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With former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden now out of a job, it appears as though the longtime NFL head coach and former ESPN broadcaster isn’t done with the AFC West franchise just yet. According to a recent report from NFL Network, via Yahoo! Sports, Gruden is still owed quite a few dollars […]

With a Dallas Cowboys Week 6 game scheduled against the New England Patriots, a lot of eyes will be on America’s team. It’s why we’ll be looking at the Cowboys-Patriots game with some predictions in mind. It is hard to argue that the Dallas Cowboys are not far and away the best team in the […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will enter the team’s looming Week 6 matchup against the middling Philadelphia Eagles sporting a nearly perfect 4-1 record. With the only blemish on Tampa Bay’s record coming a few weeks back at the hands of the talented Los Angeles Rams, the Buccaneers bounced back in a massive blowout victory against […]

The New York Jets began the 2021-22 regular season with a winless 0-3 record, but that was before the severely hobbled Tennessee Titans made their way to East Rutherford in Week 4. With the Titans short a handful of key players, including superstar wide receivers A.J. Brown and Julio Jones, the Jets managed to pull […]

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson remains with the AFC South organization as it stands today, but the troubled signal-caller could soon be on the move. With the Miami Dolphins long being linked to Watson, who is still facing some very serious sexual assault allegations and presumably more than a few legal battles ahead, the Texans […]

Former New England Patriots and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady possesses a whopping seven Super Bowl rings, winning six titles with the former and one with the latter this past season. However, Brady has also lost three times upon reaching the Super Bowl with the New York Giants serving as his foe in two […]

Despite losing to the lowly New York Jets on Sunday afternoon, the good news for the Tennessee Titans is that despite it is almost a certainty that they will be making the playoffs this 2021 due to an absolutely abysmal AFC South division. The bad news, though, is that the Titans just managed to lose […]

The Baltimore Ravens and head coach John Harbaugh handed the surging Denver Broncos the team’s first loss of the 2021 season on Sunday afternoon. Adding to the intrigue of the hotly contested AFC clash from Week 4, Harbaugh has since clapped back at Denver head coach Vic Fangio, who was none too pleased with Baltimore’s […]

Things are just starting to get interesting in the NFL regular season as a few teams sit at a perfect 3-0 while others will now begin attempting to rebound from winless 0-3 starts — in addition to everything in the middle as well. Along with that, plenty of fantasy football decisions are starting to matter […]

After a disappointing first year at the helm in the Big Apple, New York Mets team owner Steven Cohen is nowhere near finished with the lowly National League East franchise. In fact, it appears as though Cohen is just getting started. Apparently, the Mets fan-turned-owner has a new bright idea to get the younger generations […]

Although the 2021 regular season is only a mere three weeks old, there is at least one thing that is abundantly clear: Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is far and away the worst clock manager in the entire NFL. With former Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn relinquishing that title after getting fired […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are 2-1 on the season, and second-year quarterback Joe Burrow looks as if he hasn’t missed a beat despite missing a large portion of his rookie season due to a significant knee injury. Most recently, Burrow and the Bengals dismantled the rivals Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 3 en route to capturing the […]

Veteran wide receiver Tyler Boyd and the Cincinnati Bengals absolutely dismantled the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday to improve to 2-1 on the season. With the Steelers spiraling downward early on, somewhat due to injury troubles throughout the roster, Boyd and the Bengals could be one of the more improved teams in the entire NFL. After […]

According to an official statement released by the franchise on Monday afternoon, Denver Broncos wide receiver KJ Hamler will indeed miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season due to a torn left ACL. Unfortunately for both Hamler and the Broncos, the second-year wide out not only tore his ACL on Sunday afternoon against the lowly […]

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster notably inked a one-year free agent contract to return to the “Steel City” this past offseason. Unfortunately for both parties, things aren’t off to the best start as the team is a disappointing 1-2 on the year. To make matters worse, Smith-Schuster left their Week 3 outing against the […]

The Carolina Panthers have an immaculate 3-0 record on the season after defeating the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans. However, not everything has been perfect with the team thus far into the 2021 season after they lost All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey to a significant hamstring injury in Week 3. While […]

The 2021-22 NFL regular season is now well underway while the first two weeks of this year’s slate have been absolutely electric. With seemingly every game producing some sort of rewatchable highlight, with just about every primetime game becoming must-watch television, it will incredibly difficult for Week 3 to keep up this time around. In […]

Even with the Oakland Raiders becoming the Las Vegas Raiders, there has been one constant over the course of the last several seasons—the team’s infamous “Black Hole.” One of the more well-known and recognizable fan sections in all of professional sports, the “Black Hole” unfortunately lost one of its pioneers as Rob Rivera, a co-founder […]

There are exactly zero expectations surrounding the Houston Texans in 2021. Such a notion is certainly nothing new. No Deshaun Watson, now no Tyrod Taylor. Should Cam Newton be next? For a variety of different reasons, the Texans have pretty much punted on the 2021-22 campaign as the team is without starting quarterback Deshaun Watson, […]

