Bears share what they want to see out of Caleb Williams in preseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears will announce on Tuesday whether or not Caleb Williams and the rest of the starters will play in this week’s Hall of Fame game. In the past, head coach Matt Eberflus has protected starters– especially QBs– in the preseason …

To the victors go the spoils and ‘The Victors’ was heard a lot last year, from the first game of the season all the way to the national championship and its aftermath. The Michigan football team won every game last year, going 15-0, and now the players have a locker room commensurate with the best team in the nation. One …

K.J. Osborn gives intriguing comp for rookie WR Javon Baker originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots offense has gotten off to a slow start in training camp, but one bright spot for the group has been rookie wide receiver Javon Baker. The fourth-rounder out of Central Florida has already put together a highlight reel of impressive …

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State is back on the market for a quarterback in the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star senior Adam Schobel announced his decommitment from the Cowboys and immediately committed to TCU on Monday. I have been a TCU fan since the day I was born and when they called, I quickly realized it was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.   An …

The 49ers have gotten their first-round pick back on the field. San Francisco announced on Monday that receiver Ricky Pearsall has been activated off of the non-football injury list. Pearsall, the No. 31 overall pick out of Florida, had been dealing with a hamstring injury. Pearsall’s presence is significant for a team that’s currently experiencing Brandon Aiyuk’s hold-in and trade …

Jul 29, 2024, 02:55 PM ET The Minnesota Wild signed second-year defenseman Brock Faber to an eight-year extension worth $68 million Monday. The extension, which has an annual average value of $8.5 million, kicks in for the 2025-26 season. Faber will earn $925,000 this season, the final year of his rookie contract. The extension runs through the 2032-33 season. Faber, …

Texas football quarterback Quinn Ewers has landed on the 2024 preseason Maxwell Award watchlist for the second year in a row. The award has been given to the College Player of the Year since 1937. The third year quarterback is coming off of the best season of his career, leading the Longhorns to a 12-2 record and their first-ever College …

The first wave of Madden 25 ratings were released Monday, and wide receivers took center stage.  The first member named to the 99 Club was superstar wideout Tyreek Hill, making him the first Miami Dolphins player to receive a 99 overall rating. Hill was also the only receiver to receive the elusive near-perfect rating. Following closely behind Hill was the …

The Jets wrapped up their sixth day of training camp. Here are the takeaways… – There was optimism inside the Jets building that Haason Reddick, whom New York acquired via trade from the Eagles, would end his holdout and report on Monday. That was not the case. Reddick still isn’t in attendance and his absence is becoming a costly one. …

USC head coach Lincoln Riley and his players at Big Ten media days — Jonah Monheim, Miller Moss, and Kamari Ramsay — represented the Trojans in their first Big Ten media event in Indianapolis. Unfortunately, many of the questions USC coaches and players received at the large-scale gathering were based on West Coast and Los Angeles stereotypes. One of the …

Newly signed Texans defensive end Denico Autry will miss the first six games of the season while serving a suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Autry released a statement saying he was given a prescription medication that had a banned substance, without his knowledge. “Over the course of my ten-year NFL career, I have never engaged in …

As Brian Kelly enters his third season at the helm in Baton Rouge, LSU faces quite a few questions. The Tigers have a lot to replace, but at the same time, there’s hope that this team can make a run with some changes on the defensive side of the ball and the expanded College Football Playoff. ESPN’s Bill Connelly is …

Tyreek Hill got the only 99 rating among receivers in “Madden NFL 25.” (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Tyreek Hill has truly arrived. Sure, he had the eight Pro Bowls, five first-team All-Pros, a Super Bowl ring and back-to-back 1,700-yard seasons, but he hadn’t joined the “Madden” 99 club. Hill made it for this season’s version of the popular video game. …

Wisconsin long snapper Cayson Pfieffer was included in the 2024 Patrick Mannelly Award watch list on Monday. The honor is annually awarded to the best long snapper in college football. It was founded by former Chicago Bears’ long snapper Patrick Mannelly, football trainer Chris Rubio and creator of Longsnap.com Kevin Gold. Former winners include Notre Dame’s John Shannon (2019), Alabama’s …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The biggest story of the Bucs’ offseason was the successful push to keep the team’s veteran core together, working out deals to re-sign a quartet of free agents in Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans, Antoine Winfield and Lavonte David. And as much as continuity was a priority, the Bucs also made the difficult decision to move …