New York Jets players aren’t hiding their desire to get Davante Adams to the Big Apple. A day after Aaron Rodgers said that he “can’t wait” to reunite with his former Packers teammate, Jets running back Breece Hall spoke as if Adams has already been traded from Las Vegas to New York. Hall was asked if Adams’ possible addition to …
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2024 Fantasy Football Rankings: Tiered look at the running back draft landscape
We’ve been working our way through Shuffle Up season for the fresh fantasy football year, and now we’re up to the big position, the running backs. If you could get an answer key before the season at just one position, this is the one you’d request. Alas, there’s no answer key to be had. It’s the position most likely to …
Read More »A U.S. congressman once wrote FSU about Deion Sanders skipping class
One sentence in a USA Today story concerned a sitting U.S. congressman so much that he wrote Florida State University’s president about it on official House of Representatives letterhead. Did FSU football star Deion Sanders actually go to class? “If the President of a major university is not interested in whether or not his students go to school,” U.S. Rep. …
Read More »Despite making the Pro Bowl, this NFL player believes his rookie year could have been ‘a lot better’
Few rookies had a better 2023 season than Seattle Seahawks defensive back Devon Witherspoon. The former Illinois corner finished his debut campaign with 16 passes defensed, an interception (which he returned for a touchdown), eight tackles for loss, three sacks, and four additional QB hits. He made the Pro Bowl and finished fourth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting. …
Read More »Veteran Panthers’ wideout says he wanted to sign with Chiefs, but they didn’t want him
USATSI The Kansas City Chiefs were able to repeat as Super Bowl champions despite their lack of talent at wide receiver. Rookie Rashee Rice was Patrick Mahomes’ clear-cut No. 1 target out wide, but apart from him, Kansas City’s wideouts didn’t do much. In fact, Mahomes averaged a career-low 7.7 yards per attempt when targeting his wide receivers, which ranked …
Read More »Notre Dame’s Mitch Jeter named eighth-best kicker in college football
As any college football fan will tell you, kickers at that level are particularly maddening. It really makes one appreciate how accurate NFL kicker are. College football really weeds out those who get to the next level and those who don’t. Fortunately, Notre Dame has less of a chance of a big game being lost on a missed kick. That’s …
Read More »E.J. Speed: Week One against Colts will be a “heavy rivalry game”
The Colts will kick off the 2024 season the same way they finished up the 2023 campaign. Week 18 saw the Colts host the Texans in a Saturday game that the visitors won 23-19 and that made them the AFC South champs when the Jaguars lost to the Titans the next day. The win evened the season series and Colts …
Read More »Dan Lanning is far from being on any hot seat per CBS Sports
Dan Lanning has had a successful two seasons as the Oregon Ducks football head coach and to think he’s on any kind of hot seat in terms of job security is a bit comical. CBS Sports tends to agree with that assessment as they determined whether a coach is on the hot seat or not for all 134 FBS college …
Read More »2024-24 NFL odds: McVay, Taylor, Sirianni; Best bets for Coach of the Year
Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The AP NFL Coach of the Year award is often not given to the “best” coach but to the coach that overachieves his squad’s preseason expectations. That eliminates coaches like Andy Reid (who has just one Coach of the Year award on his resume) or Mike Tomlin (who has never won). Instead, this accolade …
Read More »Chiefs’ Travis Kelce dedicates Karaoke contest win to Taylor Swift
Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is an exceptional football player, but it turns out he has some singing chops as well. His girlfriend, superstar singer Taylor Swift, is clearly rubbing off on the three-time Super Bowl champion. Kelce attended the American Century Championship, a charity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. While at the event, Kelce …
Read More »LSU receives flood of predictions ahead of 4-star safety’s commitment date
Destrehan safety Jhase Thomas received late interest from LSU, only earning a scholarship offer in June, but the Tigers have made up for lost time in the weeks since. Thomas is set to announce his commitment on Saturday between a list of finalists that includes Houston, Ole Miss, Texas Tech and Colorado in addition to the Tigers. However, the in-state …
Read More »Dolphins tight end trashes city of Buffalo, Bills fans and even the city’s well-known delicacy
USA Today It’s safe to say that Jonnu Smith won’t be vacationing in Buffalo anytime soon. It’s also safe to assume that Bills fans will give the Dolphins’ new tight end a “special” welcome when he and his teammates come to Orchard Park this fall following Smith’s less than flattering comments about Buffalo and its fans. “That’s why their fans …
Read More »2026 WR names Michigan State football in top six
Michigan State football has gotten a very good start to their 2025 recruiting class, having the class almost two-thirds of the way complete. Now, the staff can turn to the 2026 recruiting class, and turn up the heat. One recruit that MSU has on their radar is Florida wide receiver Larry Miles, who recently released a top six, and the …
Read More »Rankings the 10 best head coach, quarterback duos entering 2024 NFL season
FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd believed that the AFC had the edge over the NFC in terms of better coaching and quarterback play at the end of the 2023 NFL season, and with the Los Angeles Chargers’ hiring of Jim Harbaugh this offseason, he believes that the scales have tipped even further in the AFC’s favor. Cowherd ranked his top-10 head …
Read More »Colorado State football announces kickoff time for Ag Day, homecoming games
Two more kickoff times have been announced for 2024 Colorado State football games. The Sept. 7 Ag Day game against Northern Colorado will be at 5 p.m. The Oct. 26 homecoming game against New Mexico will be at 3 p.m. Both are at Canvas Stadium and will be broadcast online via the Mountain West Network. The only home game for …
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