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• Cincinnati Bengals NFL Mock Draft roundup

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Who are the Bengals targeting with their first-round pick? The Cincinnati Bengals were expected to be one of the best teams in the NFL, yet they ended up losing numerous one-score games, enough to put them on the bubble and ultimately finish their season prior to the NFL playoff commencing. Despite a career-best season from Joe Burrow, the Bengals were...2025
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• Jaguars to pick fifth overall in 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Which prospects should the Jaguars target in April? The Jacksonville Jaguars hold the fifth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The team fell to 4-13 on Sunday to secure a top-five pick for the third time in five years. 2018, 2023 and 2024 are the only years the franchise didn’t have a top-10 pick since 2008. Here’s the 2025 draft order so far (not inc...2025
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• NFL Black Monday: Colts’ Shane Steichen indicates ‘no decision yet’ on embattled DC Gus Bradley

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Colts are still contemplating a change regarding their defensive coordinator position—which could be imminent. According to FOX59/CBS4’s Mike Chappell, Indianapolis Colts head coach Shane Steichen indicated early on ‘NFL Black Monday’ that “no decision has been made yet” regarding embattled veteran defensive coordinator Gus Bradley—as those evaluat...2025
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• Colts’ Jim Irsay pledges to retain both GM Chris Ballard, HC Shane Steichen in letter

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Colts appear to be ‘running it back’ completely at general manager, head coach, and quarterback for next season. The Indianapolis Colts published a letter from team owner Jim Irsay on Sunday evening, which pledged that both general manager Chris Ballard and head coach Shane Steichen will be retained for the 2025 season, despite the disappointing 20...2025
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• NFL offseason: Important dates announced, Browns fans can set their calendars

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images NFL free agency, NFL combine, NFL draft and more all lined up Every offseason is important but, for the Cleveland Browns, the 2025 NFL offseason might be the biggest of the decade or longer. DE Myles Garrett and OL Joel Bitonio have stated or hinted at not wanting to stick around for a rebuild and wanting to know the team’s plan for the future. With the...2025
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• Women’s college basketball: 3 things to watch for when No. 5 Texas takes on No. 9 Oklahoma

Scott Wachter-Imagn Images Texas has two straight losses in the Red River Rivalry, but that’s without Rori Harmon. The SEC is the final power conference to start in-conference games and at 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, two teams entering their first seasons in the conference meet-up in Oklahoma. Just because they’re new to the conference doesn’t mean they’re new to each other, with the No. 9 O...2025
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• College Football Playoffs: Quinn Ewers and Dillon Gabriel among the players on display

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Some of the top players in the country will be on the field Happy New Years New York Giants fans! The expanded College Football Playoffs resume with three traditional New Years Day games. Last night we saw Penn State beat Boise State handily, winning 31-14 behind a great game from QB Drew Allar. Unfortunately for the Giants, Allar has announced that he...2025
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• Bengals looking into running backs ahead of NFL Trade Deadline, per report

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Will the Bengals get aggressive before Tuesday’s trade deadline? The Cincinnati Bengals kept its playoff hopes alive Sunday with a dominant 41-24 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. At 4-5, the Bengals aren’t likely to be trade deadline sellers before Tuesday’s 4 PM ET deadline and could wind up as buyers. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the Bengals could targ...2024
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• Bengals News (10/31): Chase Young trade idea

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Would they make a move? Bengals News Bengals urged to trade for premier pass rusher before deadline The Cincinnati Bengals’ pass rush is nonexistent if Trey Hendrickson isn’t getting home. Could a former top draft pick on an expiring contract help save the 2024 season? Joe Burrow tabs’ Bengals’ game vs. Raiders ‘must-win’: ‘Urgency’s very high every wee...2024
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• If the Colts don’t want Anthony Richardson, the Rams should take him

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Sean McVay working with AR-15 would be a Rams dream come true Anthony Richardson has come under fire this week for being a wild passer and a tired player, but if the Colts are having any doubts about their quarterback then the Rams should be the first team to pick up the phone next year. If it seems blasphemous to think about looking for Matthew Staffor...2024
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• Bengals News (10/5): Ignoring trades and free agency?

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Bengals look like, despite being 1-3, they are content to sit tight. Bengals take on a familiar challenge against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens | AP NewsQuarterback Lamar Jackson and the Ravens (2-2) enter with the NFL’s No. 1 offense, gaining an average of 429.5 yards per game. Running back Derrick Henry, in his first year with Baltimore, leads the ...2024
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• Indianapolis ranks inside top 10 cities producing most NFL players

Tyrone Tracy Jr. #RB25 speaks to the media during the 2024 NFL Draft Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium — March 01, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. | Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images “I called my mom and dad,” Tyrone Tracy Jr. said. “We immediately started crying, because it’s a blessing to come back to your hometown and get to experience this.” Indianapolis ranked inside the top 10 U.S...2024
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• Angel Reese’s underappreciated rookie season with the Chicago Sky was one for the ages

