Lynch remains confident in Purdy despite 49ers’ rocky season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy and the 49ers are in the midst of a disappointing season, but San Francisco general manager John Lynch remains confident as ever in the 24-year-old quarterback. Lynch detailed his continued belief in Purdy during an interview with Brian Murphy and Rod Brooks …

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – DECEMBER 20: Jeremiyah Love #4 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish runs the ball 98-yards for a touchdown during the first quarter against the Indiana Hoosiers in the Playoff First Round game at Notre Dame Stadium on December 20, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) After a pair of interceptions from Notre …

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said on Tuesday that the team will give linebacker Quay Walker the entire week to see if he can play through an ankle injury, but things aren’t moving in the right direction for Green Bay. Walker missed practice for the second straight day on Friday. The Packers will practice again on Saturday and issue injury …

ESPN Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love etched his name into the history books by breaking off a 98-yard touchdown for the first points of the 12-team College Football Playoff. The rush tied for the longest in school history and helped the (7) Fighting Irish strike first against (10) Indiana.  The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish traded interceptions in the first …

Myles Garrett wants to continue playing for the Cleveland Browns, but the reigning Defensive Player of the Year will consider finishing his career elsewhere if the team’s plans moving forward don’t align with his.  Garrett discussed his future on Friday, ahead of Cleveland’s Week 16 AFC North battle with the Cincinnati Bengals. Cleveland (3-11) has been eliminated from the playoffs, …

No. 12 seed Clemson will travel to face No. 5 seed Texas on Saturday for a first-round matchup in the College Football Playoff. The Longhorns (11-2) are the highest-seeded non-conference champion, while the Tigers (10-3) snuck into the playoff as the lowest-ranked team thanks to their ACC championship win over SMU. Texas carries legitimate national championship hopes entering the playoff. …

Lenoir surprises 49ers teammates with custom Christmas gifts originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Deommodore Lenoir got in the Christmas spirit for his fellow 49ers. The cornerback surprised the rest of San Francisco’s defensive backs with personalized Louis Vuitton duffle bags. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Be The Best Sports Group (@bethebest.sg) The 25-year-old has …

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida closed out a turnaround season with a solid but unspectacular showing. A 33-8 win against Tulane during the Gasparilla Bowl was still something to celebrate for coach Billy Napier. After all, the victory capped a four-game winning streak after two seasons that ended on skids of three and five games, respectively. Yet Friday’s performance at Raymond …

We are in the late stages of the 2024 NFL regular season, so you know what that means: Saturday games! College Football Playoffs be damned, because we have a Saturday double-header in the NFL. The first of which is a potential playoff preview between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs. The main storyline around this matchup has been the …

No. 7 seed Notre Dame hosts No. 10 seed Indiana to kick off the 12-team College Football Playoff era in South Bend, Indiana in what will be a historic moment as the landscape across college football changes. Though both schools are located in the state of Indiana and are separated by around 200 miles, this will be the first meeting between in-state …

The Saints haven’t officially ruled quarterback Derek Carr or running back Alvin Kamara out for Monday night’s game yet, but it looks like things are moving in that direction. Carr and Kamara missed practice for the second straight day. Carr remains sidelined by the left hand injury he suffered in the team’s Week 14 win over the Giants and Kamara …

Dec. 20—Even before the season began the expectations were that Ohio State would beat Michigan, get a rematch with Oregon in the Big Ten championship game and, regardless of the outcome of that game, maybe still be one of the top four seeds in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. So, how did that work out? Don’t ask. The question …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs’ pursuit of a third consecutive Super Bowl win just got a little easier. The Chiefs have activated wideout Hollywood Brown ahead of their Week 16 Saturday showdown at home against the Houston Texans. Brown is set to make his season debut after sustaining a shoulder injury during the preseason.  The 27-year-old Brown signed a …

Getty Images The first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff bracket has been set with 12 teams now afforded an opportunity to make a run towards a national championship. The new-look CFP is more of an event than the four-team field ever was, or the BCS before it, with action expanding across a month between December and January — …

Kittle still receives advice from former 49ers tight ends coach Embree originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The connections between the 49ers and Dolphins run deep and that includes George Kittle’s relationship with Miami tight ends coach Jon Embree. Embree was Kittle’s first NFL position coach in when the 49ers drafted the All-Pro tight end in the fifth round …