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The New England Patriots didn’t waste much time after moving on from first-year head coach Jerod Mayo. Less than a week after firing the former Patriot linebacker, Robert Kraft and Eliot Wolf made the decision to hire another former Patriot linebacker. Mike Vrabel is the new head coach of the New England Patriots, and he […]

The Buffalo Bills dispatched of the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs on Sunday afternoon, shrugging off an early Broncos score to secure a dominant 31-7 win. The victory over the upstart Broncos sets up a matchup that can easily be considered the main event of Divisional Round Weekend… a Sunday evening […]

With Mike Vrabel officially and somewhat predictably heading to the New England Patriots, the Las Vegas Raiders and various other teams who had their sights set on Vrabel will now be forced to pivot to new targets in their coaching searches. It turns out, the Raiders are wasting very little time setting up an interview […]

Hello friends, and welcome back to Bracketology at ClutchPoints, where this week in addition to taking a look at an updated set of bracket projections, we’re going to spend a little time asking — but definitely not answering — ten big questions about the Big Ten Conference. Let’s get to it! -So, why are we […]

Fans of the New York Giants don’t need a reminder that their team won’t be partaking in the NFL Playoffs this year. Most are well aware of the issues facing this organization, and some fans have even proven to be inclined to take to the sky to make sure team owner John Mara knows it […]

For a moment, things got tense inside of Highmark Stadium on Sunday afternoon. In their Wild Card Round opener, the Buffalo Bills found themselves in a very early 7-0 hole after Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix connected with former college teammate Troy Franklin for a 43-yard touchdown on the opening possession of the game. […]

Whether it be catching balls that looked uncatchable or breaking records that appeared unbreakable, Ohio State Buckeyes freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith made a habit of surprising fans throughout his first season in Columbus. But perhaps the biggest surprise of the season thus far came in Ohio State’s College Football Playoff semifinal matchup with the Texas […]

Perhaps the most notable Tomlinism that has been coined by Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is “The standard is the standard.” It has been used frequently over the years by the league’s longest-tenured head coach, and it’s even engraved on a wall inside of Pittsburgh’s locker room. Like many of these Tomlinisms, the lesson is not […]

By now you surely know that Duke Blue Devils star freshman Cooper Flagg is well worth all of the hype he brought with him to Durham, North Carolina. The 18-year-old came into Saturday’s matchup with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as one of the top candidates to eventually be named college basketball’s National Player of […]

Andrew Luck is living his dream life. The former No. 1 overall pick of the Indianapolis Colts quarterback is married to his college sweetheart and serving as the general manager of the Stanford Cardinal football team. He made millions of dollars during his pro football career and even managed to lead the Union to victory […]

Kalani Sitake is entering year ten of his tenure as the head coach of the BYU football program, and it would be easy to make the case that the 49-year-old Tongan-born coach is just hitting his stride. The Cougars started the season 9-0, were ranked as high as No. 7 in the country, finished 11-2 […]

The 2nd-ranked Auburn Tigers were in for a much stiffer test than most would’ve expected on Saturday afternoon, as the unranked South Carolina Gamecocks took a six-point lead into the halftime break against the current National Championship favorites. But even more problematic than an unexpected test on the road against an SEC foe is what […]

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts missed the final two games of the regular season due to a concussion suffered in Week 16, but the 26-year-old QB cleared concussion protocol on Friday, clearing the way for him to get the start in Philly’s Wild Card Round matchup with the Green Bay Packers. It should go without […]

Even though the Detroit Lions earned the top seed on the NFC side of the NFL Playoffs bracket and have a bye during the Wild Card Round, offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has had a very busy week. The 38-year-old play-caller is surely busy putting a game plan together for Detroit’s eventual Divisional Round game, but he’s […]

Heading into Friday night’s Cotton Bowl showdown with the Texas Longhorns, you could make the case that dating back to a mid-November matchup against the 5th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers, Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer had arguably been the most impactful player in the country. In those four games — against Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee and Oregon […]

In the immediate aftermath of Ohio State’s home loss to Michigan in the 2024 regular season finale, to envision that the Buckeyes would be one of the two teams in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game would’ve required a pretty active and optimistic imagination. Calls were being made for Ryan Day’s head, and just […]

After positioning themselves as the preseason favorite to win the NFC South division during the 2024 NFL season, the Atlanta Falcons stumbled to an 8-9 finish and now enter a sixth consecutive offseason without a division title, and even worse, without a winning record. If we’re looking to assign blame for why the Falcons failed […]

Despite the fact that it was reported that Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce had gained some support within the organization down the stretch of the season following a pair of surprising wins, the Raiders did make the decision to fire Pierce after just one full season as the head coach of the team. Now, […]

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but the Chicago Bears are entering one of the most crucial off-seasons in franchise history this spring, as they begin their search for a new head coach — their sixth since Lovie Smith was fired following a ten-win season in 2012 — and attempt to build a […]

The NFL coaching carousel is in full swing, and among the names gaining the most interest around the league is Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. Even before the Lions defense put on a masterclass in game 272 against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night, the former 15-year NFL vet was already a coveted candidate […]

