Photo by Nick Grace/Getty Images The Bengals look to start this season fast. The Cincinnati Bengals kick off the 2024 season at home against a New England Patriots team in transition. Bill Belichick won’t be the head coach of New England for the first time since January of 2000. And veteran Jacoby Brissett will get the start at QB. Meanwhile, the Bengals might not have Ja’Marr Chase but should still have enough firepower on offense with a healthy Joe Burrow back. The Patriots and Bengals kick things off this Sunday at 1 PM EST on CBS. The announcers for the game will be Ian Eagles and Charles Davis. Will you be able to watch the game on TV? Check the map (taken from 506sports) below to see. 506sports If you don’t see your area covered in the darker blue shade, you will end with one of the following: The Jacksonville Jaguars at the Miami Dolphins (in the southeast) The Houston Texans at the Indianapolis Colts (in the areas around Indianapolis and Texas) The Arizona Cardinals at the Buffalo Bills (in much of Phoenix, New York state, and Oklahoma, and a little bit of southern California) The Las Vegas Raiders at the Los Angeles Chargers (most of California, about half of Nevada, much of Minnesota, and the areas surrounding Chicago, Nashville, and New York City) The Denver Broncos at the Seattle Seahawks (a large portion of the west outside the aforementioned areas) We previewed the Patriots-Bengals game in our most recent show. You can also listen on iTunes or using the player below. Meanwhile, Fox will feature the following matchups in its early game: The Pittsburgh Steelers at the Atlanta Falcons (a good portion of the U.S.) The Minnesota Vikings at the New York Giants (all of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, plus some portions of the other states bordering Minnesota) The Tennessee Titans at the Chicago Bears (Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan, much of Wisconsin, some of Indiana, and more) The Carolina Panthers at the New Orleans Saints (Louisiana and some of the surrounding states, much of South Carolina and North Carolina, and a little of Georgia) 506sports Fox’s late game will feature matchups between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Commanders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. See which you get below: 506sports And here is the info for the national broadcasts: Thursday Night Football on NBA, the Baltimore Ravens at the Kansas City Chiefs Friday Night on Peacock, the Green Bay Packers against the Philadelphia Eagles in São Paulo Sunday Night Football on NBA, the Los Angeles Rams at the Detroit Lions Monday Night Football on ESPN and ABC, the New York Jets at the San Francisco 49ers
Week 1 coverage map: Will Bengals vs. Patriots be on your TV?
Vikings at Giants Game Preview – Let’s Go!
Filed under: Vikings at Giants Game Preview – Let’s Go! Dive into The Real Forno Show’s in-depth preview of the Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants NFL Week 1 showdown. Explore Sam Darnold’s debut, Aaron Jones’ impact, offensive line strategy, Brian Flores’ defensive masterplan, and more. Get expert analysis on the Vikings’ 2024 season opener! #SKOL! By Sep 5, 2024, 9:07am CDT
NFL Week 1 2024 picks and predictions: Ravens vs. Chiefs season kickoff winners picks
Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The 2024 NFL season kicks off tonight with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens. We start our season-long picks pool with our predictions for the game. The 2024 NFL season kickoff game is tonight, featuring the Baltimore Ravens visiting the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. Will Baltimore pull off the upset or will the Chiefs celebrate their second-straight championship with a win on opening night? Every year here on The Phinsider, our contributors pick the straight-up winners for each game. We continue that tradition today with the first set of picks for the 2024 year. Our picks are primarily focused on the straight-up winners, we also have the ability to make picks against the spread and for the point total over/under. You can find all of our picks below. Our 2023 season came down to the Super Bowl, with just a game separating first and second place. James McKinney was crowned champion, finishing with a 186-99 record. Summeet Jena was just behind him at 185-100. Kevin Nogle finished third at 179-106, followed by Marek Brave at 167-118. George Forder ended the year 167-117,l Josh Houtz was 164-120, Nick Sabatino was 146-102, and Jake Mendel was 128-82 for the year. Who will win this year’s contributors’ pool? Everything begins tonight. And, as always, thanks to Tallysight for allowing us to use of their widget for publishing our picks.
