TEMPE, Ariz. — In a move to improve their offense and appease their quarterback, the Arizona Cardinals traded their first-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday in exchange for wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and the 100th pick in the draft. Upon hearing about the trade, Murray texted Cardinals general manager Steve Keim fireball […]
Continue readingThe Ravens placed rookie guard Ben Cleveland on injured reserve Tuesday, a day after he was carted off the field in a 31-25 overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts. Cleveland, a rookie third-round pick, will be sidelined at least three weeks with a knee injury. Before Baltimore officially placed Cleveland on IR, he tweeted that […]
Continue readingWith the 2021 NFL draft in the rearview, it’s time to take inventory with another version of the NFL Power Rankings. While this draft was unprecedented because of the lack of a combine, visits to team facilities and in-person pro days, the decisions made in constructing this draft class will shape the futures of many […]
Continue readingFor 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 NFL draft season begins at the Senior Bowl for most NFL teams, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, that will be the same again this year. The Senior Bowl announced Monday the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers have been assigned to coach the two teams of top senior and graduating college football prospects on […]
Continue readingThe 2020 college football bowl season figures to be like none other, with COVID-19 issues causing some squads to opt out and bowl games having to be canceled because of a lack of participating teams. Still, there are 28 bowl games left to keep us entertained between now and the Jan. 11 College Football Playoff […]
Continue readingWeek 10 of the college football season is in a giving mood. We’ve already had a robust #MACtion slate on Wednesday. Now the Pac-12 is back, albeit with a couple of cancellations. With no on-site tailgating allowed for Florida-Georgia, expect some cocktails but not much in the way of a party. And this is easily […]
Continue readingEach week, it feels a little more real. College football is here, and even though many of the teams in ESPN’s Power Rankings didn’t play this week, we did have some movement. And not just from the usual suspects. Hello Billy Napier and Louisiana, which earned its first road win over an AP nationally ranked […]
Continue readingFor obvious reasons, the thought of a fall college football season coming off without a hitch is a tenuous one. The number of coronavirus cases on campus is spiking with the return of (non-athlete) students, and practices throughout the country have been altered or stopped altogether because of it. We won’t completely know this unusual […]
Continue readingEvery college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year the […]
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