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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 […]

The Detroit Lions far exceeded expectations this season, finishing just a tie-breaker short of the NFL playoffs. Now the team’s mission is to build on that success in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Lions’ draft this season includes two first-round picks thanks to the Los Angeles Rams and the gift that keeps on giving, the […]

The Washington Commanders made a solid run this season with Taylor Heinicke under center that petered out as Heinicke came down to earth and Carson Wentz came back. Now the team heads into the 2023 NFL Draft with the No. 16 overall pick. With the Commanders’ No. 16 pick, the team could go in several […]

The Indianapolis Colts narrowly missed the playoffs in 2021, but 2022 was a complete disaster that led to the team firing head coach Frank Reich, hiring TV analyst Jeff Saturday, and finishing 4-12-1 while also allowing the biggest comeback in NFL history. Needless to say, whoever the team hires next, they have a lot of […]

The 2022 Florida football season is over and the Gators are, as usual, sending quite a few players to the next level. That means it is time to start looking at this 2023 mock NFL draft to see where your favorite Gators are going to end up in the pros next season. The 2023 NFL […]

Another season is in the books for THE Ohio State football team. That means it is time to start looking at this 2023 mock NFL draft to see where your favorite Buckeyes are going to end up in the pros next season. In 2022, the NFL drafted just six Ohio State players, which was down […]

The Miami Dolphins gave their AFC East rival Buffalo Bills all they could handle on Wild Card Weekend with a third-string quarterback but couldn’t quite get it done. The Dolphins now head into the offseason with more question marks than most playoff teams. In 2023, the Dolphins’ offseason targets need to include an offensive tackle, […]

As the 2023 NBA trade deadline on February 9 quickly approaches, the Indiana Pacers have some decisions to make. The biggest question mark for the franchise is, are they buyers or are they sellers? If they’re sellers, the Pacers’ trade deadline strategy has to include Myles Turner heading out first, as he has the most […]

It seems like we all knew the 2022 Minnesota Vikings magic would run out at some point. The team produced a 13-4 regular season record, but getting there took a 61-yard field goal in the first Vikings-Giants game, the biggest comeback in NFL history, and 11 one-score games. That’s why it is not a shock […]

The NFL Playoffs are finally here! The NFL Wild Card Round starts on Saturday and runs through Monday night, giving fans six do-or-die games this weekend. It’s time to look at the odds and make some picks and predictions for this NFL Wild Card Round. The first round of the NFL Playoffs brings some incredible […]

The Bills Mafia name started with a dropped pass, an angry tweet, and a hashtag. It has since turned into a phenomenon that yes, has to do with fans jumping through folding tables, but has also has raised millions of dollars for charities around the country. It has also become an identity for not just […]

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay will stay on for the 2023 NFL season, according to reports. Rumors had the soon-to-be 37-year-old coach stepping away after the 2022 season due to burnout. McVay won a Super Bowl at the end of the 2021 NFL season, but his team fell on hard times in 2022, […]

The NFL All-Pro team is here for the 2022 season. The annual list of the best 28 players (11 offense, 11 defense, six special teams) is officially out, and there are plenty of spots where the 50-person panel (of nationwide media members who cover the league) who pick the list got it right. However, there […]

The Georgia Bulldogs are once again national champions. Georgia football is enjoying arguably the greatest period in its history in the early 2020s for several reasons. The coaching of Kirby Smart and company and the underrated quarterback play of Stetson Bennett are two of these reasons. However, the biggest reason is the abundance of NFL-level […]

Before the 2022 season, most NFL analysts predicted the Pittsburgh Steelers would take a step backward as the franchise transitioned from long-time signal-caller Ben Roethlisberger to rookie first-round pick, Kenny Pickett. What they forgot to take into account is that Mike Tomlin doesn’t have losing seasons. After a 9-7-1 record in 2021, the Steelers won […]