The will-he-or-won’t-he saga surrounding Kyler Murray is now over. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner will pursue a career in the National Football League. Last year, the Oakland Athletics drafted Murray with the number nine overall pick. However, the quarterback remained at Oklahoma to test the waters of college football. He …
Read More »Brian Flores Named New Head Coach of the Miami Dolphins
A Super Bowl ring for Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores sounds like a pretty good weekend. However, the Miami Dolphins sweetened the pot by naming him the new head coach of the team. https://twitter.com/MiamiDolphins/status/1092526960998301696 How It Happened According to reports, Miami’s brass vetted Flores immediately after firing Adam Gase on …
Read More »Missouri QB Drew Lock Trying to Impress at Senior Bowl
Under the center for Missouri, quarterback Drew Lock has impressed many. Ripping apart SEC defenses, such as Florida, like it was nothing. His potential has garnered the interest from NFL scouts. Lock hopes to show that his skills will translate to the NFL during Senior Bowl week with multiple teams …
Read More »Freddie Kitchens is Embracing New Challenge as Browns Head Coach
What a year it has been for new Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens. Kitchens was promoted from running backs coach to offensive coordinator to head coach within the span of six months. This unexpected rise in stature came in large part to the firing of head coach Hue Jackson …
Read More »Florida’s Chauncey Gardner-Johnson Declares for NFL Draft
Gator football has had their first player of the season to declare that they’ll hang up the Orange and Blue. Defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson announced via Twitter Monday that he has elected to enter the 2019 NFL Draft. The junior will forgo his senior season, but plans to play in …
Read More »Key Points for Florida Heading into Game Against Vanderbilt
Coming down from the thrill of their victory over LSU, the Gators travel to Nashville to face Vanderbilt. The Commodores sit at the bottom of the SEC at 0-2 in conference play and 3-3 overall. Last year, Florida defeated Vanderbilt by 14. The game was a split effort by both …
Read More »Welcome to the NFL, Rookie Quarterbacks
Four NFL teams have already handed over the starting QB role to rookies, and so far it has not panned out well. None of those teams (Jets, Bills, Browns, and Cardinals) are currently above .500. There doesn’t seem to be hope for any of these QBs to lead a serious …
Read More »Jacksonville Jaguars are 3-1 after Sunday’s win over the New York Jets
The Jacksonville Jaguars are back in the win column after defeating the New York Jets 31-12 on Sunday. Jacksonville had 503 total yards of offense against New York, improving from a tough 9-6 loss versus the Tennessee Titans that lacked execution. Blake Bortles, who completed 29 passes for 388 yards …
Read More »Chicago Bears Dominate on Defense to beat the Seattle Seahawks
It was too little too late on Monday night as the Seattle Seahawks tried to make a comeback on the Chicago Bears late in the game. After the Bears had been leading for most of the game holding the Seahawks to just three points, Seattle finally had a spark in …
Read More »NFL Rookie Quarterback Roulette
Five rookie quarterbacks were selected in the first round during the 2018 NFL draft. This tied the record for second most in any draft since 1983 when six QBs were taken. The new rookie QBs are: Baker Mayfield- Oklahoma- 1st Sam Darnold– USC- 3rd Josh Allen– Wyoming- 7th Josh Rosen– …
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