WATCH: Rome Odunze flashes healthy hamstring with contested catch from Caleb Williams dime originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Rome Odunze’s hamstring appears to be back to full health. The Bears rookie wide receiver hauled in a contested catch over Tyrique Stevenson in OTAs (Organized Team Activities) from a Caleb Williams dime. Check it out. We could get used to …

Last year’s Green Bay Packers had one of the youngest skill-position corps in the history of football. Specifically at wide receiver, the Packers didn’t have a single player on the active roster who entered the league before 2022. In other words, their entire receiver corps was comprised of first- and second-year players. The most productive player among that group in …

The USC and Oregon football teams could have developed something special in the Pac-12 had the NCAA not come down on the Trojans in 2009 and 2010. If the NCAA had minded its own business, maybe Pete Carroll never leaves. Maybe Pete and Oregon’s Chip Kelly create another magical series of Pac-12 clashes. Maybe the 2011 game would have involved …

Graham Walker, the half-brother of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has transferred to Rice, where he will play wide receiver this season. To most football fans, the real news is that the best player in the NFL has a younger brother who plays football as well. Walker is the biological son of Pat Mahomes Sr. but was raised primarily by his …

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers recently called New York Jets rookie wideout Malachi Corley his “favorite receiver in the draft” on the Official Jets Podcast, per ESPN, and he’s made some headlines throughout OTAs. The Western Kentucky product is known as the “YAC King” after leading the FBS in yards after catch over the last three years, but he’s more than …

One of the great regrets of Pac-12 football is that Chip Kelly and Pete Carroll were never able to settle into a five- or six-year period in which they were matching wits with each other at Oregon and USC. Just imagine what it would have been like to have Kelly as the ultimate offensive guru versus Carroll’s defensive mind in …

While he doesn’t plan to return punts or kicks this season, Justin Fields is open to the idea of filling a role similar to the one Kordell Stewart occupied in the late 1990s while helping the Steelers reach the Super Bowl.  Also on board with this idea is Russell Wilson, who is currently in line to be the Steelers’ starting …

After just one season, Abington has let go head football coach Terence Tolbert, a 1989 graduate. The Ghosts went 1-9 last season, losing their final eight games after a Week Two win over Council Rock North. An opening for the head football coach position was posted on the school district’s website Thursday. The post also listed June 12 as the …

The Washington Commanders’ team name isn’t popular among sports fans in the nation’s capital, but they’ll still have to call their local NFL team that name for the foreseeable future.  Marjorie Harris, the wife of Commanders majority owner Josh Harris and Chair of the Washington Commanders Foundation, indicated that the team name will stick for the time being.  “As you …

Caleb Williams’ progress vs. Bears defense highlights things to watch in Week 2 of OTAs originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The second open media OTA practice of the offseason will take place Friday at Halas Hall, giving us a chance to see what reasonable progress looks like for rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the 2024 Bears. The first open …

One of the top wide receivers in the nation, Michael Thomas III, is set for a Rutgers football official visit this weekend. Thomas is a 5-foot-11 wide receiver from Donovan Catholic (Barnegat, New Jersey). ESPN ranks him as a four-star and the No. 108 recruit in the ESPN 300 in addition to being a top-10 wide receiver in the nation. …

This offseason, the wide receiver market has seen a significant shift. Prior to March, there were only 13 wideouts with contracts that totaled at least $60 million, only 11 whose deals carried an average annual value of $20 million or more, and only 11 who were guaranteed at least $30 million total on their contracts. In 2024 alone, each of …

Getty Images The NFL’s wide receiver market has again been a major headline this offseason, and we still could see a couple record-breaking deals come to fruition before we reach September. Since he was acquired by the Miami Dolphins in 2022, Tyreek Hill had been the highest-paid wide receiver. That has now changed. This offseason, Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions signed …

Patrick Everson FOX Sports Betting Analyst More than three months before the 2024-25 campaign commences, NFL regular-season win totals are on the oddsboard and getting attention.  And early wagering shows a lot of interest in two teams from one state. “The main action that we’re seeing has involved the state of Pennsylvania,” Caesars Sports head of football trading Joey Feazel …

DETROIT — You’d think that Sherrone Moore and Jonathan Smith are buddies the way they appeared to be palling around with each other at the outset of the SoundMind SoundBody football camp at Wayne State. After each gave a brief speech, the Michigan football and Michigan State coaches walked off the floor together, with Moore patting Smith on the back. But, …