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Alabama football is facing the impossible task of replacing Nick Saban as the head coach and leader of the program. And although “Nick Saban clone” would’ve been a sufficient answer, the Crimson Tide’s director of athletics went into some more detail on Wednesday about what qualities Saban’s successor should possess. In a message posted on […]

Ahead of the clash between the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions, L.A. coach Sean McVay looked back on quarterback Jared Goff’s stint with the Rams, specifically how it ended. It’s safe to say McVay has some regrets. “Could it have been handled better on my end? Absolutely. And I’ll never run away from that,” […]

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had some unsolicited advice for the Washington Commanders as the team undergoes yet another head-coaching search: don’t let Eric Bieniemy out of the building. Kelce stumped for his former offensive coordinator in Kansas City, remarking that “I think the Commanders should give (Bieniemy) a chance,” courtesy of Wave […]

For the Houston Texans, it was an inevitable reality. A young team on the rise surprises the rest of the NFL and makes the playoffs, and their reward? Other teams on the prowl, ready to poach from Houston’s impressive coaching staff. The main target of the league? Offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. After overseeing the development […]

A furious late season push resulted in another AFC East title for the Buffalo Bills, along with the conference’s second seed in the playoffs. It also resulted in zero Bills making the All-Pro team, a fact that rolled off quarterback Josh Allen like an overeager pass rusher. The NFLPA released its All-Pro team on Wednesday, […]

Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons knows what gets a player into the franchise’s hall of fame, and it ain’t winning games in September. “The regular season is cute. But this is legacy,” Parsons told reporters, per The Athletic’s Jon Machota. For Parsons, he and his teammates are acutely aware of the star power the […]

At one point, the Seattle Seahawks were 5-2 and seemingly on course for postseason football. On Sunday, despite a 21-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals, Seattle’s season came to an end…and was commemorated with victory cigars? It was a bizarre scene inside the Seahawks locker room after the win. After all, the season-ending victory came […]

Matthew Stafford spent the first 12 seasons of his NFL career with the Detroit Lions. Now, they stand in the way of Stafford and his new team, the Los Angeles Rams, from advancing in the NFC playoff bracket. With a 21-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 18, the Rams slotted themselves into […]

After watching their team end its season with a comfortable win over the rival Denver Broncos, fans of the Las Vegas Raiders made it clear they’d like to see interim head coach Antonio Pierce continue to lead the Silver and Black next season on a full-time basis. With quarterback Aidan O’Connell kneeling down to wrap […]

An eight-game losing streak certainly has its perks. The Washington Commanders received confirmation of that when they learned where their draft selection will land in the 2024 NFL Draft. With an 0-fer since the first week of November, the Commanders finished the season with a record of 4-13. Their reward? The second overall pick in […]

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Stephon Gilmore leaving Week 18’s contest against the Washington Commanders due to injury was a scary sight for Mike McCarthy. But in post-game comments, Gilmore expressed no doubt that he would be ready to roll come playoff time. Gilmore described his shoulder has having “popped out, and they popped it back in […]

In his second season as head coach, Nick Sirianni took the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl. He already has his team in the playoffs for the third time in three seasons. But plenty of Eagles fans think time’s up for Sirianni already after a disastrous Week 18 outing against the rival New York Giants. […]

Star pass rusher Danielle Hunter is free to sign with any NFL team he pleases for the first time in his career. If he has his way, he’ll remain a member of the Minnesota Vikings next season. Hunter, who is scheduled to hit free agency for the first time, expressed a desire to return to […]

The Detroit Lions lost rookie sensation Sam LaPorta to injury on Sunday, and with the tight end’s availability for the playoffs in question, Zach Ertz’ name immediately began to circulate as a potential replacement. Ertz already has a connection to this Detroit coaching staff. His position coach with the Arizona Cardinals, Steve Heiden, holds the […]

An 8-3 start to the season for the Jacksonville Jaguars cratered into a 9-8 finish and no playoffs. After blowing their last chance to qualify for the postseason, head coach Doug Pederson couldn’t argue about what his team has become. “I think today’s game is our season in a nutshell,” Pederson told reporters after his […]

After swinging a trade for left-hander Robbie Ray, the San Francisco Giants might still be searching for starting pitching. But that search almost certainly will not end in Blake Snell wearing a Giants uniform. Despite adding a second Cy Young Award to his resume in 2023, Snell’s next deal is likely to be a big […]

The Los Angeles Rams selected wide receiver Puka Nacua in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL draft. If he had finished in the top-10 of rookie receivers in receptions and yards, the Rams probably would’ve been thrilled. Instead, Nacua did that for all NFL receivers. His 101 catches tied for eighth in the league, […]

When San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan made the decision to sit Brock Purdy for a meaningless Week 18 finale against the Los Angeles Rams, some questioned the wisdom of the move. Chief among them? Brock Purdy himself. The 49ers’ MVP contender wasn’t sure sitting out the final regular season game was best for […]

With a win over the Houston Texans on Saturday in Week 18, the Indianapolis Colts will guarantee themselves a spot in the NFL playoffs. Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew cannot wait to meet that challenge head on. “This is the stuff you dream about,” Minshew told the Herald Bulletin’s George Bremer. “These kind of opportunities, these […]

Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku found individual success when he cared about it the least. That’s the lesson Njoku has learned, after being named to his first Pro Bowl earlier this week. “As crazy as it sounds, throughout my whole career, it was always … it was mostly about stats and how many yards […]

New year, new rumors to keep the MLB hot stove at least warm while the baseball world awaits some of free agency’s bigger names to find their homes for the 2024 season. The latest involves the Philadelphia Phillies and Jordan Montgomery. Namely, that the Phils are still a possibility to land Montgomery, according to the […]

It’s coming down to the wire in the Land of Mediocrity, aka the NFC South. Three teams, none of which has a winning record entering Week 18, still have a chance to win the division and earn a home playoff game. So will it be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Atlanta Falcons, or the New […]

The New York Rangers got an unexpected, and encouraging, bit of news on Thursday when injured forward Kaapo Kakko took to the ice in practice for the first time since suffering a leg injury on November 27th against the Buffalo Sabres. Kakko, who was not expected at the team’s morning skate, was in a red […]

Running back Dalvin Cook failed to impress in his 15-game stint with the New York Jets this season. But Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons puts that failed marriage more on the Jets than Cook, making it clear he still believes in the player. “Dalvin’s trying to play for a playoff team. Dalvin Cook went into […]

It’s win-and-in for both teams in the NFL’s Week 18 matchup between the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts. Now the question is, who is going to suit up for these teams come Saturday? Both teams announced major injury updates on Thursday as they desperately try to get healthy and ensure a trip to the playoffs. […]

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Hollywood Brown has played his last game of the 2023 season after hitting the injured reserve because of a heel injury. But he hopes it’s not his last game ever in a Cardinals uniform. In remarks made while accepting the Steve Schoenfeld “Good Guy” award from the Pro Football Writers Association’s […]

The Cincinnati Bengals hung tough for much of the 2023 season. But with QB Joe Burrow sidelined for the season by a wrist injury and a fierce battle in the AFC North standings, the team was unable to make a return trip to the postseason. But that won’t stop star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase from […]

Signing Harrison Bader might not have been the big splash New York Mets fans were hoping for this offseason. But Pete Alonso couldn’t hide his excitement at the news on Thursday, perhaps a good sign for relations between Alonso and the franchise. Alonso immediately took to Instagram to let the baseball world know he approves […]

For a team with an 11-5 record and an appearance in last season’s Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles are what the kids would call down bad at the moment. An Eagles Week 18 win over the hated New York Giants will not solve this team’s problems, but a loss would be another alarming entry in […]

The New York Yankees boast reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole in their rotation. As the offseason progresses, one award winner might not be enough, and the Yankees could make history by inking Cole’s counterpart from the National League, Blake Snell. The Yanks are rumored to be interested in signing Snell, who […]

In Week 17, the New Orleans Saints scuttled their NFC South rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers from capturing the division and locking up a home playoff game. For Saints GM Mickey Loomis, it looked like a case of the Bucs overlooking his squad. “I felt like Tampa was kind of ready to get out there and […]

As the Denver Broncos finish up their seventh consecutive season with no playoffs, offensive tackle Garett Bolles couldn’t help but lament the issues that have continually plagued the team since they drafted him in 2017. “I don’t know, man. My job is just to block (for) the quarterback. So I protect them on the field, […]

Ohio State football suffered through a disappointing end to its 2023 season. But falling short of expectations seems to have at least lit a fire under defensive tackle Tyleik Williams. Williams, a second-team All-Big Ten honoree, confirmed that he will return for his senior season on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday. In his […]

The Houston Texans’ Week 17 victory over the Tennessee Titans may have come at a heavy price, after injuries suffered by both LT Laremy Tunsil and WR Noah Brown. Tunsil suffered a groin injury, while Brown was dealing with a hip injury. Both were ruled out from returning for the Texans, per NFL Network’s Tom […]

Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers should be sending a gift basket to the Arizona Cardinals after their shocking upset over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 17. The Cardinals travelled to Lincoln Financial Field as double-digit underdogs and shocked the Eagles 35-31. And that victory had quite the ripple effect. With the Eagles loss, […]

New England Patriots fans might be having flashbacks of Mac Jones while watching their team take on the Buffalo Bills. Bailey Zappe, who took over for Jones as starting quarterback following a series of putrid outings, is having himself a day to forget in Orchard Park. Things started out swimmingly for the Pats, when Jalen […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are taking on the Arizona Cardinals in Week 17. Before the first quarter even concluded, quarterback Jalen Hurts had made history by connecting with wide receiver Julio Jones. With under a minute left in the game’s first period, Hurts hit Jones on a 12-yard touchdown pass to give the Eagles a 7-3 […]

Typically, when news breaks that a player completely tore something in his foot, it’s bad news. Not so for Dallas Cowboys guard Tyler Smith, who got some good news despite the update sounding scary. In the Cowboys’ 20-19 win over the Detroit Lions, Smith is believed to have completely torn the plantar fascia in his […]

Detroit Lions offensive tackle Taylor Decker did his best to shed light on what happened on the controversial two-point conversion that wasn’t in the team’s 20-19 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. “I mean, all I really wanna say on it, just so I don’t get myself into trouble is, I mean I did exactly what […]