Month: October 2024

data-mm-id=”_0au7e8c6l”>The Kansas City Chiefs have suffered a number of injuries against the Green Bay Packers Sunday night, but safety Bryan Cook got the worst of it. While attempting to make a tackle on Packers running back A.J. Dillon, Cook's left ankle appeared to get caught in the grass. The cart came out immediately. Here's the play in question, you can see Cook's left leg get pinned underneath him and Dillon bowls him over. Chiefs player Cook with an injury as his foot goes under him. #KCvsGB pic.twitter.com/I8fCJm4UK0— Rate the Refs App (@Rate_the_Refs) December 4, 2023I'm not a doctor but that looks really bad. Like, really bad. Here's our weekly reminder that the NFL is an incredibly violent, brutal league and a lot of bad things happen to players…

data-mm-id=”_hsyn7othz”>The Chicago Bears' attention has been turned to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft for over a month now and reports are beginning to suggest the franchise has made their decision– to trade Justin Fields and pick a quarterback first overall. That quarterback will probably be Caleb Williams, although there's plenty of time for them to change their minds on that front. Which means Fields will be on the trade block, and teams are already calling. Per Albert Breer, from Monday: Such is the case with the Bears and Justin Fields—with the team having gotten a little insight into what his trade value may be. Chicago staffers got inquiries from other teams on Fields in Mobile. And while the Bears haven’t shopped Fields, those conversations did all…

data-mm-id=”_guw9uosr4″>Kendrick Perkins has again waded into the MVP debate take pool. A season after Perkins faced criticism for saying Nikola Jokic was again the MVP front-runner because he was white – a take so bad that they literally apologized for it on First Take the next day – he went on NBA Today and attempted to make a case for Domantas Sabonis as MVP.Kendrick Perkins says a case can be made for Domantas Sabonis for NBA MVP pic.twitter.com/xtJUnRtvVN— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 28, 2024Now, to be fair, Sabonis is having a very good season, but even suggesting he should be part of the discuss flies in the face of the criteria under which Perkins says he votes for MVP, which is the best player with the best record. And you don't need to go far to find t…

data-mm-id=”_00xg28j7n”>Who will win Offensive Rookie of the Year: Caleb Williams or Jayden Daniels? Can any team in the AFC dethrone the Kansas City Chiefs? Will the Detroit Lions really win the NFC? And how likely is a Chiefs Super Bowl three-peat?The start of the NFL season always brings excitement and anticipation, but answers to the above questions won't begin to emerge until the 18-week regular season is complete and the business end of the postseason begins.Until then, the sportsbooks contain some hints on who will reach — and win — Super Bowl LIX and who will walk away with the individual season awards.Below are the consensus betting favorites before the NFL kicks off its 105th season on Thursday night with the league's season opener between the Baltimore Ravens…

Man Utd are preparing a super offer for Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni ahead of the summer transfer window, according to reports.

The Red Devils are keen to strengthen their defence in the summer transfer window with Harry Maguire the only fit senior centre-back at Erik ten Hag s disposal in their FA Cup semi-final victory over Coventry City on Sunday.

Man Utd will buy at least one new centre-back

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has already confirmed that Man Utd will definitely buy at least one new centre-back in the summer transfer window .

Romano wrote in his Caught Offside column yesterday: Of course they will be signing a new centre-back this summer, as I’ve reported since September 2023, for sure that will be one of their priorities. But in te…

Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has hit out at Arsenal for their set-piece tactics since appointing Nicolas Jover as one of Mikel Arteta s coaches.

The Gunners hired former Manchester City coach Jover as their specialist set-piece coach in 2021 and .

Arsenal are currently leading the Premier League table by one point from defending champions Manchester City, who have a game in hand on Arteta s side.

Arteta s side have scored 22 goals (not including penalties) from set-pieces this season, which is the best in the Premier League this season, while they scored just six in the campaign before Jover arrived.

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville labelled Jover a genius for his work when Kai Havertz headed Arsenal into a 3-0 lead against Tottenham in the north Londo…

According to reports, a new update about Ange Postecoglou s future at Tottenham Hotspur has emerged amid claims he could leave in the summer.

Postecoglou was lauded during the early stages of this season as he successfully overhauled Tottenham s style of play and turned them into serious contenders for the Champions League places.

It s finished

Spurs have endured a poor end to the season, though. They have lost five of their last six Premier League games as they are being made to settle for a fifth-place finish.

In midweek, Tottenham produced a spirited performance but lost 2-0 against Premier League title favourites Manchester City.

Postecoglou s players did not have the full backing of supporters in this game as some fans wanted their team to lose s…

Kieran Trippier has confirmed he is fit and well to tackle England’s Euro 2024 finals campaign after finding himself at the centre of rumours he was out of the tournament.

The 33-year-old specialist right-back could once again line up at left-back for his country at a major tournament with Luke Shaw facing a race against time to work his way back from injury before the opening Group C fixture against Serbia on June 16.

Trippier joined up with the Three Lions squad himself on the comeback trail having not played 90 minutes since February because of a calf injury, and off the back of a gruelling post-season trip to Australia with the Magpies which sparked a major scare when he was substituted 37 minutes into a friendly clash with Tottenham in Melbourne.

The defe…

According to reports, Manchester United are edging closer to signing England international Jarrad Branthwaite from Premier League rivals Everton.

had more than their fair share of injury issues to deal with this season and they were impacted worst at centre-back.

Injury issues forcedto select a makeshift centre-back pairing of Casemiro and Jonny Evans during the run-in.

Lisandro Martinez is United s best centre-back but was unavailable for much of the season. The Argentina international was partnered with Raphael Varane for much of the 2022/23 campaign, but the experienced Frenchman will leave the club this summer.

With Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof hardly setting the world alight, Man Utd need to sign one or two new centre-backs this summer and they…

Tottenham will look to make their interest in Crystal Palace winger Eberechi Eze concrete after Euro 2024, according to reports.

Spurs are looking to build on a positive first season under Ange Posteocoglou, which saw them finish fifth in the Premier League and narrowly miss out on Champions League football.

fans are now much happier with the style of play under the Australian and there s a feeling that they could be even more successful next season with a sprinkling of quality signings.

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Eze is available for around £60m this summer after contributing 11 goals and four assists in the Premier League last season over 27 appearances.

Tottenham are yet to make a bid for Eze but they have had an offer for £20m plus Giovani Lo Ce…