Is McDaniels a realistic Patriots OC candidate? NFL insider weighs in originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots still need a new offensive coordinator, but a lot of the top candidates have already taken other jobs. Two of the candidates still available who reportedly have already interviewed with the Patriots are Nick Caley and Zac Robinson, who …

Jim Harbaugh made history on Monday, becoming the first college football coach to move to the NFL directly after winning a national championship. When Harbaugh signed on as the next head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers,, he became the fifth coach in the AP poll era (since 1936) to leave the program immediately after winning the national championship. When …

Getty If the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s AFC Championship, they’ll become the first team to win a playoff game immediately following a win over a Josh Allen-led Buffalo Bills team.  That’s right. No team has won a playoff game following a win over Allen’s Bills, courtesy of CBS Sports Research. No team has been more snake-bitten …

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni is the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and is one of the most successful the franchise has ever had.  The only head coach to take the Eagles to the playoffs in his first three seasons, Sirianni is just the third head coach to win 11-plus games with the franchise in consecutive seasons (Dick Vermeil in 1979-1980 …

This past season’s four-team College Football Playoff ushered in significant change across the landscape — and not just with the arrival of the 12-team field that will begin in 2024. Three of the playoff’s four coaches are no longer with their respective teams: Alabama’s Nick Saban retired on Jan. 10 and was replaced by Washington’s Kalen DeBoer two days later. …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The Chiefs defense and coordinator Steve Spagnuolo know well the challenge of containing Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Kansas City faced him four years in a row from 2018-21, winning the first three and then losing a thriller in 2021. But in the two-plus years since the Chiefs last faced him, Jackson has added to what …

With only three postseason games to go, one of three competitions has been clinched. This weekend, another one will be clinched. One remains up for grabs. Simms has won the season-long against-the-spread competition. He’s 138-133-11. I’ve clinched the straight-up game at 176-106. What’s left is the best bets. I’m 30-27-1. He’s 29-28-1. He can tie me this weekend, if he’s …

A class of 2025 athlete has received a scholarship offer from the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Dallas Golden is a four-star prospect from Berkeley Prep High School in Tampa, Florida. In 14 games as a junior, he ran for 1,467 yards and 19 touchdowns. In 12 games as a sophomore, he had 1,403 yards on the ground and 18 touchdowns. Golden also …

The Las Vegas Raiders missed the playoffs for the second straight year, but 2023 did mark the beginning of the Antonio Pierce era. After Vegas fired Josh McDaniels eight games into the season, Pierce was promoted to interim head coach. The “interim” tag was removed last week, after Pierce went 5-4 and won over the locker room. The Raiders have …

Jim Harbaugh was just inches short of completing one of the greatest passes in NFL history. Decades before he won a national title at Michigan, the new Los Angeles Chargers head coach led the Indianapolis Colts to within a play of the Super Bowl.  On Jan. 14, 1996, Harbaugh led the Colts into Pittsburgh to face the heavily favored Steelers …

A year after first eyeing him for the position, the Eagles have finally secured their man, welcoming Vic Fangio to Philadelphia on Thursday to become Nick Sirianni’s new defensive coordinator, as ESPN reported. The former Broncos head coach marks the Eagles’ first major addition since a late-season collapse, signed to revitalize what became one of the NFL’s worst defenses in …

An annual trip to Mobile with family during his boyhood days gave Navarre High grad Jordan Jefferson the chance to dream big when watching the Reese’s Senior Bowl. “My dad, my uncles and cousins, they used to take us every year when we were kids,” said Jefferson, who finished his collegiate career in 2023 as a starting defensive tackle at …

Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert “Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. For those new to this space, if you are looking for some wagers to get in on the NFL action, I have you covered. Nothing makes football better than having a few bucks on the games weekly. Last week, we finished …

Mock draft has Fields headed to Patriots in blockbuster Bears trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The thing about mock drafts is that even when the regular season is over, any change, however slight, may alter the direction an organization moves toward. Movements within teams’ coaching staffs could indicate which positions or, more specifically, what players become prioritized. The …

The Chicago Bears will have several assistant coaches in place for the 2024 Senior Bowl. Bears coaching assistant Kenny Norton III will serve as the defensive backs coach for the American Team at the Senior Bowl, alongside Tennessee’s Justin Hamilton. Chicago could be looking to shore up the safety position, and Norton will get an up-close look at some top …