including a handful of underclassmen. The players will be split into two full squads, coached by two full NFL coaching staffs that have yet to be announced. Last year, the Patriots and Falcons coached the Shrine Bowl.
ESPN.com staffDec 9, 2019, 09:00 AM ETEmailPrintHere's a breakdown of the key players and storylines for every team in a bowl game. (All times Eastern.)College Football PlayoffCollege Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach BowlNo. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 OklahomaSaturday,...
Brandon Marshall has always been one of the most vocal players over his NFL career. As a result, the NFL asked him to wear a microphone during one of his team's games. In an incredibly awkward sideline moment, Marshall was caught on mic asking his teammate how to spell "communication," ...
LaVine’s effective-field goal and true-shooting percentages also rose to new heights, growing to 59.6 and 63.4 percent, respectively. The latter is the fourth-highest mark among players with a usage rate of at least 30 percent, trailing only Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid, perN...
Loving & Loathing The NFL Draft Photo by Adrian Curiel on Unsplash Despite myself, despite it all, I love the NFL Draft. The NFL as an entity has a million problems and reasons I cannot stand it, all of it having to do with the League, ownership, management, and especially the ...
Washington invested three first-round picks in RG III; if he sustains a serious injury rushing the ball, that's calamity. In the NFL, no team is five-deep at quarterback like in college. Backups tend to be players who haven't seen the field in years, unlike in college, where many ...
Just as it was for the players, last season was a learning opportunity for Brad Stevens. Given the talent on the roster, last season was Stevens’ first with “real” expectations. And, while he excelled in his usual areas of expertise, he flopped when it came time to manage the egos ...
215-lbs with at least 9 inch hands. Now there are always exceptions (Russell Wilson is short, Mike Vick had tiny hands), but more often than not, those players don’t make it in the NFL. In this year’s class of QBs at the combine, the person who checked ...
"I thought it went alright. Obviously, we didn't score any points, so that's always a bummer," Wentz told NFL Network. "... No matter if you're coming from the SEC or FCS, Division II, Division III, you've got to make a jump. The speed of the game is going to come ...
Do you have any comments about Adrian Peterson or the seemingly sorry state of the NFL? Signed, Roger ———- Dear Roger: Yes, I do. Thanks for asking. I’m going to focus my answer on Adrian Peterson because, given the popularity of the NFL, I imagine that they will rebound from ...