Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is joining The CW Network’s Inside the NFL as an analyst, the league announced in a news release Thursday. Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Patriots, will be joined by former NFL stars Chad Johnson, Chris Long, who each played for Belichick, and Ryan Clark for the show’s 48th …

LAS VEGAS — This season the Colorado-Colorado State rivalry game returns to Fort Collins, Colorado for the first time since 2015. If Rams coach Jay Norvell got his way, it’s a game that would be played every year.  “I think rivalries are what make college football special,” Norvell said. “It’s an in-state rivalry game and it’s been a special game …

Here’s a new look at Bears rookie Rome Odunze in Madden NFL 25 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Ahead of the release of the NFL Madden 25 football video game, new looks at the game’s graphics and player profiles are beginning to leak. Bears rookie Rome Odunze is one of the players whose video character is available for peeks. …

During the Conquest Call-In Show on The Voice of College Football, a caller made the claim this past Friday that college teams, USC included, need a defensive-minded head coach in order to win a national championship. It was a clear, if indirect, reference to Lincoln Riley. Urban Meyer with Florida and Ohio State in 2014 was an offense-first head coach.  …

Long-time NFL assistant coach Monte Kiffin, whose Tampa Bay Buccaneers defenses routinely ranked among the league’s best, died Thursday. He was 84. One of the architects of the ultra successful Tampa 2 defensive scheme, Kiffin spent 13 seasons as defensive coordinator of the Bucs under former coaches Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden from 1996 to 2008 and helped the franchise …

Why are cities trying so hard to persuade the NFL to bring the draft to town? Because it’s a boom to the local economy. Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission said today that the 2024 NFL Draft generated a $213.6 million economic impact for the region, of which about three-fourths, $161.3 million, came from visitors who traveled from outside …

OXFORD, Miss. ― Monte Kiffin, a longtime college and NFL coach and the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, died Thursday at the age of 84, the Rebels announced. Monte Kiffin spent his final years working for his son in Oxford, most recently as an analyst. He first began coaching football in 1966 at his alma mater, Nebraska. …

The 2024 NFL Draft took place in Detroit from April 25-27, drawing in nearly 800,000 attendees. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) Three months after the 2024 NFL Draft, Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission announced that the weekend-long event pulled in $213.6 million in economic impact for the city and surrounding area, according to a news release. Around $161.3 …

OXFORD — The football world lost one of its brightest defensive minds on Thursday. Monte Kiffin, a longtime pro and college coach and the brain behind the famed “Tampa 2” defense, died at the age of 84. Kiffin is the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin. On Thursday morning, Lane took to social media to share some memories. …

WATCH: Julius Peppers unwraps his Pro Football Hall of Fame gold jacket originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago We’re just a few weeks away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducting the 2024 class, which includes three former Bears players. And one of them, Julius Peppers, recently reacted to receiving his coveted gold jacket. Check out his reaction. Peppers …

The passing of Monte Kiffin is a loss for the football community, but it is most centrally a loss for the Kiffin family and the son who learned so much from his father. Lane Kiffin tweeted two pictures from his childhood. In the two pictures, Lane is with his dad, Monte Kiffin, who died on Thursday at age 84. Lane …

Monte Kiffin coached far and wide in a career that lasted nearly six decades. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) Monte Kiffin, one of the most influential defensive coaches in football history, died Thursday, Ole Miss announced. He was 84 years old. Kiffin was said to be surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death in Oxford. His …

The release of the highly-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 video game is right around the corner. On July 19, 2024, fans all over the nation can play as their favorite teams, something they haven’t been able to do since the game was discontinued nearly a decade ago. Fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide have a lot to look forward …

Jaguars safety Andre Cisco spent some time talking up the talented receivers playing for other teams in the AFC South recently and it makes sense that he’d focus his attention there given that it is his job to slow down those players. Cisco’s teammate Trevor Lawrence doesn’t have that problem. Lawrence is the Jaguars’ quarterback, so his eyes are on …

With just a few days to go before the July 19 release of EA SPORTS College Football 25 — July 16 for deluxe edition pre-orders — 247Sports was granted exclusive, early access to the highly anticipated comeback.  The team at 247Sports took advantage of that opportunity and test drove the game with full autonomy, diving deep with the top teams …