The Georgia Bulldogs have been one of the most successful college football programs in recent years, winning a national title in two of the last three seasons. Success often brings turnover, which is the case for Kirby Smart’s staff. The Bulldogs lost running backs coach Dell McGee, who took the head coaching job at Georgia Southern, this offseason. McGee was …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter For the second consecutive year, the NFLPA has surveyed its players about their own teams, posting detailed responses that grade teams in 11 categories ranging from head coach and owner to cafeteria and treatment of player families. The entire survey is online here, with responses from about 1,700 players (77 percent of the league), complete …

NFLPA shares grades for Bears coaches, owners, facilities originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago For a second year in a row, the NFL Players’ Association released its report card for each team in the league. The Bears improved in some areas, like treatment of families, compared to last year. But they still lagged behind in others. Overall they remain one …

INDIANAPOLIS — The Miami Dolphins rank No. 1 in the second annual NFL Players Association team report cards, going up from No. 2 last year in the inaugural survey. The Washington Commanders again rank 32nd. The NFLPA released its annual team report cards for all 32 teams Wednesday in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine. The report cards were produced …

Nick Saban is no longer the coach of Alabama football, but he isn’t gone by any means. Far from it. New Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kane Wommack shared Wednesday that he and Saban have met twice recently to talk defense. The second in-person meeting happened Wednesday morning before Wommack joined “The Next Round” and discussed these conversations. “I was promptly …

There won’t be any franchise-tag drama between Tee Higgins and the Cincinnati Bengals.  The Bengals became the first team to use the tag this offseason when they officially placed it on Higgins on Monday. Coach Zac Taylor definitely seemed thrilled with the news.  “Tee has done an outstanding job for us since we drafted him in 2020,” Taylor said in …

The Super Bowl has concluded, which means the NFL offseason has begun. NFL fans know that the league never sleeps, however. Over the next few months, teams will begin making personnel adjustments through free agency and the 2024 NFL Draft.  The information gathering portion of that calendar continues later this month at the annual NFL Combine. Here is everything you need …

Big expectations follow Deion Sanders like a shadow. Few are more adept than the Colorado coach at building hype and energy around his program, no matter what the circumstances may be. His first season in Boulder certainly gave fans a glimpse of what could be on the horizon.  Colorado started the 2023 season scorching hot; a debut win over TCU …

The Kansas City Chiefs are releasing wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday, giving the Super Bowl champions some much-needed salary cap flexibility. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Chiefs had not announced the move, which would save $12 million that they could use to …

The Kansas City Chiefs are champions on the field, but one of the worst places in the league to work, according to the NFLPA report cards. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) INDIANAPOLIS — A poll of 1,706 NFL players once again produced some eyebrow-raising highlights and lowlights for franchises across the league this week, as the NFL Players Association released …

Caleb Williams was potentially making NFL-level money over his final two seasons at USC. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner could have made in the neighborhood of $10 million in endorsement deals according to the Athletic. If that number is accurate — and it’s very plausible that it is — Williams was likely the highest-compensated player in college football over the …

The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have shifted from celebration mode to offseason mode, and Brett Veach has some big decisions to make in the coming months. The Chiefs reportedly made a money-saving transaction this week, as they plan to release wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling to save $12 million on the cap, per ESPN.  In 2023, MVS put up …

INDIANAPOLIS — A poll of 1,706 NFL players once again produced some eyebrow-raising highlights and lowlights for franchises across the league this week, as the NFL Players Association released their second annual club report cards on workplace conditions. Grading across a band of 11 categories — including a new look into head coach job performance and willingness of owners to …

FedEx has ended its naming rights agreement with the Washington Commanders’ stadium in Landover, Maryland, a venue that had been known as FedEx Field since 1999. The move confirmed Wednesday comes two years prior to the expiration of the current agreement scheduled for 2026, and as the NFL club under new ownership looks for a site on which to build …

It was never going to be easy formalizing the moment the Big Ten and SEC were partners. Certainly, the leagues themselves wouldn’t always admit to being chummy. For a long time, the conferences were rivals in every sense — recruiting, championships, TV contracts. In a famous 2007 letter to fans, former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany’s took a not-so-veiled shot …