Report: Patriots work out multiple kickers, special teams players originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots spent a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft on Maryland kicker Chad Ryland, which drew criticism at the time for the simple fact that a team with so many weaknesses at key positions probably shouldn’t be using a fourth-rounder on …

Oregon State and Washington State aren’t yet members of the Mountain West Conference, but they are working with the Mountain West on football scheduling for 2024. College Sports Wire, picking up a report from Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports, has more on what the Beavers and Cougars are trying to do in football for next year. Via Dellenger: “The alliance …

Unlike the Matt Rhule firing nearly 14 months ago, there was no expansive news conference from team owner David Tepper that sought to reset the on-field footing of the Carolina Panthers. Instead, it was just an irritated and seemingly defensive NFL franchise owner explaining his third massive course correction in four years. Head coach Frank Reich is out. The football …

Syracuse has hired Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown as its next head coach, the school announced Tuesday. Though he’s finishing his second season in Athens, Georgia, for the two-time reigning national champions, the New Jersey native has plenty of experience in the Northeast with previous stops as an assistant at Rutgers and Temple. He was hired by the Bulldogs …

The Saints added kicker Blake Grupe to the practice report Friday with a groin injury. Grupe played in Sunday’s game, making five of six field goal tries. He made field goals of 25, 52, 41, 45 and 39, and missed short from 54 yards. The Saints are working out kickers Tuesday, Nick Underhill of neworleans.football reports. Mason Crosby, Taylor Bertolet …

Nov. 28—PULLMAN — Washington State’s football team is on the brink of significant change. Three Cougars have announced their plans to enter the transfer portal, which officially opens on Monday, marking the beginning of what could be a transformative offseason for WSU. Here is a primer for that period of time for the Cougars: Which players have entered the portal, …

49ers’ Brandon Aiyuk has moved on from trash talk about Eagles originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — While Deebo Samuel shared that he doesn’t regret anything he said about the Philadelphia Eagles’ secondary, his fellow 49ers wideout Brandon Aiyuk has moved on. Aiyuk on Monday was asked about comments he made this past offseason about the …

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana could be days from announcing its next football coach, and that person is expected to be supported with significant NIL resources to build the Hoosiers’ roster. Per a source with first-hand knowledge, Indiana is expected to be able to support its next coach at least $3 million for the name, image and likeness space. That number could …

Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson missed one game with a groin injury, but he doesn’t think he’s going to have to miss another. Johnson told the Philadelphia Inquirer he expects to be ready for Sunday’s game against the 49ers. Johnson said the injury was related to the injury that forced him to miss the last two games of the regular …

Nov. 28—The Pac-12 as its long been known is gone. Washington State enters an uncertain period in its program’s history and should expect to see plenty of roster turnover as consequence. Below are the Cougars who have announced their intentions to enter the NCAA transfer portal. The portal officially opens on Monday . Reserves Tuesday: Defensive tackle Tristan Souza announced. …

The Cardinals dropped a pair of players from their 53-man roster on Tuesday. Running back Keaontay Ingram and defensive lineman Ben Stille were both placed on waivers. The Cardinals also released offensive lineman Austen Pleasants from their practice squad, so they have two open spots on the active roster. Ingram became the odd man out in the offensive backfield with …

The importance of USC’s upcoming defensive coordinator hire is self-evident, and yet the stakes are getting higher with each passing moment. Over at Buckeyes Wire, Ohio State is dealing with the possibility that defensive coordinator Jim Knowles could take the open head coaching job at Duke. At Spartans Wire, Michigan State is trying to identify its own defensive coordinator candidates. …

Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson said he’s flying to New York to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday to get more clarity about his latest suspension and the way the league enforces its player safety rules. “For me, I see a lot of the same things happening around the league where guys aren’t going through what I’m going …

The Raiders fired Josh McDaniels on Nov. 1. The same question asked then is being asked now, almost a month later: Who will the Raiders hire to replace him? Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that former Stanford head coach David Shaw is “a name to keep an eye on” in the team’s search. Shaw has not coached …

Ohio State’s late bid to upset No. 2 Michigan on Saturday in Ann Arbor came to a screeching halt when Wolverines defensive back Rod Moore picked off Buckeyes quarterback Kyle McCord on the Michigan 22-yard line with 25 seconds to play to ice away the 30-24 win. In theory, the Buckeyes’ bid for the College Football Playoff was put on …