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USA Today
24-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Minnesota Vikings have unique placement in Madden 26 beta team ratings
A lot of weird here, but first and foremost, HOW ARE THE EAGLES AND JETS 9TH??!? (For different reasons) We're getting close to the beginning of football season, which means we're also approaching the release of Madden 26. The game usually gets criticized for not evolving year-to-year and features numerous gameplay bugs. But we don't have to wait for the game to drop to begin complaining about this year's version. EA Sports released their beta Madden ratings this weekend. The Vikings received an 83 overall rating, tied for 15th with the Atlanta Falcons. It's probably a fair rating as we await J.J. McCarthy's first season as the starting quarterback, although the Vikings should have a strong supporting cast on both sides of the ball. However, the quarterback is the most important position, so it is what it is. The rest of the ratings are baffling. The Cowboys are rated 88 overall, tied for 5th in the league with the Lions. Philadelphia, fresh off a Super Bowl victory, is tied for 9th with an 86 overall rating. Further perplexing is that they're tied with the Jets. To cap it all off, the Washington Commanders, who went 12-5 and reached the NFC Championship Game, are 78 overall, third-worst in the league. So once again, EA Sports and Madden are upsetting fans, but it is early in the process, and the game hasn't even dropped yet. Let's hope the Vikings are near the top as the season progresses. That would probably mean McCarthy is showing that he is the quarterback that the Vikings envision.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why Eagles gave up on Bryce Huff after 1 disappointing season, trading him to 49ers
PHILADELPHIA − The customary caveat applies to these organized team activities for the Eagles and every other NFL team: They are voluntary. But absences mean different things for different players. For example, when the Eagles held a workout open to the media on May 28, right tackle Lane Johnson, wide receiver DeVonta Smith, left guard Landon Dickerson and safety Reed Blankenship were not present. Advertisement No big deal. They are veteran starters coming off a long season, with little to prove. Dickerson had knee surgery, so he's rehabbing. Other players were present but didn't participate in team drills, like wide receiver A.J. Brown, center Cam Jurgens (back surgery) and running back Saquon Barkley. Again, no big deal. DEJEAN'S DREAM: What's missing for Eagles, Cooper DeJean at OTAs − and in life. Why Dallas Goedert returned EAGLES OTAs: 5 biggest battles for starting jobs, key roles begin at these positions Then there was edge rusher Bryce Huff, who was not at practice, and reportedly hasn't taken part in any of the spring workouts that began in April. Remember, players can be fined only for missing the mandatory minicamp. For the Eagles, that's on June 10. Advertisement It was likely, then, that Huff's absences were mutually agreed to, signifying that the Eagles have given up on him and that they are trying to trade him. And a source confirmed an ESPN report on May 30 that the Eagles are about to do just that. Huff will be sent to the San Francisco 49ers in return for a mid-round draft pick. The deal won't be official until after June 1 for salary cap purposes (more on that later). Huff, who signed a three-year deal worth as much as $51.1 million in March 2024, had just 2.5 sacks in 12 games last season. He was benched for the Super Bowl. Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who makes the decisions on defense, has not met with the media since before the Super Bowl. He is expected to talk when the Eagles have an open OTA practice the week of June 2. Advertisement But it is clear that Fangio isn't a fan of Huff's. Huff had played sparingly, if at all, after returning from wrist surgery in late December, when he missed five games. The only time he played a lot was in the season finale, when the Eagles rested their starters after being locked into their playoff position. Still, Brandon Graham retired and fellow edge rusher Josh Sweat left in free agency to sign a four-year deal worth as much as $76.1 million with the Arizona Cardinals. Ideally, the spring practices would serve as a great opportunity for Huff to live up to the prediction of Eagles GM Howie Roseman before the Super Bowl: Eagles defensive end Bryce Huff takes part in drills as the Philadelphia Eagles work out in preparation for the Super Bowl at the NovaCare Complex in Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. "I think the story is yet to be written on Bryce," Roseman said then. "I've seen (the ability). It's a little different for me in free agency with those kind of signings than it is maybe with draft picks in terms of, you've seen them go against guys in the NFL and do things well. And I believe in the player." Advertisement Until he didn't, which became evident in March. The Eagles replaced Graham and Sweat by signing veteran free agents Azeez Ojulari and Joshua Uche to one-year contracts. They also have Nolan Smith, entering his third season, and Jalyx Hunt, entering his second. And they drafted Jihaad Campbell in the first round, although he can play both edge rusher and linebacker, and Antwaun Powell-Ryland in the sixth. Smith and Hunt appear to be mainstays. Hunt was the Eagles' third-round pick in 2024, and after playing little early in the season, he assumed a bigger role after Graham (torn pectoral muscle) and Huff (wrist) suffered their injuries in November. Advertisement "I'm way more comfortable," said Hunt, who finished with 1.5 sacks in the regular season and 1.5 in the playoffs. "Last year, it was all coming at you fast. You kind of just try to keep your head (down), play your rules. I feel as if I understand the game a lot more. I can play the game within the player that I am. I can play with a personality out there instead of being so cookie-cutter. I'm excited about that." That left Huff on the outside looking in. Here, then, were the Eagles' options with Huff: 1. Cut Bryce Huff The Eagles could have released Huff, but they would take a massive $21.4 million dead-money hit if they did. Advertisement They can't use the post-June 1 designation to save money on the cap because they already committed their two allotted designations to Darius Slay and James Bradberry. 