Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast Remember how much hype the Denver Broncos had going into the 2022 NFL season? Well, we all remember how much of a disaster it ended up being. So who will be ‘This year’s Broncos’? In our second installment of our summer ‘Flip the script‘ series, Yahoo’s Frank Schwab joins Matt Harmon to discuss …

Kevin Heywood, a four-star class of 2024 offensive tackle committed to Wisconsin on Tuesday. The 6-foot-7, 290-pound athlete from Royersford, Pennsylvania is set to join the Badgers after his final year of high school football in 2023. Heywood has received 27 Division 1 offers to this point, picking Wisconsin over other Big Ten schools like Penn State and Michigan. He’ll …

SANTA CLARA — 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel never wants to repeat his 2022 on-field performance ever again. “It was awful,” Samuel said. “In every aspect.” On Tuesday, when the All-Pro spoke to local Bay Area media, he was very blunt about how disappointing his fourth season with San Francisco was. The offseason leading up to the 2022 season was …

Deebo Samuel didn’t mince words when it came to evaluating his 2022 season for the San Francisco 49ers. “It was awful,” he said Tuesday. Samuel said he came into training camp out of shape last year following an offseason of distractions because of a contract dispute and trade demand. He never came close to producing at the level that made …

The pipeline from Cleveland Glenville High School to Ohio State has been historically strong over the last 20 years. The last Buckeye Heisman winner, Troy Smith, prepped at Glenville. Other former OSU stars like Ted Ginn Jr., Donte Whitner, and National Championship winning quarterback Cardale Jones have also made huge impacts on the program. Another Tarblooder could be making his …

The Atlanta Falcons’ entire 2023 draft class is now under contract after the team signed second-round pick Matthew Bergeron on Tuesday. The Syracuse offensive lineman played left tackle in college, but he’s expected to move over to guard in Atlanta. The Falcons let Elijah Wilkinson leave in free agency, so there’s a good chance Bergeron will start at left guard …

It’s no secret that by the standards at the University of Oklahoma, last season was not acceptable. The Sooners began the 2022 season strong starting 3-0, but it soon turned downhill as they finished 6-7, including 3-6 in Big 12 play. This was the first time the Sooners finished below .500 since 1998. It felt like the season hit rock …

Another round of observations and items from the Vikings’ Organized Team Activity practice on Tuesday. The team is scheduled to have one more OTA on Thursday — that one won’t be open to the media — before holding its two-day mandatory minicamp next Tuesday and Wednesday at TCO Performance Center. Rookie quarterback will be a work in progress Rob Gray-USA …

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced Tuesday that Husky Stadium will host all six football state championship games for the 2023 season. If North Kitsap’s football team returns to the Class 2A state title game in 2023, the Vikings will get a chance to play in one of college football’s top venues. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s Executive Board approved …

EAGAN, Minnesota — The reigning NFC North champion Vikings took the field Tuesday for their final practice of organized team activities (OTAs) before next week’s mandatory minicamp. It was a relatively quiet afternoon considering the continued absence of some of the club’s biggest names, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t a handful of stories worth monitoring. Here’s a roundup of …

It’s been a tumultuous few years for Michael Thomas. The Saints star has played in just 10 games dating back to 2020 due to a wide array of injuries. The latest was a toe ailment that sidelined him for the bulk of last season. The 30-year-old does seem to be on the mend, however, as he was spotted at New …

Michigan football made a big splash in the transfer portal this offseason, even if it wasn’t particularly sexy. But it did less so on the recruiting trail in 2023. The Wolverines brought in several potential starters along the offensive line in Ernest Hausmann, LaDarius Henderson, Drake Nugent, and Myles Hinton, a co-starter at tight end in AJ Barner, a backup …

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It’s been a whirlwind of an offseason for Jalen Mills. Once the dust settled, however, he found himself back where he’s been for the past two seasons — inside New England’s secondary. Mind you, that doesn’t come without some bumps along the way. It was initially planned for the Patriots to release him back in March, seemingly …

Ian Rapoport shared a disappointing update for Bears fans who were hoping to see Justin Fields and the rest of the team star in “Hard Knocks” this year. In an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rapoport said there’s a “pretty decent possibility” that HBO and NFL Films will land on the Jets to highlight in training camp this year. …

Jamonta Waller is one of the top football players in the country and Auburn’s top target at EDGE. Auburn hosted Waller for an official visit over the weekend and the four-star prospect enjoyed his time on the Plains. “Good man, it was a great visit,” Waller told Auburn Undercover’s Christian Clemente. “The whole weekend has just been great. We went …