How 49ers QB Purdy joined Hall of Fame company in win over Jaguars originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After a turbulent stretch of games, Brock Purdy returned to his regularly scheduled programming of placing himself in the company of Hall of Fame quarterbacks. The 49ers’ quarterback threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns, with a career-high passer rating …

Admittedly, Ross Bjork likes to drive fast, usually about 75 to 80 mph on a highway. As the Texas A&M athletic director saw it, the predicament facing the football program he oversees isn’t terribly different from something he might encounter on the interstate, when a car is going only 55 mph and refuses to get out of the left lane. …

Getty Images We are nearly through Week 10 and each week it seems the games get more exciting, the stakes are higher and the pregame outfits keep being better. Per usual, we not only got a solid Sunday slate, but we also got some solid fits. The Kansas City Chiefs are on a bye week, so Travis Kelce, whose fashion …

What a crazy Week 10 in the NFL, one of the more entertaining Sundays of the season. The Detroit Lions won a shootout against the Los Angeles Chargers on a last-second field goal and the Cleveland Browns overcame a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to upset the Baltimore Ravens (Cleveland only led for 40 seconds!). This is the first …

C.J. Stroud keeps showing he is the most exciting rookie quarterback in the NFL since … well, since Joe Burrow. Stroud, a former Ohio State quarterback and the second-overall pick in this year’s draft by the Houston Texans, bested Burrow and ended a four-game win streak by the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The 22-year-old threw for 356 yards and led …

On Saturday, Rutgers football (6-4, 3-4) lost their Week 11 road matchup against No. 22 Iowa (8-2, 5-2), 22-0. The Scarlet Knights held the Hawkeyes to six points through three quarters, but the inability to move the chains on offense allowed Iowa to produce 16 points in the fourth quarter. Rutgers recorded 127 total yards on offense (93 passing yards …

The decisive play in the Lions’ wild, shootout win over the Chargers — a 41-38 nonstop thrill ride — was a perfect microcosm of this Detroit team. After picking up 8 yards on third down, Dan Campbell’s crew stared down a fourth-and-2 in a tie game just inside Riley Patterson’s field goal range. There would have been a choice to …

The Cowboys are killing opponents at home this season. Part of it is the quarterbacks the team has faced, but the Cowboys have established a true home-field advantage. They have won 12 in a row at AT&T Stadium, dating to early last season. Their last loss at home was a 19-3 setback to Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in the …

Outside of the stagnant top eight, we saw plenty of movement in the post-Week 11 US LBM Coaches Poll. Six teams, in particular, stood out as the biggest movers. Week 11 losers Kansas and Fresno State are no longer ranked, No. 24 Kansas State and No. 23 Iowa broke into the top 25, and after getting blown out on Saturday, …

Jason Myers converted his fifth field goal of the game, a 43-yarder as time expired, and the Seattle Seahawks held off the Washington Commanders 29-26 on Sunday. Seattle quarterback Geno Smith and Washington QB Sam Howell traded big throws and touchdown passes in the final 5 minutes, but it was Smith who had the final chance at the victory and …

Welcome to the Week 10 grades! It’s been a wild week in the NFL and that’s mostly thanks to the AFC North. All four teams played on Sunday and all four teams were involved in a crazy game.  The Ravens blew a 31-17 fourth-quarter lead against the Browns in a game that they would eventually lose 33-31. Over the past …

Nov. 12—VALDOSTA — The Peach Basket returned to Valdosta State Saturday night with the Blazers taking all the glory from West Georgia’s last night as a Division II football program. The 58-28 pounding raised VSU’s season record to 10-1, gave them a share of the Gulf South title and cemented a first round home game in the national championship tournament. …

Cowboys receiver Ceedee Lamb made NFL history on Sunday.  During the Cowboys’ dominating win over the Giants, Lamb caught 11 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown, which is notable, because it made him the first player in NFL history to catch at least 10 passes while also finishing with at least 150 receiving yards in three consecutive games.  Lamb has …

Shanahan calls Purdy TD pass decision ‘one of his worst’ of career originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Who would have thought that a 49ers opening-drive touchdown would lead to a Kyle Shanahan existential crisis? San Francisco jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in its 34-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at EverBank Stadium after quarterback …

The 2024 NFL Draft is still a little over five months away, but Giants fans suffering through a disaster of a season could be rewarded as New York is in a position to alter the course of its franchise with a pick in the top two.  Here is the current draft order before the Jets and Raiders face off on …