Author: Mikesportz
The Ravens are hiring Michigan defensive analyst Doug Mallory as their defensive backs coach, Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports reports. Mallory will work under John Harbaugh after three seasons working for former Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh. It’s a return to the NFL for Mallory, who previously spent six seasons with the Falcons. He was a defensive assistant (2015-16), the defensive backs coach (2017-19) and senior defensive assistant/defensive backs (2020) before going to Ann Arbor. The Falcons reached the Super Bowl in 2016. Mallory won a national championship with LSU in 2007 and with Michigan in 2023. He has served as…
The Toronto Raptors played an excellent 30-or-so minutes against the Western Conference’s best team. They will have to match the same effort and discipline against the Pelicans — only this time, they will have to do it without RJ Barrett while facing a different opponent style, with Zion Williamson and old friend Jonas Valanciunas looking to inflict some pain in the paint. To make it worse, the shorthanded Raptors will have to dig deep and play through lactic acid to win tonight, as they clearly looked gassed in last night’s 2OT thriller (letdown?) against the Thunder Speaking of Zion, he…
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has been doubted a lot in his career, and even given up on by his old team, the Los Angeles Rams, but now he is loved in Detroit and general manager Brad Holmes admitted that he has always believed in him. The Lions received Jared Goff from the Rams in a trade that shipped Matthew Stafford to Los Angeles. It was the perspective of many that Goff would be a placeholder for the Lions. Holmes’ comments and Goff’s performance over the last few years demonstrate that the team believes in him to lead them.…
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been connected to lots of different quarterbacks through potential trades, free agency and the draft early this offseason. That’s to be expected based on the team’s production at quarterback in 2023. But more surprisingly, the media has also linked the Steelers to numerous assistant coaches in staff rumors, including Eric Bieniemy. Steelers Now’s Alan Saunders argued on February 5 that Bieniemy appears to be the best possible candidate to be Pittsburgh’s new pass game coordinator. “Once considered the top of the crop of NFL offensive coordinators and a sure-fire head coach prospect, Bieniemy’s star…
With the trade deadline occurring this Thursday, things are beginning to heat up around the league. Buyers, sellers, rumors, and leaks. It’s a whirlwind week filled with all of the above. The Phoenix Suns are right in the middle of it all as they attempt to increase their chances of bringing a title to the Valley of the Sun for the first time in their 55-year history. The Suns sit at 29-21 through 50 games, which puts them on pace to win 48 games. Per Basketball-Reference, the team has a 75.3% chance of making the playoffs. Their highest probable…
The Chicago Bears are likely to trade a starting quarterback in the next couple of months. The trade could come in one of two forms: They move on from Justin Fields, their first-round draft pick in 2021 and starter ever since. They trade the first-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, which is overwhelmingly likely to be USC quarterback Caleb Williams. According to CHGO’s Bears insider Adam Hoge, the Bears are unlikely to hold onto both players. “I think that locker room right now is too far in Justin Fields’ corner and it would really create a…
If the Chicago Bears draft a rookie quarterback in 2024, they will have already done him a favor with last year’s trade for DJ Moore. Would they be willing to do him another if the cap-strapped Buffalo Bills are looking to trade Stefon Diggs? Bleacher Report’s Maurice Moton proposed exactly that scenario for the Bears during the 2024 offseason after Diggs appeared to cast uncertainty on his future with the Bills with the comments he made at the 2024 Pro Bowl Game this past weekend. “I’m ready to go no matter which way it goes,” Diggs told ESPN’s…
The Pittsburgh Steelers likely won’t be in position to draft a quarterback in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. So, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo ran through the team’s other mid-round quarterback options in this year’s draft. Fittipaldo suggested South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler as a potential target. “Rattler was a young phenom, throwing for 116 touchdowns on his way to becoming the consensus No. 1 quarterback in the 2019 recruiting class,” Fittipaldo wrote on February 2. “Five years later, after a tumultuous college career, he’s clinging to his dream of playing in the NFL.” …
We are still a couple of months away from the 2024 NFL draft, but with the Senior Bowl just getting completed, ESPN has released a new mock draft. This mock draft was put together by draft expert Matt Miller. Many have mocked the idea of J.J. McCarthy being a first-round pick, but the former Michigan football quarterback was projected as a first-round pick by ESPN’s Miller. McCarthy has an NFL arm. He was also extremely accurate at Michigan. Sure, there is still more teams need to see from him and the fact is that Michigan football didn’t ask…
As the Michigan football coaching staff undergoes major change following the departure of Jim Harbaugh and some of his assistants, new head coach Sherrone Moore faces the task of rebuilding his staff, and now he’s zeroing in on a coach in this year’s Super Bowl game in that task. Michigan is considering Kansas City Chiefs defensive line coach Joe Cullen as a candidate to serve as defensive coordinator, according to CBS Sports. But the Wolverines have some competition as Cullen is also being floated as a defensive coordinator prospect for two other NFL teams, the Seahawks and Commanders. It’s…