USATSI The Seattle Seahawks are adding another arm as they gear up for mandatory minicamp next week. The club is signing veteran quarterback P.J. Walker to a deal, according to NFL Media. The parameters of the contract that brings Walker to the Pacific Northwest were not immediately disclosed.  Up until this signing, the Seahawks had only two quarterbacks on the …

Bears minicamp observations: Caleb Williams flashes touch, talent with surgical touchdown passes originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Thursday’s final mandatory minicamp practice was a short one for Caleb Williams and the Bears. But it was enough for the rookie quarterback to showcase his rare arm talent and the progress he’s making adjusting to the speed …

The expanded College Football Playoff is making the 2024-25 bowl schedule look very unfamiliar. Bowl Season announced the lineup for nearly every other bowl game on Thursday, a day after the CFP announced the schedule for the first 12-team playoff. The first bowl game is Saturday, Dec. 14 and the final non-playoff bowl game is on Jan. 4. The Camellia …

The final play of the 2023 NFL season came in February when Mecole Hardman caught the game-winning touchdown pass in Super Bowl LVIII, and it seems that won’t be the final reception he ever makes in a Chiefs uniform.  The veteran receiver will be returning to Kansas City for the 2024 season after agreeing to a one-year deal, according to …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  After thinking about it for the past three hours, I have decided that my new favorite part of the offseason is any time a team unveils a new uniform, and I’m only mentioning that right now, because we GOT ONE on Thursday.  The Minnesota Vikings unveiled a new alternate uniform, …

The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl will enter its ninth decade with a prime-time slot. College bowl schedules were finalized on Thursday after the College Football Playoff schedule was released earlier in the week, with the Gator Bowl landing on Thursday, Jan. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The game, which matches an SEC versus an ACC team, is on ESPN and will be …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs were forced to postpone practice on Thursday after a medical emergency that occurred at the facility, the team announced.  The Chiefs didn’t offer very many details on the situation, but according to NFL Media, a player — defensive lineman BJ Thompson  — had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance after he went …

Receiver Mecole Hardman is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs. The six-year veteran has agreed to a one-year contract with the team, reports NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Hardman signed with the New York Jets as a free agent before last season. He was a disappointment in five games, catching only one pass for 6 yards. The Jets traded him back …

North Carolina legislation that would’ve required UNC and NC State to regularly play the state’s Group of Five schools in football will not advance further, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore said Thursday. House Bill 965, entitled “UNC Intrastate Athletic Competition,” passed through the house’s Appropriations committee earlier in the week.  That’s as far as it will go.  “It’s had the hearing …

The 2024 Fantasy Football season isn’t quite in full swing yet but we’re gearing up and the unofficial “OK it’s happening” moment for me every offseason is when we have the Fantasy Football Today magazine draft. For those who don’t know, the magazine draft takes place in early June, way before training camp, and we draft a full-point PPR team …

Quarterback Joe Burrow was the top choice in the 2020 draft and he will get a chance to spend some time with the latest first overall pick this summer. Bears head coach Matt Eberflus announced at a Thursday press conference that his team will host Burrow and the Bengals for a joint practice. That practice will take place on August …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Dak Prescott would never say it, but by now he knows that Jerry Jones’ vow to be “all in” on the 2024 season has become an international joke. No team did less to improve themselves this offseason than the Dallas Cowboys. No team spent less money. So it would be understandable if Prescott was worried, …

Michigan football has already held one official visit weekend in the warm weather months, now its set for the encore. The Wolverines hosted two five-stars and three four-stars last week with Derek Meadows, Douglas Utu, DJ Sanders, Kainoa Winston, and Marco Jones all making it to campus. And the slate of visits for June 7 promises to also be impactful …

Kansas City Chiefs backup BJ Thompson was taken to a hospital in stable condition Thursday after the defensive lineman experienced a cardiac event during a team meeting, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the event, said team trainers and …

Word on Thursday is that the Buccaneers are signing former Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard, but they announced the addition of another wideout before making anything official with Shepard. The team announced that they have signed Cody Thompson to their 90-man roster. Thompson had one catch for 10 yards in seven appearances with the Seahawks last season. He also recorded …