With Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis leaving the Bills, many targets have been vacated in Buffalo. Rookie Keon Coleman might already be the best interview in the league and is easy to root for, but his 7.3 YPT was the second-lowest among this year’s WR prospects, and he was never a target hog throughout college. Khalil Shakir has had his …
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Shaquille Leonard landing spots: Free agent linebacker ‘waiting on that opportunity’ to play in 2024
We are just weeks away from the start of training camps across the NFL and Shaquille Leonard is still a man without a team. The veteran linebacker remains on the free agent market searching for his next opportunity in the league. While the 28-year-old does seem open to continuing his career, he told reporters over the weekend that he’s also …
Read More »Ranking top 5 NFL rookie quarterbacks by who will be most productive in 2024, with a surprise at No. 5
We had six quarterbacks selected in the first top 12 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, the first time that’s happened in NFL history. Selecting who will be the most productive at the position was not easy. These are the five quarterbacks who’ll be most productive in Year 1 in the NFL. I’m starting with an inclusion of Rattler in …
Read More »Don’t be so quick to consider Keon Coleman Bills’ top fantasy football WR (and more heat checks)
• With Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis leaving the Bills, many targets have been vacated in Buffalo. Rookie Keon Coleman might already be the best interview in the league and is easy to root for, but his 7.3 YPT was the second-lowest among this year’s WR prospects, and he was never a target hog throughout college. Khalil Shakir has had …
Read More »NHL draft week buzz: Top prospects, plus free agency, trades
Jun 24, 2024, 09:30 AM ET An extraordinarily compressed NHL summer continues this week: The Stanley Cup is being awarded Monday night. The NHL Awards show is Thursday. The 2024 NHL draft is Friday and Saturday. Free agency begins Monday, July 1. That comes after two significant trades took place last week: The New Jersey Devils acquired goaltender Jacob Markstrom …
Read More »Jerod Mayo: Keion White is stepping forward as a leader in New England
As a second-round rookie last season, Patriots pass rusher Keion White was primarily a backup, starting only four games and playing a little less than half of the team’s defensive snaps. But the Patriots are expecting big things from him in Year Two. Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo named White when asked which player has surprised him so far, calling …
Read More »Ranking top 20 running backs for 2024 NFL season: Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry atop list once again
Don’t call it a comeback, but the running back position underwent a resurgence in the 2024 NFL offseason. Just a year ago in the 2023 offseason, Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley and Tony Pollard all failed to come to terms with their respective teams on long-term extensions with each settling for the franchise tag, and there had only been one running …
Read More »12 non-QBs under the most pressure for the 2024 NFL season: Cowboys, Jets, Steelers facing big questions
Every NFL season, all 32 teams are under some level of pressure. For contenders like the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, it’s basically Super Bowl or bust. For rebuilding clubs like the Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders, even slight steps forward might be considered big wins. But what about specific people? Think coaches, players, and others in between. …
Read More »Can second-year first-rounder take a big jump in 2024?
Can second-year first-rounder take a big jump in 2024? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Over the next few weeks leading up to training camp, we’ll be counting down the top 25 most important Eagles for the 2024 season. 25. Brandon Graham24. Nakobe Dean23. Milton Williams22. Jake Elliott21. Nolan Smith The Eagles are going to need more from Nolan Smith …
Read More »NFL history of the quarterback leap: Who made the jump in 2023, a look at every QB who has done it since 2000
The biggest question mark entering last year was Jordan Love. Would he continue the Packers’ run of MVP-caliber quarterbacks, settle in as an average starter or completely face plant. Sure enough, he took a leap to superstardom, culminating with a blowout win in Dallas in the postseason. Now he’s on the doorstep of a new contract that’ll surely pay him …
Read More »NFL offseason power rankings: No. 28 New York Giants try to regroup with Daniel Jones, Brian Daboll
The Giants are counting on coveted rookie receiver Malik Nabers unlocking the offense in 2024. (Amy Monks/Yahoo Sports) When the New York Giants made the playoffs at the end of the 2022 season, everyone celebrated. As they should have. It had been a long time since the Giants made the playoffs and even longer since they won a playoff game. …
Read More »NFL 2024 season – New York Giants team preview
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss whether Daniel Jones can turn around the Giants and whether his play could cost HC Brian Daboll his job. View more Video Transcript Do you really want Daniel Jones to be the quarterback that has to save your job because I think that’s where the Giants are this year. If Brian Dable …
Read More »PFT’s 2024 Pre-Camp Power Rankings
These rankings are not a prediction of how teams will finish the 2024 season. Instead, the following list is a snapshot of where the NFL’s teams currently are. (Will that stop people from interpreting these ranking as a prediction of how teams will finish the 2024 season? Nope.) 1. Chiefs: The two-time champs will stay kings of the NFL mountain, …
Read More »Lions expect more from Brian Branch in Year 2
As a rookie last season, Lions cornerback Brian Branch made an immediate impact as a nickel cornerback. He started nine of the 15 games he played in, and was on the field for about three-quarters of the Lions’ defensive snaps. But this year, the Lions want more. Lions defensive assistant Jim O’Neil says Branch can get more playing time, and …
Read More »Stanley Cup Final Game 7: Predictions for Oilers-Panthers
It has all come down to this. After the Florida Panthers opened up a 3-0 lead on the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, many believed the series to be all but over. Then Connor McDavid and his friends outscored the Panthers by a combined score of 18-5 en route to tying the series up at three games …
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