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Could Seattle draft a QB? What’s next for Geno Smith, Seahawks
RENTON, Wash. — The basketball hoop in the auditorium at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, a fixture during the Pete Carroll era and perhaps the building’s most prominent symbol of it, is no longer there. The Seattle Seahawks aren’t scrubbing all of their old head coach’s fingerprints from team headquarters, but they won’t have Mike […]
Continue readingNFL Power Rankings 2024: Which teams improved in free agency?
Welcome to the second edition of the 2024 NFL Power Rankings. The free agent frenzy has slowed down — these players remain unsigned — and teams are looking ahead to April’s NFL draft. So, we’re doing a reset on expectations for the 2024 season with a new poll. How has the addition of quarterback Kirk […]
Continue readingIdeal fantasy landing spots for football’s buzziest free agents
Fewer rumor mills churn with the fervency than those engaged in offseason NFL chatter. From debating the necessity of adding extra regular-season games to parsing social media posts to deciphering even the most obtuse coachspeak, football fans love to sip tea and play telephone. The hottest brews and the most crackling connections, though, are always […]
Continue readingThe 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 readingFantasy football 2024 free agency: Where key players might land
The 2023 NFL season is behind us, and 2024 offseason activities are already underway. Free agency, which will include players who were waived or released, is one of the first big sessions on the calendar. For the purposes of this column, I’ll be taking a look at the top free agents at the key fantasy […]
Continue readingWhat new Seahawks coaches could mean for QB Geno Smith
SEATTLE — The Seahawks have a new head coach in Mike Macdonald, who replaces Pete Carroll after 14 seasons at the helm. They have a new decision-maker in John Schneider, their longtime general manager who now holds final say over personnel matters in the organization’s post-Carroll power structure. Could that combination also mean a new […]
Continue readingSources: Brad Idzik to be Panthers OC but won’t call plays
More Teams. More Games. David Newton reports on the Panthers’ decision to promote ex-linebacker Dan Morgan to general manager. (0:53) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales is hiring a familiar face as his offensive coordinator, but that person won’t be calling the plays. Brad Idzik, who followed Canales from the Seattle Seahawks […]
Continue readingPunt, kick or go for it on fourth down? Method to NFL analytics models
More Teams. More Games. The “Around the Horn” panel explains why Todd Bowles not using his last timeout against the Lions was a terrible decision. (1:45) Late in the third quarter of the Ravens’ divisional round matchup against the Texans, Baltimore, leading 17-10, faced a fourth-and-1 at the Houston 49-yard line. Then, in the bottom […]
Continue readingDecision looms on Geno Smith’s future as the Seahawks’ QB
The Seattle Seahawks’ general manager now controls the fates of both spots. To be sure, Schneider will weigh input from whichever coach he hires to replace Pete Carroll when deciding on whether to stick with Geno Smith at quarterback in 2024. But now that Schneider holds final say in personnel matters in the Seahawks’ post-Carroll […]
Continue readingFantasy football mock draft for 2024 season: Where do incoming rookies fit in?
What better time to do your first fantasy football mock draft of 2024 than during the week between the end of the 2023 regular season and the beginning of the playoffs? Many of our ESPN Fantasy analysts and contributors got together to conduct our first of many mocks we’ll do this year and added a […]
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