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The Washington Commanders have named rookie Jayden Daniels their starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2024 regular season, head coach Dan Quinn announced Monday. The move was expected, as Daniels beat out journeyman backup Marcus Mariota and undrafted rookie Sam Hartman for the role after being selected No. 2 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft last April. Daniels was …

How rookie Mustapha channeled 49ers legend in win vs. Saints originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Everyone knows the famous Deion Sanders saying: “If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.” Rookie safety Malik Mustapha certainly looked the part of a hard-hitting 49ers defensive back on and off the field in San Francisco’s …

Getty Images New England Patriots tight end Hunter Henry has not been at practice and was unable to suit up for the team’s preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles due to a lower body injury. Henry, who had the third-most receptions (61) and the second-most receiving yards (419) on the team in 2023, is expected to be ready by Week …

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn named Jayden Daniels the team’s Week 1 starting quarterback on Monday, making official what has long seemed inevitable, or close to it. Washington faces Tampa Bay in Week 1, on Sept. 8. The announcement comes two days after Daniels went 10-for-12 for 78 yards and added 13 yards on the ground in the team’s second …

Tua Tagovailoa has played for two different head coaches during his four-year career in the NFL, and if you want to know which one he likes better, well, it’s pretty clear.  Apparently, Tagovailoa hated playing for former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who was in Miami for two seasons with Tagovailoa (2020-21). During a recent interview on “The Dan LeBetard show …

The 2024 NFL season begins with twice as many interconference matchups (six) than divisional games (three). With games featuring so many unfamiliar opponents, such as Cowboys vs. Browns, Jets vs. 49ers and Bears vs. Titans, there aren’t many recent matchups to reference for Week 1 NFL survivor picks. Add in that you don’t have any in-season data to utilize to …

Ex-Patriots QB Mac Jones fitting in with Jaguars amid strong preseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Mac Jones’ career with the New England Patriots didn’t unfold as many people expected, but the Jacksonville Jaguars gave him another chance to get back on track. So far, it’s going quite well. The Patriots selected Jones with the No. 15 pick in …

Don’t count Drake Maye out from starting Week 1 just yet. In the hours following an encouraging performance in New England’s Week 2 preseason loss to the Eagles on Thursday night, coach Jerod Mayo left the door open for the No. 3 overall pick to unseat Jacoby Brissett as the team’s starter out of the gate.  “I do,” Mayo said Friday …

PHILADELPHIA — There’s been a noticeable difference in how Jalen Hurts is handling extra pass rushers this summer.  The Philadelphia Eagles defense isn’t exactly sharing secrets with Hurts when they are coming with an extra rusher or two. The defensive scheme is not in the script.  “A lot of new things being thrown at him,” Eagles linebacker Devin White said. …

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  I have to say, it’s a minor miracle that I even found time to write the newsletter today due to the fact that I have gotten absolutely nothing done over the past 36 hours because all I’ve been doing is watching Brandon Aubrey’s 66-yard field on repeat. There was a …

Week 2 of the NFL preseason is in the books. While teams handle these exhibitions differently, it does feel like the second slate of games has taken over as the dress rehearsal for the regular season ever since the league moved from four to three weeks in the preseason. With that in mind, how various players perform this week should …

Special to Yahoo Sports Are we done with the preseason yet? Getting through a whole game at this juncture isn’t the easiest of tasks, as most of the fantasy-relevant guys are barely on the field, but at least we saw more than in Week 1. As fantasy managers, we do need some clarity before the bulk of drafting starts, so …

PHILADELPHIA — Parris Campbell had the inside track for the Philadelphia Eagles third wide receiver job when training camp started. He has some catching up to do.  A groin injury sidelined Campbell for several practices as Britain Covey, Johnny Wilson, and John Ross emerged as candidates for the third wide receiver job. In terms of the pecking order, Covey and …

Getty Images Lamar Jackson is coming off an MVP season, but he definitely still has some critics out there. One of those critics is Julian Edelman.  The former Super Bowl MVP, who now works for Fox, was on the network’s pregame show Sunday. During one of the segments, Edelman was asked who may be able to challenge the Chiefs for …

Anthony Gharib, ESPNAug 19, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Jayson Tatum and Matthew Tkachuk are fresh off winning a championship last season for their respective franchises. Months later, the two high school classmates reunited in St. Louis for an important task — recreating a photo they took together growing up. Editor’s Picks The Boston Celtics and Florida Panthers stars were classmates …