Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Ready for chaos? I hope so, because Week 18 in the National Football League is here and ready to unleash its fury, to break some hearts, scratch some heads and generally provide football’s most entertaining two-day thrill ride. Assumptions mean nothing going into the wrap-up stages of this, or any other NFL season. The unexpected …

Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis will be attending a senior bowl game next month. The East-West Shrine Bowl announced on X on Thursday that Travis has accepted his invitation to attend the game on Feb. 1 at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. The language of the post specified that Travis would be attending and not playing in the game. …

One of the most surprising players in the NFL this year has been Kyren Williams. After rushing for just 139 yards as a rookie in 2022, Williams had taken the league by storm this year.  Through 17 weeks, Williams has rushed for 1,144 yards, which ranks second in the NFL behind only Christian McCaffrey. The fact that Williams ranks second …

Bobby Wagner returned to the Seahawks in 2023 after a one-year hiatus. It’s unclear whether he’ll be back in Seattle for 2024, but the linebacker intends to play somewhere, according to ESPN, revealing this week that he’s “100%” committed to a 13th NFL season. “There’s no ‘might,'” Wagner said when asked about a potential return. “I never thought (about) anything …

The final pieces of Jonathan Smith’s Michigan State football coaching staff are starting to come together. Michigan State announced on Thursday Smith hired former Indiana co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chad Wilt to become the Spartans’ co-special teams coordinator and rush ends coach on the new-look coaching staff. Wilt worked at Indiana for the past two seasons and was not …

Getty Images Josh Hart was looking to make a play as the New York Knicks brought the ball up the court against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Instead, he earned a fair amount of ridicule after throwing an errant pass out of bounds. After rebounding the ball during the first quarter, Hart had the ball at the top of the …

Through 256 games, it’s all knotted up. After we each went 12-4 last week, we’re 160-96-0. In the last week before the playoffs, we disagree on three games straight up. That means one of us will win the regular-season crown. For all picks made by Simms and me for Week 18, scroll on. Steelers (-4) at Ravens The Steelers are …

Getty Images For most of the NFL, the offseason will begin on Monday morning following the Week 18 action that’ll unfold over the weekend. Even those who’ve made it to the playoffs have front office members already crafting a plan for how they’ll attack the coming months to retool for the 2024 season and beyond.  Of course, free agency is …

Alabama center Seth McLaughlin recently joined numerous other members of the Crimson Tide by joining the transfer portal. He has received interest from numerous high-profile programs already and has two visits scheduled, according to Nick Kelly of the Tuscaloosa News. First, McLaughlin will take a trip up north to visit Ohio State and then he will head back south to …

‘Tis the season for Old Takes, with the end of the NFL season upon us and the memories of outlandishly incorrect preseason predictions surfacing on social media. Part of this job is being wrong — a big enough part, in fact, we did a whole segment on the Pick Six Podcast making fun of our predictions — and when it …

The Jaguars, Colts and Texans are all tied for first in the AFC South at 9-7 entering the final week of the NFL regular season. The Colts and Texans go head-to-head in Indianapolis on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET in one of two games on the Saturday Week 18 NFL schedule. The Ravens host the Steelers at 4:30 p.m. ET …

The college football transfer portal is still spinning, especially with all but one game out of the way this season. One big surprise recently was Oregon freshman defensive back Cole Martin, per Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire. “On Tuesday afternoon, true freshman Cole Martin announced that he would enter the transfer portal after this year and look for a new …

Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Detroit Lions needed to free up some roster space and they did that by releasing former Super Bowl champion Bruce Irvin from the practice squad.  The former first-round pick signed with the Lions back on Nov. 14 in a move that happened because Detroit was in the market for some …

Report: Details about Belichick’s pivotal meeting with Kraft emerge originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Bill Belichick’s NFL coaching future could be decided less than 24 hours after the New England Patriots’ season finale. Belichick is scheduled to meet with Patriots owner Robert Kraft and team president Jonathan Kraft on Monday, ESPN’s Mike Reiss said Thursday on the network’s morning …

A pair of Alabama players announced that they are headed for the NFL. Latham spent the last two years as the starting right tackle at Alabama and announced on Wednesday night is giving up his remaining eligibility in order to enter the 2024 draft. Linebacker Chris Braswell made the same announcement as Latham on Thursday morning. Braswell had 42 tackles, …