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The San Francisco 49ers contract negotiations with star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk continue to drag on. Aiyuk has officially requested a trade, and insiders have reported that multiple teams are interested in him. However, that does not mean that the 49ers have any plans on sending him away. Brandon Aiyuk reported for 49ers training camp […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will enter the 2024 NFL season with a brand new offense. Pittsburgh has overhauled its coaches and players, bringing in a new offensive coordinator, two QBs, and a ton of skill-position talent. One returning Steelers player, running back Najee Harris, recently shared an update on his contract negotiation talks with the team. […]

The Detroit Lions are riding high after one of the most successful seasons in their franchise’s history. Detroit came so close to the Super Bowl that they could taste it. Now, they are ready to attack the 2024 season with renewed vigor. They got the 2024 NFL season off to a great start during the […]

The Denver Broncos are finally gaining a new identity under head coach Sean Payton. Denver parted ways with Russell Wilson and drafted QB Bo Nix as the future of the franchise. Expectations should be high for Nix and the Broncos in year one, even though they play in a tough AFC West division. Thankfully, it […]

The Indianapolis Colts are hoping they can keep Anthony Richardson healthy in 2024. The second-year QB showed flashes of brilliance in the first five games of the 2023 season, but he suffered a season-ending injury early in the year. Indy is confident that they have their guy, now they just need to make sure he’ll […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have rebounded beautifully after losing Tom Brady over a year ago. Nobody had high expectations for the Buccaneers in 2023, but they stunned the world by winning the NFC South and a home playoff game against the Eagles. Fans are excited for the regular season to finally return — and now […]

The Houston Texans are becoming the must-watch NFL team in the state of Texas. Houston existed in a weird purgatory state for years after parting ways with QB Deshaun Watson. They burst onto the scene last year with rookie QB C.J. Stroud and head coach DeMeco Ryans leading the charge. The team recently announced that […]

The NFL has been very open about the desire to eventually expand the regular season schedule to 18 games. Roger Goodell has repeatedly spoken in favor of reducing the preseason in favor of adding more regular season games. A recent update from a key NFLPA figure suggests that the new schedule could become a reality […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers thought it would probably take some time before they found their next QB after Tom Brady. Luckily, they didn’t have to wait long at all. Baker Mayfield immediately took the Buccaneers to the playoffs and won a playoff game in his first season as starter. He also earned a healthy new […]

The Utah Hockey Club had some serious work to do this offseason. When the league year started on July 1st, Utah had zero defensive players under contract. Thankfully, the team had no shortage of cap space to work with. They immediately went to work compiling a defensive unit from scratch. General manager Bill Armstrong did a […]

The San Francisco 49ers are in a tough situation regarding Brandon Aiyuk’s trade request. The 49ers do not want to lose one of their best offensive players, but they may not have enough cap space to pay everyone. Aiyuk knows that he deserves a new deal and has formally requested a trade. However, one NFL […]

The New York Jets made a big bet when they traded for QB Aaron Rodgers more than a year ago. The 40-year-old signal caller came to New York expecting to take the Jets on a deep playoff run in 2023. However, an unfortunate Achilles injury sidelined Rodgers for the entire 2023 season. He will look […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have high hopes for the future under new head coach Antonio Pierce. Players rallied around Pierce as an interim head coach and it became clear that he should be the team’s next head coach. However, a panel of ESPN experts is not optimistic about what the future holds for the Raiders. […]

The Cincinnati Bengals need a healthy Joe Burrow if they want to compete in a stacked AFC conference in 2024. Burrow’s health situation following last year’s season-ending injury, and subsequent surgery, has been an open question heading into training camp. Thankfully, head coach Zac Taylor just dropped a huge update on Burrow’s injury status. According […]

The Baltimore Ravens had their first training camp practice yesterday, which means the 2024 NFL season is just around the corner. Baltimore will attempt to make it back to the AFC Championship in 2024. They will need QB Lamar Jackson to be at the top of his game when it matters most during the playoffs. […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are about to enter a crucial season. Joe Burrow is healthy again and the Bengals will be expected to make a deep playoff run. Cincinnati recently signed their last unsigned rookie from the 2024 draft class, so they will be ready for whatever the new season can throw at them. According to […]

The Detroit Lions significantly exceeded expectations in 2023. One year ago, the Lions had not won a playoff game in over 30 years. They had also never won the NFC North division, logging their last division title in the defunct NFC Central. If you asked just about any Lions fan before the 2023 season if they’d […]

The San Francisco 49ers are in a pickle with Brandon Aiyuk’s contract negotiations. The two parties are obviously not close on the terms of a new contract that would keep Aiyuk in San Francisco for the long haul. Instead, Brandon Aiyuk has now officially requested a trade from the 49ers, which puts the team’s back against […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing the deep ball back to their offense. Kansas City made the deep passing game a priority this offseason, bringing in new wide receivers who could excel at stretching the field. They signed Marquise “Hollywood” Brown in free agency and added the speedy Xavier Worthy out of Texas in the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are switching things up for this year’s training camp. The Raiders are heading to Costa Mesa in Orange County for 18 days of training camp. Veterans will report Tuesday and will break on August 9th. However, because of NFL policy, the team is not allowed to promote their training camp in […]

