FRISCO, Texas —  The Dallas Cowboys were served some “humble pie” in the words of linebacker Eric Kendricks after their 44-19 loss against the New Orleans Saints.  It’s a fair metaphor for their performance since the Dallas defense was only the fifth since 2000 to allow a team to score a touchdown on each of their first six drives to …

Could Dolphins trade for Mac Jones? McCourty ponders possibility originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Mac Jones appears to be loving life in Jacksonville. But could Florida’s other AFC team have a more immediate need for his services? The Miami Dolphins are rolling with Skylar Thompson as their starting quarterback in Week 3 after Tua Tagovailoa suffered a scary-looking concussion …

Deion Sanders may be able to play the transfer window like a fiddle, but in his second year as the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, the former NFL standout seems to have fumbled his mastery over the Nielsen dials. While Coach Prime’s charges were media darlings a year ago, Colorado is losing favor among TV audiences. The Buffs’ 28-9 …

USATSI Tuesday’s visit between 29-year-old Pro Bowl running back Kareem Hunt and the team that drafted him in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs, went well enough that the back-to-back Super Bowl champions are signing him on Wednesday, per NFL Media.  Hunt will begin his second tour of duty with the Chiefs on the practice …

Getty Images A decision was made Tuesday with the Miami Dolphins opting to place Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve, CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones reports. He will have to miss a minimum of the next four games. The earliest he will be eligible to return is Week 8 against the Arizona Cardinals.  Skylar Thompson is the only other quarterback currently …

PHILADELPHIA — The feeling was somber in the Philadelphia Eagles locker room. Determined to put 2023 behind them, the Eagles were still searching for answers after their latest collapse.  Reminiscent of the 2023 season, the Eagles had a lead with under two minutes to play. They didn’t come out with the victory. Philadelphia has a league-high four losses when holding …

TAMPA — USF coach Alex Golesh says he hasn’t yet given much thought to emerging from the southwest tunnel Saturday night and absorbing the raucousness and revelry ignited by a crowd that could hit 60,000. The evolution of his program, and the name-brand aura of the opponent, should converge to create one of those rare Raymond James Stadium atmospheres for …

Justin Fields will likely make his third straight start at quarterback when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Fields will practice with the starters during the early portion of the week while Russell Wilson continues to rehab from a calf injury he aggravated a few days ahead of the season …

Belichick tells great Super Bowl LI story during ESPN’s ‘Manningcast’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Many New England Patriots fans were absolutely stunned after watching their team erase a 28-3 deficit and beat the Atlanta Falcons in overtime of Super Bowl LI during the 2016 season. And it sounds like Bill Belichick had a similar feeling after that historic …

Getty Images Wittenberg University, a Division III school in Springfield, Ohio, has canceled all athletic events through Sept. 22 due to security concerns. Those cancellations include the football team’s road game against Hiram, which was originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, Wittenberg Athletics announced that all home and road athletic contests had been canceled due to “ongoing security concerns” …

Getty Images Tennessee Titans starting right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere is taking another job, as he has joined Fantasy Life as a Fantasy Football expert. You don’t often see active NFL players giving fantasy football advice, especially considering “don’t play daily fantasy football,” is one of the six key rules the league laid out for players last offseason regarding the NFL’s …

Cowboys vs. Ravens on Sunday will pit last year’s No. 1 ranked-scoring offense against the top-ranked scoring defense. The Ravens are 1-point road favorites in one of the slimmest Week 3 NFL spreads, while the largest comes in Bengals vs. Commanders game on Monday Night Football. Cincinnati is favored by 7.5 points in the Week 3 NFL odds, as two …

Wisconsin starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke’s recent ACL injury has prompted Badger faithful to question the readiness of UW’s quarterback room for the remainder of the season. Following Van Dyke’s injury, Wisconsin turned to redshirt sophomore Braedyn Locke to captain the offense. He did so for the remaining three-quarters of what became a blowout loss to Alabama and will continue …

USATSI The NFL season hasn’t been kind to big favorites through the first 32 games. Teams that were 6-point underdogs or more are 8-0 against the spread during the first two weeks and many making NFL survivor picks have been eliminated by taking those heavy favorites. There are plenty of close NFL matchups this week in the NFL odds, but …

The NFL is nothing if not a roller coaster ride. Almost everything that happened in Week 1 failed to happen in Week 2, and all the fantasy plays we lacked in Week 1 showed up for Week 2. If consistency is what you want, the WNBA is where it’s at. My fantasy rosters could surely use a Caitlin Clark right …