Lions vs. Rams Week 1 preview: 3 biggest matchups to watch
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Former Eagle Brian Baldinger brings an insight to the NFL like no other
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The temp on most Northeast thermometers may say 90 degrees. The broiling sun certainly says summer. None of that matters to Brian Baldinger. It’s football season. If it were up to him, every time of year would be football season. July marks a period when NFL teams start training camp and Baldinger the former Eagle would like to hit all 32 team camps if he could. “Baldy” played 12 years in the NFL. No one knew him. He wore the honorary badge of offensive linemen, the emblem of anonymity—except for holding or illegal blocking calls. At 65, and still going strong, no informed NFL fan can miss him today. When he is doing his “Baldy Breakdowns” he brings you inside the trenches and supplies an insight to the game a rare few provide. The veteran NFL Network analyst will be starting his 29th year in the broadcasting business, which began with small radio jobs on weekday afternoons, to rising to the heights of where he is, about to embark on his 19th year with the NFL Network. What makes Baldinger, who played from 1982 making the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent, to finishing up with the Eagles in 1993, special is an uncanny ability to reinvent himself, and a humility that created an unparalleled work ethic. His broadcast career and “Baldy Breakdowns” has far transcended his playing career. He speaks, fans and people around the league listen. And as another NFL season approaches, Baldinger has the usual jump on everyone. He can’t wait. Born in North Hills, Pennsylvania, the middle of six children, including two younger brothers, Rich and Gary, who both played in the NFL, Brian carved his own niche, starting with going to Craig James’ first broadcast school in Dallas, Texas. Baldy was among 10 former players who went to the week-long tutorial, along with future fellow broadcasters Merril Hoge and Mike Golic. James, the former SMU great who paired with Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson to make the Pony Express, put together a program that encompassed print, TV, radio and game-day analysis coverage. “When I walked out of that school, that’s when I knew,” said Baldy, who graduated Duke with degrees in history and psychology. “A lot of guys struggle after they leave the game. I pushed it, too. I tried to play a 13th year. I couldn’t pass any physicals. I found out about what Craig James was doing and thought I would give it a shot. Once I got busy, it took me about two years before I could make a living. I saved my NFL money, so I was fine there. But there was a transition period for me. I knew I wasn’t going to start at the top. I knew I had to work my way up. I knew I needed experience. I enjoyed every little jobs that I had.” It also helps when you love the game. Like Baldinger. He was raised on the game. His father, James, who passed away a few years ago, was a Naval Academy graduate who served in the Marine Corps. James coached the Navy plebe team for two years with Steve Belichick, Bill Belichick’s father, then went back to the Marine Corps to fly helicopters. He raised his children to be committed to whatever it was that they were doing and to be disciplined. It’s exactly what Baldy did when he began his broadcast career, slowly building a resume. In 1995, he and a buddy started a radio show in Trenton, New Jersey, and Baldy picked up some extra work doing Eagles’ pregame shows. Open time was filled by doing spots on local TV, and constantly carrying a tape recorder with him everywhere, to Eagles’ games, 76ers’ games, the Phillies’ clubhouse, honing his interviewing skills speaking to players after games. His gateway to larger platforms came in 1996 when he began covering a few NFL Europe games. Fox was so impressed that it signed Baldy to cover NFL Europe season for 1997, which transitioned him into the Fox sports family. The next year, 1998, he did a full season of NFL Europe, and he began doing NFL games with the eventual host of Fox NFL Sunday Curt Menefee. He has been working ever since, spending a total of 22 years at Fox, between NFL and college games. He began working for the NFL Network in 2005 and has been there ever since. “No one works harder than Baldy,” said Barrett Brooks, one of the stalwarts on NBC Philadelphia’s Eagles Postgame Live show. “Baldy is the one who started me in this business. I was still playing with the (Pittsburgh) Steelers when I first started. When I got hurt, I started talking to Baldy. We started watching games and breaking down films. He got me into NFL Films and that is how I started. I can relate to Baldy because we have so much in common. We’re both former offensive linemen. We see the game differently. No one handed either of us anything in the broadcasting game. Baldy puts in the work. You have guys in this business who are immediately handed things without coming up from the bottom. Guys start in this business with instant name recognition. Baldy and I didn’t have that. “Baldy and I came up from the bottom. People see the work that Baldy does. He pays such close attention to detail. Baldy has a quick, smart mind where he can break down things fast. Hey, people forget the guy has a couple Duke degrees. There are so many shock jocks here in Philly and Baldy is not like that. Guys throw so much up against a wall here and hope it sticks. Guys say things without merit, or anything based on it. This offseason was really bad. You can’t just come right out and say someone is getting traded without anything backing it up. Baldy would never do that. I’m proud of what he
Giants-Vikings 5 questions: Sam Darnold, much more about Minnesota
