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There is one unwritten rule in any football practice: don’t touch the QB. A couple of Pittsburgh Steelers defenders did not respect this rule during yesterday’s training camp practice. As a result, the team had their first full-scale fight of training camp. The play in question occurred during the final team period of practice. QB […]

The Minnesota Vikings are entering a crucial 2024 season. Minnesota finally moved on from Kirk Cousins and replaced him with rookie J.J. McCarthy. The Vikings will need to be on top of their game, and overcome some key injuries, if they’re going to set McCarthy up for success in 2024. Unfortunately, the Vikings may be […]

UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers has just signed an unprecedented NIL deal with the new Unrivaled women’s basketball league. According to The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania, Bueckers is signing an NIL deal with Unrivaled, a new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league. Unrivaled promises the highest average pay in professional women’s basketball, over the WNBA. This […]

The class-action NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit just got a huge update from the judge of the case. According to U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez, the jury in the case did not follow the judge’s instructions when determining damages. Gutierrez made the remark while hearing the NFL’s post-trial motion that he rule in favor of the […]

The New York Jets are entering one of the most important seasons in their franchise’s recent memory. Hype around Aaron Rodgers reached astronomical levels before the 2023 season, so it was a huge disappointment when his season ended during the first quarter of his first game. Garrett Wilson is one of several players on the […]

The San Francisco 49ers are in a contract standoff with Brandon Aiyuk. San Francisco has been trying to extend the young star for the whole summer but the two sides haven’t been able to agree to terms. Meanwhile, the price that Aiyuk will demand for an extension could be climbing as other wide receivers around […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers received a huge facelift on offense this offseason. They replaced their offensive coordinator, entire QB room, the left side of their offensive line, and retooled their skill position players. Training camp and the preseason will be crucial for the Steelers’ offense so that these new players can gel together. Fortunately, one player […]

The Denver Broncos are coming into their new identity under head coach Sean Payton. The Russell Wilson years felt like a bit of purgatory for the Broncos, but they are finally building towards a better future. Denver has had some success finding players who have bought into this new vision of the team. Count Courtland […]

The Los Angeles Rams are entering a crucial 2024 season. Aaron Donald is gone, and the Rams have a handful of their veteran leaders (namely Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp) on the last year before potential outs on their contracts. LA needs to make it back to the playoffs in 2024, otherwise they may run […]

The Detroit Lions have not had a roster this talented in a long time. In fact, you could easily make an argument that this Lions team is the most talented roster in franchise history. Detroit may not have the flashiest QB in Jared Goff, but they have a ton of talented skill players and solid […]

The New Orleans Saints are desperate to escape mediocrity and become a contending team once more. New Orleans missed the playoffs for the third straight season in 2023 and it has fans feeling nervous about the future of the franchise. It also has head coach Dennis Allen looking like he is on the hot seat […]

The Atlanta Falcons did a complete overhaul of their QB room this offseason. Atlanta inked Kirk Cousins to a massive four-year, $180 million contract in free agency. They also drafted Michael Penix Jr. in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Cousins recently appeared on The Athletic’s NFL podcast Scoop City. He spoke about […]

The San Francisco 49ers are dealing with a couple of huge contract disputes in the early days of training camp. Both Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams are holding out for new contracts. Aiyuk and Williams are both hugely important players on the 49ers offense, so the team is heavily incentivized to get some deals done. […]

The Chicago Bears are entering one of their most hyped seasons in recent memory. Chicago finished the 2023 season with a 7-10 record that could have easily been eight or nine wins. The team is now significantly better, replacing Justin Fields with rookie QB Caleb Williams and a host of other weapons and talented players. […]

The Green Bay Packers look like geniuses in retrospect for drafting Jordan Love. At the time, Green Bay was blasted in the media for not drafting more weapons for Aaron Rodgers. Now, the Packers have a new franchise QB who had the opportunity to sit behind Rodgers and learn the NFL game. Love recently shared […]

The Detroit Lions were one of the most exciting teams to watch in the NFL last season. Detroit’s potent offense and subpar defense resulted in several shootouts, which made for excellent viewing from all NFL fans. The Lions put up one of the best seasons in franchise history, winning 12 games and logging multiple playoff […]

Team USA got off to a strong start in the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating Serbia 110-84 earlier today. Serbia put up a tough fight, trailing by only nine points heading into halftime. However, Team USA pulled away in the second half and sealed a decisive victory. One statistic shows how Team USA was able to […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing to make a run at NFL history in 2024. Kansas City has the chance to become the first team in league history to win three Super Bowls in a row. They will need all hands on deck if they are going to etch their names into the NFL history […]

The Miami Dolphins have found their next franchise QB in Tua Tagovailoa. The fifth-year player out of Alabama has steadily improved throughout his NFL career. He has taken his production to another level under head coach Mike McDaniel. Tagovailoa hyped up Dolphins fans at this morning’s training camp practice. The Dolphins social media team shared […]

