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CINCINNATI — The Pittsburgh Steelers are in the market for a quarterback. Could former Ohio State star and current Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields be their top target? The Bears have the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and most experts believe they’ll take USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the top selection. If they take Williams, then they could trade Fields. The Steelers have emerged as the favorite to land Fields according to the latest odds Pittsburgh is -125 to trade for Fields according to DraftKings. They were +550 to land him earlier this offseason.…
Usually, a professional NBA player’s route to the big league involves playing in the NCAA. While there are those who make it from overseas and the G-League, many top prospects go for the traditional collegiate pathway. And among the plethora of Division I schools in the country, some stand out above the rest. Take the University of Kentucky for example. Kentucky basketball is known as one of the most successful programs in the country. Throughout the years, many Wildcats have had fruitful careers in the NBA, and it shows even to this day. Just in the 2024 All-Star Game,…
Michigan football: JJ McCarthy, Blake Corum highlight record-breaking 18 Wolverines headed to NFL Scouting Combine The Michigan football program is about to look a lot different once the 2024 season begins. Jim Harbaugh leaving for the Los Angeles Chargers job (and him taking other coaches) is a big reason. However, 18 Michigan football players received an invite to the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, breaking a record of 16 previously set by LSU in 2020, per James T. Yoder of ChatSports. The list of Michigan football players who received an invite to Indianapolis is a long one and includes…
Kansas City Chiefs may have won the Super Bowl, but that just means that NFL Draft season is officially underway – and it’s time for the Baltimore Ravens to prepare for a revenge tour. Baltimore came up just short of the big game when the team lost to the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game by one score, but a new mock draft has the team focused on making the offense more explosive by drafting wide receiver Keon Coleman out of Florida State. Coleman was dominant in 2023 for the Seminoles and was a large part of why the…
backup quarterback, but they are not the only team looking to add some extra depth behind an established starter. The Pittsburgh Steelers, who have long been burdened with subpar QB play, decided to shake up their room as well. The Steelers released former No. 2 pick Mitch Trubisky, as the resurgence of Mason Rudolph left him as the third-string quarterback. With Rudolph not a franchise quarterback and Kenny Pickett not exactly covering himself in glory, Pittsburgh may compete with the Jets for some big veteran names. After the Tennessee Titans passed the baton to Will Levis, Ryan Tannehill…
Jim Harbaugh made a preseason prediction that his Michigan football team would beat Georgia’s single-year NFL draft record of 15. And if the invite list for this year’s NFL Scouting Combine is any indication, it just might come true. A combine-record 18 Wolverines received invites to this year’s event in Indianapolis, the NFL announced Tuesday, a list that included some of the biggest names from college football’s national championship team. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy, running back Blake Corum and All-American offensive lineman Zak Zinter lead the group, while Senior Bowl standout Roman Wilson, linebacker Junior Colson and defensive…
There’s poetry in the possibility that the Steelers’ decision to cut a former Bears first-round quarterback Monday could portend their interest in their current one. By Patrick Finley There’s poetry in the possibility that the Steelers’ decision to cut a former Bears first-round quarterback Monday could portend their interest in their current one. Mitch Trubisky’s release on Monday means the Steelers are in the market for a quarterback to push — or replace — Kenny Pickett. That could be Russell Wilson, who’s expected to be released by the Broncos, or maybe Ryan Tannehill, who worked with new Steelers…
PHOENIX — The beef between Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nuric and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green hasn’t cooled off. After a few extra-curricular meetings on the court, both parties swapped words following Golden State’s win over Phoenix on Saturday night. You can read more about that below: The aforementioned article was after the game. It’s been a couple days, and the two sides are still going at each other. On the most recent episode of The Draymond Green Show, Green didn’t hold back on Nurkic. “Guys are making a habit out of that. Him…
Reports an American football star gundown after an interview by an unknown drive pass shorter who shot the star in a very close range causing The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently estimated to be over the 2024 NFL salary cap by just over $4.3 million. There’s no need to panic; that number can and will quickly change into a very favorable one for the team. The team usually doesn’t make a lot of big moves in free agency, but they’ll have to be in cap compliance by the beginning of the new league year on March 13, 2024. How…
The Lions enter 2024 with the seventh most salary cap space ($58.61M) in the league, per Pro Football Focus. With plenty of money to work with, could they trade for a former Defensive Player of the Year this offseason? PFF’s Brad Spielberger thinks so. Spielberger suggests that Detroit could trade a 2025 fourth-round pick to the Los Angeles Chargers for edge-rusher Khalil Mack, the 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. “Detroit and general manager Brad Holmes have done remarkably well to add young talent through the draft and came quite close to a Super Bowl appearance in…