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Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 20, 2024, 12:30 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. The NHL trade deadline is two and a half weeks away. There are usually strong fantasy implications that flow from the annual …

Longtime Patriots special teams ace Matthew Slater announced his retirement on Tuesday morning after 16 seasons and 239 games with the franchise. While he’s no longer New England’s head coach, Bill Belichick released a statement on Tuesday, praising one of the special players in franchise history. “Matthew Slater deserves every accolade someone could receive,” Belichick said, via ESPN’s Adam Schefter. …

With USC quarterback Caleb Williams the heavy favorite to be the first pick in April’s NFL Draft, the odds indicate a QB will be taken with the next two picks as well. North Carolina’s Drake Maye and LSU’s Jayden Daniels are the consensus next best QB prospects in the draft behind Williams. RELATED: Bears expected to take Caleb Williams No. …

The NFL’s draft order is determined by wins and losses, but it does not necessarily shed light on the future outlook of each organization. Some are better positioned to win now while others are building towards the future.  It is a purely subjective topic, but here’s how I rank the top-10 teams in the 2024 NFL Draft order by outlook …

USATSI Gabe Davis does not seem like someone who expects to be back in Buffalo next season. The Bills wide receiver is set to hit free agency in March, and on Monday, he posted on Instagram an eight-minute highlight reel that seemed to serve as his goodbye to “Bills Mafia,” the team’s fanbase. The video includes such notable highlights like …

Tom Brady, other Patriots alumni react to Matthew Slater’s retirement originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s been an offseason of monumental change in New England. Just over a month after the Patriots parted ways with legendary head coach Bill Belichick, team captain and special teams ace Matthew Slater announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. Slater spent his …

Joel Klatt College Football Analyst Draft season is here! As we prepare for the three-day event that will be held in Detroit in late April, I’ll be dropping some positional rankings before unveiling my top 50 prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft.  Let’s start with the quarterbacks.  First and foremost, this is a great quarterback draft. This draft is deep …

The 2024 NFL Combine is imminent. Draft season is here, people. It’s time for my first top 25 big board of draft season. There are a few surprising names ranked highly, and a few “consensus” top prospects further down my rankings or not included at all. That’s just how everything worked out with my grading system.  As for that grading …

Saquon Barkley’s future in New York is once again up in the air. The Pro Bowl running back is slated to become a free agent this spring, which comes a year after the team placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him last March. Barkley and the Giants went back and forth in contract negotiations, but he ultimately settled on a …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer It’s a fresh start for the Seattle Seahawks now that Pete Carroll has moved off the sideline and general manager John Schneider has officially assumed his role as president of football operations. Last month, Seattle replaced the oldest head coach in the league with the youngest. Mike Macdonald, the 36-year-old former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator, …

Matthew Slater announces NFL retirement with heartfelt statement originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston New England Patriots special teams captain Matthew Slater has called it a career. Slater announced his retirement from the NFL after 16 seasons on Tuesday via the Patriots’ social media accounts. “For the last 25 years of my life, 16 of them as a New England …

LAS VEGAS — The Chicago Bears have a huge decision to make regarding the most important position in the NFL that seems to have so many people on different sides of the fence.  In a little over two months, the Bears front office will have to pick between keeping quarterback Justin Fields as its starter or move on from Fields …

It is the end of the road for Matthew Slater. The longtime captain and special teams ace of the New England Patriots has announced his retirement from the NFL after 16 seasons in the league. Slater rolled out a lengthy farewell in a statement released by the team where he thanked everyone from his family to his teammates to the …

There’s usually a difference between the things players and coaches will say among themselves and the things they will say publicly. In his recent appearance on Maxx Crosby’s podcast, new Raiders coach Antonio Pierce swung a sledgehammer at that wall. Specifically, Pierce said the quiet part out loud regarding the inherently violent realities of football. In the post-#Bountygate NFL, however, …

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