Getty Images Kirk Cousins will be appearing in the ManningCast on Monday, and he has been hard at work picking his outfit — or at least using it as an opportunity to remind everyone of his famous catchphrase and brag about his immense amount of “Kohl’s Cash.” The Minnesota Vikings quarterback suffered a season-ending torn Achilles during the Oct. 29 …
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North Carolina QB Drake Maye opts out of bowl game and declares for 2024 NFL draft
North Carolina QB Drake Maye has declared for the 2024 NFL draft. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) North Carolina QB Drake Maye is heading to the NFL. The redshirt sophomore announced Monday that he won’t play in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl and will declare for the 2024 NFL draft. Maye and USC’s Caleb Williams are considered the …
Read More »NFC playoff tiebreakers: Breaking down scenarios between 49ers, Cowboys, Eagles
The race for supremacy in the NFC East is officially on. With four weeks remaining in the regular season, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles find themselves with identical 10-3 records as the two teams jockey to capture their division and host a first-round playoff game, along with the added possibility of a bye if either team finishes with the …
Read More »Top adds for your playoff run
Ideally, the NFL would simply turn off injuries at this stage in the season, but they refuse to do it. There’s a very good chance you’ll need to hit the fantasy football waiver wire following another messy Sunday. Each week, we identify a collection of priority fantasy pickups available in a majority of Yahoo leagues and approved for immediate use. …
Read More »AP’s first-team All-America includes three Alabama players
With only bowl games left in the 2023 college football season, the year is sadly nearly done. After the Army-Navy game, we are at that point in the winter where our attention has shifted to the awards and accolades before playoffs get underway. The first of the major awards was announced on Saturday night as LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was …
Read More »Chiefs’ Andy Reid walks back some officiating criticism from loss, says Kadarius Toney didn’t check with ref
Following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-17 home loss to the Buffalo Bills, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, affectionately know as “Big Red,’ was red hot about his team’s go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes of the game being wiped off the board because of an offensive offsides penalty. Reid called the ruling by the officials “a bit embarrassing.” “Very disappointed …
Read More »Eagles-Cowboys blowout still draws 26.3 million viewers
How ’bout them Cowboys, indeed. Sunday night’s game between Philadelphia and Dallas racked up 26.3 million viewers for NBC. It’s the biggest audience for a December Sunday night game since 2016. Of that amount, 2.3 million watched the game via streaming, NBC’s biggest regular-season streaming audience. And the total audience likely would have been bigger, if the game hadn’t been …
Read More »Jim Leonhard not hired for Michigan State defensive coordinator position
If you missed this piece of news from a few days ago, it’s worth passing along: Jonathan Smith and Michigan State hired Minnesota defensive coordinator Joe Rossi for the Spartans’ defensive coordinator position. Spartans Wire has more: “This defensive coordinator is going to have a great deal of autonomy over the defense. “(Jonathan) Smith has found his man: Joe Rossi, …
Read More »Improving Bears all of a sudden look like a good landing spot for a QB
Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter Coming into this season, the main priority for the Chicago Bears was to get a full evaluation on quarterback Justin Fields and figure out if he would be the team’s franchise signal-caller going forward. But it wasn’t the only priority. The Bears are in year two of a rebuild after bringing in general manager Ryan …
Read More »LOOK: 49ers’ Taybor Pepper uses sign language to trash talk Seahawks’ DK Metcalf
USATSI With the NFL having cracked down on taunting and trash talk over the past several seasons, players have had to employ creative new ways to tell their opponents where they can stick it without the referees or the league office being wise to it. In the NFC West, one star receiver has figured out a voiceless way of dishing …
Read More »Texans’ C.J. Stroud in concussion protocol after leaving Week 14 game against Jets
Getty Images Texans rookie phenom C.J. Stroud exited Sunday’s game and did not return against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium due to what is now confirmed as a concussion, according to coach DeMeco Ryans. Stroud is now in concussion protocol, per Ryans. His timeline to return is not known. “When it comes to the concussion or head injuries, …
Read More »More people watched the Longhorns than any other team in Texas in 2023
Texas Football Life recently released a graphic that highlights the 12 most viewed regular season Texas college football games that took place during 2023. Out of these 12 games, the Texas Longhorns were the featured team in eight of them. Texas’ games versus Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Kansas, Rice, Houston, Kansas State, and TCU were all in the top 12 …
Read More »Vikings’ Justin Jefferson could play this week after chest injury from hard hit
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson avoided internal injury from the airborne hit he took while catching a pass that cut short his return to action and has a “good chance” to play this week, coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday. After missing seven games with a hamstring strain, Jefferson was sidelined again Sunday at Las Vegas when he went high …
Read More »Chargers QB Justin Herbert reportedly won’t play Thursday vs. Raiders
Justin Herbert is not expected to play when the Los Angeles Chargers face the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday. The fourth-year quarterback fractured the index finger on his right, throwing hand and is undergoing testing, Chargers head coach Brandon Staley told reporters. Herbert is expected to meet with two hand specialists Monday, and after their …
Read More »Florida football officially announces Will Harris hire as secondary coach
What was already well known was made official on Monday afternoon when the Florida football program announced that former Los Angeles Chargers assistant coach Will Harris is joining the team as the defensive secondary coach. The news was originally reported by On3 on Sunday and the official announcement came in a Twitter post on the Gators’ official account. Head coach …
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