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Reese’s season was cut short due to a wrist injury — and though it was often evaluated through a comparative lens — it will ultimately be stamped an all-time rookie campaign. It will take time for the greatness of Angel Reese’s rookie season to truly be appreciated. Reese announced on Saturday night that her historic rookie season would be cut short d...2024
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• Angel Reese to miss remainder of WNBA season with wrist injury

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images It was unknown that rookie sensation Angel Reese was even hurt until the Chicago Sky announced her wrist injury on Saturday night. Angel Reese has officially put up the last double-double of her standout rookie campaign, as the Chicago Sky unexpectedly announced on Saturday night that she had suffered a season-ending wrist injury in the team’s Friday wi...2024
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• Browns season prediction: Betting line not favorable for Cleveland’s team

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images FanDuel has the AFC marked to be a dog fight based on their win totals Week 1 of the NFL season is here with Labor Day Monday getting everything started with the Cleveland Browns back on the practice field. In many ways, the Browns are a mystery going into 2024. Fans were only scheduled to get to see six training camp practices this year, with weather i...2024
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• Notes: Lions signing named among top 5 offseason moves in the NFL

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images One analyst believes a specific Detroit Lions free agency signing was a top-5 offseason move in the NFL. In just a few short years, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes has made a name for himself wheeling and dealing in the NFL world. Once again he’s turned some heads—this time that of Yahoo Sports’ Frank Schwab, who listed one of the Lions gener...2024
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• Jaguars to pick fifth overall in 2025 NFL Draft
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• College Football Playoffs: Quinn Ewers and Dillon Gabriel among the players on display
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• Bengals looking into running backs ahead of NFL Trade Deadline, per report
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• Bengals News (10/31): Chase Young trade idea
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• If the Colts don’t want Anthony Richardson, the Rams should take him
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• Angel Reese’s signature shoe deal with Reebok caps historic rookie season

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Reese becomes the fifth active WNBA player to ink a shoe deal. Angel Reese has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Reebok, and a signature shoe line that will be released in 2026, per ESPN. Reese becomes the fifth active WNBA player to sign a deal, joining Breanna Stewart (Puma), Sabrina Ionescu (Nike), Caitlin Clark (Nike) and A’ja Wilson (...2024
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• Angel Reese’s underappreciated rookie season with the Chicago Sky was one for the ages
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• NFL Black Monday: Colts’ Shane Steichen indicates ‘no decision yet’ on embattled DC Gus Bradley
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• Colts’ Jim Irsay pledges to retain both GM Chris Ballard, HC Shane Steichen in letter
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• Women’s college basketball: 3 things to watch for when No. 5 Texas takes on No. 9 Oklahoma
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• College Football Playoffs: Quinn Ewers and Dillon Gabriel among the players on display
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• If the Colts don’t want Anthony Richardson, the Rams should take him
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• Angel Reese’s signature shoe deal with Reebok caps historic rookie season
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• What is the Bengals’ biggest position of need?

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images It’s clear the Bengals roster has some holes. The 2024 season has gotten off to a dreadful start for the Cincinnati Bengals. The team sits 0-3 and has embarrassing home losses to the New England Patriots and Washington Commanders on its resume. A large portion of the blame for the Bengals’ struggles can be placed on its defense. The defense, who gave up...2024
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• Bengals vs. Panthers: Opening odds for what’s projected to be a high-scoring affair

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Bengals are off to a horrible 0-3 start and travel to Charlotte this Sunday to face an old friend in Andy Dalton. A winless September with one game left to play in the opening month is not how the Cincinnati Bengals drew things up this offseason. Frustration, confusion, and a lack of clarity in the future have been cast over this team, and it’s goin...2024
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• Angel Reese’s underappreciated rookie season with the Chicago Sky was one for the ages
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• Angel Reese to miss remainder of WNBA season with wrist injury
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• Colts’ Jim Irsay pledges to retain both GM Chris Ballard, HC Shane Steichen in letter
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• Women’s college basketball: 3 things to watch for when No. 5 Texas takes on No. 9 Oklahoma
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• Caitlin Clark and the Fever are playing with joy, and that’s bad news for the rest of the WNBA

Photo by Michael Hickey/NBAE via Getty Images An Indiana team that once seemed destined for the lottery has blossomed into a legitimate championship contender. Remember when the Indiana Fever was the worst team in the league, and Caitlin Clark appeared to be headed toward a really difficult rookie season? Me neither. The Fever began their season 1-8 and seemed destined for another year i...2024
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• Notes: Lions signing named among top 5 offseason moves in the NFL
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• Giants won’t pass on WR Rome Odunze at No. 6 — Shaun O’Hara

Rome Odunze | Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images So much for all the QB chatter Quarterback, quarterback, quarterback. The New York Giants are taking one at No. 6, or higher in the 2024 NFL Draft, right? Unless they aren’t. Former Giant and current NFL Network analyst Shaun O’Hara has another idea. O’Hara thinks the Giants won’t pass on wide receiver Rome Odunze if he is there for them i...2024
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• 8 college basketball teams that can win 2024 men’s national championship

