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There were a ton of marquee players who were slapped with the franchise tag before Tuesday’s NFL deadline. One of those players was a pass rusher: Carolina’s Brian Burns, who was poised for a hefty pay day if he was able to hit free agency. However, the Panthers will keep him around unless they work […]

There were many star players who were hit with the franchise tag before Tuesday’s deadline for teams to do so. Some of those players included Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr., Carolina Panthers edge rusher Brian Burns, New England Patriots safety Kyle Dugger, and Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who agreed to a new […]

Many star players in the NFL received their team’s franchise tags before the deadline to do so on Tuesday. Players like Cincinnati wide receiver Tee Higgins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr., and Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson were among the litany of players to get hit with that designation. But, curiously, there weren’t […]

A series of star wide receivers were hit with the franchise tag before the NFL’s Tuesday deadline The Cincinnati Bengals applied the tag to Tee Higgins and the Indianapolis Colts did the same with Michael Pittman Jr. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers agreed to an extension with franchise icon Mike Evans.  As a result, there aren’t […]

There may not have been a player whose star has faded more in the last two seasons than Russell Wilson. Wilson was still one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL during his final season as a Seattle Seahawk. But after he got traded to the Denver Broncos, things have fallen apart. Over the last […]

NFL teams had until Tuesday to place the franchise tag on key impending free agents. A lot of star players were hit with the tag, including the likes of Kansas City Chiefs corner L’Jarius Sneed, Carolina Panthers edge rusher Brian Burns, and Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr., among others. But some stars slipped […]

Teams across the NFL had until Tuesday to decide whether or not to place the franchise tag on key impending free agents. Numerous players were slapped with that designation, including the likes of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. and Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, among others. […]

The 2023-24 NBA season has been a topsy-turvy one for the Toronto Raptors. They have completely remade their team after dishing away Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers and OG Anunoby and Precious Achiuwa to the New York Knicks. But the team hasn’t been great since then. The Raptors have been the fourth-worst team in […]

The 2024 NFL Free Agency is coming up soon. Numerous pending free agents, including Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, among others, were slapped with the franchise tag in order for those teams to retain those players or at least get some prime draft picks in return for […]

The biggest fish in the free agency pond in 2024 looks to be a familiar face: Quarterback Kirk Cousins. Cousins has already parlayed an NFL free agency quest into a big payday before. After getting franchise tagged twice by the Washington Commanders in 2016 and 2017, the tag became unpalatable for Washington to place it […]

The Utah Jazz are looking long-term. They said as much with their actions at the trade deadline the last two seasons. 13 months ago, they traded Mike Conley, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Malik Beasley to get a future top-four protected pick from the Los Angeles Lakers that immediately converts into two second-round picks if it does […]

The NFL scouting combine wrapped up this weekend, which can only mean one thing: The 2024 NFL Draft is almost here. Prospects from all over the country got together to interview with and perform in front of NFL teams to bolster their draft stock and help make their pro football dreams come true. One of […]

The annual NFL scouting combine took place this weekend, which gave hundreds of incoming prospects the chance to improve their draft stock and help make their NFL dreams come true. One of those players was Florida State edge rusher Jared Verse. Verse could’ve been a potential top pick in last year’s NFL Draft had he […]

The 2024 NFL scouting combine has wrapped up. Plenty of players across the country interviewed and performed in front of NFL personnel in Indianapolis to help bolster their draft stock and make their NFL dreams come true. One of those players was Alabama star cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry. McKinstry was a shutdown corner in Tuscaloosa and […]

The 2024 NFL Draft boasts one of the wide receiver classes in recent memory. While Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze garner the majority of headlines this year’s crop of incoming receivers, many will look to make names for themselves at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis this week. One of those players […]

The LSU Tigers have a lot of work to do on their roster in 2024. Though the SEC West is now wide open after Nick Saban departed from the University of Alabama for retirement, LSU has a lot of players to replace from last year’s football team and the 2022 squad that made the SEC […]

The NFL Scouting Combine has already begun, which can only mean one thing: The 2024 NFL Draft is rapidly approaching. The intrigue begins at the top of the draft with whether or not the Chicago Bears ultimately decide to draft Caleb Williams and where they may trade Justin Fields, but there are many more blue-chip […]

The NFL scouting combine is taking place this week, which can mean only one thing: The 2024 NFL Draft is coming soon. This year’s wide receiver class might be the strong point for the draft. There are at least three indisputable blue-chip prospects who can make a big impact on whatever team picks them right […]

The NFL scouting combine is underway. The NFL world is congregating to help make dreams come true and help their respective teams win the Super Bowl. One of those franchises is the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons were in the mix for the NFC South division crown. They began the season 6-6 and were either tied […]