The Houston Texans turned into a different team with the addition of rookie QB C.J. Stroud in 2023. Stroud has an impressive rookie season and immediately proved that he is the team’s franchise QB. He even led Houston to a home playoff win in his rookie season. The young superstar had a brief injury scare […]

The Green Bay Packers are truly blessed at the QB position. No other NFL franchise can compare to the Packers streak of going from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love. Love understands the history of the QB position in Green Bay, but that pressure does not bother him. Just one day after earning […]

The WNBA has sent some of its brightest stars to represent the USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, they had limited roster spots and could not send everyone. Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark is one of those players who did not make the cut for Team USA. Many WNBA fans were furious about the […]

The New England Patriots are entering a new era under first-year head coach Jerod Mayo. Mayo is a former Patriots linebacker who learned under the tutelage of Bill Belichick. Mayo comes highly recommended, but nobody really knows what to expect from the Patriots during his first year as head coach. One thing is for certain […]

The New York Jets are entering one of the most important seasons in the franchise’s recent history. Their 2023 season felt like it was stolen when Aaron Rodgers was lost for the season early in the first quarter of the first game. Now they will rally behind the 40-year-old QB in the hopes of finally […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for the 2024 NFL season like no other team in the NFL. Kansas City has a chance to win three straight Super Bowls, something that has never been accomplished in league history. It stands to reason that they are preparing extra hard to try and get their names permanently […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are poised to take a leap in Antonio Pierce’s first full season as the team’s head coach. Pierce breathed fresh life into a floundering Raiders operation. The Raiders finished 5-4 down the stretch with Pierce at the helm, so it is exciting to imagine what his team can accomplish with a […]

The San Francisco 49ers are getting ready for another run at the Super Bowl in 2024. General manager John Lynch has been hard at work this offseason keeping the roster in championship form. The team recently added another player who should provide some wide receiver depth for training camp. According to Adam Schefter, the San […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the more interesting teams to follow during training camp and the preseason. Pittsburgh has several new players to watch on offense, including a QB battle between Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. However, Russell Wilson has been dealing with an injury that has kept him out of the competition. Both […]

The San Francisco 49ers are entering the 2024 season determined to get back to the Super Bowl. After suffering a narrow defeat against the Kansas City Chiefs, the 49ers know that they will have little margin for error this fall. That means they will have to be flawless in every phase of the game — […]

The Los Angeles Rams have officially entered the post Aaron Donald era. LA has been hard at work retooling their defense so that they can succeed without the future Hall of Famer. The Rams made an acquisition in the secondary today that should help shield them from some recent injury news. According to ESPN’s Jeremy […]

The Baltimore Ravens go as Lamar Jackson goes. Baltimore’s franchise QB is the most important player on the team and he’ll need to be at his best to get the Ravens back to the AFC Championship in 2024. Unfortunately, Jackson has been dealing with an undisclosed illness that has kept him out of training camp […]

The New Orleans Saints are entering an important 2024 season. They have existed at the middle/bottom of the NFC for several seasons now. New Orleans has some talented players on the roster, but some of their biggest names aren’t as talented as they used to be. Alvin Kamara is one of those veterans. Kamara is […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves embroiled in a training camp QB battle. Newcomers Russell Wilson and Justin Fields are duking it out for a chance to become the team’s starter in 2024. Russell Wilson has the inside track due to his veteran experience, but he missed practice on Thursday. This gave Justin Fields the chance […]

The Minnesota Vikings were heartbroken when they learned that rookie CB Khyree Jackson tragically passed away earlier this month. He was only 24 years old. One of Jackson’s closest teammates shared some heartfelt words about Jackson earlier this week as training camp kicked off. Vikings rookie edge rusher Dallas Turner kneeled at one of Jackson’s […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have zero margin for error in 2024. Philadelphia started the 2023 season on a hot streak, winning 10 of their first 11 games. However, they crumbled down the stretch and went on a losing streak that ended their season. The Eagles will need strong performances from many of their best players if […]

The Indianapolis Colts are trending in the right direction. Head coach Shane Steichen brought his scheme to the Colts and drafted Anthony Richardson to orchestrate the offense. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see much of Richardson in the 2023 season as he suffered a pair of injuries that prematurely ended his rookie campaign. Expectations will […]

The Dallas Cowboys find themselves in an awkward contract situation with their best players. Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and CeeDee Lamb are all nearing the end of their current contracts but none of them have been extended. This has caused some to question whether the Cowboys will push the reset button next offseason if they […]

The Detroit Lions had one of their best seasons in franchise history in 2023. The long-suffering team achieved several firsts in the last 30+ years including an NFC North title and a home playoff win. Now expectations are higher in Detroit, with the Super Bowl seeming like a real possibility. One famous wrestler visited Allen […]

The New York Jets have faced multiple distractions off the field this offseason. Aaron Rodgers has created headlines when he missed some of mandatory minicamp and fueled trade rumors around Davante Adams. Haason Reddick has also been in the news over his contract dispute with the Jets. New York finally made a roster move related […]