The Dallas Wings and their fans already knew that Arike Ogunbowale is one of the most underrated players in the WNBA. She seized the opportunity to show the rest of the league last night with a historic performance in the WNBA All-Star Game. However, she needed a push from her coach to get magic started. […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have undergone a lot of change this offseason. Justin Fields and Russell Wilson are the new QBs in Pittsburgh and they are set to enter a training camp battle for the starting job. One journalist who is familiar with the team believes that Fields will not have an easy path to becoming […]

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game lived up to the hype. Team WNBA faced off against Team USA in a competitive and high-scoring game. The event was a smashing success for the W and had a positive side effect for one of the league’s best rookies. FanDuel released an MVP Ladder prior to yesterday’s WNBA All-Star […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are in the middle of a rebuild. Any delusions about the team competing in the AFC West were crushed last season. Las Vegas fired both their head coach and general manager on Halloween, essentially giving up on the rest of the season. The Raiders have had a strong offseason, but they […]

The Philadelphia Eagles were one of the most disappointing stories in the NFL last season. Philadelphia started the regular season white hot, winning 10 of their first 11 games. Unfortunately, they crumbled in the final stretch of the regular season before being blasted by the Buccaneers in the Wild Card round. The whole team is […]

The Green Bay Packers have had some truly incredible luck at the quarterback position. Green Bay going from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers by itself is special, but now Jordan Love is added to that chain. It seems that NFL personnel recognize Love’s high ceiling, but they are not ready to call him a top […]

The San Francisco 49ers don’t think that Brock Purdy is Mr. Irrelevant. Purdy was the last pick of the draft in 2022 but had a huge breakout season in 2023. He led the 49ers to a Super Bowl berth and went toe-to-toe with the Chiefs, narrowly losing 25-22 in overtime. The 49ers know they have […]

The Kansas City Chiefs know that they are blessed to have Patrick Mahomes as their franchise QB. Mahomes is the cream of the crop in the NFL and has a chance to become one of the league’s best players ever. NFL personnel seem to agree. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler recently polled a number of NFL personnel, […]

The Las Vegas Aces are coming back into their championship form. Las Vegas started the season 6-6, which matched their loss total through just 12 games. However, they have now won 10 of their last 11 games and sit atop the Western Conference standings. One big reason for their recent success is the record-setting performances […]

The Chicago Bears were ecstatic when they drafted Caleb Williams with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Williams is one of the most anticipated rookie QBs in recent memory, and he has a legit chance to become the best QB in Bears history. However, they have yet to sign him to his […]

The 2023 NFL season for the Las Vegas Raiders was as tale of two halves. The season started off poorly, with the Raiders failing to field a dangerous offense and the defense doing its best to keep them in games. Everything changed on Halloween, when a 26-14 loss against the Detroit Lions on Monday Night […]

The Baltimore Ravens have lost a former Super Bowl hero. Jacoby Jones, former Ravens WR and star of Super Bowl 47, has died. An NFL source with direct knowledge confirmed the story to the Baltimore Sun. Jacoby Jones was 40 years old. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. Jones is fondly remembered […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who is also the coach of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, recently tried to summarize the emotions of his team after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Kerr called the incident “terrible” and a “demoralizing day for our country.” “This is a time where […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be one of four teams that will be featured on the in-season version of Hard Knocks this fall. This year marks the first divisional installment of the series, where Hard Knocks will follow all four teams in the AFC North division. Not everyone is thrilled to be included in the program, […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are about to go on a revenge tour in 2024. Joe Burrow’s frustrating wrist injury torpedoes the Bengals’ season in 2023. Now Joe Burrow is back and healthy and he’ll want to pick up right where he left off. The Bengals play in arguably the toughest division in all of football. They […]

The Ohio State football program will see one major change in 2024. Head coach Ryan Day is giving up play-calling duties, a responsibility he has had since joining the program in 2017. He shared his thoughts on the change in a recent episode of Big Noon Conversations. “You’re constantly chasing this 1 or 2%,” Day […]

The Chicago Bears were thrilled to draft Caleb Williams with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Williams is regarded as a high-upside prospect who has a chance to become the best QB in Bears history. He has already earned the trust and respect of many of his teammates and coaches, including defensive […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers always seem to have a great defense. The Steel Curtain’s defensive strength is almost as inevitable as the team finishing with a winning record under Mike Tomlin. One of the team’s best defensive players is no longer regarded as the best in the league according to NFL personnel. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler recently […]

49ers tight end George Kittle sounds like he’s having a wonderful offseason. He was recently in Rhode Island celebrating his teammate’s wedding and had a new Netflix program release this week. He also revealed a hilarious anecdote about asking Travis Kelce’s permission to enter Taylor Swift’s house. George Kittle recently appeared on The Rich Eisen […]