No more over/unders for me! My against the spread picks were great last week but the totals crashed. Such is life late in the season. Especially this year when we’ve got so many backup quarterbacks playing. It’s wild just how many backups have been in play this year — roughly 75% of the NFL has been forced to play a …
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Who is the sleeper of the 2024 recruiting class? Who can make an immediate impact? Who might be the next Brian Leonard?
Rutgers football landed a recruiting class that head coach Greg Schiano believes will continue their developmental pipeline. Overall, it is a solid class filled with several players who are projected to be impact players over the next several seasons. The class is ranked No. 44 in the nation by 247Sports. But like last year’s class, it features several players who …
Read More »Bills-Chargers game on Peacock will make NFL history with commercial-free 4th quarter
When something happens for the first time in NFL history, it’s usually a bizarre play or a new record. But this time it’s even more rare: the NFL is eliminating commercials from one part of an upcoming game. The contest between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday night will be shown only on Peacock, and those …
Read More »Ducks widely considered one of biggest winners on early signing day
Dan Lanning and the Duck cleaned up on National Signing Day with some saying this is the best class in program history after it landed inside the top-5 nationally for the first time ever. Of course, only time will determine if that plays out, but according to the ratings, Oregon was No. 1 in the Big Ten, jumping in front …
Read More »NFL Pro Bowl picks: The best NFC, AFC players at every position
The 2024 Pro Bowl Games take place on Sunday, Feb. 4 in Orlando, Fl. Which NFL players most deserve to be honored with a spot? Our NFL staff voted on the most deserving NFC and AFC players and wrote about what made them stand out. Quarterbacks NFC QB: Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ersAFC QB: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs Ben …
Read More »Thursday Night Football odds, line, spread: Saints vs. Rams picks, NFL predictions by expert on 45-31 run
The Los Angeles Rams will try to stay hot and continue their playoff push when they square off against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday Night Football at SoFi Stadium. After starting the season 3-6, Los Angeles (7-7) is 4-1, with its only loss coming against the AFC-leading Ravens. The Rams enter the week holding the third and final wild …
Read More »Florida State to discuss future of athletics, affiliation with ACC at board meeting
Florida State announced it will hold a Board of Trustees meeting and a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press the future of the athletic department and its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference will be discussed. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school had not yet published an agenda for the meeting. Florida …
Read More »Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield accomplishing something incredibly rare this season and here’s how he’s done it
As a former No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, Baker Mayfield is rare in so many ways. He was the first walk-on to be selected with the first pick in the draft. At just under 6-foot-1, he was, at the time, the shortest No. 1 overall pick quarterback in NFL history. He had transferred from one Power 5 …
Read More »Can’t worry about next year, just want to play good football next three weeks
The Commanders appear to be on the precipice of major change this offseason and a coaching change could be followed by a quarterback change. Sam Howell has started every game this season and he’s had some good performances, but his play has sagged along with the rest of the team during a five-game losing streak and Jacoby Brissett replaced him …
Read More »Tua Tagovailoa: ‘I am the worst football player, if that’s what you want.’
Tua Tagovailoa has never liked to make things about himself. Somehow, the Miami Dolphins quarterback is always a topic of discussion. Tagovailoa has been one of the NFL’s most-discussed quarterbacks since the Dolphins selected him with the No. 5 pick in 2020, from debates about his health and work ethic to criticism about his arm strength and ability to lead …
Read More »Florida State leaving the ACC would have massive ramifications for the future of college athletics
Florida State has called a Board of Trustees meeting for Friday which could produce a legal filing that could start the process of challenging the ACC’s Grant of Rights and could lead to the Seminoles getting out of the conference which could cause the league to splinter altogether. That’s a lot of “coulds.” Then again, this is conference realignment — …
Read More »Race for AFC’s top seed: Dolphins-Ravens in Week 17 could determine who lands home-field advantage
A lot will be determined during the final three weeks of the NFL’s 2023 regular season. That includes who will win the AFC’s coveted No. 1 seed and the playoff bye that comes with it. Four AFC teams still have a realistic shot at getting a playoff bye. The Ravens are the current leaders in the clubhouse by virtue of …
Read More »Race for NFC’s top seed: 49ers closing in on clinching home field with Cowboys, Eagles, Lions lurking
The race to be the NFC’s top overall seed come playoff time is like gaining a country club membership at Augusta National: it’s elite, exclusive and only a few people, or in this discussion NFL teams, are eligible to qualify by meeting the lofty, if not unrealistic, standards of admission. There are four teams in the conference with double-digit victories, …
Read More »Wisconsin WR who played with Mertz joins Gators via transfer portal
Wednesday was a big day for Florida football on the prep recruiting front with the opening of the early signing period, but the Gators also added a player to its 2024 roster from the transfer portal as well. Former Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Chimere Dike, a four-year senior originally from Waukesha, Wisconsin, completed his portal journey from the north to …
Read More »FOX Super 6 NFL contest: Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica’s Week 16 picks
Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert Want to win some free money while watching the NFL? This weekend, you can do just that with our new free-to-play FOX Super 6 game. How do you play? Enter the NFL Super 6 contest by predicting the correct answers to six questions before the games start for your chance at weekly cash prizes. …
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