Getty Images The Washington Commanders made a quarterback change this week as head coach Ron Rivera has opted to start veteran Jacoby Brissett in place of Sam Howell. While that might be the plan, the injury bug might have something to say about that. Brissett is officially listed as questionable for Sunday’s tilt against San Francisco due to a hamstring …

Trevor Lawrence has had multiple injuries this season, but he always was able to play. He hasn’t missed a start in his NFL career. That will change on Sunday. Lawrence was ruled out by the Jaguars for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. C.J. Beathard will get the start. Lawrence’s absence due to a shoulder injury comes at a bad …

From start to finish, the USC and Oklahoma football seasons of 2023 went in different directions. Both seasons have officially ended after OU lost to Arizona in the Alamo Bowl. For more coverage of that game, visit our partners at Sooners Wire. USC started quickly out of the gate, looking strong in early-season blowouts. In retrospect, those easy wins over …

Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst The stupid-hot run continues. We won three of four bets last weekend and pushed Bears-Cardinals Over 43 thanks to a 27-16 final score in Chicago. That’s now a 16-2-4 heater since Thanksgiving, which is just downright absurd if we’re being honest. I’ve got one college football bet and three NFL plays this weekend. Remember, …

CLEVELAND — Steve Flacco has seen his son be a first-round draft pick, then go play in three AFC Championship Games, then win a Super Bowl and be named the MVP of the game and ultimately become the highest-paid player in NFL history. Thursday night, seated in luxury field seats at Cleveland Browns Stadium, the elder Flacco saw his son …

The Arizona Wildcats are heading to the Big 12 next year. The Oklahoma Sooners are leaving the Big 12 next year. The 2023 Alamo Bowl was a grand finale for each team before conference realignment, with Arizona leaving the Pac-12 and Oklahoma going to the SEC. Arizona definitely had the grander time in San Antonio. The Wildcats watched Oklahoma score …

Jason McIntyre Co-Host of THE HERD and FOX Sports Betting Analyst With two weekends left in the NFL regular season, and the playoffs right around the corner, the action is heating up.  There are two games on my slate this week that will be instrumental in determining the top seeds in both conferences.  First up, we have the Detroit Lions …

Falcons quarterback Taylor Heinicke returned to a full practice Friday and has no injury designation for Sunday’s game against the Bears. Heinicke (ankle) had back-to-back limited practices to open the work week after playing all 64 snaps in the Falcons’ 29-10 win over the Colts on Sunday. He has played four games, with three starts, this season, throwing four touchdowns …

DANIA BEACH – Dec. 3, 2023, is a day that will live in infamy in Athens, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida. That day the College Football Playoff Committee decided that No. 5 Florida State (13-0) and No. 6 Georgia (12-1) were not good enough to make the final four-team College Football Playoff field, despite an undefeated season from the Seminoles and …

Barring a drastic turn of events, the marriage between the Broncos and Russell Wilson is effectively over after less than two full seasons. By benching the veteran quarterback ahead of Week 17, largely in an effort to avoid paying out potential injury guarantees in Wilson’s lucrative contract, the Broncos are broadcasting to the world they’re prepared to split with the …

Next week, college football’s bowl season wraps up with the College Football Playoff. It’s the 10th anniversary of college football’s special “final four,” and while it’s a fun way to wrap up the season, it could be better. How could college football’s playoff system improve? By adding more teams, of course. That’s what will happen next year, as college football’s …

Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Are you worried about Brock Purdy after his uncharacteristic interception-laden performance on Christmas Day? Chandler Harnish isn’t.   Mr. Irrelevants, it seems, stick together, whether they’re an MVP candidate like San Francisco 49ers quarterback Purdy or Harnish, the 253rd and final pick of the 2012 draft, who now works as a manager in the construction …

The Courier Times/Intelligencer area was well-represented on the Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class 6A All-State Football Team announced Friday. All three selections came from Central Bucks. Senior tight end Jack Donnelly from Central Bucks East was a repeat pick, while Central Bucks South senior running back Anthony Leonardi and CB East junior offensive lineman Michael Carroll made the 6A list for the …

The Dallas Cowboys host the Detroit Lions in Week 17 and America’s Team enters this matchup as 4.5-point favorites. And based on the current playoff standings, if the 10-5 Cowboys hope to get a seeding boost, they need to win outright — even if they don’t cover.  Considering Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is having one of the best seasons of …

Titans quarterback Will Levis missed last Sunday’s game, but it sounds like he’s good to go for the Week 17 matchup against the Texans. Via multiple reporters, head coach Mike Vrabel said on Friday that Levis is in line to start this weekend. Levis, who was sidelined by an ankle injury, was a full participant in the week’s first two …