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CMC’s old coach lists seven traits that make 49ers star NFL’s best RB originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There are several on-field virtues that make 49ers star Christian McCaffrey, to many, the best tailback in the NFL. ESPN recently released how executives, coaches and scouts rank the NFL’s top 10 running backs and McCaffrey, winner of the 2023 …

Hargrave ranked as top-10 DT despite ‘quieter’ 49ers season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Javon Hargrave’s first season with the 49ers fell short of the gaudy numbers he posted with the Philadelphia Eagles, but the 31-year-old still remains among the NFL’s most respected defensive tackles by those in the league. In an exclusive by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, scouts, …

Jul 10, 2024, 08:08 PM ET Veteran defenseman Ryan Suter is headed to the St. Louis Blues after agreeing to terms on a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. Suter, who was an unrestricted free agent, will receive a base salary of $775,000 and could earn up to an additional $2.225 million in performance bonuses. Suter, 39, wasn’t headed toward …

It appears Brandon Aiyuk will remain with the 49ers for 2024, but it is uncertain whether he will get his coveted extension. The receiver skipped the entire offseason program, including the mandatory minicamp. He is under contract for the fifth-year option of $14.1 million in 2024, and he wants to be among the highest-paid players at his position. The sides, …

NFC coordinator perfectly sums up Bosa’s power in three words originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Nick Bosa is one of the NFL’s most dominant pass rushers, earning the 49ers star respect from coaches, coordinators and executives around the league. That much is evident in ESPN’s latest ranking of the top 10 NFL defensive ends, where Bosa comes in …

Just about every NFL fan would agree that Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback currently in the NFL. Many players, including one of his former teammates, feel the same way. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who was Mahomes’ teammate from 2017 to 2021, shared his list of the top-five signal-callers currently in the league and named the …

Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had 119 catches for 1,515 yards in 2023 and he put up those big numbers despite some injury issues. St. Brown is one of the players involved in the Receiver series on Netflix and he recounts a couple of injuries that he had to deal with early in the campaign. St. Brown hurt his …

Getty Images The New York Giants were certainly looking for their next franchise quarterback in this draft, appearing to have their sights set on selecting Drake Maye. For New York to have a better chance at Maye, it would have had to trade up from the No. 6 overall pick.  On “Hard Knocks,” general manager Joe Schoen decided to take …

Getty Images The New York Giants had one of the best moves this offseason in trading for Brian Burns, adding one of the game’s top pass rushers to create a dominant pass rushing defensive line with Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence.  The Giants only gave up a 2024 second-round pick (No. 39) and a 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 141 overall, …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of Zero Blitz, Jason Fitz and Charles McDonald react to the latest comments from Cowboys QB Dak Prescott on his contract negotiations with the team and Bengals QB Joe Burrow on a potential 18-game schedule. Fitz and McDonald are split on if Prescott will …

The New York Giants ultimately decided to move on from Saquon Barkley this offseason, yet there was one more card in the deck they wanted to use in order to retain him. After a back-and-forth negotiation period with the franchise tag over the past year, the Giants envisioned giving Barkley a long-term deal.  On Episode 2 of “Hard Knocks” with …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter The New York Jets are waiting for Aaron Rodgers to change everything. They will spend the 2024 training camp watching and hoping that Rodgers is the quarterback who can reverse their long history of futility. The Jets have not made the playoffs since 2010 and haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1969. And if you’re …

With the 2024 NFL season kicking off in a little less than two months, bettors are already eyeing which teams they’re backing — as well as which squads they’re fading. For bettors who really want to commit to fading a franchise, the fewest regular-season wins market is a great place to start. Currently, the team favored to win the fewest …

The current edition of Hard Knocks follows the Giants through their offseason and shows some of the machinations that went on behind the scenes before they made moves over the last few months. One of the biggest moves the team made was the decision to select wide receiver Malik Nabers with the sixth overall pick. There were no questions about …

The Las Vegas Raiders had three quarterbacks play at some point in 2023, and this season they are hoping for more consistency at the position. The team kept Aidan O’Connell, who played 11 games last season, and released Jimmy Garoppolo, who played in seven games. They also rostered veteran Brian Hoyer, who drew one start last season. This offseason, the …