NFL fans will be treated to several star-studded showdowns in Week 1. The Week 1 NFL schedule is loaded with matchups that oddsmakers predict will be hard-fought battles. Of the 16 NFL games in Week 1, only one features a spread higher than seven points, with the Bengals favored by 8.5 over the Patriots according to the latest Week 1 …

When the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles meet at Brazil’s Neo Química Arena on Friday night (8:15 p.m. ET; Peacock) in the NFL’s first game in South America, the color green will be a big topic. The reason for that is that Neo Química Arena is home to soccer side Corinthians, a club that is adverse to green due …

Carmen Vitali NFL Reporter David Helman NFL Reporter By now, you’ve probably read through dozens of best-player lists and predictions for the 2024 NFL season that is finally upon us. It’s the same names in semi-varying order that are designed to get the conversation going. This list isn’t that. This list is about those conversations and which players are going …

Sep. 6—FROSTBURG — Frostburg State had a top-20 defense last season, and it showed in the season opener against Millersville. The Bobcats (1-0) only allowed one touchdown, and pitched a second-half shutout, leading to a 23-6 victory Thursday night at Bobcat Stadium. “One great takeaway was that was Millersville’s second game and our first,” FSU head coach Eric Wagoner said. …

The quarterback carousel was in full effect again this offseason, leaving eight of the 32 NFL teams with a new signal-caller heading into the Week 1 NFL schedule. These roster changes can create plenty of value in the Week 1 NFL spreads, as quality NFL betting advice can steer bettors in the right direction. Pittsburgh has not finished under .500 …

USATSI Isaiah Likely took accountability for failing to get his foot inbounds on the last play of the Baltimore Ravens’ narrow season-opening defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs. That doesn’t mean he thinks highly of the reigning Super Bowl champions who beat him, however, hinting to reporters after Thursday’s loss that the Chiefs were fortunate to get the Ravens on their …

No. 17 Kansas State will face an early road test when it travels to Tulane on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats opened the season with a 41-6 win over UT Martin last week, and they will begin Big 12 play against No. 20 Arizona next week. Tulane opened its campaign with a 52-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana, setting the table for …

Eric Williams NFL Reporter WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — Kobie Turner was a little salty. Last February, soon after he learned that Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. had won Defensive Rookie of the Year — even though Turner had led all rookies in sacks while playing nose tackle — he reached out to Rams teammate Aaron Donald. After talking …

The finish to Thursday night’s NFL opener hammered home the saying that “football is a game of inches,” as demonstrated by the final play of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 27-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Needing a touchdown and an extra point to tie the game, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson led his team down the field on an 11-play, 77-yard …

ESPN analysts Kirk Herbstreit, right, and Lee Corso broadcast from the set of ESPN’s College Gameday before a NCAA Division I college football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. [Joshua A. Bickel/Dispatch] Osu19psu Jb 02 The 12th Man is widely known across the …

Getty Images Lamar Jackson was arguably an MVP-level force for much of Thursday’s 2024 opener against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Baltimore Ravens quarterback seems to have a thing, however, for lingering on what could have been when it comes to battling the reigning Super Bowl champions. Days after insisting the Ravens would’ve beaten the Chiefs in the last AFC …

The way the Philadelphia Eagles finished the 2023 NFL season, it was almost as if they needed a getaway, tapped out of both energy and enthusiasm. The way the Green Bay Packers finished, it was almost as if they were too big for the American stage, primed for an even grander spotlight. Now, as the 2024 NFL campaign gets underway, …

One game of the 2024 NFL season is officially in the books. And boy was it a thriller by the end, with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens coming within an inch of taking the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to overtime. In the end, the Chiefs are 1-0, the Ravens are 0-1, and the rest of the …

Should Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter somehow gotten even more recognition after their Week 1 performances against North Dakota State? Deion Sanders thinks so. The Colorado coach wondered on his weekly coaches show Thursday why his quarterback and star cornerback/wide receiver weren’t an even bigger part of the college football discourse following Colorado’s 31-26 victory last Thursday. He even joked …

Rams coach Sean McVay reacts as players come off the field during a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium on Aug. 11. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford return to Ford Field, site of the Rams’ NFC wild-card playoff loss to the Lions. Detroit fans booed Stafford, who played 12 seasons …