Yearly Archives: 2024

Super Bowl hype will only grow, and the actual game will only shrink

This year’s Super Bowl, with its tsunami of Vegas glitz, hordes of celebrities, eye-searing graphics, overstuffed halftime show, attention-deficit-inducing whiparounds, over-the-top and nonstop analysis, wall-to-wall advertising, and occasional football, drew more American viewers on a single network than any program in the entire history of humanity. You know what that means, right? Yeah. This is the most restrained and tame …

Read More »

Michigan football rumored to land Big Ten defensive line coach

Michigan football may have lost all of its defensive staff, with defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, defensive line coach Mike Elston, and secondary coach Steve Clinkscale following Jim Harbaugh to the Los Angeles Chargers, while safeties coach Jay Harbaugh reuniting with Mike Macdonald as the latter takes over the Seattle Seahawks. But the Wolverines made a major coup managing to convince …

Read More »

2024 NFL Draft odds: Chicago Bears huge favorites to draft Caleb Williams

Now that the Super Bowl has come and gone, everyone’s attention turns to the NFL Draft. To no one’s surprise, former USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams is the prohibitive favorite to be the first pick in April. But which team will select the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner? That is the biggest source of intrigue heading into the draft, with the …

Read More »

Perfect Chiefs 2024 NFL Draft plan: Another weapon for Patrick Mahomes

The Kansas City Chiefs are your Super Bowl champions for the second straight year, and now, Patrick Mahomes and Co. have a chance at a three-peat, which has never happened in the NFL before. While they are again atop the NFL world, this is a big offseason for Kansas City. The Chiefs have to make some tough decisions on looming …

Read More »

Jets making throwback ‘Sack Exchange’ uniforms permanent in 2024, will reveal new green, black alternates soon

Getty Images The New York Jets brought back their popular “Sack Exchange” throwback jerseys last season. They were so popular that the team is making them permanent.  Jets owner Woody Johnson announced on Twitter that the throwback uniforms will become the primary jerseys — and he did it right at the conclusion of Super Bowl LVIII, which was obviously under the …

Read More »

18 Michigan football players invited to NFL scouting combine

Last offseason, former Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh suggested that the Wolverines could break the NFL draft record set by Georgia when 15 former Bulldogs were selected. People snickered, and thought it a ridiculous statement. However, an early indication suggests that Harbaugh could be correct in his prediction. On Tuesday, the official list of NFL scouting combine invitations went …

Read More »

2024-25 NFL odds: Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen early MVP favorites

Can Patrick Mahomes follow up his third Super Bowl MVP performance by claiming the NFL MVP Award for a third time next season? After leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a win in Super Bowl LVIII, Mahomes is the +600 favorite (bet $10 to win $70 total) to be the MVP of the 2024-25 season. RELATED: Justin Fields next team …

Read More »

Travis Kelce: It brought me to tears seeing Mecole Hardman got us this ring

Mecole Hardman was an unlikely hero for the Chiefs on Sunday night, catching the game-winning touchdown in overtime to make Kansas City back-to-back Super Bowl champions. After winning Super Bowl LVII with the Chiefs last season, Hardman signed with the Jets as a free agent. But with minimal playing time — he caught just one pass for 6 yards in …

Read More »

2024 NFL odds: Which team will draft Caleb Williams?

Former USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams is the prohibitive favorite (-900, bet $10 to win $11.11 total) to be the first pick in April’s NFL Draft. But which team will select the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner? That is the biggest source of intrigue heading into the draft, with the first round set for April 25. RELATED: Justin Fields next team …

Read More »

RotoPat’s Seasons in Review: 2023 Recap For All 32 NFL Teams

Teams listed by draft order, minus trades. 32. Carolina Panthers No winning streaks. No coach. No hope. The Panthers traded up for the No. 1 overall pick in 2023. They earned it the hard way for 2024. The really bad news, as you may have heard, is that it’s being shipped to Chicago. Coming off a season where they were …

Read More »