Rapoport feels 49ers’ McCaffrey is ‘a longshot’ to play vs. Vikings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s appearing increasingly likely that star 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will miss a second consecutive game to open the 2024 NFL season. After he was a surprising late scratch hours before San Francisco’s Week 1 win over the New York Jets …

Sherrone Moore’s Michigan contract has been signed ahead of the third game of the 2024 season. Jim Harbaugh’s successor had coached the first two weeks of the season without a signed contract to be the team’s head coach. That changed on Wednesday when the school announced Moore’s contract had been finalized. “Our University of Michigan administration led by President Santa …

Why Sirianni may be looking at Hurts’ performance differently than everyone else originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia If someone told you Jalen Hurts would throw two touchdown passes, engineer three 70-yard TD drives, pass for nearly 300 yards, put up 34 points against a defense that was top-10 in 2023 and rally the Eagles to a win 5,000 miles …

It appears some angry Auburn bettors were looking up Payton Thorne’s Venmo account after Saturday’s loss to Cal. The Tigers lost 21-14 at home to the Bears to drop to 1-1 on the season. In an interview on Tuesday morning with “The Next Round,” Thorne was asked about how he deals with criticism from fans and mentioned that people hit …

Week 1 was all over the place, but it was amazing to have football back, no matter how sloppy most of it ultimately was. There are a lot of takeaways to dig through from the first week of the season from the supernova experience of Anthony Richardson, to competing theories on running back value. This week’s Four Verts column starts …

Sherrone Moore had been operating as Michigan football head coach since January without a signed contract. That included the Wolverines’ first two games the past two weeks. Michigan finally on Wednesday announced Moore’s full contract has been completed after nearly eight months in limbo. It came four days after the Wolverines’ 31-12 debacle vs. Texas, their first home loss in …

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a season-long series on a breakout star from the past week of NFL action. The Week 1 winner: Detroit Lions receiver Jameson Williams.  After the Lions’ 26-20 overtime victory Sunday night over the Rams to open their 2024 season, Jameson Williams walked into the postgame press conference holding his first game ball …

Usually, it’s not good to freak out about anything one game into the NFL season. Especially with many teams not playing starters in the preseason. But the Atlanta Falcons’ had a really weird Week 1. The Falcons ran an offense nobody expected and they didn’t run in the preseason, lining up almost exclusively in pistol or shotgun formation. They say …

Sep. 11—Week 2 of the prep football season means most Twin Harbor teams will hit the road as we review this week’s upcoming games. ~~~ Aberdeen at Steliacoom When and where: 7 p.m. Friday at Steliacoom High School Players to watch: Aberdeen — Micah Schroeder RB/LB, Mason Hill QB/S, Legend Vessey RB/LB; Adonis Hammonds WR/DB. Steliacoom — Drew Macdonald QB; …

Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and fantasy analyst Matt Harmon discuss why Mike Zimmer’s debut as Cowboys DC was such a success in Week 1 and what to expect from the Cowboys later this season. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Mike …

. Nebraska football received a prediction in their favor for a class of 2026 tight end on Tuesday morning. Isaac Jensen is a three-star prospect for Millard South High in Omaha, NE. On3’s Steve Wiltfong made the prediction. Jensen is ranked as the 27th overall tight end in the 2026 class and the top player in his class from Nebraska, …

Fans during the game between the Auburn Tigers and the California Golden Bears at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. David Gray/Auburn Tigers While this weekend did not go as planned for the current Auburn football team, a future Tiger made history on Friday night. Four-star running back commit Alvin Henderson had himself the game of …

Henry McKenna NFL Reporter It was a Friday in Week 11 last season and the Buffalo Bills had the New York Jets on a short week. The Bills had just lost for the third time in four weeks — and the latest loss had come to the lowly Denver Broncos in prime time on Monday night.  The playoffs were slipping …

Sep. 11—The weekly Montana Grizzly football press conferences aren’t generally a lengthy affair, and Monday’s edition unsurprisingly — given UM’s second-half performance in a 27-24 loss at North Dakota — was tight. Especially succinct was coach Bobby Hauck. “We were a dominant team in the first half,” Hauck said. “The first half we looked like a team that could beat …

The days of running backs regularly winning the Heisman Trophy are long gone. Ten Heismans were won by running backs in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 24 years since, just three running backs have won the award: Reggie Bush in 2005, Mark Ingram in 2009 and Derrick Henry in 2015. The Heisman has become an award dominated by quarterbacks …