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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 […]
Continue readingBengals’ Tee Higgins out vs. Texans; Ja’Marr Chase questionable
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Darlington joins “SportsCenter” to give insight on the possibility of Ja’Marr Chase suiting up vs. the Texans. (0:38) CINCINNATI — Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins will not play Sunday against the Houston Texans, coach Zac Taylor said Friday. Higgins suffered a hamstring injury Wednesday and didn’t practice the rest of […]
Continue readingHow the Bengals created a more disruptive pass rush
Hill, a defensive tackle, twisted left and attacked the edge of the offensive formation to pressure Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Hubbard worked from the edge inside. The plan worked and resulted in a sack. What to do next was a bit trickier. Unsure of who would get credit for the play, Hill and Hubbard each […]
Continue readingBengals’ top CB Chidobe Awuzie expected to play vs. Browns
Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie is expected to play in the team’s season opener against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, coach Zac Taylor said after Monday’s practice. It will be Awuzie’s first game since he suffered a torn ACL in Week 8 of last season at Cleveland. “It’s good to get him back,” Taylor said. “Him back […]
Continue readingBengals say DE Trey Hendrickson (broken wrist) will avoid IR
Hendrickson finished Sunday’s 23-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns before he alerted a member of the training staff about a potential injury. Taylor didn’t have any definite timeline on Hendrickson’s outlook aside from not placing him on injured reserve, which requires a four-game absence. “We’ll see where he’s at through the week, but I’m not […]
Continue reading2021 NFL roster cuts tracker: Who’s in and who’s out for all 32 teams
Teams in the NFL are required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts come earlier this season as teams had three preseason games — not four — to accommodate the 17-game regular season schedule. The biggest names let go are New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and New […]
Continue readingCollege football post-spring Top 25 power rankings
Alabama, the defending national champion, had six players selected in the first round of last week’s NFL draft, tying the Miami Hurricanes’ record set in 2004. Alabama and Ohio State each had 10 players drafted overall, the most of any program in this year’s draft. Georgia was third with nine draft selections, the most in […]
Continue reading2021 NFL draft: Jeff Legwold ranks the top 100 prospects
For years, folks in the NFL would often openly wonder if they needed to be in Indianapolis for the entire combine. They would complain about the cold weather, saying they were counting the hours until they could hit the road, as they speed-walked through the convention center to another round of interviews. Then the combine […]
Continue readingThe 2021 Way-Too-Early college football top 25
Even in a 2020 college football season that featured more starts and stops than Los Angeles traffic, there were a handful of near certainties, such as Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State reaching the College Football Playoff. Even a pandemic couldn’t balance power in the most top-heavy sport. Will we finally see those heavyweights fall back […]
Continue readingAlabama Crimson Tide boast six AP first-team All-Americans
Heisman Trophy finalists Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith have been selected to the Associated Press All-America team, leading a contingent of five Alabama players on the first-team offense. Crimson Tide running back Najee Harris, tackle Alex Leatherwood and center Landon Dickerson are also first-team selections. No. 1 Alabama is the first team since 1980, when […]
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