While some may feel that the Buffalo Bills are punting on this season, general manager Brandon Beane stressed that that is not the case despite trading four-time Pro Bowl Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans on Wednesday. Diggs is the latest notable player to leave Buffalo this offseason, a list that also includes defensive backs Jordan Poyer, Tre’Davious White and Siran …

Anonymous NFL exec says Bears were ‘bullied’ in Justin Fields trade: report originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago In March, the Bears finalized the Justin Fields era in Chicago, trading him to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a conditional 2025 sixth-round pick. According to an anonymous NFL executive via The Athletic, he believes they “gave up” on the trade. “They almost …

MADISON – Sean West, a kicker/punter from Homestead High School, has accepted a preferred walk-on offer from Wisconsin for the 2024 class. West was named the winner of the Kevin Stemke Award last fall. The award is named after the former UW standout and given annually to the best senior kicker or punter in the state. West averaged 42.9 yards …

Former Bears salary gap guru signs on with new NFL team originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Former Bears salary cap point person Joey Laine has a new job. The Seahawks announced on Wednesday that they hired Laine to work as their new vice president of football administration. Laine followed former Bears GM Ryan Pace from New Orleans to Chicago …

Quarterback Behren Morton will sit out the rest of the Texas Tech football team’s spring practices, continuing rehabilitation on the right shoulder injury he played through for much of the 2023 season. Tech announced Morton’s ceasing participation in spring practice on Wednesday, just before the Red Raiders’ eighth of their allotted 15 sessions. The announcement said Morton was a full …

Getty Images Randy Gregory is on the move again. The veteran edge rusher and former Dallas Cowboys second-round pick has agreed to terms with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced on Wednesday. The Buccaneers will be Gregory’s third team in two years. He was traded from the Broncos to the 49ers last year after he lost his starting spot …

Getty Images They say everything is bigger in Texas. But can one of the state’s marquee football cities really handle two pro football teams? Its mayor thinks so.  Dallas mayor Eric Johnson is publicly supporting a return to Dallas for the Kansas City Chiefs after a sales tax in Jackson County, Missouri, was shot down by voters earlier this week. …

Apr. 3—SMITHFIELD, R.I. — After a historic senior season at Mountain Ridge and a stop at Lawrenceville Prep, Leuma Pua’auli committed to Division I Bryant University. The former Miner announced his commitment in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on March 22. Pua’auli graduated from Mountain Ridge in 2023 and played last season at Lawrenceville Prep in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. …

Star Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce confirmed to Entertainment Tonight this week that he will be joining his girlfriend, music megastar Taylor Swift, as her hit “Eras Tour” concert series sweeps through Europe this summer. Not before, however, hosting some concerts of his own. Kelce will host the second annual “Kelce Jam” music festival at Kansas City’s Azura …

Patriots still have most salary cap space in NFL as 2024 draft nears originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots entered NFL free agency with the most salary cap space of any team, and despite making several additions to their roster over the last few weeks, they still have enough financial flexibility to make a much-needed major …

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Apr. 3—The Idaho football team has specialized in stopping the pass two years into the Jason Eck Era. The Vandals were the Big Sky’s top aerial defense last season, allowing a conference-low 182.3 yards per game to opposing passers. Idaho led the conference with 16 interceptions in 2022 and ranked third against the pass (190 yards per game). One of …

Caleb Wiliams recently met and dined with the Bears: reports originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago USC quarterback Caleb Williams recently met with the Bears for dinner, according to ESPN 1000. And there’s a wrinkle to this meeting versus the initial ones, per the report. “I will not tell you where it was, but I will tell you not only …

Former Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Rian Davis has re-entered the NCAA transfer portal after spending the 2023 college football season at UCF. Davis recorded 14 tackles for UCF in 2023 and likely has two years of eligibility remaining (only appeared in one game in 2021 and played during the 2020 season, which did not count against eligibility). Davis appeared in seven …

Through her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, global pop star musician Taylor Swift brought a new batch of fans to the NFL scene. Her appearance at several Chiefs games, including the team’s Super Bowl win, ushered in record-breaking viewership numbers, including an all-time high in female viewership.  But her impact on American football extends past the …