While Patrick Mahomes flipped behind-the-back passes to Travis Kelce, one storyline in Kansas City flew under the radar: A second-round rookie will protect the quarterback’s blindside to open the 2024 season. Kingsley Suamataia will start at left tackle Thursday night when the Chiefs kick off the season against the Baltimore Ravens. “He had a good …
The Baltimore Ravens kick off the season Thursday in Kansas City with a chance to avenge their AFC Championship Game loss to the Chiefs. Lamar Jackson, however, dismissed the idea that it’s a “revenge” game. “Any game I play in, I feel like it’s a revenge game,” Jackson said, via the team’s official website. “I’m …
Last season, Derrick Henry became a hot name around the trade deadline, with the Ravens a potential candidate to make a move for him in their quest for a Super Bowl. Henry instead stayed put with the Tennessee Titans, and months later he watched like everyone else when the Ravens fell to the Chiefs in …
Mike Zimmer hasn’t coached in the NFL since 2021, a year that marked the bitter end of an eight-year stint as head coach of the Vikings. His return to Dallas as defensive coordinator, where he served in the same role from 2000-2006 and worked on staff six seasons before that, made perfect sense — both …
During the aftermath of cutdown day, Kansas City pounced on the opportunity to add a pair of familiar veterans with the 2024 season approaching. Running back Samaje Perine and wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster were each signed to the active roster following their releases from Denver and New England, respectively. While Smith-Schuster was a fixture on …
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Week 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Preseason Post-Draft For the first time in nearly two decades, an NFL team will have a chance to do what’s never been done before: win three straight Super Bowls. The Chiefs will attempt to achieve what eight previous aspirants in the league’s history — the most …
Now that we’re officially in Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season, the Next Gen Stats analytics team is excited to unveil a new suite of advanced metrics designed to revolutionize how we evaluate tackling, point after touchdown decisions and pre-snap offensive dynamics. Powered by AI and statistical modeling techniques, in collaboration with the Amazon …
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Aaron Jones heads toward the dreaded 30-year-old plateau in December, optimistic that he can keep his career chugging after an NFC North move from Green Bay to Minnesota. The new Vikings running back said this week that, after being limited to 11 games last season due to hamstring and knee injuries, he’s just hitting his …
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The Brandon Aiyuk saga ended with the star wide receiver staying in San Francisco, just the way both he and the team hoped. But it wasn’t an easy process. “I’m not going to lie, I made it a little bit more difficult than I needed to at the end,” Aiyuk said Tuesday in his first …
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CLEVELAND — As they position themselves for a possible new domed stadium, the Cleveland Browns are renaming their current one. The NFL team on Tuesday announced a 20-year agreement with Huntington National Bank, a partnership that includes naming rights. Cleveland’s lakefront stadium will now be called Huntington Bank Field. The Browns open the 2024 season …
