The winter transfer window has come and gone, and a majority players that decided to test the waters by entering the transfer portal have found a new home. As they have in each year since the portal’s inception in 2018, several SEC schools were aggressive when it came to acquiring new talent.  Ten of the soon-to-be 16 SEC programs for …

The NFL playoffs are fast approaching their anticipated finale, with Super Bowl LVIII just around the corner. In the meantime, the 2024 coaching cycle is nearly complete, with more than a half-dozen teams already naming new head coaches. In the end, more than 20% of the league will enter next season with fresh leaders on the sideline. It’s impossible to …

Is it the Super Bowl or the Taylor Swift Bowl?  Either way, there’s plenty of action for bettors when it comes to the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Obviously, you can throw some money at the straight-up winner, the spread and the point total. However, Super Bowl LVIII: Taylor’s Version has more than a …

LSU has two players in Mobile, Alabama, taking part in Senior Bowl festivities this week: center Charles Turner and defensive tackle Jordan Jefferson. Turner opted to forego a sixth season of eligibility at LSU to enter the 2024 NFL draft. The Tigers’ starter at center since Brian Kelly arrived, Turner started all 25 games he appeared in over the past …

Three years ago, Jared Goff was put in the trash pile. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay had soured on Goff because of his regression since the Rams lost to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII during the 2018 season. He felt he needed an upgrade at quarterback despite Goff signing a four-year contract extension averaging $33.5 …

A year of action has culminated in another Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. Let’s start Four Verts by taking the high road on the “game manager” shouting match involving Brock Purdy before taking a look back on a heartbreaking loss — courtesy of Purdy and his Niners — for America’s darling in the playoffs. …

Nick Saban is out of college football, and the massive shadow he has cast over the sport for more than two decades leaves with him. With Saban — perhaps the greatest coach the sport has ever seen — gone, how do the remaining head coaches stack up against each other? On3’s Jesse Simonton tried his hand at answering that exact …

The Seattle Seahawks are hiring Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as their new head coach, a person informed of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Seahawks haven’t announced the hiring. Macdonald, 36, will become the youngest head coach in the league and half the age of the …

Baldinger believes 49ers QB Purdy is ‘silent assassin’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Ever since taking over as the 49ers’ starting quarterback midway through last season, Brock Purdy has had his fair share of detractors, but also plenty of supporters from across the NFL media landscape. On a recent episode of the “Rich Eisen Show,” NFL Network analyst …

Five years removed from the Patriots’ final Super Bowl win, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are one win away from becoming the NFL’s second dynasty since the turn of the century.  You could argue that the Chiefs are already a dynasty after capturing a fourth AFC title in five years. But when looking at history, three Super Bowl wins appears …

When Brian Kelly was hired at LSU, one of the first things he did was bring back running backs coach Frank Wilson. Wilson was at LSU from 2010-15. During that time, he was one of the top running backs coaches and recruiters in the country. Wilson is doing more of the same in his second tenure, ranking as the fourth-best …

With the 2023 NFL regular season behind us and most of the 2024 postseason, it is time for teams to begin preparing for next season. Several teams have already made the decision to change key positions within the organization, whether that be a general manager, head coach or coordinator.  Rather than scouring the scatter shot reports across social media, CBSSports.com has …

The Chiefs are moving on to the Super Bowl, but the pregame drama from their win over the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game is brewing. Travis Kelce shared his side of the story about an interaction with Justin Tucker during warmups ahead of Sunday’s game on the most recent episode of his podcast, calling out the Ravens kicker for …

It is early in the process of draft season with the first practice of the Senior Bowl coming to a close and there are names already separating themselves as names to watch for the 2024 NFL Draft. One of those names will leave very few college football fans surprised, given just how good he was in college. Georgia wide receiver …

Happy midweek, everyone. The Super Bowl is around the corner, the Pro Bowl Games are upon us, and before you know it, the 2024 NFL offseason will be churning at full speed. John Breech is taking the day to prepare himself, so you’ve got me, Cody Benjamin, to deliver all the latest from around the league. This is the Pick …