The New York Jets came into the 2023 season with a new quarterback and high expectations, but the season went opposite of how they hoped. Just four plays into the first offensive drive, Aaron Rodgers went down with a season-ending Achilles injury and the team ended up finishing 7-10. The Jets did not end the season with the success they were …

Patriots need to study their history; a top-3 QB won’t be a savior originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Hello, Bad Team With a Top-5 Pick in the NFL Draft. A note of caution. Unless the quarterback you’re selecting has the last name “Manning,” you’re not taking a player who will bring you a championship. Since 1998, 36 quarterbacks have …

Saturday marked the third practice of USC spring camp. It was closed to the media, but apparently open to future NFL Hall of Fame members.  USC’s senior associate athletic director for football, Dave Emerick, posted a selfie with arguably the best defensive tackle in NFL history. “As long as this ‘D’ line has Coach Henny, they gonna be great. They …

Several years ago, the NFL publicly labeled the kickoff as the most dangerous play in the game. The league then embarked on an effort not to make the play safer, but to make it happen less frequently. It worked. Too well. As explained by Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay in a Thursday conference call regarding this year’s proposed rule changes, …

In the latest mock draft on NFL.com, Rutgers football defensive back Max Melton is coming off the board in the first round. Melton, a multi-year starter at Rutgers, had a solid showing at the Senior Bowl and followed that up with an impressive NFL combine. He has shot up mock draft boards in recent weeks, with Chad Reuter’s mock draft …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMar 24, 2024, 08:10 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan still remembers his first glimpse at T.J. Oshie’s medical report when he acquired the then 28-year-old forward from the St. Louis Blues in 2015. “I was like, ‘Holy f—, this guy’s got some miles on him.’ He had all …

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 24, 2024, 08:00 AM ET CloseTim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. After an 11-game Saturday, the NHL schedule makers have gifted us with a 10-game Sunday as the end of the 2023-24 regular season on April 18 closes in. Perhaps the most impactful game on the …

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State goes into spring football practice with the kind of quarterback situation that is polarizing for fans. The solid but not flashy veteran who gets the job done, backed up by the exciting but unproven youngsters. Alan Bowman is back for his seventh season of college football and his second as OSU’s starter as the Cowboys prepare …

The first NFL meetings of the new season will run Sunday through Tuesday in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press) The NFL has long worked to take the head out of tackling, a change in the name of safety to reduce the number of head and neck injuries. Now, there’s a focus on eliminating so-called hip-drop tackles. The hip drop involves a …

NORMAN — Since the night of Dec. 28, OU football fans have been anticipating the next glimpse of Jackson Arnold as the program’s QB1. Arnold’s first collegiate start was a chaotic one as it finished with him completing 26 of his 45 passes for 361 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions as the Sooners fell 38-24 to Arizona in the …

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn isn’t showing all his cards heading into the 2024 NFL draft, but he is acknowledging the obvious: They’re probably going to draft a quarterback. “I would say it’d be fair to envision we’d be taking a quarterback,” Quinn told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. “To say where it’ll be happening, I think that’s a better …

With the 2024 class prepping to begin their collegiate journeys, the Georgia Bulldogs are looking not just to 2025 but also to make moves to address 2026. On Saturday, they picked up the commitment of the top-ranked quarterback in the class, sophomore Jared Curtis. The Nashville Christian School (Tenn.) quarterback is already 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds. A starter for both …

Mack Brown and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ football program are in the middle of Spring practice as they get an early look at their team for the 2024 season. But the future of the program received some good news on Saturday afternoon. Three-star recruit Marshall Pritchett ended his recruitment on Saturday afternoon and committed to North Carolina. The tight …

Ohio State football has offered a fifth quarterback in the 2026 class as the Buckeyes offered Jonas Williams on Saturday. Williams is one of the top ranked players out of Illinois.  Two major recruiting resources rate him as a four-star recruit with On3 ranking him as the ninth quarterback in the class while Rivals has him as the sixth ranked …

Former Utah coach Urban Meyer speaks at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Walking back onto the Rice-Eccles Stadium field to watch practice with his old defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham, Urban Meyer couldn’t help but marvel on how the place has changed in the 20 years since he’s been gone. The stadium is an enclosed bowl now, and there’s …