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Five Biggest Takeaways After NFL Preseason: What We Learned in 2024 PreseasonThe 2024 NFL Preseason is officially in the books, and these are our five biggest takeaways as the regular season nears....

Why to Watch 2024 NFL PreseasonThe NFL Preseason is oftentimes underwhelming, but this year, there's plenty of storylines and reason to turn into the preseason....

Jim Harbaugh Says First Day of Chargers Training Camp Feels Like ‘Being Born’Jim Harbaugh is still the same weirdo we always thought he was, stating that the first day of Los Angeles Chargers training camp feels like being born because the lights are on, and everyone is talking to him....

NCAA swears fealty to NIL collectives, pauses investigations

The NCAA pretty much had its last real vestige of power stripped after the ruling in the Tennessee case last week, and on Friday, announced that it’s pausing all investigations into booster-backed collectives or other third parties making NIL deals. Despite the chaos and malfeasance that will contin...

Roger Goodell wants NFL players to have a ‘voice’ in volatile Election Year. Don’t believe him

In football, the line of scrimmage is where the “rubber meets the road.” In politics, it occurs inside the voting booth. Roger Goodell’s recent comments on politics and sports are proof that the league could be on the verge of repeating the same mistakes it did during the Colin Kaepernick era, as th...

Ask not what a free agent running back can do for you, but what you can do for them

Saying there’s no value in running backs was always nonsense, but because bad teams think a ground game is going to make their garbage quarterback and shoddy offensive line redeemable, the stereotype gets furthered. So this offseason when some NFC South team signs Derrick Henry or Josh Jacobs or Saq...

Juwan Howard and John Beilein finally have something in common — 20-loss seasons at Michigan

One guy did it in his first season in Ann Arbor — before going on to win a pair of regular-season and conference tournament championships, along with appearing in two national title games. The latest guy is doing it in what might be his last season in Ann Arbor — with one regular-season championship...

The next QB to reset the market is *checks notes* Dak Prescott?

The NFL has officially reached the point where it is about to jump the shark on quarterback contracts setting — and re-setting — the market....

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Mike Tannebaum's Jets prediction makes you wonder how he ever became a GM in the first place

A Get Up segment by former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum just created a hypothetical NFL locker room so chaotic it hurts to think about. ...

by jim-harbaugh - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinMackenzie Meaney|

|Tue Feb 20 2024

It might be time to start calling Kyle Shanahan and the Niners the 'C' word

Once again, the San Francisco 49ers have to be kicking themselves after controlling much of Super Bowl LVIII, only to surrender a 10-point lead while falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime, 25-22. For the players who experienced this same feeling four years ago, it must be like Déjà vu. To ha...

by Criss Partee|

|Mon Feb 12 2024

There are no more excuses for Justin Herbert

The AFC West got a little more interesting a couple of weeks ago when the Los Angeles Chargers added Jim Harbaugh to the fold, replacing Brandon Staley as head coach. That’s not just from a personality standpoint: The Chargers are expected to look much different on the field, especially on offense, ...

by Criss Partee|

|Wed Feb 07 2024

A lack of relationships curbed the NFL’s enthusiasm for Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick’s offseason job search ended in pitiful fashion last week. For unknown reasons, a bevy of general managers vying to keep their jobs in a highly competitive industry opted to hitch their wagons to young, unproven coaches they’ve had prior relationships with rather than an eight-time Su...

by DJ Dunson|

|Wed Feb 07 2024

It’s time to face reality — Bill Belichick is likely done coaching in the NFL

We’ve heard the phrase, “end of an era” quite a bit in the football world lately. Nick Saban retired in Alabama, Bill Belichick was “ushered” out of New England, and Pete Carroll was moved into an advisor’s role in Seattle. All championship coaches who many feel the game has passed by. Initially, it...

by Criss Partee|

|Tue Feb 06 2024

Jim Harbaugh plans to live in an RV while coaching the Chargers

The new Los Angeles Chargers head coach wants to start the season livin’ in a van down by the river ocean....

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Fri Feb 02 2024

Are NFL teams starting to clamp down on offense?

The apex of the NFL offensive revolution was the evening of Nov. 29, 2018. That night, the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams turned Monday Night Football into a game of pop-a-shot. Even seven combined turnovers could not slow the scoring. When the final whistle blew, the Rams had defeated the ...

by Stephen Knox|

|Thu Feb 01 2024

Ranking the new NFL head coaching hires

With the Washington Commanders hiring Dan Quinn, the NFL’s head coaching cycle has officially concluded. Barring any unforeseen firings, eight coaches have new jobs, and none of them are Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, or Mike Vrabel. With the dust finally settled, it’s time to see how each team fared...

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Thu Feb 01 2024

Jim Harbaugh and the HCs that also played for their teams

Jim Harbaugh is returning to the NFL as the next head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. What you might have forgotten is that he played quarterback for the franchise in 1999 and 2000 — back when the Bolts were still in San Diego....

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Fri Jan 26 2024

The LA Chargers are finally interesting

Los Angeles’ most faceless and fanless team has landed a superstar. The NFL is a failsafe league. All of its television rights are national — as well as massive — and the roster construction is limited by a hard salary cap. The Los Angeles Chargers may not be hurting financially, but they are a thir...

by Stephen Knox|

|Thu Jan 25 2024

Dan Quinn, Jim Harbaugh and all of the NFL coaching, exec hires

With interviews entering late rounds and the new league year inching closer, we are finally seeing some of the coaching and front-office vacancies around the league get filled. To check out every opening around the league, check out our firings list. Tap in for all the latest head coach, coordinator...

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Sat Feb 10 2024

Kelce retires; Pete Carroll isn't having it; Dan Quinn gets dunked; Jerry Jones keeps on Jerry Jonesing

When it was announced last week that the Seattle Seahawks were moving in a different direction at head coach, the news caught many by surprise. It was framed as though Pete Carroll and the organization had mutually agreed that Carroll would step out of the way and into an advisor’s role. But now wit...

by Deadspin Bot|

|Sat Jan 20 2024

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