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The NFL wants to add American football to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but not the breed of American football its fans are used to. Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, will work alongside International Federation of American Football president Pierre Trochet as co-chairs of the “Vision28” group, an effort to add flag football to the Los Angeles Games, the NFL announced Wednesday. No form of American football has been seen at the Olympics since 1932,… Source link

Just about everyone in college football spent their Fourth of July weekend talking, texting and sitting through meetings about what will happen next in conference realignment and what, if anything, each school and league can do to either protect or maximize itself going forward. The move revealed Thursday that USC and UCLA will join the Big Ten and thus decimate the Pac-12 has led to panic and confusion. What six months ago was a Power Five with a lucrative, fair playoff plan on the table is… Source link

Way back in 1977, the final year in which NFL teams played a 14-game schedule, seven different running backs handled at least 300 touches. Lydell Mitchell of the Baltimore Colts led the league with 372, averaging 26.6 per game. In 2021, the first year in which teams played a 17-game regular season, only four running backs reached 300 touches, led by Najee Harris at 381 (22.4 per week). During the intervening years, we collectively witnessed — and eventually developed fantasy strategies in… Source link

Ryan Tannehill is one of the more undervalued players in fantasy football going into this season. As we enter the summer and offseason activities quickly transform into the regular season, we need to turn our attention to where fantasy seasons are won and lost: pre-draft rankings. The following list includes players that represent the best value based on their ADP (average draft position) on one of the most popular fantasy football… Source link

Although he is a top option at the position, Lamar Jackson may not live up to his QB2 ranking on Yahoo. As we enter the summer and offseason activities quickly transform into the regular season, we need to turn our attention to where fantasy seasons are won and lost: pre-draft rankings. The following list includes players that are overpriced on one of the most popular fantasy football platforms around: Yahoo. Please note that the… Source link

Antonio Brown won’t be suiting up anywhere in 2022, according to Antonio Brown. The emphatically former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver indicated he will not be playing football at all this season, and potentially never again professionally, during an appearance at a Fan Controlled Football game Saturday. Brown’s full exchange on his future in football: Q: “Is football still important to you, would you say?” A: “Obviously, we live the game, but you can’t play forever. I think I’m a… Source link

In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, analysts Andy Behrens and Matt Harmon examine the refreshed Raiders offense including what to expect from Davante Adams and Josh Jacobs. Video Transcript ANDY BEHRENS: The next one for me is the Las Vegas Raiders. And we have to start by reminding people that last year was just an absolute [BLEEP] storm for the Raiders, right? MATT HARMON: Seriously, yeah. ANDY BEHRENS: Like, all the things went wrong. It’s wild they made the postseason. And then they gave… Source link

Not long ago, Todd Gurley was the most electric running back in the NFL. Last season at 27 years old, he didn’t play a down while his former Los Angeles Rams won their first Super Bowl since returning to California. He enjoyed the show. But Gurley says that he doesn’t wish that he was on the field. “There was never not one time where I watched a game and was like, ‘I wish I was out there,’” Gurley recently told NBC. “I appreciated my time in the league, and I’ve done things I could have… Source link

Michael Vick isn’t coming out of retirement after all. The former Atlanta Falcons star shut down rumors of a return in the Fan Controlled Football league on Sunday, saying that he’s going to stay retired. “I hung ‘em up in 2015 never to return again,” Vick wrote on Twitter. “Had an amazing time and accomplished so much. I say that to say, they’re going to stay hung up and I will not be coming out of retirement. I appreciate the opportunity to play but I’d rather put on my… Source link

NBC announced on Thursday that they’ve tapped Maria Taylor to replace Mike Tirico as host of “Football Night in America,” the pre-show that airs before “Sunday Night Football.” “Maria is the perfect choice to carry the legacy forward of anchoring the most-watched studio show in sports,” NBC Sports Executive Producer Sam Flood said in a statement. “Football Night in America” needed a new lead after Mike Tirico, NBC’s ubiquitous sports host, was moved over to SNF play-by-play. He’s taking… Source link