It appears as though NBC staple Al Michaels could be in a different booth next season. According to a recent report from Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, Michaels is likely to join Amazon. The streaming service will be taking over the reins for the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football” package starting in 2022. According […]

The 2021-22 NFL regular season is officially underway with Week 1 now a thing of the past as Week 2 quickly creeps up on the schedule. With the New York Giants and Washington Football Team slated to battle it out on this week’s installment of Thursday Night Football, Week 2 will have quite a bit […]

The Cleveland Browns are 0-1 on the season, but the upstart AFC North franchise may very well be the best winless team in the league as it stands today. The Browns had arguably the toughest test in all of Week 1 as Cleveland was forced to travel to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the two-time […]

The Florida State Seminoles are a winless 0-2 to start to the season with the once-heralded program most recently getting upset at home by the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, an FCS school. However, despite back-to-back losses to open the season against Jacksonville State and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, that did not stop Seminoles offensive lineman […]

The Baltimore Ravens have found quite a bit of regular season success over the last several years. But come the NFL Playoffs, the Ravens have continually found themselves back on the couch and gearing up for next season much quicker than expected. Despite the aforementioned storyline unfortunately following the Ravens into the upcoming 2021-22 campaign, […]

It isn’t exactly a secret with Week 1 of the 2021-22 NFL regular season now less than one week away, but the Detroit Lions are not a very good football team at the present moment. Even with a new head coach in Dan Campbell and former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff now under center, […]

The New York Giants are looking to turn things around in 2021, and second-year NFL head coach Joe Judge doing everything in his power to help “Big Blue” compete against the three other teams in a very lackluster NFC East division. However, Judge might very well be without two key offensive players come Week 1 […]

Veteran NFL wide receiver John Brown, who has played for the Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills, requested to be released by the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday while the AFC West franchise granted his wish. As a result, Brown is now an unrestricted free agent and has the ability to sign with any […]

Even with running backs and wide receivers receiving most of the attention in the early portion of fantasy football drafts, tight ends should never be neglected — especially this time around. In addition to the usual suspects at this position like San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, […]

The New York Jets are not expected to win a Super Bowl or even make the playoffs in 2021-22. However, the up-and-coming AFC East franchise has made some impactful offseason adjustments while adding some talented players at some key positions. This has placed at least some expectations around the Jets heading into the latest campaign. […]

The 2021-22 NFL regular season is now just around the corner. With a new regular season approaching, that also means that fantasy football owners are gearing up for endless drafts with many hopeful potential winners currently out there. Searching for your fantasy football breakout quarterbacks, part of your larger group of fantasy football breakout candidates? […]

Jameis Winston knows that longtime New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has officially hung up his cleats — his next stop will surely be the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. However, Brees’ legacy down in New Orleans certainly doesn’t help head coach Sean Payton and the rest of the Saints moving forward […]

The Washington Wizards remain Bradley Beal’s team. After all, the veteran shooting guard appears to be the only superstar-caliber player left standing in the nation’s capital. With Beal presumably being forced into an even larger role for the Wizards moving forward, if that is even possible, the Washington standout has spent his summer fine-tuning his […]

Not much is expected from the lowly Detroit Lions in 2021-22 — and rightfully so. Not only are the Lions simply not a very good football team as far well-roundedness and talent go, but Detroit also plays in the NFC North division alongside the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, all of which […]

The Chicago Bears will enter the upcoming 2021-22 campaign in a very interesting spot. The NFC North franchise isn’t quite there, but by no means are the Bears in line to tank the season away. In fact, the Bears have a legitimate shot at pairing a tremendous defense with a young quarterback and formidable offensive […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are gearing up to enter the 2021 campaign fresh off of one of the strangest seasons in franchise history. The Steelers began the 2020 regular season with a perfect 11-0 record while going on to win the AFC North division. However, they concluded the campaign by losing four of the team’s final […]

The Green Bay Packers have already had quite the interesting offseason as future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers is officially back in the mix with All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams also agreeing to play nice with the team’s front office. Fresh off a season in which the Packers reached the NFC Championship […]

Despite the presence of veteran quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who has already led the team to the NFC Championship and an appearance in Super Bowl LIV, the San Francisco 49ers infamously elected to select former North Dakota State Bison quarterback Trey Lance with the No. 3 overall pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL […]

The Chicago Bulls have already had quite the offseason, reshaping their roster in a big way just a few days into the NBA free agency. Most recently, the Bulls managed to acquire All-Star shooting guard DeMar DeRozan in a sign-and-trade with the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. So far, the Bulls have added DeRozan, point […]

Former Washington Wizards and Chicago Bulls small forward Otto Porter Jr. is officially joining the Golden State Warriors, becoming the Dubs’ first major signing of this year’s free agent frenzy. However, while Porter Jr. is a player that is used to making the big bucks atop the NBA level, he has curiously agreed to sign […]