The Super Bowl is over, and the Kansas City Chiefs are not only NFL champions but an official dynasty, having captured three of the league’s last five Lombardi Trophies. Already, however, plenty of teams have turned the page to the 2024 offseason, where they’ll begin their own quest to dethrone Patrick Mahomes and Co. Both the Chiefs and the San …
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Chip Kelly to Ohio State, DeShaun Foster takes over at UCLA & is Power Slap the next great sport?
This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde kick off the podcast breaking down the coaching turnover that took place over the last few days at UCLA. It all started when UCLA head coach Chip Kelly decided to take the open offensive coordinator position at …
Read More »Three reasons the 49ers have the best odds to win 2025 Super Bowl despite title-game loss to Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a dynasty, fresh off their third Super Bowl win in five years. But the San Francisco 49ers are already early favorites to hoist the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the 2024 season, with oddsmakers deeming them 2025’s top Super Bowl contender after their second-place finish. History tells us that teams who lose in the …
Read More »Andy Reid on Chris Jones: I think the effort will be there on both parts to get something done
Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones has been an essential part of the team’s run over the last six seasons. The 37th overall pick of the 2016 draft, Jones has become one of the league’s best defensive players and has been an AP first-team All-Pro in each of the last two seasons. But after playing under a renegotiated one-year deal in …
Read More »Hit parade – The NHL’s hits adjustment and the players who benefit
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 13, 2024, 03:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Stat corrections can be a painful experience in the fantasy realm. But I haven’t seen one like this before. On Monday, Feb. …
Read More »Filling NFL needs with Texas football players for the 2024 season
The Texas Longhorns are about to provide highly skilled players to several NFL franchises. After the Longhorns sent 11 players to the NFL Scouting Combine it seems apparent that draft day could produce an impressive class for Texas following a College Football Playoff season. The 11 players Texas sends will include defensive tackle Byron Murphy, tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders, wide …
Read More »Michigan has record 18 players invited to NFL Scouting Combine
The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine will take place from Feb. 26-March 4, and plenty of Michigan Wolverines will be roaming the scene. In fact, 18 players from the 2023 National Champion-Wolverines were invited to the event. Here’s the list of Michigan players who were invited to Indianapolis: Michigan’s 18-player group of invitees breaks LSU’s previous record of 16 in 2020 …
Read More »Lions sign the CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player award winner who set league sack record in 2023
Getty Images The Detroit Lions are looking to their friends up north for some help on the defensive side of the ball. On Tuesday, the team announced they had signed linebacker Mathieu Betts. Born in Quebec, Betts was the Canadian Football League’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player award winner last season, while he also received All-Star honors. In 18 games played for …
Read More »Report: ESPN and College Football Playoff agree on six-year extension worth $7.8 billion
ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed to a massive new rights deal that will keep the postseason format on the network through the 2031 season, according to a report from The Athletic. ESPN and the playoff originally agreed in 2012 to a 12-year deal worth $5.64 billion, or roughly $470 million annually. That agreement expires after the 2025 …
Read More »2024 Super Bowl: Here’s what was said between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce following Chiefs’ championship win
Getty Images Everyone saw Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s on-field celebration immediately following the Chiefs’ win in Super Bowl LVIII. But no one knew what was said between the two until now. NFL Films captured the moment — including the audio — in the video below. Kelce, who played a key role in Kansas City’s 25-22 win over the 49ers, …
Read More »8 NFL free agents who could be on Bears wish list on defensive side of the ball
8 NFL free agents who could be on Bears wish list on defensive side of the ball originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago In Chicago, folks have been laser focused on what the Bears will do with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. But we’re a month away from the start of free agency negotiations and the Bears …
Read More »College football coaching isn’t nearing an apocalypse. It’s changing, like every other job
Chip Kelly’s departure from UCLA last Friday to become the offensive coordinator at Ohio State marked the fourth time since the end of the season that a head coach willingly left a highly-paid position to do something other than lead a college football program. It has led to a chorus of hand-wringing about the state of the sport, speculation about …
Read More »Saints offseason preview: So much work just to get under the salary cap
Greg Auman NFC South Reporter It has become an annual rite of spring, a challenging feat of salary-cap wizardry, figuring out how the New Orleans Saints will get themselves back under the salary cap for the start of the new year. It’s not unusual for teams to be over the cap in an offseason, but the Saints are incredibly high …
Read More »Perfect 49ers 2024 NFL Draft plan: Reinforce OL around Brock Purdy, select a WR on Day 2, add safety depth
The 2023 San Francisco 49ers came just about as close as any team possibly could to winning the Super Bowl without lifting up the Vince Lombardi Trophy when Super Bowl LVIII came to a close, losing 25-22 in overtime to the now back-to-back champion Kansas City Chiefs. The NFC champions were the dominant force in their conference in the regular …
Read More »2024 NFL free agency: Bengals’ Tee Higgins likely to get franchise tag barring long-term deal, per report
Tee Higgins will likely be back in Cincinnati for the 2024 season. The Bengals are expected to franchise tag their star receiver ahead of free agency if the two sides are unable to agree on a long-term extension, according to The Athletic. The Bengals have until March 5 to tag Higgins, who, if tagged, would make $20.7 million for the …
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