Football

6/30/2026 |  Ranking NFL starting quarterbacks by tiers ahead of the 2026 season (CBS Sports) While it's been said for decades, the NFL may truly be in its "passing era." The importance of the aerial attack in today's game is higher than ever, and the same can be said for the talent level at quarterback. Simply put, there have never been this many gifted quarterbacks in the league at the same time. 

6/30/2026 |  Where RBs landed in Prisco's Top 100 NFL players of 2026, plus two notable snubs (CBS Sports) We're at the tail end of June, which means the dust has settled on NFL transactions while the league is on summer break prior to the start of training camp at the end of July.
That means it's time for CBS Sports' Pete Prisco to unveil his Top 100 NFL players list. Prisco's rankings are a lightning rod for offseason content, as people across the land argue over where certain players did or did not land on his 2026 list. 

6/30/2026 |  2026 NFL offseason grades: Draft, trades, more moves by team (ESPN) Free agency is done, the draft is behind us, and we're through the flurry of post-June 1 trades. It's time to hand out 2026 offseason grades for every NFL team.
We'll evaluate the actual decisions each team has made during the offseason. This is not a measurement of talent gained or lost. That's a valid exercise, but a different one. For example, the Raiders have unquestionably improved their roster between the Super Bowl and now. But did they make good team-building choices to get there? I have doubts.

6/30/2026 |  Nick Saban sent letter to judge vouching for Terrion Arnold’s character (NBC Sports) Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, with the assistance of attorney Harvey Steinberg, managed to persuade a judge to release Arnold on bail while awaiting trial on felony charges for armed robbery and kidnapping. Arnold got an assist from one of his former coaches.

6/30/2026 |  The NFL has nothing that comes close to the tension of a World Cup shootout (NBC Sports) This post isn’t about whether American football is better than what the rest of the world calls football. The sports have more differences than similarities, and both can be appreciated for what they are.
Still, American football is currently globalizing in an effort to achieve (in time) the kind of worldwide popularity soccer has enjoyed for decades, with the U.S. finally coming around over the last three or so. But no matter how popular American football gets, it will never have the thing that makes soccer under certain circumstances more riveting than any other sport’s spectating experience.