As Tom Brady begins his second football career as the lead NFL analyst for FOX Sports, it’s worth remembering just how impressively his playing career still stacks up in the record books. Brady still holds most NFL records in just about every major statistical passing category, including the one widely used to determine a quarterback’s overall greatness — career passing …

Warner ready for ‘big test’ vs. Rodgers in Week 1 clash vs. Jets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — There was nobody in the stands at Levi’s Stadium when the 49ers met the Green Bay Packers in 2020, but everybody was watching. Following the Packers’ 34-17 victory in Week 9 of the pandemic season, quarterback Aaron …

Connor Stalions is now reportedly the acting head coach for the Detroit Mumford High School football team. CBS Sports reported Friday that Stalions, the former Michigan football staffer who is the central figure of the NCAA investigation into the Wolverines’ alleged sign-stealing scandal, will serve as Mumford’s acting head coach for at least one game because head coach William McMichael …

Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Many starts and sits are obvious too, so we will instead focus on fringe options in this column, the ones that take real thought. Good luck with your Week 1 lineups! Start: George Pickens Pickens gets a tougher matchup with A.J. Terrell likely shadowing him, but he’s still a top-30 …

When the New England Patriots take the field for their season opener Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, they won’t have No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye under center. Instead, it will be Jacoby Brissett, with the Pats insisting that they are going to bring Maye along slowly. Despite the fact that first-year Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo admitted that Maye …

. Clemson was never going to have much of an easy chance to lick its wounds after facing No. 1 Georgia in the Aflac Kickoff Game in Atlanta to open the 2024 college football season. The Tigers (0-1) are ranked No. 22 in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll. Their Week 2 opponent, Appalachian State (0-1), has a solid program …

San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was at practice as a spectator five days after being shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. Pearsall was hit in the chest and hospitalized overnight after the shooting in central San Francisco on Saturday. He was released from the hospital Sunday and was already back at the team facility Monday. He …

San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was at practice as a spectator five days after being shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. Pearsall was hit in the chest and hospitalized overnight after the shooting in central San Francisco on Saturday. He was released from the hospital Sunday and was already back at the team facility Monday. He …

Fantasy football analyst Sal Vetri will use this space to deliver his keys to victory every week of the 2024 NFL season. The best RB spot of Week 1 belongs to … James Cook This is as good of a matchup as you’ll find in Week 1. James Cook faces the Cardinals, who may have the worst defensive line in …

The Indiana Hoosiers will look to make it two wins in a row when they take on the Western Illinois Leathernecks in a non-conference matchup on Friday night. Western Illinois dropped a 54-15 matchup to Northern Illinois on Saturday, while Indiana topped Florida International 31-7 in its season opener. The Leathernecks, who finished 0-11 last season, have not won since …

A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith are two of the top receivers in the NFL, but when you have two top pass-catchers in one offense, they can take away each other’s ability to go over their NFL props. The Eagles were one of just four teams with two 1,000-yard receivers, so they can each put together big performances. Should you include …

The Yahoo Fantasy crew has full confidence in these players delivering a memorable performance in your fantasy football lineups for Week 1. Yes, Taysom Hill will make his presence felt in opening week Taysom Hill ran the ball nine times for 75 yards in his one game against Carolina last season, while also catching a pass and completing another. He’s …

. The Alabama Crimson Tide plays the USF Bulls on Saturday, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place. After a massive 63-0 Week 1 victory against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, the Kalen DeBoer era rolls on against the (1-0) USF Bulls. A year ago, the Bulls gave Alabama one of …

Jalen Ramsey and the Miami Dolphins have agreed to a three-year, $72.3 million extension, making him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL with a $24.1 million average annual salary, according to NFL Network. Ramsey surpasses the Denver Broncos’ Patrick Surtain, who signed a four-year extension with a $24 million average annual salary earlier this week. Ramsey, a three-time All-Pro and …

The Cincinnati Bengals are typically Super Bowl contenders under Joe Burrow, but those expectations were crippled last season with Burrow’s calf and wrist injuries derailing another deep play off run. Despite having a winning record, the Bengals missed the playoffs and didn’t have Burrow for seven games.  Those Super Bowl expectations for the Bengals are back with Burrow healthy, starting …