Eric Williams NFC West Writer Right place, right time. Everything needed to line up, and it did. Los Angeles Chargers owner Dean Spanos secured one of the top head coaches available in a very active offseason, hiring Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh just won a national championship at his alma mater in Michigan. NCAA violations forced Harbaugh to miss several games last …
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Why Warner believes Lions’ Goff is one of NFL’s best QBs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers will face a familiar opponent when they play the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday in quarterback Jared Goff, who spent three seasons as San Francisco’s NFC West rival on the Los Angeles Rams. Goff, cast off …
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NFL insider predicts Bears sign elite edge-rusher, former No. 2 pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago One of the Bears’ most significant needs this offseason is another elite edge rusher to pair opposite Montez Sweat, who the Bears acquired and signed ahead of the NFL trade deadline. Could the Bears solve that need with Sweat’s former teammate? One ESPN …
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The Lions are hitting the road for the first time this postseason, and it appears many of their rabid fans are following them. Lions fans are expected to make up 22% of those in attendance for Sunday’s NFC title game against the 49ers in Santa Clara (6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app), according to Vivid Seats’ …
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The Miami Dolphins and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio have mutually agreed to part ways after just one season, the team announced Wednesday. Fangio, 65, replaced Josh Boyer as Miami’s defensive coordinator last offseason and led the Dolphins’ defense to a No. 10 finish in 2023, up from 18th at the end of the 2022 season. It was the first time …
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Adian O’Connell may or may not be the Raiders’ quarterback of the future. He showed something in 10 starts as a rookie in 2023, but did he show enough? That’s one of the biggest questions new General Manager Antonio Pierce and full-time head coach Antonio Pierce will have to answer this offseason. O’Connell threw for 248 yards and four touchdowns …
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Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions are firing on all cylinders, which led to a reporter telling the quarterback Wednesday that they have a lot of “really good players” in the beginning portion of a question. That compliment warranted a quick “thank you” from Goff before the quarterback jokingly took it back when the reporter said the San Francisco 49ers …
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The Los Angeles Chargers got their man: Jim Harbaugh is their new head coach. Harbaugh and the Chargers agreed to a deal on Wednesday afternoon. After winning the national championship at Michigan, Harbaugh has one career goal left, and that’s to win the Super Bowl. With the Chargers, where the franchise quarterback is already in place in Justin Herbert, Harbaugh …
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Star San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel missed his team’s practice Wednesday ahead of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the Detroit Lions (6:30 p.m. PT on FOX and the FOX Sports App) as he continues to deal with a shoulder injury. His status for Sunday is still unclear, according to 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. Samuel suffered the injury …
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In the history of conference championship weekend, there may not be a team that has more of a national backing than the one that currently exists with the Detroit Lions. Unless you’re a San Francisco 49ers fan, it’s safe to assume that you are one of the millions of NFL fans out there who, for three hours on Sunday night, …
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Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter After the Ravens beat the Texans in the AFC divisional round Saturday night, securing Baltimore’s first conference championship game appearance in 11 years, Lamar Jackson spoke from a position of authority at the podium inside M&T Bank Stadium. He mentioned how the halftime locker room, with the game knotted at 10, got fiery — and …
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The most anticipated college to the NFL coaching move of the offseason happened Wednesday night as Jim Harbaugh was hired to take over the Los Angeles Chargers. Harbaugh’s hiring was felt in the sportsbooks as the Chargers’ odds to win Super Bowl LIX dropped to +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total) from +3000. RELATED: What comes next for Wolverines? …
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Jim Harbaugh, fresh off a college football national championship with the Michigan Wolverines, will be the next coach of the Los Angeles Charges, the team has confirmed to Deadline. Harbaugh returns to a team that he once played quarterback for in two seasons. More from Sportico.com Harbaugh has agreed to a five-year deal with the Chargers, sources told ESPN. The appointment is something …
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With the 2023 regular season in the rearview mirror, 28 of the NFL’s 32 teams are now done for the year. That means it’s time to turn our attention toward the league’s coaching carousel, where there are currently five vacancies. The New England Patriots started things off by promoting Jerod Mayo to replace Bill Belichick, and the Las Vegas Raiders …
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Getty Images The Los Angeles Chargers have lured Jim Harbaugh back into the NFL. The franchise has hired the head coach to lead the organization following the in-season firing of Brandon Staley, the team announced Wednesday, marking a return for Harbaugh to the league after he’s spent the previous nine seasons as the head coach of the University of Michigan. As …
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