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This season was a remarkable bounceback campaign for Baker Mayfield. Unfortunately for the passer, his Tampa Bay Buccaneers saw their surprising postseason run end at the hands of the Detroit Lions, and Mayfield had a visceral reaction to his season ending. “It sucks. I feel like my heart just got ripped out,” Mayfield admitted after […]

Say this for the 2023 Arizona Cardinals: they were a bit of a giant killer. In head coach Jonathan Gannon’s first season, his team won just four games in 17 tries. But the four wins were pretty impressive. The biggest upset was Arizona’s first one, which came in Week 3. Coming off a blown lead […]

If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to pull off an upset of the Detroit Lions, they will have to do so without safety Kaevon Merriweather. Merriweather, an undrafted rookie out of Iowa, has been ruled out of the Bucs’ divisional round game because of a right ankle injury, courtesy of WFLA’s Aileen Hnatiuk. The […]

When teams set about determining which players they want to re-sign, the salary cap is often a consideration. How much money is allotted per contract, whether the money is base salary or a bonus, and the years on the deal to help with the accounting. It’s a complex science we won’t get into here, largely […]

It’s been a challenging season for the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin so far. And with each stretch of goalless play, his chances of catching the “Great One” Wayne Gretzky’s record for most goals in a career diminishes. Ovechkin was on a six-game point streak before suffering a lower-body injury against the Seattle Kraken on January […]

Stability is a foundational principle for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Look no further than the news that Mike Tomlin is expected back for his 18th season as head coach in 2024 to prove this. The Steelers, as an organization, are skilled at finding what works, and sticking with it. That’s a long way of saying the […]

Free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins + free agent head coach Bill Belichick = ??? Belichick has already gone separate ways with the New England Patriots, while Cousins’ deal with the Minnesota Vikings terminates in March. Will the two perhaps partner up at their next destination? To hear Cousins tell it, he certainly wouldn’t mind it. […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales is drawing attention from teams such as the Carolina Panthers in their head coaching searches. But Canales still has a job to do, and in lieu of an interview, perhaps he should just send over some All-22 film to teams that want to know more about him. “Your […]

On most MLB teams, Aaron Judge is the undisputed best hitter in the lineup. But with the New York Yankees acquiring Juan Soto, that title is certainly up for debate. On Thursday, the newest addition to the Yankees’ rotation, Marcus Stroman, weighed in on that debate. “Soto is the better hitter I’ve ever faced,” Stroman […]

Shrewd marketing decision or veiled shot at the rival Los Angeles Dodgers? The San Francisco Giants’ announced promotion for a game against their longtime adversary this upcoming season might just be both. The Giants, per their ticket site, are giving away Mickey Mouse ear hats to the first 15,000 fans in attendance when the team […]

With the Houston Astros looking to add to their bullpen before the start of the 2024 season, they seem to have landed on one of free agency’s biggest remaining prizes, closer Josh Hader. Hader is widely considered one of, if not the, best closer in MLB currently. And while his name has been linked to […]

The Green Bay Packers will need some good fortune on their side if they are going to continue on in the playoffs, as star cornerback Jaire Alexander fights to be ready for Saturday’s matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. Alexander is currently dealing with an ankle injury he aggravated in Sunday’s upset win over the […]

It should be stipulated right at the outset that there are very few, if any, players that simply must be re-signed from a 6-11 team. The 2023 New York Giants had three separate losing streaks of at least three games for a reason. The roster lacked talent. So, when players from said roster hit free […]

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams saw their season end. On Monday, Sean McVay and the rest of the franchise’s decision-makers turned their attention to 2024. And while the Rams can expect starting quarterback Matthew Stafford back, Stetson Bennett’s future with the team is much less certain. McVay had little light to shine on the […]

Head coach Sheldon Keefe has questions about his Toronto Maple Leafs squad at the season’s halfway point. To be clear, these aren’t good ones either. With his team sitting in third place in the Atlantic Division, Keefe admitted that “42 games in, I still have a lot of questions quite honestly about who is going […]

Cue the boo Pennsylvania boo birds — all signs point to Nick Sirianni returning as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024. Sirianni, along with team GM Howie Roseman, have begun working with an eye towards next season’s roster of coaches. Both Sirianni and Roseman have started to contact coaches and coordinators from around […]

The marriage between Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams had a perfect start. But after a couple of trying seasons, is Stafford ready to move on, or perhaps even hang up his cleats? Doesn’t sound like it, despite a heartbreaking end to the season on Sunday. “That’s my plan right now, yeah, my plan […]

As the Detroit Lions players prepared for their Wild Card meeting with the Los Angeles Rams, it wasn’t lost on them how much hosting a playoff game meant to the people of Detroit. That pride shined through as the Lions defeated the Rams 24-23 to move onto the playoffs’ divisional round. “The city needed this […]

Jaire Alexander proclaimed Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott one of his “top QBs” after the Green Bay Packers defeated the NFC East champions 48-32 on Wild Card Weekend. Prescott probably won’t be flattered by the sentiment. After intercepting a Prescott pass for the second time in his career, Alexander rubbed some salt in the wound […]

After the Dallas Cowboys’ no-show against the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round, for many it’s a forgone conclusion that Mike McCarthy will be out of a job soon. Plenty of speculation surrounds the availability of Bill Belichick, but former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III has another candidate to coach the Boys: Deion […]

