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Tthe Jacksonville Jaguars continue to sit in the driver’s seat when it comes to picking first when the 2025 NFL Draft happens this spring. Several other teams saw their draft positions change this past weekend, with more changes slated to take place in Week 14.  The Raiders leap-frogged the Giants into the No. 2 position following their controversial loss to the …

I don’t know what happened to Bryce Young when he got benched earlier this season, but it worked wonders for him. Since returning, the 2023 No. 1 overall pick has been a totally different quarterback since his return. He’s repeatedly making quick, assertive decisions that are typically the right ones to make, throwing the football with plus anticipation and accuracy, and he’s …

After winning four of their first six games of the season, the Chicago Bears have lost six straight, leading to the firing of head coach Matt Eberflus on Black Friday. Chicago will try to get back in the win column when the Bears take on the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The Bears are a 5.5-point underdog on the road …

Nico Iamaleava. Tennessee Volunteers versus Vanderbilt Commodores football on November 30, 2024 at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Tennessee (10-2, 6-2 SEC) ended its regular-season with a, 36-23, win at Vanderbilt in Week 14. The Vols await their College Football Playoff ranking and seeding. Two Tennessee student-athletes earned Southeastern Conference honors after defeating Vanderbilt. …

Football is a team game played by individuals, which means that on occasion an individual can singlehandedly undo the work of an entire team. The kicker who misses a crucial game-winning field goal, the quarterback who throws a crushing pick-6, the defensive lineman who commits a back-breaking penalty … when one player’s failure is the pivot point on which a …

Nov 30, 2024; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina State Wolfpack wide receiver Kevin Concepcion (10) with the ball as North Carolina Tar Heels linebacker Amare Campbell (17) defends in the first quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Transfer portal season is about to kick into high gear. With LSU football out of the playoff …

The NFL has issued discipline for Azeez Al-Shaair’s that concussed Trevor Lawrence. (Mike Carlson/Getty Images) The NFL has suspended Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair three games for the hit that concussed Trevor Lawrence in Houston’s 23-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero shared a snippet of the letter NFL VP of football operations Jon Runyan sent …

Dec. 3—The Washington State football team lost both its coordinators in the same day as coach Jake Dickert dismissed defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding and offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle took the same position at Oklahoma, WSU and OU announced respectively Monday. The losses leave the Cougars (8-4) without a top defensive and offensive coach heading into their bowl game. The Cougs …

It took 13 weeks, but we finally had our first team eliminated from playoff contention this year and in a total shock, it wasn’t the Carolina Panthers. If you would have asked me a month ago, I would have bet everything I owned that Carolina would be the first team knocked out, but it’s a good thing I didn’t bet, …

Nick Sirianni deserves his share of credit for Eagles’ turnaround originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia It wasn’t that long ago when the local sports talk radio stations were flooded with call after call about Nick Sirianni. About his mistakes. About his ineptitude. About his job security. And as much as Sirianni tries to insulate himself, he heard some of …

Dec. 3—As the Idaho football team makes its final preparations for its most important stretch of the season — a third straight trip to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs — here’s a last look at how each position group fared during the regular season. Eighth-seeded Idaho (9-3) will next face Lehigh (9-3) at 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN+) at the P1FCU …

You have to find different ways to win games to be a playoff team in the NFL and that includes games when your defense gives up big numbers to the opposition. That was the position the Broncos were in on Monday night. They gave up an 11-point lead in the second half as the Browns rallied behind quarterback Jameis Winston …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Mike Bobinski is tasked with making a Purdue football head coaching hire after Ryan Walters was fired on Sunday. For Bobinski, a former athletic director at Akron, Xavier and Georgia Tech before being hired at Purdue in 2016, it marks the fourth time he’s been tasked with selecting a school’s head football coach. Xavier doesn’t have a …

Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy’s return to Denver played out as well as he could imagine with one notable exception. Jeudy was a 2020 first-round pick by the Broncos and he was traded to the Browns this offseason after falling short of expectations in Denver. That probably wouldn’t have happened if he’d put together more games like the one he …