We’re here with the final edition of our MVP Watch for the 2023 NFL season, and the results are unanimous: Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is going to be named the Most Valuable Player of the NFL for the second time in his career. Fresh off a total destruction of the Miami Dolphins, which came just a week after he …

The Week 18 NFL lines are all largely in congruence, save for one outlier. Fifteen of the 16 games have spreads of 5.5 points or fewer, which makes Cowboys vs. Commanders stick out like a sore thumb as Dallas is favored by 13.5 points. Dallas will lock up the NFC’s No. 2 seed with a victory, while Washington has more …

It’s All-American Bowl season in the world of college football recruiting, and things kick off on Wednesday afternoon with the 2024 Under Armour All-American Bowl down in Orlando, Florida. The game will be televised on ESPN, kicking off at 1 p.m. PT. A total of six Oregon Duck signees from the 2024 recruiting class are playing in the game, looking …

1 Your MVP favorite. The passing numbers don’t tell the story of a guy beating up on teams through the air, but his accuracy and effortless touch on key throws have been apparent all year. It’s that natural athleticism translating inside an improved structure, and of course also excelling outside it, where he’s up over 750 rushing yards for the …

With Bill Belichick on the hot seat in New England, there’s a very real chance that this week’s game against the Jets could end up being his final one as the coach of the Patriots.  Although New England won’t be fighting for a playoff spot this week, there will be a lot on the line for Belichick: If the Jets …

The bowl games have come, and the bowl games have gone. There were 41 scheduled, and all 41 were played. That hasn’t always been the case recently, and one could certainly argue this year’s Orange Bowl wasn’t played as much as it was partially attended by a team. Still, bowl season is over, and given we ranked the games before …

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter The Chicago Bears’ upcoming quarterback decision was always going to be a complex one. Whether to bring back Justin Fields and pick up his fifth-year option this offseason was the main question the organization wanted to answer in 2023.  Staring down their last game of the season, they still don’t have that answer. That could …

There are a lot of questions to be answered in New England after their Week 18 game against the Jets and they start with whether head coach Bill Belichick will return for a 25th season with the Patriots. Once that is known, the future of the quarterback position will be one of the other chief topics. They will be picking …

Incoming Florida football freshman signee quarterback D.J. Lagway is in line for more potential national high school honors. Lagway was named as one of three finalists for the Gatorade National Player of the Year on Wednesday and also was named Texas Gatorade Player of the Year. The other finalists are Alabama five-star quarterback signee Julian Sayin and USC five-star quarterback …

What’s behind Eagles’ 2nd-half defensive meltdowns? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia If NFL games were 30 minutes long, Matt Patricia would be Coach of the Year. The Eagles held the Seahawks and Giants to three points before halftime and the Cards to six points. They haven’t allowed a touchdown before halftime in three games since Patricia became play caller …

Michigan State football is reportedly expected to hire a former Big Ten defensive coordinator as an assistant coach. Former Indiana co-defensive coordinator Chad Wilt is reportedly expected to be hired as a defensive assistant by new head coach Jonathan Smith. Matt Zenitz of 247Sports broke the staffing news on Wednesday morning. Wilt joined Indiana’s staff as co-defensive coordinator in 2022 …

Former Packers center Ken Bowman’s wife announced that her husband died at the age of 81 in late December. Bowman played for Green Bay from 1964-1973 and had a hand in the team’s victories in the final three championships of Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay run. He started every game en route to the 1965 NFL Championship, but missed most of …

Former five-star offensive tackle Lance Heard is leaving the LSU Tigers and now has an offer from USC. The top recruit in the Tigers’ 2023 recruiting class is entering the transfer portal after one season, per multiple reports. True freshman offensive tackle Lance Heard played in 12 games for LSU, including one start at right tackle on Oct. 21 against …

Eagles’ run defense bottomed out vs. Cardinals after months of decline originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles had no answers for the Cardinals’ rushing attack on Sunday, giving up 221 yards on the ground in the shocking 35-31 loss. Want to figure out why the Eagles lost this game? Start there. “Obviously the run game is going to …

The USC Trojans have offered North Dakota State defensive tackle Javier Derritt. Derritt had 90 tackles and 11 sacks in five years with the Bison, including two sacks in the team’s 31-29 double-overtime loss to Montana in the FCS semifinals. The 6-foot-2, 280-pound lineman has one year of eligibility remaining. According to his personal account on social media, Derritt has …