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If they aren’t on this list, you’re not picking them to win the whole thing in your bracket next month. Let me make this clear from the outset: This is not a power ranking. This is not a list of the eight best teams in college basketball as I see it, nor is it necessary of a list of the teams that I expect to be the eight best a m...2024
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• Angel Reese’s underappreciated rookie season with the Chicago Sky was one for the ages
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• Deshaun Watson is the worst trade in NFL history

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Step aside Hershel Walker. It’s a great week for Minnesota Vikings fans. Not because of whatever will happen on Monday Night Football (presumably a Vikings loss), but because they might be bailed out in the annals of history. It’s fast approaching the point where the Browns’ trade for Deshaun Watson is the worst in the history of the NFL. Up to this poi...2023
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• Report: Lions hiring Scottie Montgomery as assistant head coach, RB coach
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are filling the opening in their coaching staff following the departure of Duce Staley. According to a report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Detroit Lions are hiring Scottie Montgomery as their assistant head coach and running backs coach, filling the opening created after Duce Staley left to join the Carolina Panther staff to b...2023
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• Joe Burrow feeling 100% coming off bye week

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Much-needed good news for the Bengals quarterback. The Cincinnati Bengals bye week seems to have done wonders for quarterback Joe Burrow, who has played the entire season to date with a nagging calf injury. “An extra week to get healthy, feeling good, feeling 100%,” Burrow told reporters as the Bengals prepare for Sunday’s contest in Santa Clara against...2023
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• New York Giants NFL Draft 2023 results: Giants select John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota in Round 2
John Michael Schmitz | Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Giants get a badly-needed center with 57th overall pick With their second-round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, No. 57 overall, the New York Giants on Friday night selected Minnesota center John Michael Schmitz. The Giants lost starting center Jon Feliciano and backup Nick Gates in free agency, and had been expected to target a p...2023
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• What Steelers analysts, fans are saying about Cameron Sutton joining Lions
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Most Steelers fans and analysts believe the Lions got a smart, talented, versatile player for a fair price. The Detroit Lions made an early splash move in free agency by agreeing to terms with former Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton. Though the move cannot be official until Wednesday, that didn’t stop the internet from having a flurry of reactions to...2023
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• Why isn’t anyone talking about new Browns safety Rodney McLeod?
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The veteran safety is a sneaky-terrific free agent signing On May 5, the Cleveland Browns signed veteran free agent safety Rodney McLeod. Did anyone notice? McLeod (5’-10”, 185 pounds) just happens to have played in the NFL for 11-years. What that means is that he will add a bevy of experience to this Browns safety group and become a second coach behind...2023
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• Grading the Chiefs’ pick of SMU wide receiver Rashee Rice at 55
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images What do we think of Kansas City’s second pick of the 2023 NFL Draft? The Kansas City Chiefs have made a selection in Round 2! With the 55th overall pick in the second round, the Chiefs took SMU wide receiver Rashee Rice. We have insta-grades from three members of the Arrowhead Pride Draft Team. Ron: I was a fan of the Chiefs taking wide receiver with t...2023
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• The Browns have a problem at QB

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Deshaun Watson is broken and the backups are not good. So what can Cleveland do now? The Cleveland Browns have a major problem at the quarterback position. And what makes it even worse is that there is currently no clear answer to fix the issue. Deshaun Watson made his return on Sunday after being sidelined for the past month and in the four drives he ...2023
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• Jaguars to pick fifth overall in 2025 NFL Draft
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• NFL Black Monday: Colts’ Shane Steichen indicates ‘no decision yet’ on embattled DC Gus Bradley
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• Bengals looking into running backs ahead of NFL Trade Deadline, per report
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• J.J. McCarthy visits New York Giants, cranking up the QB speculation

J.J. McCarthy | Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Michigan QB a possibility for the Giants in the upcoming draft Crank up the volume on the J.J. McCarthy to the New York Giants speculation. Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report is reporting that the Giants had McCarthy in East Rutherford, N.J. for a visit last Thursday. Dinner with the front office and a tour of the team’s facility were on ...2024
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• Giants mock draft tracker: J.J. McCarthy support takes huge post-Combine jump

J.J. McCarthy | Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Mock drafters are buying the McCarthy to the Giants hype Our post-NFL Scouting Combine New York Giants mock draft tracker shows a dramatic shift in thinking when it comes to Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Mock drafters are obviously buying the speculation coming out of Indianapolis that McCarthy, quarterback of the national champio...2024
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• NFL free agency: Deshaun Watson recruiting top WR for Browns

Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY Sports Talented wide receiver would certainly provide a boost to this offense One thing the Cleveland Browns plan to do on offense in 2024 is throw the ball more. What that takes is a stable offensive line, capable receivers, and a dependable quarterback. Deshaun Watson is the Browns quarterback. He has three Pro Bowls on his mantle. And by the time training camp...2024
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• 5 quarterbacks the Browns could realistically sign right now

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images “Deshaun Watson is broken and the backups are not good. So, what can Cleveland do now?” Before the 2023 season even began, in fact, the whispers began in training camp, that the Cleveland Browns have a very good roster this year. The speculation was the easy part. Playing the actual games is the tough get-going and where men become men on a mission. Curr...2023
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