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AFC East Preview: Buffalo is the class of the division

Logical outcome: Bills AFC East champions...

5 breakout candidates for the 2022 NFL season

Whether it was Cooper Kupp in 2021, Josh Allen in 2020, or Marlon Humphrey in 2019, breakout players have always been difficult to predict, but not impossible. Solid underlying stats, good coaching, and an obvious opportunity for increased usage are the three main characteristics we need to look at ...

IDIOT OF THE MONTH: We're surrounded by idiots

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain...

Baker Mayfield can’t stop being Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield is at it again, running his mouth and talking trash. His latest comments were allegedly uttered to Buffalo Bills sideline reporter Cynthia Frelund. ...

Lamar Jackson is playing those social media games

What does Lamar Jackson want?...

Jimmy G, Trey Lance, Kyle Shanahan trying to pull of the impossible

Jimmy Garoppolo sticking around as the backup in the San Francisco 49ers quarterback after all the goodbyes since February is one of the offseason’s biggest shockers. It probably shouldn’t be. Jimmy G and the Niners re-committing to each other ends a summer of long, drawn-out farewell NFL episodes t...

Is Tyreek Hill the high tide that can lift Tua’s boat?

Mike McDaniel’s pod of Dolphins has already made splashes. In its preseason finale, Miami dropped 48 on the Philadelphia Eagles and Tua Tagovailoa completed 6-of-7 passes for 121 yards and led three scoring drives....

Desmond Howard… explain yourself

College football season kicks off today and already people are looking to the future, making predictions for conference championships and national titles. Some of these takes are scalding hot....

If the Packers are going to take that final step, David Bakhtiari has to be dominant

After a long 2021 — complete with a rapid heel turn — that ended with a home-playoff loss as the top seed in NFL, along with Aaron Rodgers’s second consecutive MVP, the drama appears to be over. Rodgers signed a three-year extension during the offseason that guarantees him over 100 million, and aver...

The NFL’s biggest revenge games of 2022

The 2022 NFL season is just over two weeks away from kicking off, and this year will see a host of big game rematches from last year. The league isn’t wasting any time giving teams the opportunity to avenge crucial losses or rejection by players. So, here’s the list of some of the biggest revenge ga...

Jimmy Haslam is to blame for the vile T-shirts and signs in support of Deshaun Watson

Talent trumps anything in the NFL — and Jimmy Haslam knows that....

Kamaru Usman and the other athletes who’ve been stopped at history’s doorstep

Kamaru Usman’s loss to Leon Edwards in the final minute of the fifth round was the fourth latest finish for a UFC championship fight. Usman, the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC will be granted a rematch to regain his title, but his chance to tie Anderson Silva’s 16 consecutive wins is likel...

Josh Dobbs shined bright for Cleveland as he looks to lock up third QB slot

Now that Cleveland knows Deshaun Watson will miss the first 11 games of the regular season (stemming from 24 sexual misconduct civil cases), they’ll need to keep a third QB on the roster. With Jacoby Brissett already slated as the starter to begin the year, that leaves Joshua Dobbs and Josh Rosen to...

How close were Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski to wearing silver and black?

In what feels like a never-ending nightmare, Las Vegas Raiders fans got some insight into what their team almost looked like during the 2020 season. During Saturday night’s UFC 278 PPV, Dana White joined the “Gronkcast” (Rob Gronkowski and family) and was coerced by Rob into telling the story of how...

NFL fails again | Deshaun Watson update

Deshaun Watson’s suspension was weak because players still refuse to stand up for women

Silence can be ear-splitting....

Big Ten gets $1 billion/year TV deal, student-athletes get ‘EXPOSURE’

When USC and UCLA join the Big Ten in 2024, there will be a total of 1,360 scholarship football players in the conference. The most recent numbers I could find said the average yearly price of tuition and fees at a B1G school is $37,000 for an out-of-state resident. However, that number will bump up...

Browns owner thinks talent trumps alleged transgressions after Watson receives 'punishment' [Updated]

The NFL increased embattled Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s suspension to 11 games, a $5 million fine, and mandatory counseling on Thursday, per multiple reports, settling his personal conduct case. The league didn’t wait on former New Jersey attorney general Peter Harvey’s decisio...

The NFL’s old race-norming ways are about to get costly

The NFL has to cut checks to hundreds of former Black players and there’s nothing they can do about it....

Antonio Brown and Jerry Jones deserve each other in the worst way

Peanut Butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs, Jay-Z and Beyonce. We might soon be able to add Antonio Brown and Jerry Jones to that list if the former has his way. TMZ Sports caught up with Brown, where he sent a verbal message to the Cowboys owner. ...