Review-Journal NFL writer Gilbert Manzano makes a bold prediction for each NFL team.
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Sam Darnold will become the youngest opening-day starting quarterback in NFL history when the Jets play at the Detroit Lions on “Monday Night Football.” He will be 21 years, 97 days old when the game kicks off.
Jon Gruden will return to the sidelines Monday night as coach of the Raiders, who play the Los Angeles Rams in the season opener.
Raiders cornerback Leon Hall anticipates a matchup Monday with Los Angeles Rams slot receiver Cooper Kupp. From studying 2017 game film, Hall has picked up some of the nuances in Kupp’s route running.
Main topics of discussion at last week’s Las Vegas Bowl kickoff luncheon was the game moving up in stature and perhaps attracting a new college football opening weekend classic once Las Vegas Stadium is built.
Hank Goldberg and Brent Musburger compete against eight other handicappers in the NFL contest modeled after the Westgate SuperContest.
Here’s a look at what happened during Week 4 of the high school football season.
The Pioneers defense took the ball away from Green Valley five times, had three sacks and scored two touchdowns in a 24-22 home victory Friday night, Canyon Springs’ first this season.
Miscues on three Liberty punts led to 21 first-half points, and IMG Academy (Florida) cruised to a 35-0 road win over the Patriots on Friday night.
Cleveland’s appearance on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series is one reason bettors have backed the Browns over the Steelers.
The Crimson Tide are 4-13-1 against the spread against non-Power Five teams since 2012.
The Raiders selected six team captains for the 2018-19 season — an increase in the number of captains from 2017, when there were four. Reprising their roles as team captains are quarterback Derek Carr, center Rodney Hudson and safety Reggie Nelson.
Tiger Woods endorsed Nike’s latest “Just Do It” ad narrated by Colin Kaepernick with a message nearly as succinct.
In 1968, an offense that included nine freshmen, a sophomore and a senior quarterback with a bad ankle ran the snot out of a play called 20-trap-pass, and so was born a program.
The Gold Sheet editor Bruce Marshall provides tech notes and trends for the Review-Journal.
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