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07/09/2018

6. Florida State Seminoles Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports A perennial powerhouse under legendary coach Bobby Bowden, Florida State was ranked every full year in his successor Jimbo Fisher’s tenure from 2010 through two seasons ago. The Seminoles are coming off a down 2017 campaign with a 7-6 record,...

06/29/2018

Let’s start with the Christmas tree, which everyone assumed was the proof that Jimbo Fisher was gone. Yes, an old artificial tree did get tossed to the curb on Shoal Creek Drive in Tallahassee, Fla., on the morning of Dec. 1. Photos of said tree began circulating on social media within hours of it...

06/29/2018

Colts quarterback Andrew Luck hasn’t experienced any pain in his shoulder following a recent throwing session, as he told Zak Keefer of the Indianapolis Star. Luck, who missed the entirety of the 2017 season due to injury, has gradually ramped up his throwing, and has recently graduated from tossi...

06/29/2018

16. Chicago Bears Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Chicago is the team everyone envisions as this year’s version of the Los Angeles Rams in 2017. The Bears added Matt Nagy, a great offensive mind, as the leader of the team and the man to help develop Mitchell Trubisky. Once Chicago brought in Nagy, it...

06/27/2018

  The emergence of a wild-card performer can define the margin between a team winning a conference championship and falling behind the pack. Last season in the Pac-12, perhaps unexpected difference-makers like Uchenna Nwosu and Christian Rector were X-factors in USC claiming its first league crown ...

06/26/2018

Lamar Jackson was obviously spectacular over the last two seasons, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2016 and finishing third in ’17. Despite his heroics, the Louisville Cardinals failed to even qualify for a New Year’s Six bowl game. While getting returning stars to perform at a high level is imper...

06/26/2018

New recruits are on campus. Position battles have been settled, by and large. New coaches have acclimated themselves to their new surroundings. Football is almost here. USA TODAY Sports will spend the next two months breaking down the power rankings in each conference in the Football Bowl Subdivisio...

06/26/2018

For the second year in a row, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been voted the No. 1 player on the NFL Top 100 list. The top 10 of the list was released Monday night, with Brady beating out Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown for the top spot. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback...

06/25/2018

Ranking all 130 college football head coaches is an impossible task. However, as Athlon Sports has done for each of the last seven seasons leading up to the start of the upcoming year, we set out to sort out every FBS head coach from No. 1 to the bottom. And as expected, for the seventh …

06/25/2018

BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have big expectations for Myles Garrett, which is just fine with the No. 1 pick of the 2017 draft. Garrett has big expectations for himself. “Ten times better (than 2017), 15 times better,” Garrett said with a smile at the team’s golf outing about how much ...

06/25/2018

The 2019 NFL Draft class is full of playmakers at the various skill positions and in the defensive secondary while also having two marquee players (Ed Oliver, Dexter Lawrence) along the defensive interior. We’ve taken quick looks at those running backs, wide receivers, cornerbacks and even offensi...

06/24/2018

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees deserves to break the record for most career passing yards, according to current holder Peyton Manning. Brees is expected to break Manning’s mark this NFL season. Manning told reporters this week he thinks Brees deserves the all-time mark. “I don’t thi...

06/24/2018

Some say that the NFL stands for “Not For Long,” and the reasons for that are obvious. Football is a dangerous game played by some of the strongest and fastest athletes in the world. Most NFL careers are understandably short at an average of between 3-6 years, with the higher number projected by...

06/24/2018

The Eagles‘ current plan does not involve a running back-by-committee approach. Instead, Jay Ajayi is the clear No. 1 ball-carrier coming out of Philadelphia’s offseason activities. Corey Clement, Darren Sproles and a to-be-determined cog will fill out the backfield behind the former Dolphins st...

08/11/2017

The Buffalo Bills have traded wide receiver Sammy Watkins and a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft to the Los Angeles Rams for cornerback E.J. Gaines and a 2018 second-round pick, the Bills announced Friday. Also Friday, the Bills also acquired wide receiver Jordan Matthews and 2018 third-round p...

08/09/2017

SAN DIEGO (AP) — One week after the NFL’s Chargers announced they were relocating to Los Angeles, San Diego State gave a five-year contract extension to coach Rocky Long, who said the Aztecs were more than up to the challenge of winning over the suddenly spurned fan base. The best way, naturally, is...

08/09/2017

OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford was carted off the field Tuesday night with a right ankle injury suffered in practice. Crawford was injured while chasing down Ezekiel Elliott on a run, when their legs became tangled and Elliott inadvertently stepped on the defensive...

08/09/2017

The Philadelphia Eagles have amended the contract of defensive end Brandon Graham, affording him the chance to earn an additional $1.5 million over the next two seasons through incentives and salary escalators, according to league sources. Graham, who was selected as a second-team All-Pro defensive…

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