The Carolina Panthers, by any measure, were awful last season. They got the No. 1 overall pick and earned it. Of course, they had already traded that pick away to the Chicago Bears. They went 2-15 and their two wins came by a combined four points. They were outscored by 180 points. And yet, the Panthers are the one team …

The college football teams with the best quarterbacks will enter any season ranked among best in the country. So it’s no surprise that when it comes to ranking the best quarterback rooms, the collection includes many of the teams expected to contend for championships in 2024.  Quarterback remains the most important position on the field, but the ability to remain …

Aerial attacks get most of the attention in the NFL for good reason, but I’ve got my eyes on three dynamic duos on the ground that could be giving defensive coordinators fits across the league in 2024. The three duos — Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, plus Anthony Richardson and Jonathan Taylor — all have …

Getty Images Russell Wilson is 35 years old, about to play for his third different team in four years. Still, the quarterback is both confident and refreshed ahead of his Pittsburgh Steelers debut, telling reporters at minicamp he feels “revived.” “I feel the fountain of youth, man,” Wilson said, months after his release from the Denver Broncos. “I just feel revived …

Marvin Harrison Jr. has not been with the Arizona Cardinals for long, but in the short period of time, he has already impressed those in the building. The Cardinals selected Harrison No. 4 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft as the first non-QB taken off the board. The wide receiver out of Ohio State is expected to be a star …

Wisconsin top class of 2025 target four-star edge rusher Jayden Loftin committed to Tennessee on Wednesday. He chose the Volunteers over a final group of Wisconsin, Penn State and Syracuse. Related: Wisconsin updated class of 2025 commitments after flipping DT Torin Pettaway Loftis is 247Sports’ No. 344 player in the class of 2025, No. 27 edge rusher and No. 12 recruit …

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One of the talking points of the Ravens offseason is how the acquisition of running back Derrick Henry will benefit Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson during the 2024 season. Jackson’s never played alongside a back as accomplished as Henry, but Henry offered a different view of what the partnership might bring to the field for the Ravens when he spoke to …

Four-star offensive lineman Dontrell Glover is projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs football program. The prediction comes just a few days after Glover took an official visit to the University of Georgia. The class of 2025 recruit plays high school football for Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn, Georgia. Glover was previously committed to Alabama before decommitting after Nick …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Nick Sirianni sometimes runs into Giants fans in the Philadelphia area and engages in trash talk. If the Philadelphia Eagles coach really wants to get under their skin, he knows exactly what to say. “You know,” he tells them, “I got your best player.” That’s probably not so funny to Giants fans still reeling from …

It wasn’t too long ago when we, as NFL fans, understood and gladly accepted it would take two full years for the vast majority of players to acclimate to the intensified speed and power of the NFL. Now? Society isn’t fond of waiting for anything, much less players to slowly but surely come into their own.  However, that doesn’t mean …

Dan Lanning has been busy. Since he was hired as head coach of the Oregon Ducks in late 2021, Lanning has had three dynamite offseasons in the transfer portal. 2022 seems like a quiet portal season until you remember Bo Nix was part of that transfer class. 2024’s transfer class, however, was by far Lanning’s most productive on paper. Since …

Getty Images Courtland Sutton did not attend the Denver Broncos’ voluntary workouts this spring. Yet the Pro Bowl wide receiver was back on the field for mandatory minicamp starting Tuesday, even while seeking a new contract. Why? Sutton is committed to the organization, he told reporters, insisting “this is where I want to be.” Sutton, 28, is currently under contract …

Vanderbilt football has begun to put together its 2025 recruiting class. Amid the turmoil of a 2-10 2023 season that resulted in the firing of both coordinators, the Commodores signed the No. 40 high school class and No. 37 transfer class according to the 247Sports Composite. That was the best transfer class under Clark Lea and the 2024 high school …

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers decided to give Cameron Sutton a second chance with the team, bringing him back to the organization months after Sutton was arrested on a domestic violence warrant that led to his release from the Detroit Lions.  Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin went back to his personal relationship with Sutton and the process of due diligence …