A view of the 2024 CFP logo on the field before the College Football Playoff national championship game between Michigan and Washington at NRG Stadium. Mandatory An NCAA committee on Thursday opened the door to colleges being able to put a corporate logo on their football fields for regular season home games. The move by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel …

Twenty-four years. That’s how long it’s been since the Miami Dolphins have won a playoff game, marking the longest current streak without a playoff win in the NFL. The Dolphins have lost their last six postseason games, including last year’s blowout loss to the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. As they enter the 2024 season, the goal among players …

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts is still in the learning process regarding Kellen Moore’s offense. The execution hasn’t been as sharp in the OTA portion of the offseason as in years past, part of the process in learning a new offense. How much of that Eagles offense is new? Hurts put a percentage out that is surprisingly high.  “Right now it’s …

The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl has its preferred New Year’s Eve date and a noon kickoff time for 2024, the bowl and it’s long-time partner CBS announced Thursday, while also confirming a team from last season’s Pac-12 would fill the slot opposite the ACC. This is the normal Sun Bowl date and time slot and the one the bowl …

Getty Images One of the biggest changes the NFL implemented this offseason are the new rules governing kickoffs. In case you need a refresher, here they are: Of the 22 players on the field for the play, 21 of them will be in the receiving team’s territory. That number will break down like this for the kicking team:  Kicker will …

Hufanga impressed by young 49ers safeties Brown, Mustapha originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers’ safety position is in good hands, even as former Pro Bowler Talanoa Hufanga works his way back from a torn ACL. In speaking to reporters after San Francisco’s mandatory minicamp practice Wednesday, Hufanga was asked what he saw from then-rookie safety Ji’Ayir Brown …

Much of former Duke quarterback Riley Leonard’s time at Notre Dame has been marked with injury since his arrival this winter. That’s left obvious concern with Notre Dame fans about where things stand for Leonard as the 2024 season approaches.  Despite the cleanups and such that kept Leonard off the field for much of spring (including the annual Blue Gold …

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 …