FRISCO, TEXAS — For the first time in quite a while, the Dallas Cowboys don’t necessarily know for sure who will be their top running back this season. After years of Ezekiel Elliott and then Tony Pollard, and before that DeMarco Murray and then Darren McFadden, Dallas is expected to take more of a committee approach to the position this …

It’s time to get excited. The critical draft week of the summer is here, and we’ll have real NFL games in a week. It’s almost go time. With that in mind, time to revisit the NFL power rankings from a fantasy tilt. This is an unscientific but nuanced measurement of how fantasy-useful each offense is. Even if the rankings aren’t …

USATSI Wisconsin is adding former NFL coach Jack Del Rio to its staff in an advisory role, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz reports. The 61-year-old Del Rio brings decades of coaching experience to Madison, where he’ll work under Luke Fickell as he enters his second year with the program.  Del Rio most recently served as the defensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders, …

Getty Images A day after Bengals coach Zac Taylor said the plan is for Ja’Marr Chase to practice moving forward, the Bengals star receiver arrived in street clothes while his teammates continued to prepare for the start of the regular season. It’s now two straight days where Chase has arrived to practice with no plans of practicing as he again showed …

Getty Images We’ve been awaiting a resolution to the Brandon Aiyuk saga all offseason now, but one hasn’t come to fruition. Aiyuk hasn’t been traded, he hasn’t signed a long-term deal with San Francisco and he hasn’t participated in practice. This week, we saw another notable Aiyuk development after he again reportedly did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday, but …

Aaron Rodgers is set to embark upon take two of his first full season with the New York Jets, creating nearly as much buzz and excitement as before he tore his Achilles in last season’s opener. Behind the scenes, though, it might not be all too happy. In an anonymous survey of player agents conducted by The Athletic, one agent …

. We’re making picks for Big Ten football teams in 2024. How many games will they win? We’re obviously going to include USC in all of this, and we’re going to go one better. Not only will our Big Ten football panel predict USC’s record; the panel — here at Trojans Wire, joined by Ducks Wire, UW Huskies Wire and …

Getty Images Back in May 2023, it was reported that NFL legend Tom Brady was in discussions to become a limited partner of the Las Vegas Raiders. More than a year later, his purchase has yet to be approved. Why? There are several reasons.  Among those reasons are that Mark Davis apparently proposed giving Brady a “steep discount over market …

Over the past several seasons, I’ve discussed the “three pillars” a player must have in his outlook to become the fantasy WR1 overall. All of this made it easy to see that CeeDee Lamb was a near-perfect candidate for the honor, even if he wasn’t universally viewed as that type of player prior to last season. Those three pillars are: …

CBS Sports Network kicks off its 2024 college football season coverage with four games in Week 1, including three games featuring service academy schools. It all starts with a premier Thursday night game against two top Group of Five teams in Coastal Carolina and Jacksonville State.  The action continues Friday night when Army opens its season against Lehigh. The Black …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  We’re going to start things off today with some absolutely unbelievable news: The NFL regular season will be kicking off exactly ONE WEEK from tonight. That’s right, this is your last Thursday night without NFL football until January. Please plan accordingly.  As if that news isn’t big enough, there’s some …

The Green Bay Packers held a kicking competition during training camp this year and it actually ended with a twist: No one won the job.  After the team cut Anders Carlson on Tuesday, it appeared that Greg Joseph would be getting the kicking job, but then the Packers turned around and cut him on Wednesday. With both guys gone, the …

Aug 30, 2014; Athens, GA, USA; Clemson Tigers wide receiver Mike Williams (7) is pushed out of bounds by Georgia Bulldogs safety Corey Moore (39) during the first quarter at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Georgia Bulldogs and Clemson Tigers are historical college football rivals, having met 65 times, including 26 consecutive meetings from 1962 to …

The Week 1 NFL schedule includes several high-profile NFL matchups between playoff teams and division-rivals. Of the 16 NFL games in Week 1, four are between postseason teams from a season ago and three are divisional matchups. That includes Chargers vs. Raiders in Los Angeles, with both teams looking for a breakthrough season to compete with the Chiefs in the …

How does Maye feel about Brissett winning QB job? Pats rookie reacts originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The talented rookie will have to bide his time behind the seasoned veteran. Head coach Jerod Mayo announced Thursday that Jacoby Brissett will be the New England Patriots’ starting quarterback, with Drake Maye backing him up until further notice. Some believed Maye …