Sam Darnold | Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images We turn to the Daily Norseman for info on the Vikings The NFL regular season is here, which means our weekly ‘5 questions’ segment is back. With the New York Giants facing the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Christopher Gates of SB Nation’s Daily Norseman answers our questions. Ed: Let’s get to the Sam Darnold question right away. How are you feeling about Darnold as the Vikings’ quarterback for the 2024 season? Optimistic? Pessimistic? In-between? Chris: I‘m probably more optimistic about Darnold’s chances than I should be, given his track record. On one hand, the guy was a #3 overall pick and has been in situations that were a complete mess when he was the starting quarterback, as neither the Jets nor the Panthers really had a whole lot going for them offensively. On the other hand, it’s hard to ignore what he’s done to this point with a TD-to-INT ration that’s barely at break-even for his career. The man obviously has the physical talent to be a solid quarterback in this league, but he hasn’t put it all together yet and I’m sure he knows in the back of his mind that this is his last best chance to make it in this league. With the Vikings, he’s surrounded by the best group of skill position players he’s had with Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, T.J. Hockenson (when he returns from his injury in a few weeks), and Aaron Jones along with a pair of outstanding bookend tackles in Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill. As far as Darnold’s chances in Minnesota, with deference to the great Frank Sinatra, if he can’t make it there, then he can’t make it anywhere. Ed: What are your thoughts on Mike Zimmer’s recent comments about holding grudges and saying he did not want to talk to the players on his way out of Minnesota because they got him fired? Chris: It really sort of came off as saying “These failures were everyone’s fault but mine.” The jarring part was when the relationship between Zimmer and then-GM Rick Spielman was discussed. There were a lot of rumors going around that the relationship between the two men was strained, but not to the level that was described in the piece. The fact that they hardly even talked to each other really does shed some light on why things were such a disaster in their last couple of seasons with the team. I know that in my previous line of work, I had to deal with supervisors and co-workers and whatever that I didn’t care for, but you had to figure out a way to get the job done anyway. The fact that two grown men couldn’t put aside their differences in order to strive for team success is really sort of pathetic, to be honest. I’m not sure if the story was meant to paint Zimmer as some sort of sympathetic figure, but if that was it’s aim then it fell well short with me. Ed: If you could take one player off the Giants’ roster and put him in Minnesota’s lineup who would it be? Why? Chris: Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct answer, and in this case the obvious answer is Dexter Lawrence. Lawrence really doesn’t get the level of credit that he should, even if he is acknowledged as one of the best interior linemen in the league. The Vikings’ defense appears, at this point, to be solid at the linebacker spots and in the secondary, but they don’t have the big butt-kicker on the interior that can eat up blockers and let other players make plays. If the Vikings had a Dexter Lawrence-type of player that they could plug into the middle of this defense, I think they’d be on the short list of the best defenses in the NFL. They’re still going to be solid on defense, but the interior defensive line is this team’s potential Achilles heel, in my opinion, and a player of Lawrence’s caliber would take care of those concerns straight away. Ed: What would be a good season for the Vikings? Chris: It depends entirely on your definition of “good.” From a long-term building perspective, it might be best for the Vikings to lose a lot of games and wind up with a high draft pick that they could trade to a quarterback-hungry team for a boatload of draft capital to use to build around J.J. McCarthy and company when he comes back next season. However, I don’t think that a team with Kevin O’Connell and Brian Flores on its coaching staff has any intention of “tanking,” so I don’t know if that’s going to happen. In the more traditional sense, a “good” season for the Vikings would see Darnold finally turn into the quarterback that folks envisioned him as when he was drafted #3 overall by the Jets and for Flores and the defense to do enough to keep the team in the mix for a playoff spot for most of the season. I don’t know if they threaten for the NFC North this year, but a potential Wild Card spot isn’t completely out of the question, I don’t think. Ed: The Vikings will win Sunday because? The Giants will win because? Chris: The Vikings will win Sunday because they will keep Sam Darnold upright and allow him to exploit the matchups against what appears to be a vulnerable Giants secondary. If the offensive line can handle Lawrence, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and company, there will be plays there to be had and hopefully Darnold will make them. The Giants will win on Sunday because their front seven showed up in dominant fashion against the interior of the Vikings’ offensive line and made things difficult for the offense. In either scenario, the Giants’ front seven is going to be the key in this one and will determine who comes out of this one with the W.
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Giants-Vikings 2024, Week 1: Everything you need to know
Giants-Vikings 2024, Week 1: Everything you need to know Giants kick off 100th NFL season Contributors: Big Blue View Staff The New York Giants will be celebrating their 100th season of NFL competition on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Will the Giants beat the Minnesota Vikings and add to a festive atmosphere, or wreck it by opening the season with a loss at home? FanDuel lists the Giants as 1.5-point home underdogs to a Vikings team that went 7-10 a season ago. The Giants enter the season optimistic that they will field a better product than the 2023 team that went 6-11 after a horrid 2-8 start. The Giants added wide receiver Malik Nabers with the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. They — again — revamped their offensive line. They traded for star pass rusher Brian Burns. GM Joe Schoen tried and failed to trade up in the draft for quarterback Drake Maye, and the Giants committed to at least one more season with Daniel Jones at quarterback. The Vikings will be quarterbacked by Sam Darnold. He won’t be threatened this year by first-round pick J.J. McCarthy, who is out for the season after knee surgery. You will find all of our Giants-Vikings coverage in this easy-to-follow StoryStream this week. Please keep checking back for pre-game, in-game, and post-game updates.
