Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze: How the big 3 WRs in 2024 NFL draft can help the Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Would the Bears be able to resist the opportunity to pair Caleb Williams, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, with a premier pass catcher in the first round? That’s …
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Why Marvin Harrison Jr. is unlikely to land with Bears in 2024 NFL draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago As the 2024 NFL draft draws nearer, the rumor mill spins faster, and wild ideas gain traction. It happens every year with a variety of teams and a variety of players. The rumor du jour now is that the Bears …
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Julian Blackmon was one of many safeties who received a less robust free agent market than they might have liked this offseason. Blackmon had 88 tackles, four interceptions, and two fumble recoveries while starting 15 games for the Colts last season, but he encountered an environment that was flooded with experienced safeties and short on teams looking to hand out …
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Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was happy to see the NFL move to outlaw the hip-drop tackle this offseason. The league adopted a rule to penalize the tackle, which sees a defender grab a ball carrier and twist them to the ground while falling on the runner’s legs. Ravens tight end Mark Andrews missed a large chunk of last season …
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A month into NFL free agency has come and gone as the league is past its second wave of the offseason signings. The top players have already signed, and the next crop of free agents have found a home for 2024. There are still some good players available, but the market has significantly dried up over the past few weeks. Teams …
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 9, 2024, 06:16 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. New Jersey Devils star center Jack Hughes will undergo shoulder surgery Wednesday and miss the final four games of the regular season, the team announced Tuesday. Hughes, his family, his representatives and along with the Devils medical staff determined it would …
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Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick currently doesn’t have a job, but he’s definitely keeping busy. He recently spoke at Nebraska’s annual coaching clinic. Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule, who was blown out as an NFL coach in Carolina, was blown away by Belichick. “He is so smart, he’s seen so much, that he can make the complex so simple that …
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Bears finish second in offseason additions according to a new projection model originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Athletic recently posted the results from a new projection model they created to evaluate the performance of NFL teams in the offseason, based on the additions and subtractions they made to their respective rosters. The Bears, according to the model, finished …
Read More »Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 9, 2024, 06:16 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. New Jersey Devils star center Jack Hughes will undergo shoulder surgery Wednesday and miss the final four games of the regular season, the team announced Tuesday. Hughes, his family, his representatives and along with the Devils medical staff determined it would …
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After kicking field goals of 64, 52 and 62 yards in two UFL games, Jake Bates is going to get his shot in the NFL soon. But Michigan Panthers coach Mike Nolan wants NFL teams to hit the brakes on Bates’ future for now. Without naming the NFL teams, Nolan accuses some of them of having illegal contact with Bates …
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Maybe they aren’t who we thought they were. The headline from two weeks ago was that the NFL has done a non-shocked-face about-face on its position that it won’t play on Christmas when it lands on a Tuesday or Wednesday. The NFL will play two games this year, on Wednesday, December 25. The mild surprise is that the NFL won’t …
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders recently added Chase Claypool to the team’s exclusive negotiating list, thinking the CFL might be the receiver’s only option to continue his career. Claypool is hoping to get another shot in the NFL. To that end, he visited the Seahawks on Tuesday. Seattle has DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Laviska Shenault as their top-four receivers. …
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The Texans cut wide receiver Alex Bachman, defensive end Myjai Sanders and defensive back Josh Thompson on Tuesday, the team announced. Sanders, a third-round pick of the Cardinals in 2022, appeared in seven games with the Texans last season. He totaled seven tackles and two quarterback hits. In his career, Sanders has 30 tackles and three sacks. Thompson signed a …
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Bears fan welcomes Keenan Allen with Bears-themed gift at golf outing originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago As part of a charity event, Davante Adams, Derek Carr, Von Miller and new Bears wide receiver Keenan Allen participated in a nine-hole, matchplay golf outing after the LPGA event in Las Vegas. At the event, a fan gifted Allen a custom, Chicago …
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The sexual assault case against five players from Canada’s 2018 World Juniors hockey team — four of whom started the 2023-24 season on NHL rosters — won’t go to trial before the start of next season. The attorneys for the players appeared virtually before a judge in London, Ontario, on Tuesday, largely for scheduling purposes. TSN reported the lawyers were …
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