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NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season

INDIANAPOLIS — College football is ready to put the signs away. Following a sign-stealing scandal that rocked the sport and hung over Michigan’s championship run in 2023, the NCAA’s football oversight committee approved Friday the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season. The football rules committee last month made a recommendation…

Jets GM Joe Douglas still 'open' to trading QB Zach Wilson, but acknowledges he 'is an asset'

Joe Douglas learned a lesson about quarterbacks in 2023, one that made him both double-down on the significant trade he swung in 2022, and prepare to part with a former top pick. Zach Wilson‘s days in New York are likely numbered. The Jets are prepared to move on from the No. 2 pick of the…

Seven-round 2024 NFL mock draft: Six edge rushers, five trades, five QBs in wild Round 1

Seven-round 2024 NFL mock draft: Six edge rushers, five trades, five QBs in wild Round 1

Jeremiah 4.0 Schrager 2.0 Zierlein 4.0 Brooks 4.0 Davis 3.0 Edholm 3.0 Reuter 7-Round mock Parr 2.0 Filice 2.0 We’re less than one week away from the start of the 2024 NFL Draft (April 25-27 in Detroit). One thing I’ve learned covering this event over the past 20 years is that there will be a…

Longtime Falcons QB Matt Ryan officially retires from NFL after playing 15 seasons

Matt Ryan last played professional football in December 2022. He officially called it a career in the fourth month of 2024. Ryan announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday after 15 seasons (14 with the Atlanta Falcons and one with the Indianapolis Colts) with a heartfelt video message to the organization he played the…

Bears WR D.J. Moore saw Justin Fields trade 'coming,' ready to 'ride through H-E-L-L and back with' Caleb Williams

D.J. Moore was one of Justin Fields‘ most ardent supporters. Moore spoke freely that he hoped the former Chicago Bears first-rounder would stay put in the Windy City rather than the franchise moving on to another first-round pick. He’s also well aware of the business of the NFL and thusly is now speaking emphatically in…

Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield (ankle/ribs) questionable for Super Wild Card Weekend finale vs. Eagles

Baker Mayfield is still banged up ahead of what he hopes is his first postseason start since 2020. The Buccaneers quarterback is officially questionable for Monday’s Super Wild Card Weekend finale against the Philadelphia Eagles due to injuries to his ankle and ribs. Mayfield sat out on Thursday before logging limited sessions on Friday and…