Yago Antunes Articles - Page 9

For a team already reeling from a season-ending injury to its rookie quarterback, Sunday in New Orleans could have spiraled into pure doom. Michael Penix Jr. is done for the year with a torn ACL after throwing for nearly 2,000 yards and nine touchdowns as a first-round rookie, and Raheem Morris had to pivot back […]

Joy was everywhere at SoFi Stadium on Sunday night, and Davante Adams was right in the middle of it. The veteran wideout shredded the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with five catches for 62 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-7 blowout, then casually revealed this is the most fun he has ever had playing football. After […]

Perspective did not change much for Marcus Freeman even after a 70-7 demolition of Syracuse. The Notre Dame football team’s head coach downplayed the historic blowout, stressing that his job is to keep the Irish locked into the same mindset every week, whether the score is 70-7 or 10-7. As he told reporters, per Tyler […]

Pressure was already sky-high for the BYU football team in a Big 12 showdown with Cincinnati, and it only increased when Chase Roberts left the game. The Cougars’ top wideout exited before the fourth quarter, later spotted on the sideline in sweats and without pads after BYU’s communications staff announced he would not return. His […]

Momentum around Penn State football team’s interim head coach keeps building after the 37-10 demolition of Nebraska. Players waved “Hire Terry Smith” signs, Beaver Stadium broke into Terry chants, and the locker room made it clear who they want leading the Nittany Lions beyond 2025. Now that support is about to be tested in the […]

A three-touchdown breakout from Bryson Kuzdzal could not have come at a better time for the Michigan football team. With Jordan Marshall and Justice Haynes banged up, the junior back carried 20 times for 100 yards and three scores in a 45-20 road rout of Maryland, giving the Wolverines exactly the kind of downhill identity […]

A season that began with talk about bowl paths has turned into something more introspective for Shane Beamer and the South Carolina football team. After the brutal 31-30 collapse against Texas A&M erased any realistic postseason hopes, the head coach admitted he’s already had “a lot of good conversations” with players about coming back to […]

Texas football team player Arch Manning walked out of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium with six touchdowns on the stat sheet and a nagging feeling that it still was not good enough. After shredding Arkansas for four passing scores plus a rushing and receiving TD in a 52-37 win, the Texas quarterback admitted he “left […]

Saturday night’s win over Arkansas looked like the kind of game that lives forever on a quarterback’s highlight reel. Texas football team absolutely rode Arch Manning in a 52-37 shootout, and the redshirt sophomore answered with six total touchdowns, becoming the first Longhorn ever to score via pass, run, and reception in the same contest. […]

Arch Manning already had a historic night against Arkansas, but the performance also produced a perfect snapshot of what Texas football wants to be under Steve Sarkisian. In a 52-37 win that kept the Longhorns at 8-3 and firmly in the New Year’s Six and fringe CFP conversation, Manning became the first player in program […]

The fallout from Brian Kelly’s messy exit at the LSU football team is now playing out in court and on the field. After the Tigers’ ugly 49-25 loss to Texas A&M, LSU moved on from Kelly, prompting the former head coach to file a lawsuit claiming he was fired without cause and is owed his […]

Browns’ Shedeur Sanders is about to step into one of the strangest traditions in the NFL: being the next man up at quarterback for his team. With Dillon Gabriel sidelined after a concussion in Week 11, Sanders will make his first NFL start against the Las Vegas Raiders, becoming the 42nd different starting QB the […]

Kirby Smart-level toughness has become the expectation at the UCLA football team, too, and Nico Iamaleava has been at the center of that conversation all month. After missing the Ohio State blowout while in concussion protocol, the Bruins’ quarterback was labeled “day to day” by interim coach Tim Skipper, who kept the door open for […]

Speculation around Lane Kiffin’s future is raging, but the Ole Miss coach still refuses to play along. Asked again this week about reported interest from both the Florida football team and LSU, Kiffin dodged every attempt to pin him down, brushing aside talk of family visits and political connections while insisting he fully expects to […]

The future of Travis Kelce is casting a shadow over everything the Kansas City Chiefs do right now, but the tight end is not planning to drag out the decision. He has privately indicated he wants to decide by early March whether he will return for 2026 or walk away, giving the organization enough time […]

Packers running back Josh Jacobs is officially questionable for the Green Bay Packers’ crucial divisional clash against the Minnesota Vikings, and his availability may come down to a game-day decision. The veteran back exited last week’s win over the New York Giants with a knee issue and has spent the week trying to prove he […]

The Georgia football team’s latest blowout win was another reminder of why Kirby Smart refuses to apologize for running a brutally physical program. Fresh off a statement 35-10 win over Texas that reinserted Georgia into the national title conversation, the Bulldogs crushed Charlotte 35-3, and Bo Walker’s breakout night in Athens looked like a living […]

The story of the kicker Eddy Piñeiro to the San Francisco 49ers has taken a tough turn. Fresh off setting a franchise record with 17 straight made field goals to open the season and stabilizing a position that was a major issue in 2024, the veteran kicker now finds himself sidelined just as San Francisco […]

The Detroit Lions are getting a badly needed boost at cornerback, less than a year after Khalil Dorsey suffered a brutal tibia/fibula injury in a shootout loss to Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. The setback abruptly halted what had been an important rotational role in Aaron Glenn’s secondary and further strained a defense that […]

The New Orleans Saints made their long-expected move at wide receiver, cutting ties with Brandin Cooks after a short-lived reunion that never came close to matching his first stint in New Orleans. Brought back on a modest two-year deal to stabilize a reshaped passing game, the veteran instead became emblematic of an offense stuck in […]

