The Buffalo Bills ate more than $31 million to trade star wide receiver Stefon Diggs this offseason, a record for a non-quarterback. So why, exactly, didn’t the team wait until after June 1 to deal Diggs, which would’ve spread the financial impact between seasons? General manager Brandon Beane explained the Bills’ reasoning this week, telling “The Athletic Football Show” Buffalo …
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2024 NFC East win totals, best bets: Eagles still have questions, while the new-look Commanders offer intrigue
NFL season win totals are some of the most fun action to wager on — it’s a season-long gambit with week-to-week intensity because of how much every game matters for the final season record. With the explosion of legalized sports betting, win totals have been out for a while now, but we can’t really get crystallized and concrete numbers until the NFL …
Read More »Peyton Manning: Running an NFL team is not on my radar
Peyton Manning’s name sometimes comes up as a person who could become a part-owner of an NFL team, or an executive running a team’s operations. But he says he has no interest in that. Manning told the Denver Post that he enjoys the role he currently has of staying in contact with the teams he played for while working on …
Read More »Ranking the NFL’s second-year QBs by the likelihood of their play taking a leap in 2024: Will Levis headlines
In today’s NFL, Year 2 is often when an eventual star quarterback comes into his own, finds his groove and parlays previous flashes into consistent high-level play. There was Carson Wentz in 2017, Patrick Mahomes in 2018 and Lamar Jackson in 2019. Josh Allen took a mammoth third-year leap, although in his second season, the rookie-year mishaps melted away into …
Read More »Peyton Manning on running an NFL team: ‘I don’t think that’s anywhere on my radar by any means’
Whenever there’s an opportunity to gain partial ownership or become a head executive with an NFL franchise, it doesn’t take too long before Peyton Manning’s name is thrown out there. Despite there seeming to be plenty of interest in the two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, Manning seems pretty content with his current dynamic as an ambassador saying recently that he …
Read More »NFL rookie takeaways from Week 1 of OTAs: Here’s how Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, other top QBs have looked
Organized team activities have started around the NFL, and with these organized events, we get a look at the new faces in new places. Another fun facet of OTAs is that we see rookies take the field to practice with veterans. Plenty of first-year players are expected to make immediate impacts in 2024, but which ones appear to be making …
Read More »With 100 days until NFL opener, here are 100 things to get excited about this season
Just 100 days to go. As of Tuesday, it is 100 days until the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs kick off the 2024 regular season. Here, in no order, are 100 things to be excited about for the upcoming season: 1. Super Bowl Sunday Mark it down and start planning your party now: Super Bowl LIX will be Feb. …
Read More »100 days until 2024 NFL kickoff: 100 most important players in the 2024 season
We love round numbers, and that’s why we love today: There are 100 days until the 2024 NFL season kicks off with the Ravens visiting the Chiefs in an AFC Championship rematch. Being 100 days away also means we’re slightly more than halfway through the offseason. It’s been 107 days since the Chiefs rallied past the 49ers to win Super …
Read More »Celtics advance to NBA Finals with sweep; Remembering Bill Walton, Grayson Murray
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Read More »Why Clemson RB coach thinks Will Shipley landed in perfect spot with Eagles
Why Clemson RB coach thinks Will Shipley landed in perfect spot with Eagles originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Clemson running backs coach and former Pro Bowler C.J. Spiller thinks Will Shipley couldn’t have found a better NFL landing spot. There’s one big reason: Saquon Barkley. “We always talked about that,” Spiller said in a recent interview with NBC Sports …
Read More »Devonte Wyatt aiming for “monster leap” in third Packers season
The Packers have a new defensive coordinator in Jeff Hafley and one of his players thinks the change is going to be a positive one for him. Defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt saw an uptick in playing time in his second season and the 2022 first-round pick responded with 36 tackles, 5.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. Wyatt believes that Hafley’s …
Read More »2024 NFL season: 100 things to know with 100 days until Week 1 kickoff; key games, stories, odds, predictions
Ready or not, the 2024 NFL season is fast approaching, with only 100 days until the official start of the regular season. A lot has happened since the Kansas City Chiefs hoisted the last Lombardi Trophy, with all 32 teams shuffling rosters and coaching staffs to prepare for the next race to glory. As clubs fine-tune lineups and preparations for …
Read More »Tom Brady explains the high bar he’ll set for himself as a broadcaster
Tom Brady, if you haven’t heard, starts working for Fox this fall. On Monday, he appeared on Colin Cowherd’s show (his studio staff apparently gets #NoDaysOff) to discuss the next phase of his career. At one point, Brady addressed how he’ll approach his next job, especially since (as Brady said) he was “hypercompetitive” as a player. “Certainly, as a broadcaster, …
Read More »How the Florida Panthers became the NHL’s playoff bad boys
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 28, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Like their namesake mascot, the Florida Panthers are a rare breed. The Panthers are physical and feisty. Skilled and speedy. As likely to outscore as outhit an opponent — perhaps in the same game. Florida can be …
Read More »Jason Robertson hat trick powers Stars past Oilers in Game 3
May 27, 2024, 11:42 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — Jason Robertson completed his first-career playoff hat trick midway through the third period as the Dallas Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NHL’s Western Conference final. Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen, into the empty net, had the other goal for Dallas. …
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