After a 4-8 start to the season, the Cincinnati Bengals came oh-so-close to clawing their way back into the postseason picture. The Bengals won five games in a row to close out the regular season, finished 9-8, and boasted the league’s most prolific quarterback-receiver duo in Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, but a defense that […]

By virtue of a New England Patriots win in Week 18 over the Buffalo Bills, both the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns have moved up in the order for the 2025 NFL Draft, and they now find themselves in position to potentially take a franchise quarterback with the 1st and 2nd picks respectively. For the […]

272 games have been played, and that means the 2024 regular season is officially closed. And while there is no shortage of important and interesting stories to spend time talking about — the NFL Playoffs, the coaching carousel, the resurgence of the running back, Woody Johnson having to deny that his teenage sons are running the […]

Hello friends, and welcome to the latest 2025 NCAA Tournament Bracketology update here at ClutchPoints. In our intro section today, in honor of Dick Vitale, who back in December announced he is once again cancer free, I request that you read the following three italicized paragraphs about the 4th-ranked Duke Blue Devils in your best […]

The list of teams who will be on the hunt for their next head coach will be growing over the next 24 to 48 hours, but since November, when Matt Eberflus was fired a year too late, the Chicago Bears have known that this is the position they would find themselves in on January 6th. […]

Despite all of the injuries that have decimated their roster throughout the season, the Detroit Lions found themselves in position to clinch a division title and the top seed on Sunday night. Standing in their way were the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings, a team with immaculate vibes, a rehabilitated quarterback playing at an MVP level, and […]

It was just one year ago when Malachi Nelson, a former five-star recruit who spent his first season behind Caleb Williams at USC, announced that he would be transferring to Boise State for the 2024 season. The expectation was that Nelson would have no issue beating out former three-star recruit Maddux Madsen for the Broncos […]

The story of the 2024 Chicago Bears is one that is littered with brutal, almost inconceivable last-minute losses. The Hail Mary debacle in Washington. A pair of no-shows against the Cardinals and Patriots. A clock management fiasco on Thanksgiving Day against the Detroit Lions that cost Matt Eberflus his job. And maybe worst of all, […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes have already exorcised a number of demons in just two College Football Playoff games this postseason. A win over the Tennessee Volunteers in the opening round… that snapped a winless streak against the SEC dating back to 2015. A win over the Oregon Ducks in the CFP quarterfinals… that avenged a […]

Antonio Pierce became the interim head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in the middle of the 2023 season after Josh McDaniels was fired when it became clear he had lost the locker room. Players rallied around Pierce, finished 5-4 under his guidance, and Mark Davis made the decision to retain him on a full-time basis […]

Even though it may feel like the Miami Dolphins are miles away from a 2024 postseason berth, their path to the Playoffs is actually quite simple. Get a win on Sunday afternoon over the New York Jets — word is Aaron Rodgers already has his bags packed for his next darkness retreat, or maybe he’s just […]

Ever since Lamar Jackson took over as the Baltimore Ravens’ starting quarterback mid-way through his rookie season in 2018, Baltimore has finished no lower than 3rd in total rushing yards in any of those seven seasons, including this year. Name a notable rushing record, and it’s likely that Baltimore has been involved in breaking it at […]

Rather than jumping right back into the fold after surprisingly being relieved of his duties by the Tennessee Titans last January, Mike Vrabel instead spent the 2024 season as a consultant with the Cleveland Browns. A lackluster 2024 campaign, trending toward a 3-14 finish, won’t diminish interest in Vrabel once the NFL coaching carousel starts running […]

The Cincinnati Bengals will play their final game of the 2024 regular season on Saturday night, but with a win and some help — losses by both the Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins on Sunday — their season could continue into the Playoffs. According to The Athletic’s Playoff Projections model, the Bengals have just a […]

The New York Jets won’t be waiting long to begin the search for their next head coach, as they’ve already scheduled an interview with former head coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan for Tuesday next week. But even as there seems to be some momentum for Ryan to return 15 years after being dismissed […]

The phrase What If is one that will always be attached to the fleeting yet remarkably successful career of Derrick Rose. But despite the fact that injuries cut short the career of one of the league’s brightest stars at the beginning of the 2010’s, the Chicago Bulls saw enough from Rose that at some point in the […]

It’s a good thing that Aaron Rodgers is accustomed to isolating himself from his family, his friends, and the rest of the outside world, because if he weren’t, it would’ve likely made this season with the New York Jets tremendously uncomfortable. New York is 4-12 after entering the season with 20/1 odds to win the […]

The Baltimore Ravens have a chance to clinch the AFC North Division for the fourth time in the last seven years on Saturday afternoon, as a win over the hapless Cleveland Browns would be enough to get the job done. As Baltimore is nearly a three touchdown favorite over their divisional rival, it’s practically a […]

The New York Jets’ miserable 2024 season will come to a close on Sunday afternoon following a Week 18 matchup with the Miami Dolphins, and the franchise apparently won’t be wasting any time attempting to find their next head coach. And if you read the tea leaves, it’s starting to look like their next head coach may […]