Justin Fields’ time with the Chicago Bears is now over, but it appears his tenure in the Windy City started off poorly with a bit of an icy start, long before things came to an end after three seasons. The quarterback didn’t get along with veterans Andy Dalton and Nick Foles during his rookie season in 2021, having a relationship …
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Lions’ Jared Goff agrees to record-breaking extension: Winners, losers from the latest huge QB deal
The Lions continued their big offseason Monday by signing Jared Goff to a four-year, $212 million ($53 million per year) extension, CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones confirmed. It makes Goff not only the highest-paid player in franchise history, but the second highest-paid quarterback in the NFL by average annual value, behind only Joe Burrow ($55 million per year). …
Read More »2024 NFL schedule leaks: Here’s a running list of every leaked game and rumor ahead of Wednesday’s release
The release of the NFL schedule is just one day away. At 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the NFL will be unveiling all 272 games on the regular-season schedule. Of course, you probably won’t have to wait that long for the unveiling, and that’s because if there’s one thing you can count on every year with the NFL schedule, it’s …
Read More »Bears’ five greatest mysteries ahead of NFL schedule release
Bears’ five greatest mysteries ahead of NFL schedule release originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The 2024 NFL schedule will be released in full Wednesday, but games have already started trickling out as the league manufactures the slow content drip that has come to characterize it for the past decade. Three of the first four primetime games are known as …
Read More »Bruins’ Brad Marchand ruled out for Game 5 vs. Panthers
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 14, 2024, 11:57 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Boston Bruins won’t have captain Brad Marchand in the lineup while trying to avoid elimination in Game 5 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Florida on Tuesday. “[Marchand] is not an option,” Bruins’ coach Jim Montgomery said after …
Read More »NFL expert regrades the 2021 NFL Draft for all 32 teams
Forget all the immediate draft grades, even if I do them. The reality is they mean nothing. It’s too soon. Wait three years. You have to let the picks and decisions marinate before truly giving them a real grade. That’s what I do here with the 2021 NFL Draft. I am regrading every team, but also regrading myself as I …
Read More »NFL projections: 6 solid over/under bets to make for 2024 season
In the wake of the NFL Draft, and as the 2024 schedule begins to come into focus, sportsbooks have unveiled their Over/Under win total projections for every team for the 2024 season. FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd has a deep understanding of how these bets work — “On average, fans tend to bet the over; those are called sucker bets.” — …
Read More »Chiefs’ Travis Kelce to host celebrity-filled spinoff of ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?’
Getty Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is set to host a new show called “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”. The 20-episode project will be a spinoff of the “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” game show. “I grew up loving game shows, and I’m excited to be following in the footsteps of so many TV icons …
Read More »Jared Goff helped lift Lions to new heights, but paying him will make it tougher to win
You need a good quarterback to win in the NFL. You have to pay a good quarterback market value to keep him around. It becomes a lot harder to win once you pay that quarterback market value. That’s the conundrum all NFL teams face. There is three decades of history that indicates your quarterback better not make more than 13% …
Read More »Caitlin Clark’s WNBA regular-season debut follows similar hype as others
Caitlin Clark will make her long-awaited regular-season WNBA debut Tuesday when she faces the Connecticut Sun (7:30 p.m. EST on ESPN 2). Editor’s Picks 2 Related Clark’s decorated college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes included breaking the all-time Division I scoring record, two trips to the national championship game and two Naismith Player of the Year awards. An hour after …
Read More »2024 NFL Draft: What Bears, Bills, Patriots and other teams accomplished with most, least capital
Back in March, shortly after the first wave of free agency, CBSSports.com explored how much and how little draft capital was controlled by each team. Using the trade value chart of SportsLine’s R.J. White, we ranked the teams based on the cumulative value of each team’s picks. It is time to look back at how teams used that draft capital …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers to begin second season with Jets on ‘MNF’ against 49ers
Aaron Rodgers’ second season with the New York Jets will begin with a similar setup to how his first season with the team started. The star quarterback and Gang Green will head West in Week 1 to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the first “Monday Night Football” game of the season. It marks the second straight year that …
Read More »2024 NFL schedule: Aaron Rodgers-led Jets to face Brock Purdy, 49ers in Week 1 on ‘Monday Night Football’
The 2024 NFL schedule will be released Wednesday night, but the league has announced a few premier matchups that will take place early in the year. On Tuesday, the NFL revealed that Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets would open up the season in California against Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Night Football” Sept. 9. …
Read More »Ranking the top-10 NFL rookie-team fits for 2024: 3 Round 1 QBs make the list, but a LB takes the No. 1 spot
We all know fit is vital for players once they enter the NFL. Not just quarterbacks. From scheme to type of teammates, environment is often the imperceptible element that makes or breaks a young player as he’s acclimating to the league. Let’s pinpoint the absolute best fits from the 2024 NFL Draft. The Packers have a new Quadzilla in the backfield …
Read More »NHL playoff lessons: No lead is safe, the Sam Bennett effect
Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporterRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporterKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.May 14, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Sixteen games have been played in the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Some trends from Round 1 have continued. …
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