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 …

The annual Gator Bowl was taking place in Jacksonville, FL, on Friday. Barion Brown of Kentucky provided a game highlight, opening the second half against Clemson with a 100-yard kickoff return. .@BarionBrown goes 100 yards for the kick return TOUCHDOWN. pic.twitter.com/6WpbcY4k1Y — Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) December 29, 2023 Brown had a rushing TD earlier in the contest. His kickoff return …

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! For most of the past two decades, if you mentioned the words “Browns” and/or “playoffs” in the same sentence, you’d get laughed out of whatever room you were in, but now, Cleveland is getting the last laugh. The Browns decided to end 2023 with a bang on Thursday night by …

With just 31 games left in the regular-season, the NFL playoff picture is starting to take shape.  With their 37-20 win over the Jets on Thursday night, the Cleveland Browns became the seventh team to punch their playoff ticket this year. Although the Browns were the first team to clinch a spot in Week 17, there’s a good chance they …

The Oregon Ducks will have one last hurrah in the 2023 season, facing off against the Liberty Flames on New Year’s Day down in Arizona for the 2024 Fiesta Bowl. For that last hurrah, they will be giving Oregon fans one of the most coveted gifts of all — another look at the beloved throwback uniforms. On Friday, the Ducks …

Miami Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle has been officially ruled out for Sunday’s marquee matchup against the Baltimore Ravens (1 p.m. ET), head coach Mike McDaniel announced Friday.  After Waddle suffered a high-ankle sprain in last week’s victory over the Dallas Cowboys, his availability remained questionable throughout the week. The third-year receiver is second on the Dolphins with 72 catches for …

Game environment is the foundational starting point in making fantasy decisions. As such, I’m going to break down each game on the slate into three categories: Binge, Stream and Skip. Games you want to “binge” are like the show you can’t miss; you’re watching as soon as it goes live and might just crush all the episodes in one weekend. …