Getty Images The 2024 free agency class’ top cornerback will not be reaching the open market.  The Chicago Bears are expected to place the franchise tag on Pro Bowl cornerback Jaylon Johnson on Tuesday, according to CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones. His one-year, fully-guaranteed contract for 2024 will be $19.8 million in the event the two sides cannot …

Success leads to elevation. After two seasons, Florida A&M defensive backs coach Davon Morgan is leaving the program to become the head football coach of Bluefield State. Morgan, a former Virginia Tech and NFL safety, had his official press conference on Tuesday, where he was introduced as the program’s new head coach. Morgan, 35, is tasked to turn around Bluefield State football after it went …

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Free agent tight end Jonnu Smith visited the Dolphins on Tuesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The sides are in contract negotiations, Schefter adds. The Falcons released Smith last week, making him a free agent. In his one season with Atlanta, Smith set career highs with 50 receptions and 582 yards. He also had three touchdown receptions. The Titans made …

If you’re handicapping the 2024 college football season and trying to already figure out who the 12 teams making the expanded playoff will be, there is an investment opportunity for you out there. Odds are currently posted to SportsBetting.ag on if a team will make the 12-team College Football Playoff or not. In case you’re wondering, Notre Dame checks in …

The Miami Dolphins released linebacker Jerome Baker on Tuesday, a move that frees up about $9.8 million in salary cap space. Baker, whom the Dolphins drafted in the third round in 2018, was entering the final year of a three-year extension but is coming off a season in which he missed extended time because of injuries. An MCL sprain caused …

Getty Images Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has had some big moments on the football field throughout the years, but his life away from football just changed in a major way. Prescott told CBS News Texas that he recently became a father. Prescott’s girlfriend, Sarah Jane Ramos, gave birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter named MJ on Feb. …

Jayden Daniels, in his own unique way, debunked a rumor stating that people in his camp do not want the New England Patriots to select him during the 2024 NFL Draft. Daniels, one of the top-ranked quarterback prospects in the draft, responded to the rumor on X with a simple cap emoji that insinuates that the rumor is in fact …

It was an interesting move for Chip Kelly this offseason, as he left UCLA at its head coach and took the offensive coordinator job at Ohio State. Typically, a coach who has the resume that Kelly does isn’t going to take a “position downgrade” at another program, but that is what ended up happening. As the Buckeyes began spring practices …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMar 5, 2024, 07:16 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. In need of a winger, the Vegas Golden Knights landed one Tuesday when they traded for Anthony Mantha with a 2024 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-round pick going to the Washington Capitals, the teams announced. Getting a top-six winger was …

The Houston Texans are keeping tight end Dalton Schultz and star quarterback C.J. Stroud together. Schultz and the Texans agreed to a three-year contract worth $36 million, including 23.5 million fully guaranteed, a source confirmed to Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein on Tuesday. The news was first reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The 27-year-old arrived to the Texans after spending …

It has been a whirlwind offseason for former Ohio State quarterback’s coach Corey Dennis. After staring his career in Columbus in 2015, he rose from intern to graduate assistant, then as a quality control coach, and finally in 2020, was named the quarterbacks coach at Ohio State. Dennis was let go earlier this year and quickly found a job as …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter The Houston Texans have a need at running back. And Saquon Barkley is set to become an unrestricted free agent.  Are the two sides a match?  The 27-year-old Barkley was not franchise-tagged by the New York Giants by Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline, paving the way for the two-time Pro Bowler to hit the market …