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A Mike Conley trade deadline deal is one of the most likely moves to happen before the February 9 cutoff. The Utah Jazz started the season on fire, looking like a legit playoff team. However, two five-game losing streaks in December brought them back to earth, and the Jazz currently sits in 10th in the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders made it clear at the end of last season that they are done with Derek Carr. Head coach Josh McDaniels benched him for the final two games of last season, and now they are looking for a trade and may have to release him outright. With the win-now talent on the […]

After the shocking Kyrie Irving trade request, the Brooklyn Nets have to be reeling. Reports are they did not see this coming, and now they have six days to completely change their team. The Nets will have to make some tough decisions on the fly, including blowing the whole thing up. That means a Kevin […]

After the Kyrie Irving trade request, 29 NBA general managers had to at least call a meeting to discuss a possible Nets trade for the polarizing superstar. While Irving doesn’t make sense for most teams he’s such a game-changing talent that every organization has to consider it, if only for 10 seconds before moving on. […]

Kyrie Irving shocked the NBA world Friday with his trade request. The Brooklyn Nets guard decided he wants out of New York, and now the team has six days to find a trade partner before the 2023 NBA trade deadline. While the Kyrie Irving trade request is a blow to the Nets, it is also […]

The 2023 NBA trade deadline is almost upon us, and it is officially time for the Los Angeles Lakers to make a bold move. It is time to put Russell Westbrook on the block, pair him with the team’s two available first-round picks and make a Lakers trade deadline deal that will completely reshape the […]

The Arizona Cardinals gave their coach, Kliff Kingsbury, general manager, Steve Keim, and quarterback, Kyler Murray, long-term extensions within the last year. Now, Kingsbury is fired, Keim stepped down, and Murray is on the shelf recovering from a torn ACL. That’s a big mess. However, in the National Football League, things can turn around in […]

Some pundits picked the 2022 Denver Broncos to go to the Super Bowl after the Russell Wilson trade. Boy, were they wrong. The Nathaniel Hackett and Russell Wilson Era in Denver started off as a disaster. In fact, the 5-12 season was so bad, it is now the Sean Payton and Russell Wilson Era after […]

In 2021, the Indianapolis Colts were a heartbreaking Week 18 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars away from making the NFL playoffs. In 2022, the team was much further from the promised land. A 3-5-1 start cost Frank Reich his job, and after the head-scratching Jeff Saturday hire as his interim replacement, the team won one […]

The New Orleans Saints weren’t all that good in 2022, finishing 7-10. The good news is, the entire NFC South isn’t that good either. The Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons were also 7-10, and the playoff-bound, division-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers were just one win better at 8-9. That means this Saints’ offseason is a race […]

The Washington Commanders have amassed quite a bit of talent in the last few years. However, they still have the same old Washington football problem of not having a quarterback. This Commanders’ offseason, if the team can figure out the QB position and make a few moves with Commanders’ free agents and in the draft, […]

The New York Jets had an up-and-down 2022 season. The team started 6-3 and looked like a playoff team early before quarterback play, and injuries doomed their season. The team lost eight of its last 10 games, including the final six in a row to drop out of the NFL playoffs. However, they still had […]

The Carolina Panthers had an odd 2022 season, to say the least. The team started the season with expectations that it could win the division and make the NFL playoffs. Then the Panthers started 1-4, owner David Tepper fired head coach Matt Rhule and installed Steve Wilks as the interim head coach, the front office […]

On Wednesday, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch officially confirmed to the media and the NFL world that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo would not be back in the Bay Area in 2023. That means the Jimmy Garoppolo free-agent offseason is officially here. Jimmy G will have plenty of suitors on […]

The 2023 Pro Bowl Games at the home of the Raiders in Las Vegas, Nevada mark a major departure for the NFL. For years, the Pro Bowl has centered around an NFL-style football game that nearly no fans cared about, and the players involved didn’t try all that hard in. Finally, after over 70 years […]

The NFL Pro Bowl is once again here. However, this time around, things are a little different. After decades of Hawaii hosting the annual NFL All-Star game, the event has moved stateside the past few years, and in 2023, Las Vegas will host for the first time. The other big change at the 2023 Pro […]

The Green Bay Packers came up short of the NFL playoffs in 2022 by losing to the Detroit Lions in Week 18. Even getting to that point was impressive, though, after the team went 1-7 in an eight-game stretch from Week 5 to Week 12. After a rocky year, this is likely the Packers’ offseason […]

On the same day the Houston Texans announced DeMeco Ryans would become the eighth head coach in franchise history, the Denver Broncos blew the news out of the water by revealing that they are trading for and hiring Super Bowl-winning, superstar coach Sean Payton. The DeMeco Ryans-Texans move may not have gotten the fanfare it […]

The Chicago Bears started the season near or at the bottom of most preseason power rankings. And while there were some optimistic moments during the season, it’s no surprise they ultimately ended up with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft after a 3-14 campaign. The good news is the NFL is a […]

The New England Patriots set the NFL standard for 20 years. However, once Tom Brady left, the team has dropped in the league pecking order, especially on the offensive side of the ball. In addition to losing the greatest quarterback of all time, another reason for this fall is the inability of Bill Belichick to […]

