USATSI The NFL Competition Committee brought in two new members: Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott and Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay. They replaced Ron Rivera and Mike Vrabel, both of whom were fired by the Commanders and Titans, respectively, after the 2023 season. McDermott and McVay join the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin as the only head coaches on the …

After Johnny Manziel got cut by the Cleveland Browns in March 2016, it quickly became clear that he had no plans on trying to make a return to the NFL with another team. Instead of looking for a new NFL job, Manziel went into party mode after he was released.  During a recent interview on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” …

Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay and Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott have been selected as the newest members of the NFL Competition Committee, the league announced Thursday.  The committee — which meets annually to review all competitive aspects of the game, such as playing rules, roster regulations, technology, game-day operations and player protection — will gather at the combine …

Georgia is gearing up for spring practice, which will begin on Tuesday, March 12 and culminate with the annual G-Day scrimmage in Sanford Stadium on Saturday, April 13. Now is the time for the Bulldogs to get their bodies right before five weeks of practice. I’ve routinely heard from former Georgia players that spring football is one of the most …

Instead of lamenting about what might have been, Dak Prescott is looking toward the future and what might be for the Dallas Cowboys in 2024. Prescott’s teammate, tight end Jake Ferguson, said that the Cowboys’ quarterback has put the team’s disappointing finish to the 2023 season behind him.  After a 12-5 regular season, the Cowboys were upset by the Green Bay …

The Commanders are holding onto a couple of members of last season’s practice squad. The team announced that they have re-signed wide receiver/kick returner Kazmeir Allen and guard Mason Brooks. Both players will compete for roles as members of the 90-man offseason roster. Allen was signed after going undrafted out of UCLA in 2023. He caught four passes during the …

Auburn’s coaching staff has taken on many changes through the first two months of 2024, and a lot of those who have left the Plains have already secured new positions. The most of recent of those moves came on Wednesday. Former Auburn offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery has been hired to be the co-offensive coordinator, running backs coach and tight ends …

usatsi Saquon Barkley appears set to hit free agency for the first time after getting franchise tagged by the New York Giants. While Barkley isn’t likely to get tagged again by New York due to a 120% raise in the previous year’s salary ($10.091 cap number), there’s still the opportunity he could return to the Giants. Of course free agency …

Ideally, the people that run the College Football Playoff wouldn’t be discussing expanding the soon-to-be expanded College Football Playoff before the soon-to-be expanded College Football Playoff has even officially expanded. Then again, this is college football. Nothing seems to happen on time — either fast or slow. Tuesday, the format for the expanded 12-team playoff that will determine the champion …

Caleb Williams apparently won’t have agent representation in the lead-up to the NFL Draft. The likely No. 1 pick wasn’t included in an NFL Players’ Association list showing each draft-eligible prospect’s agent, according to Pro Football Talk. Williams doesn’t plan to hire an agent ahead of the draft, Pro Football Talk reported. It isn’t unprecedented for a prospect to go …

The Bears have a new defensive coordinator, but he won’t be calling the defensive plays. Bears head coach Matt Eberflus confirmed today that he will be the defensive play caller in Chicago during the 2024 season. New Bears defensive coordinator Eric Washington said he’ll be ready for whatever Eberflus wants to delegate to him and that the two of them …

Last week, college football fans got a pleasant surprise when the official announcement came out for EA Sports College Football 25, the return of a beloved video game that is set for this summer. Since that initial announcement, more and more details have started to come out about what, and who will actually be included in the game, and what …

Brock Bowers isn’t just the top tight end prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft; he is one of the best tight end prospects in years. Bowers is the SEC’s all-time leader for tight ends in catches (175), receiving yards (2,538) and receiving touchdowns (26) — and all of those figures were also the most at the position across the entire …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! It’s a good thing I was off yesterday, because it took me 24 straight hours to go through Pete Prisco’s ranking of the top 100 free agents. We had the full list in yesterday’s newsletter, and today, we’ll be breaking down the ranking on a live episode of the “Pick …

Spring practice is the first real sign we’re moving away from 2023 and heading for the 2024 season. At LSU, Brian Kelly is just a few weeks away from his third spring practice with the Tigers. Throughout the spring, I’ll be taking a look at how LSU stacks up at every position. There’s still plenty to figure out at this …