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After a disappointing 2024 season from the wide receiver group overall, the Green Bay Packers are hoping to “clean up” the number of drops in the passing game to help power improvement from the position in 2025.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said the team took a “deep dive” into the drop problem and discovered most of the drops from the receivers were “focus” — and not talent — related.
“That’s an area that we have to clean up,” LaFleur said from the Annual League Meeting in Florida this week, via Jason Wilde of Channel 3000.
You can take a name off of Notre Dame football’s safety recruiting board, as Florida 2026 star Simeon Caldwell committed to Ohio State on Thursday morning.
The 6-foot, 3-inch and 185-pounder was set to make an official visit to see South Bend, but with his commitment that has now been canceled according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Caldwell is one of the top prospects in the in country, ranking as the No. 95 overall player in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.
It wasn’t just about a polarizing on-field rule. It was a window into the back-channel politics of the rules process.
The Patriots are trading quarterback Joe Milton III to the Cowboys, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.
Alex Ovechkin is now just three goals from passing Wayne Gretzky to top the NHL‘s all-time goal-scoring list, and as the Washington Capitals schedule winds down to just seven games, it’s looking more and more like he’ll hit the mark this season.
Ovechkin pulled within a hat trick of the record Wednesday night in a bloodbath in multiple senses against the Carolina Hurricanes.
That was the Caps‘ only goal of the evening in what ended up being a 5-1 win for the Canes.
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Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari can have an ‘amazing season’ even after their tough start
The 2025 Formula 1 season began with so much promise for Ferrari. With one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport joining the lineup for the upcoming campaign, and Ferrari coming off a finish just 14 points behind McLaren in the 2024 Constructors’ Championship race, the arrow was trending up for the Scuderia.
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The Lakers have a gap, and they fumbled the chance to fix it.
The Los Angeles Lakers are a very, very good team — that much is certain, but as we draw closer to the NBA Playoffs this team is looking much more like one that could see its run end in the Western Conference Finals, at best.
When it comes to big men at the top of the conference the Thunder have Chet Holmgren, the Rockets boast Alperen Şengün, the Nuggets have the incomparable Nikola Jokic. The Lakers? Well, they’ve got Jaxson Hayes.