The NFL scouting combine takes place the first week of March, which means that the 2024 NFL Draft is just around the corner. Marvin Harrison Jr. is the headliner for many in this star-studded 2024 wide receiver class. But, there are a couple of players who could potentially push Harrison Jr. for that number one […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are in the midst of a dynastic run. They’ve made it to the Super Bowl four times in six seasons and have won three of those titles, including a championship in each of the last two seasons. However, in order to sustain this long-term dominance, the Chiefs have had to make […]

The entire NFL world is assembling in Indianapolis this week for the NFL scouting combine. Players will interview and perform in front of teams to help make their dreams of becoming an NFL player come true. Teams will look to see which players can help them win the Super Bowl. There is one player, however, […]

The NFL scouting combine is about to take place in Indianapolis this week. That can only mean one thing: the 2024 NFL Draft is rapidly approaching. Every team and major college prospect will congregate in Indianapolis to help make dreams come true. While some players need stellar showings at the combine to boost their draft […]

The Indiana Pacers have been one of the better stories of the NBA this season. At 33-26, they are firmly in the mix for a playoff spot, tied for sixth in the East with the Miami Heat and only a game back on the Philadelphia 76ers for fifth. Their +1.9 net rating ranks 12th in the […]

The 2024 NFL Draft is rapidly approaching. The scouting combine is about to embark in Indianapolis this weekend, where prospects from all over the country will congregate, perform, and interview in front of NFL personnel in hopes of improving their draft stock. One of those players will be Brock Bowers. Bowers does not need a […]

One of the biggest looming questions regarding the 2024 NFL offseason has been answered. Many have wondered what exactly the Cincinnati Bengals will do with star wide receiver Tee Higgins. Higgins does not have a contract extension and could’ve become an unrestricted free agent if the Bengals did not franchise tag him. Well, they franchise-tagged […]

The 2024 NFL offseason is underway. Teams are congregating in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine, where the groundwork for potential deals begins to get laid as teams scout the next wave of stars. Some moves are already beginning to trickle in as teams juggle their cap sheet and prepare for free agency and the draft. […]

The transfer portal saw well over 3,000 players throw their names in it during the 2023 college football offseason. Add in the crazy coaching movement that took place and the portal madness certainly delivered. Just about every power conference school took part in that madness one way or another. The Florida Gators football program was […]

The transfer portal was a wild and rambunctious ride as it seemingly always is. There was a ton of movement in the 2023-24 college football offseason, from coaches and players alike. One team that was very active in the transfer portal: Notre Dame football. The Fighting Irish brought in a ton of top notch talent […]

The Arizona Cardinals enter the offseason with plenty of resources. Arizona has their franchise quarterback in Kyler Murray. They have over $57 million in cap space at their disposal to spend in free agency. The Cardinals even have the fourth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, which puts them in ripe position for a […]

The Chicago Bears are in an enviable position right now. They have a credible quarterback capable of being a franchise quarterback in Justin Fields. Fields’ play has not been perfect so far in his three NFL seasons, but he has flashes of game-breaking dynamism as both a thrower and runner. The Bears also have the […]

No team has gotten more out of the NFL Draft with less recently than the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams frequently opted to trade premier draft picks away in order to bring in stars who could help them win immediately. It worked; the Rams traded away multiple first-round picks and Jared Goff to bring in […]

The Kansas City Chiefs don’t need to do much to improve their team. Clearly. They just won the Super Bowl for the second season in a row. But if there was a spot the Chiefs could improve, it would be their wide receiver corps. While Patrick Mahomes has been able to get it down without […]

The Minnesota Vikings have a lot of questions to answer in the 2024 offseason. Their starting quarterback for the past six seasons, Kirk Cousins, is poised to become a free agent. After ending the 2022 season with a 13-4 record despite a negative point differential, the Vikings fell back to earth in 2023. They ended […]

The Utah Jazz are prioritizing the long view when it comes to their roster. In 2022, despite a strong start and a 27-29 record at the trade deadline, the Jazz decided to ship off players like Mike Conley, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Malik Beasley to gain additional draft capital. The 2023-24 season marked the inverse. Though […]

Ohio State football created plenty of noise this offseason. The Buckeyes made a lot of additions in the transfer portal, with the most notable addition perhaps being former Alabama safety Caleb Downs. They also made major headlines recently by adding former Oregon and UCLA head coach Chip Kelly as their offensive coordinator. The also were […]

The Tennessee Titans are set to embark on a rebuild. It was to be expected after the Titans drafted and turned to Will Levis as their quarterback. They have already all but said goodbye to Derrick Henry, their star running back who has carried that offense for years. Tennessee also missed the playoffs for the […]

The Houston Texans emerged from out of nowhere in 2023. While it was expected that at some point soon the Texans would become playoff hopefuls after drafting CJ Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. in last year’s draft, doing so in their rookie seasons was not. This meteoric rise in Houston was in large part due […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have a lot of work to do. They finished the 2023 season 5-12 and fired head coach Brandon Staley after getting routed 63-21 on national television at the hands of Las Vegas. However, the Chargers have what they need to make a quick turnaround. Justin Herbert is one of the best […]