Despite playing for Iron Bowl rival programs, former Alabama football receiver DeVonta Smith appeared on former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton’s podcast recently. Naturally, the Crimson Tide and Tigers products conversated about the two programs’ rivalry, sparking a funny exchange between the two Heisman Trophy winners. “Speaking of Alabama, I think it’s our (Auburn’s) time now,” Newton said on “4th & …

Decision Day for the Chicago Bears hasn’t arrived yet, but it’s fast approaching. As the NFL world descends upon Indianapolis for this week’s Scouting Combine, the Bears are unofficially on the clock, and that includes a quarterback decision: Keep Justin Fields or draft Caleb Williams (or another player) with the No. 1 overall pick. Though Williams has been touted by …

Defensive end Charles Omenihu missed the beginning and the end of the Chiefs’ season, but he thinks he did enough in between to earn a new deal. Omenihu came back from a six-game Personal Conduct Policy suspension to record seven regular season sacks and he recorded another while forcing a fumble in the AFC Championship Game, but he did not …

For all of college football’s big box office, bluster and billions, Alex Shada saw a financial opportunity two years ago at the Senior Bowl. The head of GSC, a well-known company in football circles based in little-known Wahoo, Nebraska, had been supplying coach-to-player helmet communications to the NFL for the last decade. This was Shada’s moment of realization. Here before …

The NFL in-season time is electric, no doubt about it, but now that we are in the offseason, a new type of fun is set to begin. Free agency and the draft provide the opportunity for all 32 teams to alter their rosters, for better or worse. The wide receiver position gains importance seemingly every season for every team in …

USATSI The start of the NFL scouting combine tends to coincide with an increase in trade rumors, with free agency just around the corner. The Arizona Cardinals may be trying to get ahead of such drama, reaffirming Kyler Murray as “our franchise quarterback” in an unprompted X post on Monday. The announcement, featuring three pictures of Murray, comes a day …

The top of the 2024 NFL Draft is expected to be offensive-centric with multiple quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles coming off the board. If the first defensive player is taken No. 9 overall or later, then it will be the latest such occurrence in over two decades.  Despite the lack of defensive talent at the top, there are still …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter In 2011, his last year as a pro scout with the Atlanta Falcons, Ran Carthon read “The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.” The book outlines how corporate America can bridge its gap with the new generation of consumers.  Carthon was intrigued by the author, …

Hip-drop tackles are much more dangerous than other tackles, according to the NFL executive in charge of health and safety issues. NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Miller said today that the injury rate on hip-drop tackles is about 20 to 25 times greater than on other tackles. Miller also said defensive players are using hip-drop tackles more than ever before. …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 26, 2024, 12:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. We are still in the calm before the storm that will inevitably be the NHL’s trade deadline, as the schedule during the …

Just ahead of the 2024 NFL Combine, it’s time to list and explain my top 5 rankings for all the offensive positions. These rankings are subject to change, of course, because the combine carries decently heavy weight in my scouting gradebook. Before I begin, remember: These are my individual rankings, not the full CBS Sports prospect rankings, which is an aggregate of the …

Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins led the NFL in receiving yards (1,799) this past season and was the co-leader in receiving touchdowns (13). Coming off his first team All-Pro season, Hill enters the 2024-25 campaign as the betting favorite to win Offensive Player of the Year. Hill is the first NFL player with a second consecutive 1,700-yard receiving season. …

Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa is taking a little break from football on Monday, but his mind isn’t drifting too far from his day job. Bosa will be taking part in a pistachio eating contest in Santa Monica with Joey Chestnut and other competitive eaters on Monday and he did some press ahead of the event. During one of those …

There won’t be any franchise-tag drama between Tee Higgins and the Cincinnati Bengals.  The Bengals became the first team to use the tag this offseason when they officially placed it on Higgins on Monday. Coach Zac Taylor definitely seemed thrilled with the news.  “Tee has done an outstanding job for us since we drafted him in 2020,” Taylor said in …

Marvin Harrison Jr. is taking an unusual approach to the NFL Draft process. The top wide receiver prospect won’t participate in drills at the NFL Scouting Combine and likely won’t participate at Ohio State’s Pro Day, the Monday Morning Quarterback and NFL Media reported Monday. Harrison reportedly hasn’t hired an agent and isn’t expected to do so, either. Harrison is …