Getty Images Less than a week before the start of 2024 NFL free agency, one of the top veterans set to be available has come off the market, with the Carolina Panthers using their franchise tag Tuesday to temporarily secure pass-rusher Brian Burns. Burns, 25, was one of several high-level defenders on track to test the open market, though Panthers …

Last week, Michael Thomas III included Rutgers football in his top five, signaling that the Big Ten program is going to get an official visit from the New Jersey wide receiver. He is a priority recruit for Rutgers football and head coach Greg Schiano’s staff. Thomas is a four-star wide receiver out from Donovan Catholic (Barnegat, New Jersey). Both ESPN …

USATSI The Pittsburgh Steelers profile as one of the most logical landing spots for quarterback Justin Fields, whose time with the Chicago Bears appears to be nearing its end. Just don’t count on them actually pursuing the former first-round draft pick. Weeks after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the team had no interest in acquiring a big-name successor to current starter …

The story of NFL free agency this offseason might not be any particular player, but a team trying to retain two of its best players. Maybe if the Kansas City Chiefs can’t retain all their top talent, someone can catch them and win a Super Bowl. The Chiefs don’t have many huge questions this offseason, but they do have two …

During his time as Georgia football coach, Kirby Smart has filled openings by hiring 20 assistant coaches after assembling his original staff in 2016. It took until season nine for someone who departed to land back again as an assistant coach with Smart in Athens. That was James Coley, the new wide receivers coach who held that position for Smart’s …

The Jets are moving on from one of their veteran offensive players. Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, New York is expected to release tight end C.J. Uzomah. Uzomah, 31, played just 12 games in 2023. He missed the last five weeks of the season with an MCL injury. But even when he was active, he was not on the field …

A multi-sport athlete from Southwest Florida is set to become the next head football coach for the Eagles. Gateway High School hired Charles Powell as the program’s second head football coach heading into the Eagles’ fourth varsity season. “Honestly, it felt like a weight lifted off my shoulders,” said Powell, who was the head coach of Gateway’s freshmen team last …

NFL teams are not permitted to negotiate with other clubs’ pending free agents until March 11, but Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell recently suggested that Kirk Cousins, their soon-to-be free-agent quarterback, has already drawn inquiries from around the league. Not only that, but O’Connell indicated that Cousins’ departure may well be on the horizon. “Yeah, I think the (scouting) …

Report details Patriots’ contract offer to Dugger as deadline looms originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston We’ve heard reports that the New England Patriots have a contract offer on the table for pending free agent safety Kyle Dugger. We now have a better idea of what that offer looks like. The “belief” is that the Patriots have offered Dugger a …

The 2024 college footbal season, headlined by an exciting SEC schedule, changes are upon us, led by the expanded 12-team playoff structure which will create much needed parity within a sport that a handful of team has dominated throughout the last decade. Led by the conference’s expansion, with Texas and Oklahoma set to join the SEC in July, recruiting, NIL, …

Russell Wilson won’t play a single snap on the five-year extension the Broncos signed him to, with the team announcing his release on Monday afternoon. Acquiring Wilson will probably go down in NFL history as the worst trade of all time (Deshaun Watson pending), but Wilson’s next stop actually offers a lot of intrigue and upside because of the Broncos …

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The Alabama men’s basketball team will look to bounce back from a tough home loss to the Tennessee Volunteers as the Tide travels to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators in a ranked battle on Tuesday night. Despite an impressive first-half comeback that had Alabama in the lead at halftime, the team fell into a bit of an offensive slump …

The fun of free agency is a team being able to acquire players that the front office and scouting department admired from a distance. Opportunity is there for each of the NFL’s 32 teams to dramatically shake up their rosters ahead of the league’s legal tampering period, which begins on March 11. However, retaining top talent is equally as important …

While at the Scouting Combine, JC Latham said that he hopes NFL teams see him as a left tackle even though he played on the right side at Alabama. One team that could use Latham on either side is the Jets and Latham might be happy if he lands with the AFC East team. Latham grew up in Milwaukee as …