Why Ryan knew 49ers were ‘special team’ after initial tryout originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Logan Ryan was a part of several great NFL rosters, but he realized early on just how special the 49ers’ team was during the 2023 season. The former 49ers safety, who announced his retirement from the NFL in April, joined “The Herd” with …

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – The SEC prominently projected its pinwheel logo featuring 16 school pennants onto a hotel wall this week throughout the conference’s spring meetings. It’s a visual reminder of Oklahoma and Texas joining the nation’s most powerful conference. Whose pennants will join that pinwheel next? I asked commissioner Greg Sankey on Tuesday about the SEC’s appetite for further …

Getty Images The NFL’s wide receiver market has continued to boom this offseason, as two pass-catchers — A.J. Brown and Amon-Ra St. Brown — surpassed Tyreek Hill’s $30 million-per-year benchmark. However, even before those two stars put pen to paper on their new contracts, the Miami Dolphins wideout was looking to adjust his deal. Hill, who turned 30 in March, …

Few program histories in college football compare to that of USC.  The Trojans have been a west coast power for a century a despite having Southern California in their name, register as a national brand. A huge reason for that is because historically USC has been willing to play the elite of college football.  The Trojans have of course had …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter The Miami Dolphins confirmed what we already knew when they extended receiver Jaylen Waddle to a deal worth up to $84.75 million over three years on Thursday. He’ll earn just a hair short of what Tyreek Hill is set to make, with Hill’s contract exceeding Waddle’s deal by $750,000 per year in average annual value. …

WATCH: Rome Odunze flashes healthy hamstring with contested catch from Caleb Williams dime originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Rome Odunze’s hamstring appears to be back to full health. The Bears rookie wide receiver hauled in a contested catch over Tyrique Stevenson in OTAs (Organized Team Activities) from a Caleb Williams dime. Check it out. We could get used to …

Last year’s Green Bay Packers had one of the youngest skill-position corps in the history of football. Specifically at wide receiver, the Packers didn’t have a single player on the active roster who entered the league before 2022. In other words, their entire receiver corps was comprised of first- and second-year players. The most productive player among that group in …

The USC and Oregon football teams could have developed something special in the Pac-12 had the NCAA not come down on the Trojans in 2009 and 2010. If the NCAA had minded its own business, maybe Pete Carroll never leaves. Maybe Pete and Oregon’s Chip Kelly create another magical series of Pac-12 clashes. Maybe the 2011 game would have involved …

Graham Walker, the half-brother of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has transferred to Rice, where he will play wide receiver this season. To most football fans, the real news is that the best player in the NFL has a younger brother who plays football as well. Walker is the biological son of Pat Mahomes Sr. but was raised primarily by his …

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers recently called New York Jets rookie wideout Malachi Corley his “favorite receiver in the draft” on the Official Jets Podcast, per ESPN, and he’s made some headlines throughout OTAs. The Western Kentucky product is known as the “YAC King” after leading the FBS in yards after catch over the last three years, but he’s more than …

One of the great regrets of Pac-12 football is that Chip Kelly and Pete Carroll were never able to settle into a five- or six-year period in which they were matching wits with each other at Oregon and USC. Just imagine what it would have been like to have Kelly as the ultimate offensive guru versus Carroll’s defensive mind in …

While he doesn’t plan to return punts or kicks this season, Justin Fields is open to the idea of filling a role similar to the one Kordell Stewart occupied in the late 1990s while helping the Steelers reach the Super Bowl.  Also on board with this idea is Russell Wilson, who is currently in line to be the Steelers’ starting …

After just one season, Abington has let go head football coach Terence Tolbert, a 1989 graduate. The Ghosts went 1-9 last season, losing their final eight games after a Week Two win over Council Rock North. An opening for the head football coach position was posted on the school district’s website Thursday. The post also listed June 12 as the …

The Washington Commanders’ team name isn’t popular among sports fans in the nation’s capital, but they’ll still have to call their local NFL team that name for the foreseeable future.  Marjorie Harris, the wife of Commanders majority owner Josh Harris and Chair of the Washington Commanders Foundation, indicated that the team name will stick for the time being.  “As you …

Caleb Williams’ progress vs. Bears defense highlights things to watch in Week 2 of OTAs originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The second open media OTA practice of the offseason will take place Friday at Halas Hall, giving us a chance to see what reasonable progress looks like for rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the 2024 Bears. The first open …