The Chicago Bears will again be without starting corners Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12, prolonging a stretch in which their secondary has been held together by depth pieces and scheme. The silver lining, though, is that Chicago still expects both defensive backs to be back on […]

TCU player Josh Hoover knows there is no margin for sloppiness as his team heads into its showdown. After Eric McAlister torched SMU for three touchdowns in the Iron Skillet win, the Horned Frogs quarterback admitted they will need their sharpest, most complete performance yet to handle a Sun Devils defense that can be physical […]

The Cincinnati Bengals will have to wait at least one more week for Joe Burrow’s return, and in the meantime, they are reshaping the depth chart around him. Cincinnati kept its franchise quarterback on injured reserve for Week 12 against the New England Patriots, sticking with Joe Flacco under center while Burrow continues his recovery […]

The return of Calvin Ridley to the Tennessee Titans lineup lasted barely a quarter. The veteran wide receiver, who had already battled a hamstring issue this season, fractured his fibula in the Week 11 loss to the Houston Texans and has been ruled out for the rest of 2025. Interim head coach Mike McCoy lamented […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are used to living on the edge and surviving it. This season, that aura is gone, which is why Andy Reid’s message after the crushing 22-19 loss to the Broncos was so blunt: reset and narrow the focus. He told the locker room the only thing they can control now is […]

The Kansas City Chiefs might be hovering at 5-5, but around the league, there’s still a healthy respect for what they can become down the stretch. Rival executives see a flawed team that’s struggling to run the ball and leaning too heavily on Patrick Mahomes, yet they also point to his “fear factor” and Andy […]

Broncos’ Bo Nix didn’t throw a touchdown pass against the Kansas City Chiefs, but he still outdueled Patrick Mahomes and pushed the Denver team into a different tier of AFC contenders. The rookie calmly directed an eight-game winning streak to 9-2 with a late, precision strike to Troy Franklin that set up Wil Lutz’s walk-off […]

The New York Jets are making another seismic change at quarterback, and this one feels final for Justin Fields. After a 27-14 loss to the New England Patriots dropped them to 2-8 and left the offense dead last in passing yards, head coach Aaron Glenn has turned to veteran Tyrod Taylor for Week 12 against […]

The Bengals’ injury luck took another hit back in Week 6 when tight end Mike Gesicki went down early against the Green Bay Packers. In Joe Flacco’s first start with Cincinnati, the veteran pass-catcher suffered a pectoral injury in the first half, headed to the medical tent, then straight to the locker room. He never […]

Dallas finally got the kind of defensive performance it has been begging for, and Quinnen Williams was right in the middle of it. In his Cowboys debut, the Pro Bowl defensive tackle stacked a sack, multiple QB hits, and a constant interior push in a 33-16 win over the Raiders, prompting ESPN’s Marcus Spears to […]

In a new record, Travis Kelce just became the Chiefs’ all-time touchdown leader with his 21-yard score against the Broncos, but that bit of history did little to calm growing Chiefs rumors about the future of their offense. Kansas City has sputtered to 5-5, and every stumble only sharpens the question of what life after […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers might have beaten the Bengals and stayed atop the AFC North, but everything now orbits Aaron Rodgers’ wrist. The veteran quarterback exited at halftime with what was initially described as a “slight break” in his left wrist, and further tests will determine how long he is actually sidelined. In his place, Mason […]

Joe Burrow is stuck on the sideline, but his mindset is exactly what the Cincinnati Bengals need as questions swirl around the franchise and, inevitably, NFL rumors about its future. Head coach Zac Taylor revealed that Burrow has pushed through seven-on-seven work in practice and could ramp up to some 11-on-11 soon, insisting the star […]

Kirk Cousins might be stepping in for an injured Michael Penix Jr., but he’s not distancing himself from Raheem Morris. After the Atlanta Falcons’ brutal 30-27 overtime loss to the Carolina Panthers dropped them to 3-7 and extended their skid to five games, Cousins gave his head coach a clear public backing, calling Morris the […]

Mike McDaniel’s future in Miami looked bleak a few weeks ago, but a blowout win over the Bills and a gritty overtime victory against the Commanders have at least reopened the conversation. Owner Stephen Ross is known to still believe in McDaniel’s offensive mind and would prefer continuity if the locker room keeps responding and […]

Against the Bears, J.J. McCarthy did not sugarcoat his performance. After completing just 16 of 32 passes for 150 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions in Minnesota’s 19-17 loss, the Vikings quarterback admitted there were “three or five” decisions and throws he desperately wants back, including a glaring third-down miss to Justin Jefferson. He knows […]

Nebraska’s quarterback room took another hit recently, and not just on the field. Starting QB Dylan Raiola is already done for the year after suffering a broken fibula against USC, an injury that turned a promising season into a scramble for bowl positioning. Nebraska’s offense stalled the moment Raiola left that late-October game, and backup […]

The Detroit Lions have been eyeing Malcolm Rodriguez’s return for weeks, and now the timeline they hoped for is finally materializing. Back in late October, reports indicated the linebacker was targeting a mid-November comeback after tearing his ACL on Thanksgiving last year, with the team opening his practice window and slowly ramping him back into […]

The Chicago Bears are dipping into the veteran market for depth at linebacker, and the name they chose carries a lot more weight than just another practice-squad body. Jalen Reeves-Maybin, a former Pro Bowler who was expected to be released by the Detroit Lions back in March as they managed their cap and looming extensions, […]