In many ways, Mike McCarthy has been consistent as the Dallas Cowboys head coach. Three straight 12-win seasons? Impressive. His performance against lower-seeded teams in the playoffs? Not as impressive. And for some fans, that’s enough to usher in the Bill Belichick Era at Jerry World. Sunday marked the third time the Cowboys played in […]

Plenty of prognosticators thought that Aaron Jones and the Green Bay Packers were going to fall to the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs. Jones would like to encourage that attitude to carry forward. After the shocking 48-32 win over the Cowboys, Jones was asked about those who gave Green […]

Quarterback Jordan Love was happy to spread around credit for the Green Bay Packers’ unexpected thrashing of the Dallas Cowboys as expertly as he spread the ball around in a dazzling individual performance during his postgame comments. “I think it was just a great team win tonight. All three phases were able to step up,” […]

After a loss that would certainly qualify as both “dramatic and horrific”, Mike McCarthy is taking heavy criticism for his Dallas Cowboys’ performance in a 48-32 shellacking at the hands of the Green Bay Packers. Even worse, with Bill Belichick lurking as a coaching free agent, plenty of people have already identified McCarthy’s replacement. Fresh […]

Leave it to Stephen A. Smith to loudly send a message without uttering a word. As the ESPN personality watched the first half of the Cowboys’ Wild Card Round game against the Green Bay Packers, he let Dallas fans know exactly how he was feeling. Smith posted a video of himself watching a first half […]

With a minute and a half to go in the first quarter of the Dallas Cowboys’ Wild Card matchup against the Green Bay Packers, something strange happened: the refs threw a flag and determined that Cowboys star Micah Parsons was held. It’s scarcely believable, but it was the first time Parsons drew a holding call […]

A strong start to the new year has the Cleveland Cavaliers sitting in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Amid plenty of rumors about the team trading away Donovan Mitchell, there is one line of thinking that not only should the Cavs not deal Mitchell, but they should be looking to the Brooklyn Nets […]

As the NFL coaching carousel begins to whirl into motion, there is plenty of interest in where Bill Belichick may end up. With seven teams currently without a head coach (in addition to the New England Patriots,) the Hoodie will surely draw plenty of attention. But is his fate tied to Mike McCarthy and how […]

In the 2023 offseason, Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers went to arbitration. Burnes lost his case, with the sides a mere $750,000 apart, and the right-hander let it be known he was not happy with the situation. So, this year, Burnes and the Brewers decided to skip it. Instead, player and team came to […]

As the Carolina Panthers search for yet another head coach, this time their priorities seem to be as follows: 1. Get ahead of the other seven teams that need a new coach as well, and, 2. Poach someone from the Baltimore Ravens. In addition to in-house candidate, defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, the Panthers braintrust completed […]

With pitchers and catchers set to report for spring training in just over a month, the New York Yankees ramped up their pursuit of starting pitching. Their efforts resulted in Marcus Stroman returning to New York, this time to wear pinstripes. That signing came about after progress on a contract with free agent Blake Snell […]

Doug Pederson’s quest to improve the Jacksonville Jaguars’ defense hit its second snag already. Whoever is running the Jags’ on that side of the ball next season, it won’t be Ryan Nielsen. Nielsen served as the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons in 2023. Jacksonville wanted to interview him for the same position, but were […]

Anthony Richardson’s slender frame and propensity to run raised concerns even before the Indianapolis Colts drafted him fourth overall in the 2023 draft. Would Richardson be able to handle the grind of an NFL season? Those fears unfortunately were justified as Richardson battled injuries before being lost for the season with a shoulder injury. But […]

Only three teams in the entire NBA have a worse winning percentage than the Charlotte Hornets at the moment. But there is a faint glimmer of hope, as star guard LaMelo Ball is nearing a return to the team’s lineup. Ball, who hasn’t played since November 26th due to a sprained ankle, is eying a […]

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys finished their regular season strong en route to a NFC East title and the conference’s second seed. But they have their sights set on something a little bigger, and Prescott thinks this team is capable of bringing some hardware back to Dallas. “I don’t know if I’ve had this […]

Dan Lanning has confirmed that he will be remaining with Oregon football, with no interest in pursuing the head job vacated by Nick Saban at Alabama. But that doesn’t mean he won’t praise Saban for the influence the retiring coach had on Lanning’s career. Lanning was a graduate assistant on Saban’s 2015 staff at Alabama, […]

On Wednesday, Jesus Luzardo and the Miami Marlins settled on a figure for his 2024 salary, avoiding arbitration. Now, to figure out if Luzardo will still be pitching for the Marlins this upcoming season. Ahead of Thursday’s deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to work out contracts, Luzardo and the Marlins agreed to a $5.5 […]

The Atlanta Braves will conclude their offseason without having to take any of their own players to arbitration after coming to terms on new deals with both Max Fried and A.J. Minter. Fried and the team agreed to a salary of $15 million for 2024, while Minter landed $6.22 million for the upcoming season, per […]

Welcome home Matthew Stafford? Not so much from one bar that is banning anyone from entering while wearing a Matthew Stafford Detroit Lions jersey to watch the team’s playoff game versus Stafford and his new team, the Los Angeles Rams. Thomas Magee’s, a sports bar in downtown Detroit, has warned potential customers to leave their […]