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The all-playoff era team: The best players of the past decade

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 […]

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Best 2023 NFL rookies: Final top-10 ranking, standouts, stats

More Teams. More Games. Eric Moody reflects on C.J. Stroud‘s successful rookie season and explains why he has Stroud firmly on the QB1 radar next season. (0:54) The 2023 NFL rookie class has been memorable. This season, Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud set a single-game rookie passing record in Week 9. Rams receiver Puka Nacua set […]

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Cousins dilemma just one of the issues Vikings face this offseason

His comment sparked an important follow-up: Do you think the Vikings are close? “At different times this year, you would say that ‘Yeah, we’ve shown it,’” Adofo-Mensah said. “And, last year in fact. But I think you want to get to that place in your program that it is consistent year in and year out […]

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Vikings need Brian Flores to build on defensive innovation in 2024

And yet there is a remarkably straight line running through their defense as well, one that will merit fair scrutiny of their personnel distribution this offseason. The Vikings’ defensive efficiency rankings, a per-play measure of the extent to which the defense has contributed to scoring margins, have directly reflected the team’s winning percentage: Weeks 1-3: […]

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Vikings’ Jordan Hicks in hospital after developing compartment syndrome

In the wake of Hicks’ injury, the Vikings are planning to re-sign four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Anthony Barr, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Barr spent eight seasons in Minnesota after becoming the Vikings’ first-round pick in 2014. He played for the Dallas Cowboys last season. The move indicates that Hicks’ injury will sideline him for […]

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USC’s Caleb Williams, Alabama’s Will Anderson Jr. lead AP All-America team

Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams was one of three Southern California players selected to The Associated Press All-America team released Monday. Offensive lineman Andrew Vorhees and defensive end Tuli Tuipulotu joined their quarterback to give USC more players on the first team than any other school. Williams, named last week the AP player of the […]

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College football rankings: Updated Way-Too-Early Top 25

For most college football teams across the FBS, spring practice is either over or will be winding down during the next couple of weeks. But the transfer portal, into which more than 3,600 FBS players have entered this year already, never stops churning. Coaches around the country will look to address weaknesses (and, sadly, recruiting […]

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