The New York Giants are looking into other options at quarterback, as starter Daniel Jones continues to deal with a neck injury. The team worked out quarterbacks Matt Barkley and Ian Book Monday.  On Sunday night, Jones was inactive and backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor was in as the replacement. The Giants elevated Tommy DeVito for the Week 6 matchup against the …

The Week 8 college football schedule features four critical top-25 matchups, headlined by No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State in the Big Ten East. Ohio State is a 4.5-point favorite in the Week 8 college football odds from SportsLine consensus, despite Penn State winning all six of its games by at least 17 points. The Nittany Lions …

Bill Belichick came up a helmet grab short of matching Don Shula’s feat of coaching an undefeated team. Belichick can still break another record held by Shula, but one of his former players doesn’t think that mark is worth pursuing.  Belichick has 330 career wins and is behind only Shula’s 347, and it’s generally thought that that is one of …

The Las Vegas Raiders received encouraging news on Jimmy Garoppolo’s back injury. However, coach Josh McDaniels said Monday he didn’t know if the quarterback would be healthy enough to play at Chicago on Sunday. Garoppolo was injured in Sunday’s 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots, and McDaniels said he was examined to see if “there was an internal issue.” …

The Chargers will officially have one of their top edge rushers back when they play the Cowboys on Monday Night Football. Joey Bosa is active for Monday’s game after he was listed as questionable with his toe injury. Bosa did not play in Los Angeles’ Week 4 win over the Raiders, which was before their Week 5 bye. Bosa has …

What a strange season 2023 has shaped up to be for Notre Dame. Starting early in Week 0 has made the year seemingly fly by.  Plenty of teams nationally not only didn’t have a Week 0 affair but also already had their off weeks that Notre Dame is on.  That leaves the Irish with just four games to play and …

EAST RUTHERFORD N.J. — A loss was going to happen sooner or later for the Philadelphia Eagles, and they found every way to lose a game on Sunday in in their defeat at the hands of the New York Jets. For starters, the Eagles committed four turnovers, three of which were Jalen Hurts interceptions.  Philadelphia had plenty of opportunities to …

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! If you bet on both the Jets and Browns to win yesterday, then congratulations, you are now the fourth-richest person in America. The NFL went off the rails over the weekend and most of it had to do with those two teams.  The Browns, who were a 9.5-point underdog, handed …

USATSI Urban Meyer finally shut down the rumors of potentially returning to college football, saying he has “no desire” to take on another position. His comments come amidst the Michigan State coaching search. “I am good,” Meyer said on Monday at the Knoxville Quarterback Club, as reported by the Knoxville News Sentinel. “I never really took a day off. People, …

Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson was mostly coy when asked Monday about quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s sprained left knee. Pederson called Lawrence “day-to-day” and said he was sore but feeling better. Pederson also said he wouldn’t know whether Lawrence would play Thursday night against the Saints until game time. When pressed about specifics regarding Lawrence’s injury, Pederson said: “That’s out of …

Grading 49ers’ offense, defense in heartbreaking loss to Browns originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area CLEVELAND — The 49ers’ run of remarkable consistency came crashing down Sunday with a bad-across-the-board showing against the Cleveland Browns in Week 5. And, suddenly, the seemingly invincible 49ers do not look so unbeatable after all. The 49ers struggled in every phase in their …

Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback D’Wan Mathis is entering the transfer portal again. Mathis, who was named the opening game starter at quarterback for the Temple Owls in 2021 and 2022, is looking for a new home. During the 2022 college football season, D’Wan Mathis changed positions and started playing as a wide receiver. Mathis has two receptions for 12 yards …

After Las Vegas beat New England on Sunday, Adam Butler was hoping to have a brief postgame chat with Patriots coach Bill Belichick. The Raiders defensive tackle spent the first four seasons of his career in New England, so he wanted to make sure to at least shake hands with his former coach after the game, but that didn’t happen.  …

Pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are sweeping the NFL and the entertainment world as their rumored relationship grows. The two were in the spotlight once again when they made cameos on “Saturday Night Live.” The skit featured Kenan Thompson as Fox Sports host Curt Menefee and Pete Davidson as an NFL sideline reporter decked out in Swift …

The Jets were touchdown underdogs in their own stadium on Sunday, matched up with the reigning NFC champion Eagles and down both starting cornerbacks, not to mention the vigorously rehabbing Aaron Rodgers. Yet New York came away with the 20-14 victory, handing Philadelphia its first loss of the 2023 season to improve to 3-3 in a competitive AFC East. It also …