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The semifinals of the College Football Playoff could look very familiar on New Year’s Eve. Four of the teams currently in the top five of the AP Top 25 made a playoff appearance in either 2020 or 2021. And while any of those five teams could easily make the playoff, we’re picking those teams with playoff experience to make the playoff field at the end of 2022 in our first set of bowl projections. Georgia is our provisional No. 1 seed as the Bulldogs can solidify their status as the top… Source link

The semifinals of the College Football Playoff could look very familiar on New Year’s Eve. Four of the teams currently in the top five of the AP Top 25 made a playoff appearance in either 2020 or 2021. And while any of those five teams could easily make the playoff, we’re picking those teams with playoff experience to make the playoff field at the end of 2022 in our first set of bowl projections. Georgia is our provisional No. 1 seed as the Bulldogs can solidify their status as the top… Source link

Yahoo Sports’ Scott Pianowski and Matt Harmon discuss this year’s quarterback play, including what’s going on with the Buccaneers’ Tom Brady. Video Transcript SCOTT PIANOWSKI: You know, we often talk about the running back dead zone, right? Round four, five, six, whatever it is. The tight end dead zone, right? If you don’t go early at tight end, maybe you should just go cheap. This year, there’s been a quarterback dead zone. Let’s revisit your summer draft. This is my preferred strategy in… Source link

The Week 6 NFL main slate begins Sunday at 1:00 p.m. EDT and features 11 games. The Lions, Raiders, Texans and Titans will all be on bye, notably taking a few exploitable defenses out of the mix. Additionally, the Thursday Night Football (Commanders-Bears), Sunday Night Football (Cowboys-Eagles) and Monday Night Football (Broncos-Chargers) matchups will be excluded from the Sunday main slate. Yahoo will be running plenty of NFL DFS contests for Week 6, but the biggest is the Sunday Baller,… Source link

A protester who ran onto the field during Monday night’s NFL game has filed an assault complaint against the Los Angeles Rams, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara Police department told Yahoo Sports. “It’s an active investigation,” Lieutenant Cuong Phan said Wednesday. “I can confirm a person did come in [Tuesday] at 1:45 p.m. and filed a report. However, it’s an ongoing investigation, so we’re not able to release details at this time.” The complaint stemmed from a moment in the… Source link

LeGarrette Blount apologized after video showed the former NFL running back throwing punches during a skirmish among adults at a youth football game. TMZ published video of the incident on Monday showing tensions surface during a postgame handshake line at a 12-and-under football game in Gilbert, Arizona. Two groups of adults were seen arguing after the game before the incident escalated into pushing and shoving. Blount, who was reportedly a coach at the game, lunged at and threw punches at a… Source link

We’re a little more than a month into the college football season and some teams with massive preseason expectations have already been major disappointments. Here are 10 teams in particular who have fallen well short of what their fan bases were hoping to this point in the season. Oklahoma Brent Venables hasn’t been able to make much of an impact on Oklahoma’s leaky defense. The Sooners were torched for 668 yards in an embarrassing 55-24 loss to TCU on Saturday. It marked the second… Source link

There are plenty of questions regarding Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa‘s concussion sustained during “Thursday Night Football.” When he’ll be able to play again is one of them. Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Friday that Tagovailoa has no timetable to return as he remains in the NFL concussion protocol following his injury during “Thursday Night Football,” while the quarterback released his first statement since the fateful hit. Tagovailoa thanked fans for their… Source link

Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Note that some players are targeted for DFS. Good luck with your Week 4 lineups! Sit: Kirk Cousins Start: Chris Olave Cousins isn’t a bad start this week, but you may have better alternatives (Marcus Mariota, Geno Smith — more on both later) given his matchup’s low total against a Saints defense that’s allowed just 191.1 passing yards per game, an NFL-low two passing scores and the 10th fewest fantasy… Source link

No one knew it at the time, but the 2022 Pro Bowl was the last Pro Bowl that will be played in quite awhile. The NFL announced Monday that it’s doing away with the Pro Bowl in its current form, which has been played since 1951, and will replace it with The Pro Bowl Games, a week of skills competitions that will end with a flag football game. NFL executive Peter O’Reilly told The Associated Press that the NFL has been looking for a Pro Bowl replacement for awhile, and after getting feedback… Source link