The Lions made a big jump from out of the playoffs to division champions in 2023, but their run ended in the NFC Championship Game against the 49ers. Coming into this season, the Lions have the fourth-best odds to win the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. Head coach Dan Campbell isn’t setting the stakes for the …

Twenty years after their last football collision, neighbors Delaware and Maryland will meet again. The Blue Hens will visit the Terps at SECU Stadium in College Park on Sept. 2, 2028, UD announced Thursday. Maryland Terrapins quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa (3) runs by Ohio State defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau (44) at SECU Stadium. Maryland joins a growing list of Power 4 …

The Packers have second-round linebacker Edgerrin Cooper under contract, the team announced Thursday. The only remaining unsigned picks from the Packers’ draft class are first-round offensive tackle Jordan Morgan and second-round safety Javon Bullard. Cooper, the 45th overall pick, was the first linebacker off the board last month. He is a three-down linebacker who had 17 tackles for loss and …

Some in the Group of Five point to Tulane’s 46-45 Cotton Bowl win after the 2022 season as proof they can compete with the best. Truth is, since 2021, the American Conference, up until last year the strongest of the G5 conferences, is 8-51 against the Power Four plus Notre Dame. North Texas Coach Eric Morris sees the iceberg. It’s …

How Matt Eberflus has already seen ‘progress’ from Caleb Williams early in Bears OTAs originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Caleb Williams took the field against an NFL defense for the first time in his career this week as the Bears opened Organized Team Activities (OTAs) at Halas Hall. The defense owned the day Thursday, dominating …

© Jenna Watson/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK Fifteen college football seasons ago, I stood inside the Georgia Dome as Alabama shockingly walloped Tim Tebow and his Florida team in the SEC Championship Game, the time Tebow cried on the sidelines and the Alabama players mocked the Gator Chomp after a dominant win. I covered Tebow, still arguably the best college …

The Broncos have wide receiver Tim Patrick back on the practice field as he works his way back from the torn Achilles that sidelined him for all of last season, but they remain without another key member of the receiving corps. Courtland Sutton’s absence from voluntary workouts is not related to injury, however. Sutton has been away from the team …

It should be no surprise, but Rutgers football defensive end Aaron Lewis is among the best in college football in getting after the quarterback According to Pro Football Focus, Lewis is ranked eighth in the nation for career quarterback pressures among active Power Five players. Earlier this week, Pro Football Focus announced that Kyle Monangai was its highest-rated returning running …

May 24, 2024, 12:55 AM ET DALLAS — Connor McDavid scored 32 seconds into the second overtime and the Edmonton Oilers overcame their captain’s double-minor penalty in the first extra period to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Thursday night. The Stars were 0-for-3 on power plays in regulation, then couldn’t capitalize …

Wide receiver Jameson Williams’s first two seasons with the Lions have been interrupted by a knee injury he suffered in his final college game and a suspension for violating the league’s gambling policy, but there’s nothing getting in the way of his preparations for his third NFL campaign. That change in circumstance has been a positive one for Williams. The …

Minnesota top class of 2025 commit Emmanuel Karmo canceled his upcoming official visits to Wisconsin, Ohio State and Nebraska, according to his X account. The four-star linebacker had recently announced upcoming visits to those three schools despite having committed to the Gophers on April 12. Related: Big Ten football 2024 season win-loss record predictions for each team after spring practice “It’s …

For a team at the forefront of the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys have had an uncomfortably quiet offseason for their fan base. The Cowboys have kind of sat on their hands for the vast majority of the past few months. They tinkered around with their roster with a few lower-level free agents, but overall it was a fairly quiet offseason …

The National Collegiate Athletics Association and the five power conferences have agreed to a settlement that will pave the way to allow schools to pay student-athletes, a profound moment that will usher in a new age in college sports. The NCAA, the governing body for college sports, and the leaders of the Big Ten, Southeastern, Pac-12, Atlantic Coast and Big …

49ers’ Warner is ‘hyped’ to face Rodgers, Jets 2024 season opener originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Fred Warner is extra excited for the 49ers to take on the New York Jets in Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” because he gets to face a star he greatly respects: Aaron Rodgers. The matchup …

BYU Cougars football head coach Kalani Sitake talks to journalists after practice at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Will BYU’s defense be improved? Has the addition of TJ Woods fixed the Cougars’ offensive line challenges from a year ago? How, exactly, can the progress of BYU’s quarterback room be measured …