Test your Eagles knowledge on Sept. 5 with BGN’s new daily trivia game
Think you can figure out which Eagles player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game! Welcome back for another day of BGN’s in-5 daily trivia game. Just a reminder that this remains a beta that we’re testing out this week. Today’s game is down below and you can play yesterday’s game here. The goal of the game is to guess the correct Eagles player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS this week. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. The game appears in slot #3 of the BGN layout each day this week, with a new article each day for the game. Additionally, there is a more general version of this at SBNation.com, which features a variety of random players that do not necessarily have Eagles history. After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form. What we need from you Play the game (reminder that the answer could be EITHER and active or retired player) Share your result in the comments and on social media Provide feedback (Google Form or in comments below) Bleeding Green Nation in-5
Browns news: Week 1 injuries, Deshaun Watson expectations, Jack Conklin vs Jed Wills and more
Photo by Rio Giancarlo/Getty Images More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Daily Dawg Chow. The latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature includes the first injury report of the season, offensive line depth chart taking shape and a doom-level prediction for the Browns 2024 season. All that and more here: Sports Illustrated’s 2025 NFL mock draft predicts doom for the Browns in 2024 (Jared Mueller) Despite picking top 10, Browns select DT Mason Graham Browns, Cowboys injury report: 8 limited for Cleveland, 1 DNP for Dallas (Jared Mueller) Week 1’s first injury report is not overly surprising Dallas Cowboys vs. Cleveland Browns: Week 1 TV Map (Chris Pokorny) See which cities get to watch the Cowboys vs. Browns game on television this week. Browns injuries: Some clarity around offensive line vs Cowboys in Week 1 (Jared Mueller) Jedrick Wills returned to practice but Jack Conklin seems likely to start at left tackle More Cleveland Browns news: Cleveland Browns Receive Stern Warning Before 2024 NFL Season (Sports Illustrated) “The Cleveland Browns must avoid this slip-up in the early stages of the 2024 NFL season.” Browns QB Deshaun Watson set to take the field against the Cowboys (clevelandbrowns.com) “Getting back for the first game, the start of the season, getting out there and just letting all the hard work that you put in, in the off season show on the field,” Watson said.” Where to watch Dallas Cowboys vs Cleveland Browns: TV schedule, odds for NFL season opener (El Paso Times) “Game on FOX will mark Tom Brady’s debut as a color announcer.” Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson not looking back, still believes he’s ‘no doubt’ one of NFL’s elite passers (WKYC) “It’s a new year. It’s a new season,” the Browns’ quarterback said Wednesday. “Regardless if you won MVP or if you didn’t play last year, it’s a new year. In this league, if you’re focusing on last year, then you’re going to get left behind.” Breaking!! The Browns are 100% healthy (Youtube) Quincy Carrier reacts to full participation in practice by the entire roster
Baltimore Ravens vs. Kansas City Chiefs live stream, TV channel, start time, odds | Week 1 2024
Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will host Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday at 8:20 p.m. ET, in a matchup featuring two of the best offensive performers in the league last year. Offensively, the Ravens ranked sixth in the NFL with 370.4 yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked sixth in total defense (301.4 yards allowed per contest). The Chiefs ranked 15th in points scored last year (21.8 points per game), but they thrived on the other side of the ball, ranking second-best in the NFL with 17.3 points allowed per game. Watch Chiefs vs. Ravens on Fubo! Ravens vs Chiefs: live streaming info, TV channel & game time Game day: Thursday, September 5, 2024 Game time: 8:20 p.m. ET Location: Kansas City, Missouri Stadium: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium TV Channel: NBC Live stream: Watch Redzone & other NFL content all season long on Fubo Live stream: Watch on Peacock! Ravens vs Chiefs betting lines NFL odds courtesy of BetMGM. Odds updated Thursday at 6:37 a.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Spread Favorite: Chiefs (-3) Moneyline: Chiefs (-152), Ravens (+128) Total: 47 points Watch Chiefs vs. Ravens on Fubo! Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services. Sports betting operators have no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Terms apply, see operator site for Terms and Conditions. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available. Call the National Council on Problem Gambling 24/7 at 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ, OH), 1-800-522-4700 (CO), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN). Must be 21 or older to gamble. Sports betting and gambling are not legal in all locations. Be sure to comply with laws applicable where you reside. We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. Ravens Wire operates independently, though, and this doesn’t influence our coverage.
