It’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]
Continue reading“My hands were kind of small, so I used to drop the snap,” he said. “But I would just pick it up and outrun everybody.” Brown has been outrunning the opposition ever since. Nicknamed “Hollywood” because of his Florida hometown of the same name and his propensity for dazzling downfield grabs, Brown might very well […]
Continue readingOne thing is definite, however: Foles had struggled badly since his return from a broken collarbone, and something had to be done. “I wanted to get a spark,” Marrone said. “It was kind of dead, and I wanted to get things going and made the switch at quarterback. … I haven’t spoken to either quarterback […]
Continue readingHere are this past weekend’s worst bad beats: Line: Over/under 195 This game pitted two of the NBA’s best defenses, but those who expected a low-scoring game and took the under walked away disappointed after the final buzzer. Those unlucky bettors have an unlikely flurry of points in the final seconds to thank for their […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 has had quite an impact on the NFL schedule for Week 15, and the same goes for fantasy football. Instead of the traditional Monday night finishing off Week 15, two games were moved to Tuesday night and the Raiders-Browns game, originally scheduled for Saturday, was moved to 5 p.m. ET on Monday. While many […]
Continue readingThe NFL’s league leader in touchdown passes is 44 years old. The league leader in touchdown catches is 32. No, we’re not talking about a local recreational league. This is the NFL, where the Tom Brady-to-Rob Gronkowski combination seemingly has altered the time-space continuum. But if anyone were able to generate 1.21 gigawatts and make […]
Continue readingYou hurried and scurried, hustled and bustled. You scoured everything ESPN had to offer, and it was, is and will continue to be a metric ton of news, tidbits and useful information. Football is back, and many of you have returned to the fantasy football waters. Now whether you’re a shark or simply chum has […]
Continue readingFormer Jacksonville receiver Dede Westbrook signed with the Vikings on Sunday, his agency Young Money APAA Sports announced. The length of Westbrook’s contract is for one year, a source told ESPN. A former fourth-round selection by the Jaguars in 2017, Westbrook will reunite with Vikings wide receivers coach Keenan McCardell for a fifth consecutive season. […]
Continue readingFor the first time as pros, Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield will square off Sunday when Kansas City travels to Cleveland. Yet two years before they began lighting up the NFL, the two young quarterback stars lit up the scoreboard in a college football shootout for the ages. Even to those who were there that […]
Continue readingThe NFL trade deadline used to be a waste of time. Not anymore. While there were no actual trades on deadline day a year ago, we saw 11 significant trades in the two weeks leading up to it. The big acquisitions seemed like cornerback Jalen Ramsey (Rams) and wide receivers Mohamed Sanu (Patriots) and Emmanuel […]
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