Bears quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph isn’t ready to talk about who might be running the team’s offense in 2024. Joseph was hired late last week after the Bears tabbed Shane Waldron as their new offensive coordinator and he told reporters at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama that he has not had time “to really think about anything outside of …
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Rutgers football recruiting: A Pennsylvania standout got a chopper visit from Greg Schiano
Michael Carroll got the chopper treatment from Rutgers football and head coach Greg Schiano on Tuesday. Rutgers has made Carroll a priority recruit. One of the nation’s premier offensive linemen, Carroll is a 6-foot-6, 295-pound offensive tackle from Central Bucks East (Glenside, Pennsylvania). Carroll has a strong offer list that includes Baylor, Boston College, Cincinnati Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Virginia …
Read More »Jets to hire Shawn Jefferson as wide receivers coach
The Jets did not make any changes to the top of their coaching staff after missing the playoffs this season, but they are making a change at wide receivers coach. Josina Anderson of CBS Sports reports that former NFL wideout and longtime NFL assistant Shawn Jefferson is going to take over that role. Zach Azzanni held the position during the …
Read More »10 standouts from Day 1 of Senior Bowl practice
Tuesday was a notable day across the NFL. Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson shocked several across the league by removing his name from consideration to become the next head coach of either the Commanders or Seahawks. Meanwhile, the Commanders interviewed Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, while the Seahawks interviewed Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald. …
Read More »Source: Bears hire Chad Morton as RB coach to complete Shane Waldron’s staff
Source: Bears hire Chad Morton as RB coach to complete Shane Waldron’s staff originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears’ new offensive brain trust is set with the hiring of Chad Morton as the running backs coach, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times was first to report the news. Morton, 46, was on the Seattle …
Read More »Ranking SEC coaches: Kirby Smart is No. 1, but who is No. 2 after Nick Saban retirement?
If you couldn’t have Kirby Smart coaching your team, which SEC coach would you want? As of a month ago, the answer should have been obvious: Nick Saban. But, the retired GOAT is out of the equation, leaving Smart all alone on the top tier of college football coaches. Within the SEC, who forms the second tier? On this edition …
Read More »NHL All-Star Game: Ranking every player’s second-half impact
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJan 31, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The NHL All-Star break is practically a sabbatical, as the league’s 32 teams all have bye weeks scheduled around this weekend’s festivities in Toronto. It means a solid block of time to spend with loved ones, recharge weary bodies and reset mentally before the second …
Read More »D’Andre Swift thinks he’s ‘just getting started’ as free agency waits
D’Andre Swift thinks he’s ‘just getting started’ as free agency waits originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia D’Andre Swift thinks he proved something with his 2023 season. And he doesn’t think he’s done yet. “I’m just getting started,” Swift said at Eagles locker cleanout day earlier this month. “I don’t feel like … It was a great step in the …
Read More »Grading every college football coaching hire this offseason from best to worst
He was described as “a coaching vagabond” who lacked “the chops” to bring his new program “out of the conference basement and into the mix for bowl bids, let alone a division title.” That was the USA TODAY Sports breakdown three years ago of new Arizona coach Jedd Fisch, who came in dead last in the Power Five in a …
Read More »Bill Belichick was and is on Eagles’ radar, too
Publicly, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones hasn’t ruled out hiring free-agent coach Bill Belichick in the future. Privately, the Eagles reportedly haven’t ruled it out either. Appearing on 98.5 The Sports Hub, Greg Bedard of Boston Sports Journal said that the Eagles could have hired Belichick if things had gone south with Nick Sirianni after the 2023 season — and if …
Read More »Big 12 football schedule 2024: Conference releases slate as Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah join league
Getty Images The Big 12 released its football schedule for the 2024 season on Tuesday, which sees the conference debut a 16-team membership amid sweeping changes thanks to realignment across the sport. After adding four new members in 2022 — BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF — Oklahoma and Texas depart for the SEC this summer while four Pac-12 programs hop …
Read More »Stephen Jones: People won’t trust us until we get it done like Brady and Mahomes
Cowboys COO Stephen Jones says there’s a model for how the Cowboys can get people to believe in them, and that model was established by Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. Jones contrasted the Cowboys’ playoff failures with Brady’s and Mahomes’ playoff successes, and said that’s the difference between the Cowboys and those teams. “We have had three good years of …
Read More »Forget Michigan. Brian Kelly nearly ready to roar with LSU football | Toppmeyer
Brian Kelly is done patching tires. He’s opted instead for a new set of rubber. And these puppies are Michelin made. Read carefully, I didn’t say Michigan made. I never gave credence to the media narrative that Kelly would jilt LSU for the Wolverines after Jim Harbaugh bolted for the NFL. Why would Kelly leave Baton Rouge, especially with Alabama’s …
Read More »NFL on FOX’s Peter Schrager is one game away from nailing his fifth straight Super Bowl pick
On Sept. 7, 2023, 30 minutes before the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs kicked off the 2023 NFL season against the Detroit Lions, Peter Schrager composed a social media post putting his Super Bowl prediction onto the internet. After Sunday’s NFC and AFC title games, the “FOX NFL Kickoff” and FOXSports.com insider has already nailed the correct teams …
Read More »Texas Tech football 2024: 5 interesting Big 12 games
The Texas Tech football team learned nearly three months ago which Big 12 opponents it would play in 2024 and where. The conference office added the when on Tuesday with the release of the full schedule, dates included. Here are five games with interesting story lines: Sept. 28 vs. Cincinnati Texas Tech’s first two Big 12 games are home dates with …
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