To be the man, you gotta beat the man. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey and the Baltimore Ravens boast one of the NFL’s elite defenses, but they have to get past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game (3 p.m. ET). The Chiefs are the defending Super Bowl champions and have won two of the last four Super …

The Packers’ list of defensive coordinator candidates is starting to take shape. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team has requested permission to interview Bills linebackers coach Bobby Babich for the position. Friday also brought word that the team was meeting with former Chargers head coach Brandon Staley about the opening on Matt LaFleur’s staff. The Packers fired …

With the retirement of Nick Saban, a fairly large power vacuum is left behind in the sport. Now, only three active coaches — Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney and Mack Brown — have won national titles. With Saban out and taking his seven career championships with him, who will be the next to join that club. On3’s Jesse Simonton recently broached …

USATSI Retired wide receiver Cole Beasley may have played the final four seasons (2019-2022) of his 11-year NFL career outside of the state of Texas — 2019 through the start of the 2022 season with the Buffalo Bills and two games with the Tampa Buccaneers in 2022 — but now that the Lone Star State native is retired, he’s doing …

The NFC is down to just two teams as the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers will duke it out from Levi’s Stadium on Championship Sunday with the winner looking to punch their ticket to Las Vegas and Super Bowl LVIII, which will kick off Feb. 11 on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Detroit finds itself in this game for the first …

The Iowa Hawkeyes‘ offensive coordinator search may finally be reaching its conclusion. Serving as Iowa’s interim athletics director at the time, Beth Goetz announced that Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz would not return in 2024 on Oct. 30. It’s been nearly three full months since that announcement from Goetz and almost a month since the Hawkeyes’ 2023 season officially ended …

Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst Championship Sunday is upon us. I’ve got three NFL straight bets and a very rare parlay (!) for the weekend ahead. Remember, this space isn’t the place for a million picks or five-team parlays, either. These will always be the games I love the most. Let’s go to work. Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore …

Warner putting 49ers’ NFC Championship Game win in defense’s hands originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers will need to play an all-around complete team game in order to defeat the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium and advance to Super Bowl LVIII. However, depending on who you ask, one side of …

The 2023 NFL season was a disaster for the New York Giants. Coming off a season that saw them win a playoff game for the first time in 11 years, the Giants followed with a 6-11 campaign, missing the playoffs. Furthermore, the disappointing season came after the franchise committed to quarterback Daniel Jones on a four-year, $160 million deal, while …

Every offseason teams around college football have to deal with a significant amount of turnover to their roster. That’s been the case for the Sooners each season of the Brent Venables era. No position group was hit harder than the offensive line. They lost the five guys that were starters for the majority of the season. Though they’ve been able …

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! I’m not sure how it happened, but there are only three games left in the NFL season. Well, unless you count the Pro Bowl, but I’m not going to count the Pro Bowl because it’s not even a game anymore.  The next time you hear from me will be on …

Lions center Frank Ragnow hurt his knee and ankle in last Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers, but it doesn’t look like it is going to keep him from playing this Sunday. Reporters at the open portion of Friday’s practice noted that Ragnow, who is also listed with toe and back injuries, is back on the field after being listed as …

The Oregon Ducks have been getting after it on the recruiting trail this past week, with their coaches flying all across the country and getting some face time with highly-rated prospects that they are after in the class of 2025. That will change this weekend, though, as some of those prospects take a trip to Eugene to check out the …

The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches. That mission finally seems to be paying off. Four minority head coaches have been hired this year, including Atlanta’s Raheem Morris, New England’s Jerod Mayo, Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce and Carolina’s Dave Canales, bringing the number of coaches of color entering the 2024 season to …

USATSI The Buffalo Bills may have found their new offensive coordinator in Joe Brady, who replaced Ken Dorsey midseason and helped spark a run to the playoffs, but the Bills are still interviewing other candidates to see who will be the best fit for head coach Sean McDermott. One of those candidates is a former Bills quarterback. According to ESPN, …