The Seahawks announced the addition of 15 more assistant coaches Thursday. Offensive passing game coordinator Jake Peetz’s hiring now is official along with seven position coaches. The Seahawks hired Charles London as quarterbacks coach, Frisman Jackson as receivers coach, Justin Hinds as defensive line coach, Kennedy Polamalu as running backs coach, Jeff Howard as safeties coach, Mack Brown as tight …
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Texas football QB Quinn Ewers opts into College Football ’25 player roster
Texas football fans excited for the upcoming College Football ’25 game will be glad to hear that their star quarterback will be making an appearance. Quinn Ewers announced his intention to opt into the game via paid partnership on Instagram, allowing EA Sports to use his name, image and likeness. He’s one of the first of many, as other notable …
Read More »Rams coach Sean McVay hoping to get ‘clarity’ on Stetson Bennett’s status
Rams quarterback Stetson Bennett looks to pass during a preseason game against the Chargers in August. Will Bennett be backing up Matthew Stafford next season? (Jevone Moore / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Rams were confident that they found star quarterback Matthew Stafford’s backup — and possible successor — when they selected Stetson Bennett in the fourth round of …
Read More »CFBPA on EA offer: College football players “are being treated like children”
EA is bringing back the college football game. And it is offering roughly 11,000 college football players a measly $600 for the ability to use their names, images, and likenesses in the production. They also get a free copy of the game. The College Football Players Association, which in the past has urged players to reject the offer, issued a …
Read More »NFL Draft 2024: Former first-round pick at QB believes Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy could be a top-10 pick
The 2024 NFL Draft is going to be headlined by quarterbacks. This class is flooded with talented signal-callers headlined by USC’s Caleb Williams, who is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick. In fact, most mock drafts have three QBs coming off the board within the first three picks, further highlighting how the position is set to engulf the …
Read More »UCF receives $5.5 million pledge for new football operations building
UCF‘s Board of Trustees approved naming its proposed football operations building the Taylor A. Gerring Football Center. The move acknowledges a $5.5 million financial gift from Gerring, a 2005 UCF graduate who is a pioneer in blockchain technology and co-founder of Ethereum Foundation. The gift is the largest single cash pledge given to the athletics department and is part of …
Read More »Golden Knights’ Mark Stone week to week with upper-body injury
Feb 22, 2024, 06:52 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone could be out for an extended period with an injury that coach Bruce Cassidy said Thursday wasn’t related to his surgically repaired back. Cassidy said Stone was week to week with an upper-body injury. He got hurt during Tuesday’s 5-3 home loss to the Nashville …
Read More »Eagles reportedly bringing back TE before he hits free agency
Eagles reportedly bringing back TE before he hits free agency originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have signed tight end Albert Okwuegbunam to a one-year deal that could keep him in Philadelphia through the 2024 season, ESPN’s Field Yates reported. Okwuegbunam, 25, was set to become an unrestricted free agent next month. It seems a bit strange that …
Read More »SEC pushing to change December schedule to dead period for recruiting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SEC leaders are exploring a way to unclutter the month of December. In a concept that the league is socializing with other conferences, the entire month of December would be a dead period for recruiting and the early national signing day would move up about two weeks to the early portion of the month, SEC commissioner Greg …
Read More »Rams will stick with tradition of not attending NFL Combine despite having a first-round pick, per report
Getty Images One of the major milestones of the NFL offseason kicks off next week with the NFL Combine from Indianapolis. While this is a time when clubs can get an up-close look at some of the top prospects, the Los Angeles Rams will not be one of them. The franchise will once again opt out of attending the combine, …
Read More »Seahawks restructure Geno Smith’s contract to create 2024 cap space
The Seahawks are currently just over the 2024 salary cap, but they’ve made a move to free up some money. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Seahawks have restructured the contract of quarterback Geno Smith, converting his $9.6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus. That creates $4.8 million in 2024 cap space while increasing his cap hit by …
Read More »4-star WR Travis Smith schedules Georgia football visit
In-state 2025 wide receiver Travis Smith Jr. will visit Georgia football this spring. The four-star wideout will be in Athens on April 6 while the Bulldogs will be participating in spring practice. Smith (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) plays for Westlake High School in Atlanta. He is rated as the No. 25 wide receiver, the No. 26 player in the state and …
Read More »Terry Bradshaw says Steelers should stick with Kenny Pickett at quarterback: ‘That’s the guy’
While he has his doubters, Kenny Pickett does have a pretty significant Hall of Fame quarterback on his side. Terry Bradshaw, who helped lead the Steelers to four Super Bowl wins during the 1970s, says his former team should stay the course with Pickett, who is only two years into his NFL career. Bradshaw passionately defended his stance on Pickett, …
Read More »Former Michigan football LB coach Chris Partridge gets an NFL job
Last year around this time, a favored son returned home, but not even a year later, unceremoniously, he was gone. After departing Michigan football for Ole Miss following the 2019 season, Chris Partridge had something of a rumspringa in Oxford before returning to Ann Arbor in 2023. However, Partridge was a casualty of the NCAA investigation into Connor Stalions. With …
Read More »The Dynasty will finally answer why Malcolm Butler barely played in Super Bowl LII
Patriots defensive back Malcolm Butler spent the vast majority of Super Bowl LII on the sideline. Seven years later, it’s still not publicly known why coach Bill Belichick failed to use him in the biggest game of the year — one that the Patriots could have won with just a little more help on the defensive side of the ball. …
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