and the first since 2020 when Tulane earned a 38-12 victory at home.  It has been a special season for Army, which is one of five FBS schools …

Dead money is a salary cap charge for a player who is no longer on a team’s roster. It exists because of how salary cap accounting rules operate.  Signing bonuses, option bonuses and certain roster bonuses are prorated or spread out evenly over the life of a contract for a maximum of five years. When a player is released, traded …

We’re now entering the stretch run of the 2024 NFL season, and all eyes are on the playoff race. The field itself is coming into view, but there are also some internal battles within those fields that are important. Who advances in the postseason, obviously, is heavily dependent on who achieves which seed in their respective conference. That’s what we’re …

Tim Prangley – Trojans Wire On Wednesday, USC football was dealt a big blow when it was reported that linebackers coach Matt Entz was leaving to be the new head coach at Fresno State. Entz came to USC ahead of the 2024 season. Prior to his arrival in Los Angeles, he served as the head coach at FCS powerhouse North …

Getty Images The NFL regular season is winding down, and teams are beginning to clinch playoff spots. The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills are already locked in for the postseason, while the New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders and New York Giants have already been eliminated from playoff contention.  Playoff spots and even divisions can be clinched …

Arizona Cardinals Go routes have accounted for 26.8 percent of Marvin Harrison Jr.’s targets The NFL average is 14.4 percent for all wide receivers. Marv is good at these routes, so you’d expect him to earn more looks on them. But the Cardinals are also giving him a disproportionate amount of clearout routes. He has run a go route on …

Getty Images By day, Joe Burrow is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. By night, he might soon be a crime-fighting vigilante in a bat costume. During the first episode of HBO’s in-season “Hard Knocks,” Burrow revealed he purchased a limited edition Batmobile from Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” series. Warner Brothers sold 10 versions of the Tumbler …

USATSI Oklahoma State has fired both offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn and defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo after a disappointing 3-9 season, CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello confirms. The Cowboys missed a bowl game for the first time since 2005 in the worst season of the Mike Gundy era and posted the team’s worst winning percentage since 1991. Dunn was a longtime Oklahoma …

The Baltimore Ravens have suspended receiver Diontae Johnson for their next game, saying he refused to enter their recent matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Johnson did not play in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles even though receiver Rashod Bateman was dealing with knee soreness. Coach John Harbaugh said after the game that he wasn’t ready to comment on Johnson, and …

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is in the midst of a make-or-break season in 2024, the final year of his five-year coaching contract with “America’s Team.” However, Dallas is off to a 5-7 start in a year marred by injuries to quarterback Dak Prescott (season-ending hamstring tear), cornerback DaRon Bland (foot stress fracture), edge rusher DeMarcus …

The best players in Michigan go to Michigan. That has been a bit of a recruiting mantra those around the Michigan football program have liked to use in recent years. As of Wednesday, the Wolverines can amend it slightly: The top player in the country goes to Michigan. Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 player in the state, the No. 1 …

Getty Images The Cincinnati Bengals find themselves at 4-8 on the season and losers of four straight, which have drastically diminished what’s left of their playoff hopes. And now they can add a kicking shake-up into the mix of this tumultuous season. On Wednesday, the club announced that it has placed kicker Evan McPherson on injured reserve.  In a corresponding …

Patriots Mailbag: Potential staff changes, ideal 2025 draft and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 3-10 New England Patriots have made it to their bye week. Mercifully. But even though there’s no game on the docket this Sunday, there’s still plenty to discuss, particularly when it comes to the state of this franchise going forward. For this week’s …