Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones conducted his annual training-camp press conference on Thursday. With current coach Mike McCarthy sitting to the right, Jones praised the man some think will be the next head coach of the Cowboys. Bill Beilichick. “I think he may be the best coach, certainly of my time in the NFL, and I happen to be …

A lot of Alabama Crimson Tide football fans are aware of how good the interior offensive line unit can be this season. Pro Football Focus college football analyst Max Chadwick recently acknowledged Alabama’s interior offensive line by saying, “This might be the best interior offensive line that I’ve ever seen.” Chadwick and many others focus specifically on studying and grading …

What ESPN projects 49ers QB Purdy could land with looming extension originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy could become a very, very, very, very rich man in the near future. Emphasis on “very.” The 49ers quarterback, after an NFL MVP-caliber 2023 season, is eligible to sign a contract extension as soon as 2025 and certainly will break …

In 2023, the Texas Longhorns finally lived up to the hype that’s driven the program for much of the last decade. They won the Big 12 (their fourth conference title) and they made the College Football Playoff (their first appearance). Now, they’re one of the favorites to contend for the SEC title after coming in second in the SEC media …

INDIANAPOLIS — Typically, the Big Ten allows its teams to take three players to the league’s annual football media days, but Gophers coach P.J. Fleck has made exceptions in the past, such as bringing sixth-year senior quarterback Tanner Morgan to the 2022 event. Thursday marked another exception as place-kicker Dragan Kesich joined quarterback Max Brosmer, running back Darius Taylor and …

49ers’ McCaffrey honored to be highest-paid NFL running back originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey’s 49ers contract extension made him the highest-paid running back in the NFL, and the reigning Offensive Player of the Year does not take that lightly. McCaffrey’s extension is a two-year $38 million agreement giving him a league-high running back …

Alabama’s football field is set to bear Nick Saban’s name. Alabama’s board of trustees voted Friday to name the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium for Saban. The longtime Alabama coach retired in January and has been replaced by Kalen DeBoer. On the board’s Zoom call, Saban called the field naming “pretty special.” It will officially be called “Saban Field at Bryant-Denny …

Rams coach Sean McVay announced the bad news Thursday night: An MRI confirmed cornerback Derion Kendrick tore an anterior cruciate ligament. Kendrick will undergo surgery and miss the 2024 season on injured reserve. McVay did not rule out brining back cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon, via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times. The Rams signed Witherspoon on June 29, 2023, after …

The Cooper Jaguars were one of two Northern Kentucky teams that advanced to the 2023 Kentucky High School Athletic Association football state championships. Since they return 100 percent of their offensive production and the majority of their defense, many believe they can return to Kroger Field this fall. To the casual fan, the Jaguars’ roster doesn’t present many questions. But …

OXNARD, Calif. — Every July, the Dallas Cowboys’ future is filtered through a tapestry of numbers. How many free agents were signed? What extensions were achieved? How many years remain on the head coach’s contract? How much money is left under the salary cap? And of course, the unyielding accounting of how many years it’s been since that last Super …

Most everyone reading this probably has a favorite football dynamic duo. It could be Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, Max Montoya and Anthony Muñoz, even Sauce Gardner and Coby Bryant. Football, which many would call the ultimate team game, doesn’t work without great combinations of players. A great quarterback is nothing if his receivers can’t catch the ball. A great …

Steelers General Manager Omar Khan sounded confident Thursday that defensive lineman Cameron Heyward with be with the team long term. Heyward isn’t getting his hopes up. “Am I confident?” Heyward said, via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I don’t like to go either way with that because you get your hopes up and something doesn’t happen. I’m just going …

In the midst of the summer busy season of recruiting and visits once again under way, we have a bit of a different kind of news with a four-star prospect in Texas. Sugar Land (Texas) Fort Bend Christian four-star defensive end Max Granville, who committed to Penn State in June, has reclassified to the 2024 class. With that move, he …

It’s safe to say the Raiders are ticking off the Chiefs. At the Raiders’ training camp practice Thursday, a fan brought a Kermit the Frog puppet that was wearing a Patrick Mahomes’ jersey and a wig to mock the quarterback’s hair. A video surfaced on social media of Raiders safety Trey Taylor putting on the puppet and saying, “I’m a …

One of the most intriguing and connected figures in pro football in recent decades has died. Via Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, former NFL executive and marketing agent Mike Ornstein died Thursday at his home in L.A. Ornstein previously served as the NFL’s V.P. of marketing. He represented running back Reggie Bush in 2006, lining up multiple marketing …