Tight End Travis Kelce #87 and the Kansas City Chiefs open the 2024 NFL regular season this Thursday with a game against the Baltimore Ravens. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) The NFL season kicks off this Thursday with a game between Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs and most-recent Super Bowl losers, the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs are looking to …
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Fantasy Football: CeeDee Lamb hits 2K, more NFC predictions
Click here for my AFC Fantasy Football Preview. NFC East 1. Philadelphia Eagles 11-6 2. Dallas Cowboys 10-7 (Wild Card) 3. New York Giants 5-12 4. Washington Commanders 5-12 Fantasy predictions • Eagles: New OC Kellen Moore is a big benefit to Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, who all live up to their ADPs … Saquon Barkley, however, …
Read More »49ers’ Floyd ready to open another season vs. Rodgers, Jets
49ers’ Floyd ready to open another season vs. Rodgers, Jets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — On Leonard Floyd’s fourth snap with his new team last season, the now-49ers defensive end registered his first of 10.5 sacks with the Buffalo Bills. That play was best-remembered for what happened to the the player everybody tuned in to …
Read More »Broncos, star CB Patrick Surtain II reportedly agree to $96M extension that makes him highest-paid DB in history
Denver Broncos star cornerback Patrick Surtain II is setting records before the NFL season even begins. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Surtain and the Broncos have agreed to a massive 4-year, $96 million contract extension. At $24 million per year, that makes him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history. Surtain will also receive $77.5 million in guaranteed money. …
Read More »Five teams built to beat the Chiefs: No. 1, Lamar Jackson’s Ravens
Editor’s note: This is the last of a five-part series on the quarterbacks and teams best equipped to stop Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs from becoming the first NFL team in the Super Bowl era to three-peat. No. 1 on our list: Lamar Jackson and the Ravens (No. 5 was Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, No. 4 was Brock Purdy …
Read More »2024 NFL Preview: 10 brewing controversies, including more Cowboys contracts
At least the San Francisco 49ers got a couple of controversies out of the way before the season kicked off. After a long offseason of posturing, trade talks and holdouts, the 49ers signed receiver Brandon Aiyuk and left tackle Trent Williams to extensions. It won’t make life easier on their salary cap, but that problem is for another day now. …
Read More »Mike Tomlin downplays how much Arthur Smith can help Steelers prepare for Falcons
The Steelers face the Falcons on Sunday, which means Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is heading to Atlanta, where he was the head coach the last three years. But that’s not much of an advantage for the Steelers. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said Smith doesn’t have any special insights into how to face the Falcons, despite having coached them. …
Read More »QB Confidential: Which rookie quarterback will have the best debut season?
We cover a wide range of topics in FOX Sports’ Quarterback Confidential, an anonymous survey of 38 NFL passers that will roll out in full on Thursday, and it wouldn’t be complete without asking about the league’s talented class of rookie QBs. An unprecedented six quarterbacks were drafted in the top 12 picks in April, including the top three overall …
Read More »Chris Jones, Joe Thuney fully participate in practice again
The Chiefs turned in the same injury report on Tuesday that they did on Monday, which is good news for who will be available against the Ravens on Thursday night. Defensive tackle Chris Jones (shoulder) and left guard Joe Thuney (pectoral) headed up a group of eight players who are listed as full participants in practice. Thuney did not play …
Read More »Legal gambling on NFL games may reach $35 billion this season
Business is booming for betting on the NFL. The American Gaming Association estimates that $35 billion will be bet legally on the NFL this season, according to CNBC. That would be a 30 percent increase over last season, thanks to three more states legalizing sports gambling (bringing the total to 38 states where it’s legal to be on the NFL) …
Read More »Eagles-Packers player matchups to watch in Week 1 in Brazil
Eagles-Packers player matchups to watch in Week 1 in Brazil originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia SÃO PAULO — The Eagles and Packers will kick off their 2024 seasons at Corinthians Arena in Brazil on Friday night. This is a game between two real contenders in the NFC. The Eagles have the third-shortest odds to win the NFC at +500 …
Read More »Chargers list 296-pound Scott Matlock as starting fullback, backup defensive lineman
Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh likes to employ a fullback in his offense, but no fullbacks made the 53-player regular-season roster. Instead, defensive lineman Scott Matlock will be filling the role. The Chargers have published their Week One depth chart, which shows the 6-foot-4, 296-pound Matlock as their starting fullback as well as a backup interior defensive lineman. A 2023 …
Read More »Column: Jim Harbaugh might sound quirky, but Chargers get the message as opener approaches
The Chargers feel as if coach Jim Harbaugh is pointing them in the right direction. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Even after listening to Jim Harbaugh speak throughout the Chargers’ training camp, edge rusher Khalil Mack still can’t figure how his new coach’s brain is wired. Whenever Harbaugh is talking, Mack has no idea what he’s about to …
Read More »Plaschke: What will Aaron Donald do? Rams chase championship without him … for now
Rams coach Sean McVay does not have Aaron Donald to lean on anymore. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) He’s out there, looming, hovering … watching? One of the keys to the Rams 2024 season hangs over their heads like wispy smoke from a distant fire, present but absent, here but gone. They are Super Bowl contenders without him. …
Read More »Jerry Jones turns up heat on Mike McCarthy, Cowboys
Mike McCarthy said this week that he has a 21-game plan for the Cowboys, laying it out in a team meeting as he does before every season. That plan might have to come to fruition for the coach to return for a sixth season in Dallas. The Cowboys didn’t fire McCarthy after last season’s postseason fiasco, a 48-32 home loss …
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