The Yahoo team predicts which players (or defenses) could offer a league-winning performance through the playoffs to help secure you that coveted fantasy football championship. The league-winning QB nobody saw coming Sometimes I think pass-game consistency is a make-believe thing that we shouldn’t really chase after, but Sam Darnold of all people is making me rethink that topic. Darnold has …

No. 17 BYU and No. 23 Colorado both had College Football Playoff aspirations, but they will have to settle for a meeting in the Alamo Bowl during the 2024-25 college football bowl schedule instead. The Cougars missed out on a playoff spot after losing to Kansas and Arizona State down the stretch of the regular season, while Colorado also suffered …

Week 15 features four NFL matchups that match two teams who would currently be in the NFL playoffs if the season ended today: Bills vs. Lions, Steelers vs. Eagles, Buccaneers vs. Chargers, and Packers vs. Seahawks. Getting top wide receiver Mike Evans back from injury certainly helped Baker Mayfield and company in Tampa Bay. Los Angeles was considered an afterthought …

Tigers Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier 13 throws a pass as the LSU Tigers take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. Nov 23, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; at Tiger Stadium. Following a breakout season at LSU, Garrett Nussmeier made a decision to don the purple and gold once again. The quarterback will return for his senior season, according to a post from his …

© Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images No coach is more accomplished in the game of football than Bill Belichick but even some of his most ardent supporters – and some of his former players – scoffed at the idea recently that he could see him as a college coach. “Absolutely not,” Julian Edelman said on Fox NFL Sunday. “No,” Tom Brady said. …

The Western Michigan Broncos (6-6) are set to take on the South Alabama Jaguars (6-6) in the 2024 Salute to Veterans Bowl game on Saturday. Western Michigan finished with a 5-3 record in the MAC. The Broncos snapped a three-game losing streak and achieved bowl eligibility with their 26-18 win over Eastern Michigan in their regular season finale. South Alabama …

The college football regular season is complete and the 2025 NFL Draft is less than five months away.  All-star invitations are going out, draft declarations are being made and CBSSports.com’s prospect rankings will be updated in the coming weeks.  With bowl games kicking off this weekend, I rallied our draft analysts to discuss a variety of NFL Draft-related topics with …

Wisconsin is expected to host Maryland transfer quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. on a visit, according to 247Sports’ Chris Hummer. Edwards Jr. is the third high-profile quarterback linked to the Badgers, joining former Cal QB Fernando Mendoza and San Diego State’s Danny O’Neil. Related: Tracking Wisconsin football’s transfer portal offers, interests and top targets The former Maryland Terrapin entered the portal this …

As December rolls on and yet another NFL campaign begins to wind to a close, we’re close to full-season sample sizes on some players. The typical retrospective analysis of players is beginning to take place. “This guy is the fifth-highest scoring fantasy player at his position” or “he is sixth in the league in receiving yards.” You know the drill. …

Getty Images It’s official as can be: Colorado’s Travis Hunter will be the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner. That is the result of my annual straw poll of Heisman voters — who were granted anonymity in exchange for their ballots — conducted this week. Those ballots have room for three spots, and seven players received at least one vote in our …

Week 15 of the 2024 NFL season began with a “Thursday Night Football” slog with the Los Angeles Rams prevailing 12-6 on the road against their heated NFC West rivals, the San Francisco 49ers. That game was both the first in the NFL without a touchdown this season as well as the first in that rivalry with no touchdowns scored, …

As bustle goes, the Christmas rush has nothing on college roster movement this time of year. The transfer portal is percolating, and projected draft candidates already are diverting their energies from classwork to combine preparation. Bowl games, meantime, suffer the brunt of the collateral damage. These days, some rosters are so diminished by late December that a few prominent teams …

After being a late scratch for their Week 14 meeting win over the Cleveland Browns, the Pittsburgh Steelers are preparing to be without George Pickens again. While head coach Mike Tomlin said there is an “outside chance” Pickens plays against the Philadelphia Eagles, the hamstring injury that wide receiver is dealing with is a “little bit more significant” than the …

The 2024 Salute to Veterans Bowl features the South Alabama Jaguars (6-6) and the Western Michigan Broncos (6-6) linking up on Saturday night. The Broncos snapped their three-game skid and topped the Eastern Michigan Eagles 26-18 in the regular season finale. As for the Jaguars, they lost to Texas State 45-38 in their last game. South Alabama is playing in …

The Miami Dolphins and veteran wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. have come to an agreement to part ways, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Beckam signed a one-year deal with the Dolphins in May to be a part of the team’s passing attack. It didn’t result in success as the 32-year-old recorded only nine catches on 18 targets for 55 …