As we enter the 2023 NFL offseason, it looks like an Aaron Rodgers trade is on the horizon. The Green Bay Packers seem to want it, so they can turn the team over to Jordan Love, and the four-time NFL MVP is open to it. There are several teams who will have interest in Rodgers, […]

The San Francisco 49ers had an excellent 2022 season, making the NFC Championship game with a third-string rookie quarterback. However, the team fell just short of the Super Bowl when Brock Purdy got hurt against the Philadelphia Eagles, allowing Philly to cruise to the Big Game. Now the 49ers’ offseason is officially upon us, and […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are back in the Super Bowl five years after winning their last one. The Birds take on the Kansas City Chiefs and are already a -1.5 favorite over their opponent. There’s a reason for this. The Eagles were the best team in the NFL for most of the season and heading into […]

The Cincinnati Bengals AFC Championship loss to the Kansas City Chiefs was a bit of a shock. The Bengals were one of the hottest teams in the league, winning their last 10 games in a row. Plus, Patrick Mahomes was hurt, Joe Burrow was 3-0 in his first three Bengals-Chiefs games, and the team decimated […]

The Houston Rockets can’t do anything at the NBA trade deadline to get worse, at least from a record perspective. The team is dead last in the NBA right now, with an 11-38 record. But that’s OK. The Rockets are in the midst of a massive rebuild, and getting another top-three pick in the 2023 […]

As the 2023 NBA trade deadline on February 9 gets closer and closer, the Indiana Pacers have some serious decisions to make. The team currently sits in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, tied in the loss column with the 10th-place Washington Wizards and 11th-place Chicago Bulls. That means the team is a bad weekend […]

Sadly, we are reaching the end of the 2023 NFL Playoffs. The Philadelphia Eagles will host the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs will welcome the Cincinnati Bengals to town on NFL Championship Sunday. Ahead of the final multi-game NFL weekend, let’s look at the odds and make some picks and predictions for […]

After firing Kliff Kingsbury and parting ways with general manager Steve Keim, the Arizona Cardinals’ offseason is off to an interesting start. The team hired Tennessee Titans director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort to replace Keim, and he will help decide who takes over for Kingsbury. Once that happens, Ossenfort’s attention will turn toward Cardinals’ […]

The Carolina Panthers 2022 season was a wild one. The team started 1-4 before owner David Tepper fired coach Matt Rhule. Under interim head coach Steve Wilks, the team rallied, going 6-6 down the stretch, nearly winning the ugly NFC South. Now the team has a new head coach in Frank Reich but is without […]

After beating the Jacksonville Jaguars with a combined Patrick Mahomes-Chad Henne effort in the Divisional Round, the Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship opponent is, for the second year in a row, the Cincinnati Bengals. The Chiefs come into this game with two major issues working against them. One is that Patrick Mahomes has a high […]

The San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship opponent this Sunday is the Philadelphia Eagles after the NFC West champs took out the Dallas Cowboys 19-12 last week. The story of that Divisional Round game was the No. 1 ranked 49ers defense, which held the high-powered Cowboys offense to just one touchdown and two field goals. On […]

In last week’s Divisional Round game, the Philadelphia Eagles destroyed their NFC East rival New York Giants, 38-7. Now, the team turns its attention to the 2023 NFC Championship and the San Francisco 49ers. The Eagles-49ers matchup features Philadelphia’s No. 1 scoring offense and No. 4 scoring defense in the NFC vs. San Francisco’s No. […]

After the Las Vegas Raiders offseason trade and spending spree last year, finishing 6-11 made them one of (if not) the most disappointing teams in the NFL. The next Raiders rebuild starts now, though, with the team’s No. 7 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. In his first mock of the year, ESPN draft guru […]

It is that time of year again! The 2023 NFL Draft is just a few months away, which means it is officially Mel Kiper Jr. season. The Don of the Draft just released his first mock of 2023, and he has an interesting player taken with the Buffalo Bills’ first-round pick. The Bills got crushed […]

For the second consecutive season, the Cincinnati Bengals’ Conference Championship opponent will be the Kansas City Chiefs. Last time, Joe Burrow and the Bengals took down Patrick Mahomes and company 27-24. This time, Cincinnati goes into Kansas City a one-point favorite, due to Mahomes’ high ankle sprain suffered last week vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars. Burrow […]

The Chicago Bulls are currently where no NBA team wants to be, in no man’s land. With the 2023 NBA trade deadline looming on February 9, the Bulls sit at 21-24 and in 10th place in the East. The franchise needs to make some Bulls’ trade deadline moves, one way or another, to change their […]

With the 2023 NBA trade deadline just a few days away (February 9), the New York Knicks sit in seventh place in the East at 25-23. The team needs to make some moves and have some things break their way to put together a team that can get into the playoffs (not just the play-in) […]

The 2023 NFL Playoffs roll on this weekend as the Divisional Round starts on Saturday and runs through Sunday, giving fans four incredible matchups. It’s time to look at the odds and make some picks and predictions for this NFL Divisional Round. If the NFL Divisional Round is anywhere near as good as the NFL […]

The Detroit Pistons 2022-23 season was over within the first month of the campaign. Franchise cornerstone Cade Cunningham went out with a left shin injury on November 9 and has season-ending surgery shortly after. Now the team is in last place in the Eastern Conference and has the most losses in the entire league. With […]