This offensive position is Patriots’ No. 1 free agent priority, per report originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots have money to spend in NFL free agency next month, and the team’s plan of attack is beginning to emerge. The Athletic’s Jeff Howe and Chad Graff reported Thursday that the Patriots’ “top priorities in free agency, according …

Hurricanes spring football begins on Monday, and the excitement is building. Even though Miami’s season ended on a sour note with a loss to Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the Hurricanes’ chances in 2024. Key returnees and major additions have Miami looking like a challenger in the new-look ACC this year, and …

Arguably the most important stage in the NFL Draft process is here. After a few days of chit-chat at the combine, prospects will finally start competing in drills on Thursday. Defensive players take center stage on the first two days of workouts in Indianapolis while offensive players will get their turn on Saturday and Sunday. In an appearance on the …

Welcome to the Leap Day edition of the Pick Six newsletter and happy Feb. 29! It’s my favorite day of the year and I’m starting to think I need a new favorite day, because this day only happens once every four years.  As soon as I’m done writing the newsletter, I’m going to go throw myself a Leap Day party, …

“The answer is: Florida Atlantic.” “What is, who will be Army football’s first American Athletic Conference game.” That should answer any Jeopardy question in the future. The Black Knights will make their AAC debut against FAU on Saturday, September 7, in Boca Raton. Following a bye week, the AAC makes its debut at venerable Michie Stadium when Rice visits West …

For the first time since 1999, the Washington Commanders won’t be playing at FedEx Field. Well, they’ll be playing at FedEx Field, it just won’t be called FedEx Field after the company surprisingly decided to pull of out its naming rights deal with the team.  FedEx agreed to a $205 million naming rights deal with Washington back in 1999 and …

For the Detroit Lions, 2024 has already been a year of unfamiliar, if not unchartered territory. Their first division crown in three decades. Two playoffs victories — the franchise had previously won just one since 1957. A second-half lead in the NFC championship game. Chants of “Jared Goff” replacing laments of the “Same Old Lions” echoing across the state of …

College Football Playoff officials are considering a 14-team format that would guarantee three spots each for the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, two for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 and one for the highest-ranked team from the other five leagues, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The people spoke …

David Helman Dallas Cowboys Insider NFL Draft Combine week always strikes me as being a bit backward. The draft cycle is now fully in swing, signified by this year’s top talent meeting with teams and working out in Indianapolis. Prospects who were relative unknowns last week will be coveted by fanbases all over the league, at every level of the …

USATSI Mecole Hardman hasn’t been a New York Jet for months, but the wide receiver’s 2023 trade-deadline departure remains a sour spot for those in New Jersey. Days after Hardman criticized the team’s leadership and admitted he was “checked out” before a reunion with the Kansas City Chiefs, Jets sources both public and anonymous have alleged Hardman leaked several of …

The 2024 SEC football season is one step closer. On Thursday, the conference announced the coaches’ appearance schedule for 2024 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days, which will be held this year at the Omni Hotel in Dallas from Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18. Aside from the additions of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, there will be several …

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The Philadelphia Eagles have perfected the “tush push” in short-yardage situations and the rest of the NFL will have to continue to try and figure out how to stop them. Appearing on Pro Football Talk Live on Thursday, NFL Executive V.P. of Football Operations Troy Vincent pushed back against any outcry to ban the play. “Don’t punish a team that …

The College Football Playoff will debut its 12-team format in the 2024 season, providing greater opportunity and access for teams to have a more meaningful postseason. No one benefits more from the change than the Group Five conferences, which now have an automatic bid into the playoff after years of largely being cast aside.  In the CFP’s almost decade of …

The Philadelphia Eagles have seemingly perfected the “tush push” play, which allows quarterback Jalen Hurts to gain a yard or two when he plunges up the middle and gets a shove from a teammate or two from behind. NFL Executive V.P. of Football Operations Troy Vincent believes that the Eagles’ success with the play is no reason for it to …