Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018, but has spent the majority of his career since then being the underdog, something he says he enjoys. Mayfield has endured an unending competition to prove his worth as a starting QB, including this year when he battled Kyle Trask for QB1 honors. But after bouncing …

Overreacting to single-game playoff performances is generally a terrible mistake. It’s how we ended up with the Gabe Davis fiasco of 2022, one of the more regrettable episodes in recent fantasy football history. But it’s not as if we can simply disregard postseason production, either. These are the final meaningful data points we’re gonna get before it’s time to draft …

USATSI Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa will declare for the 2024 NFL Draft, 247Sports reports. The Big Ten’s all-time leading passer, Tagovailoa previously entered the transfer portal contingent on the NCAA granting him a waiver for a sixth year of eligibility.  Tagovailoa originally signed with Alabama in 2019. He played in five games with the Crimson Tide before transferring to Maryland …

Jan 16, 2024, 12:26 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a two-year contract with Jason Dickinson, handing out another extension to a veteran forward. Chicago announced the deal Tuesday. It runs through the 2025-26 season and carries a salary cap hit of $4.25 million. The Blackhawks also finalized a new two-year contract with Nick Foligno last …

The final day of Super Wild Card Weekend finished the job of setting up matchups for the divisional round of the playoffs. The Buffalo Bills took care of business against the Pittsburgh Steelers and will square off against the Kansas City Chiefs — this time in Buffalo — while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stunned the Philadelphia Eagles and will travel …

Is it too early to predict the 2024 season? We don’t think so. One college football analyst doesn’t think so either. 247Sports college football analyst Brad Crawford sent out his way-too-early college football semifinal predictions for the 2024 season. Texas made the cut. In his scenario, the Longhorns reach the final four as the SEC’s second-highest finisher. Understandably, Georgia is …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter TAMPA, Fla. – Few expected the Buccaneers to win as easily as they did in Monday’s 32-9 wild-card rout of the Eagles, so it’s fitting that surprise stars on both sides of the ball factored heavily into Tampa Bay’s victory. It started on offense, where the Eagles made it a priority to cover Bucs receivers …

Every Tuesday, right around now, word begins to trickle out regarding some of the words uttered by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones during one of his two weekly appearances on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. This week, that won’t happen. Shan Shariff of 105.3 The Fan said Monday that neither Jerry nor Stephen Jones will be appearing on the team’s flagship …

Arizona have found their next football coach. The Wildcats have agreed to a deal with Brent Brennan to become the successor to Jedd Fisch, according to multiple reports. Fisch was hired Sunday by Washington. Brennan has been the coach at San Jose State for the past seven seasons, posting a record of 34-48 with bowl appearances in three of the …

The 2024 NFL Divisional Playoffs will get underway with two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday. Each conference’s top seed competes on Saturday, starting with the AFC top-seeded Baltimore Ravens hosting the No. 4 Houston Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by the NFC top-seeded San Francisco 49ers hosting the No. 7 Green Bay Packers at 8:15 p.m. …

The top-seeded San Francisco 49ers will hope to continue their recent postseason dominance against Green Bay when they host the seventh-seeded Packers on Saturday in a 2024 NFC divisional round matchup. San Francisco (12-5) is 5-4 all-time against Green Bay in the NFL playoffs but has won the last four meetings, including a 13-10 triumph in the Divisional Round two …

Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen will meet for the seventh time on Sunday, and the first time in the playoffs since the 42-36 overtime thriller won by Kansas City two years ago. The numbers don’t lie. This is easily the best QB rivalry since Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, who last met in the 2015 AFC title game. Here’s the …

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban sent shock waves through the college football world last Wednesday when he decided to retire from the sport. In hindsight, there may have been some signs he was planning to step away, but nobody truly saw it coming. Saban was the heart and soul of the Alabama program, so it is not totally shocking …

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No wonder Jason Kelce looked impossibly forlorn sitting on a bench behind the Philadelphia Eagles’ sideline as the final minutes ticked away in a 32-9 wild-card playoff loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. Not only was the Eagles’ once-promising season coming to a tortuous though predictable end, but Kelce knew this would be his last NFL game. …