USATSI The start of the 2024 NFL season gave us some serious drama on Thursday night with the Chiefs pulling out a win over the Ravens by less than an inch. The Ravens appeared to tie things up on the final play of the game after Lamar Jackson hit Isaiah Likely for a 10-yard touchdown, but the officiating crew overturned …

Getty Images The San Francisco 49ers  began the week on a positive note as they gear up for the season opener. The first bit of good news was the end of left tackle Trent Williams’ holdout as he and the team finalized a new deal. The second nugget that put a smile on the face of Niners Nation was that Pro …

Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Not many are giving Michigan football much of a chance to compete against Texas in Week 2, despite having won the national championship last year. And much of that is due to the personnel losses mixed with how the offense looked in Week 1. But Fox Sports analyst Brady Quinn doesn’t think it’s …

Week 1 of the NFL season is the most challenging when it comes to picking games. I know I say that every year, but that’s the reality. That’s why we usually stink. We think we know these teams as they come out of training camp and the preseason, but do we really? You can’t get anything from preseason games, so it’s …

Multiple NFL players plan to wear Guardian Cap during games this season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The first NFL Sunday of the 2024 season will feature at least a few Guardian Caps. Tennessee Titans tight end Josh Whyle said Friday that he plans to wear a Guardian Cap during games in the 2024 campaign, starting with his team’s …

FRISCO, Texas — Starting a rookie at left tackle in Week 1 isn’t the way Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy would draw it up, but that’s exactly what’s happening in the case of Cowboys’ first-round pick Tyler Guyton against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.  “I think clearly if you look in the coaching 101 handbook, it doesn’t say ‘yep, …

USATSI Baylor and Utah will meet at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Bears should be a nice early conference test for the No. 11 ranked Utes, who are playing in their first-ever Big 12 conference game. Baylor got to ease into the 2024 season, notching a 45-3 win over Tarleton State last weekend. The Bears controlled the game on …

Getty Images The NFL has five international games this year in three different countries, including a stop in Brazil for the first time. Be prepared for the league to expand to as many as eight international games a year soon, but NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants more. Goodell told the “Good Morning Football” crew and Peacock on Friday he wants …

Getty Images This season, Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey will be playing under a new contract, but he may not be hitting the field for opening weekend. His Week 1 status against the Jacksonville Jaguars is uncertain as he deals with a hamstring injury that has caused him to miss some practice this offseason. Coach Mike McDaniel said he expects …

Sep. 6—Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck coached at Western Michigan. So did Jack Harbaugh, father of Jim and John Harbaugh. So did Elliot Uzelac, whose job as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator went up in flames when star running back Robert Smith sat out the 1991 season because of a conflict with Uzelac. And so did Tim Lester, who took over for …

Getty Images If Thursday night’s season opener between the Chiefs and Ravens is a foreshadowing of how teams will handle the new kickoff rules this season, the NFL may have a problem on its hands.  The new “dynamic kickoff” had little impact on Thursday night. Of the 11 combined kickoffs, nine resulted in touchbacks. This is clearly not what the NFL had …

Shanahan reveals miraculous spot on Pearsall’s body where he was shot originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Ricky Pearsall’s road to recovery after being shot last weekend is a miracle on its own. The 49ers rookie wide receiver was shot during an attempted armed robbery Saturday near San Francisco’s Union Square, with the bullet going through his chest without …

Manny Diaz enters his second game as the Duke football head coach after leading the Blue Devils to a 26-3 victory over Elon in a dominant defensive effort last week. Duke had eight sacks and held Elon to 2.3 yards per play in its Week 1 victory but will face a stronger offense when Duke plays the Northwestern Wildcats on …

Success in NFL survivor pools is all about strategically plotting your way through the NFL schedule. You only have to pick one winner each week, but because you only get to use each team once, you have to make sure have several locks left as you progress through the season. At the same time, if you try to finesse your …

And we’re back! The 2024 season is underway with a jam-packed weekend of NFL action in front of us.  As we do every week, we’ve collected all of the best picks and gambling content from CBSSports.com and SportsLine and put them in one place, so you can get picks against the spread from our CBS Sports experts as well as …