2. Trade Bryce Huff By waiting until after June 1 to trade Huff, the Eagles will save money on the cap. The Eagles would take a $3 million cap hit in each of the next four seasons by trading Huff, according to But they would save $4.4 million on the salary cap this season, a savings that would increase dramatically in each of the next two seasons. ESPN reported that the Eagles are on the hook for $9.1 million of Huff's guaranteed $16.8 million this season, with the 49ers picking up the remaining $7.7 million. Advertisement And the 49ers could be a good fit. Huff is still 27 years old and had 10 sacks in 2023 with the Jets. Robert Saleh was the Jets' head coach in 2023, and he is now the 49ers defensive coordinator. So not having Huff at spring workouts/practices was a way to make sure he would be healthy for a trade. Celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl win with our new book 3. Keep Bryce Huff for depth, and hope for the best The NFL season is a marathon, and injuries happen. So it's possible that the Eagles could have kept Huff on the roster. But that was becoming increasingly unlikely. Consider that when Graham and Huff were injured in the second half of last season, the Eagles went with a three-man rotation at edge rusher. And that remained the case even after Huff returned. Advertisement This season, the Eagles are even deeper with Smith, Hunt, Ojulari, Uche, Campbell and Powell-Ryland. Campbell, it should be noted, is recovering from shoulder surgery in March. But he should be ready to play at some point this season. All of which appears to signal Huff's exit. Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@ Follow on X @Mfranknfl. Read his coverage of the Eagles' championship season in 'Flying High,' a new hardcover coffee-table book from Delaware Online/The News Journal. Details at This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Why Eagles gave up on Bryce Huff after, trading him after 1 bad season
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports
They're lying to you. They're lying about transgender people in this world. They're lying about what LGBTQ+ inclusion in society really means, and they're lying about trans people in sports. They're lying about a 'transgender cult' and 'transgender insanity,' about teachers indoctrinating kids with 'transgender ideology' and about 'making mice transgender.' Right-wing activists, anti-trans bigots, many politicians, the president — they're lying to you about many things but especially trans women and girls in sports. They're lying about transgender athletes supposedly ruining women's sports, and they're lying about this being a ubiquitous 'problem.' They are deliberately and strategically lying about trans folks' lives, about trans athletes and about their own disingenuous motivations for pushing these lies. They don't care because they keep doing it. Worse, it's working. Trans people are among the many marginalized groups politicians vilify to secure your vote and then flood the country with executive orders, proposed laws and policies filled with bigotry and cruelty — all designed to exclude people from the society in which they (should) have every right to participate. These leaders prey on fear as the ultimate motivator, fabricating a problem where there isn't one to pull the masses on board with their larger platform. Trans women are women, and, especially in sports, they're being scapegoated. A red herring, they're disproportionately discussed and debated, like they're the most pervasive and urgent dilemma facing the country today, and anti-trans activists rely on inflated or straight-up invented numbers to sway people into believing they're addressing a problem that doesn't exist. There are 510,000 NCAA athletes in the U.S., as NCAA president Charlie Baker explained to a Senate panel in December, and he's aware of 'less than 10' athletes who identify as transgender. But if you believe many right-wing voices, you'd think it was far more than 0.001961 percent of college athletes. EAGLES TO THE WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump has successfully coerced the Eagles into providing cover for his cruelty They're lying about trans people, especially trans women and girls in sports, probably, in part, because the actual data doesn't support their arguments. Yet several states have their own bans against trans athletes competing in sports consistent with their gender identity, despite expert estimates of fewer than 100 trans high school athletes nationwide. In 2022, Utah's Republican governor, Spencer Cox, vetoed an anti-transgender bill — it was eventually overruled by the legislature — and outlined his rationale. Along with the high suicide rates for trans youth, he noted that of 75,000 high school athletes in the state, four identified as trans and just one student was playing girls' sports. A whole state bill targeting four athletes, but really, one. But if you believe the president or his fellow anti-trans disciples — who have lied about seemingly everyone from Olympians to high school athletes — you'd think most women's and girls' sports rosters featured primarily trans athletes. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville — a reviled former college football coach who blatantly lies about sports — recently broadcast on Fox News his latest fabrication with zero evidence: "We're getting to a point now where women and girls' sports are getting ready to be extinct because, already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls." Totally fabricated lies demonizing some of the most vulnerable people. While the rhetoric and discriminatory policies escalate, the consequences for trans folks could be dangerous or even fatal. And as we saw during the Paris Olympics when many around the globe attacked boxer Imane Khelif, cis women are at risk too. States like Ohio, Kansas and New Jersey have reckoned with legislation that could compel underage athletes to submit to invasive genital exams before they can slip on a jersey. These predatory exams could be traumatic and cause psychological damage while also possibly deterring women and girls from playing sports at all. As for the NCAA's recent history with trans athletes, as The 19th noted: 'For the last 15 years, the organization had allowed trans women to compete on women's teams after completing one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment.' Available evidence shows trans women who undergo this treatment don't have a biological advantage over cis women. In 2022, the NCAA updated its policies for trans athletes to align with Olympic standards. It allowed each sport to follow the guidance of their respective national governing bodies or international standards, including documenting testosterone levels for trans athletes. Following the president's recent executive order — which barred trans women from competing in women's sports, calling it a Title IX violation — the NCAA retreated in cowardice. Last month, it altered its policy while congressional legislation has yet to pass and now prevents trans women from competing in women's sports. All this over 10 of 510,000 athletes. Along with consulting actual facts, another easy way to spot anti-transgender lies is to consider the language employed: We're protecting women's sports. It's for the safety of girls and women everywhere. It's to shield them from predators. Bull. First, trans people are far more likely to be victims of violent crimes compared with cis gender people, according to the NIH's National Library of Medicine. And when people vehemently express fear over the possibility of a trans woman in a women's locker room, especially when they deadname or misgender people, they say the quiet part out loud: They're not afraid of trans women; they're afraid of men. And they laughably pretend accessing women's-only spaces is the lone way men can violate others. If anti-trans activists really cared about protecting women, they would have been advocating for advancing women's sports, outside of discussions about trans women. They wouldn't be actively dismantling the Department of Education, the enforcer of Title IX, which addresses all types of sex- and gender-based discrimination, including sexual assault and abuse. They wouldn't push for predatory and invasive physical exams for children before allowing them to play sports. They wouldn't ridicule women's sports, degrade them to a punching bag and only now feign caring because it furthers their power-hungry agenda. More broadly, if they really cared about women, they wouldn't support economic policies that hurt women in the workforce, and they wouldn't be celebrating those who argue women belong in the kitchen. If they really cared about women, they wouldn't use misogynistic language or woefully misrepresent parental leave as a vacation. They wouldn't be introducing laws in Congress that could complicate the voting process for those who change their names, like some women do after marriage. They wouldn't strip women and trans people from making decisions about their own health and lives. They don't really care, though. They care about winning your vote by provoking unfounded fear about trans women and girls. They manufacture or exaggerate anecdotes and offer deceitful attacks to further institutional discrimination — and outright criminalization for existing — while playing on people's worst instincts. If they really cared about protecting women's sports, they'd address the abundance of issues that actually impacts women's sports and not the tiniest percentage of athletes participating in them. But they won't do that because they're lying to you. This article originally appeared on For The Win: They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Philadelphia Eagles snubbed Trump in 2018. Will they do it again?
The Philadelphia Eagles skipped a visit to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory in 2018, choosing to snub then-President Donald Trump. Snubbing Trump and other public acts of defiance were all the rage during his first term, but things have changed. Now, everyone from billionaire CEOs to Super Bowl champions are reportedly lining up to bend the knee. According to sports reporting site Outkick, a source at the Eagles said the team "would be honored to visit the White House." "It's one of the things we had looked forward to doing, and we look forward to receiving that information," the source reportedly said. The team declined the offer in 2018 over Trump's opposition to players kneeling during the National Anthem, which was used at the time as a silent protest against police brutality, especially against minorities. After learning that the team was planning to boycott the visit, the White House rescinded its invitation. Rumors were reportedly swirling on social media that the Eagles had once again rejected their invitation, but Clay Travis, Outkick's founder, said that the reports were "fake news" and that Eagles hadn't yet received an invitation. That changed on Tuesday when a reporter asked Trump if he planned to invite the Eagles to the White House. 'They will be. We haven't yet, but we will be,' Trump said. The president went on to praise the team's performance at the Super Bowl. 'I thought it was a great performance by them, and absolutely they'll they'll be extended that invitation,' Trump said, according to CNN. 'We'll do it right away, we're gonna do it sometime today, and they deserve to be down here. We hope to see them.' A number of Trump supporters were furious after the rumor began circulating that the team was going to skip the White House visit, including Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who now hosts a conservative podcast. She said she rooted for the Eagles to beat the Kansas City Chiefs during this year's Super Bowl, but became irate when she bought into the reports that the team was snubbing Trump again. Another user who believed the rumors said they wish they hadn't backed the Eagles, and Kelly agreed. 'SAME. GO F YOURSELVES EAGLES," she wrote. She said she jumped on the Eagles bandwagon because her husband, Doug Brunt, is a fan. 'But F this BS,' she said. SAME. GO F YOURSELVES EAGLES. My husband is a fan so I got onboard but F this BS — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 24, 2025 Kelly updated her X page on Monday, noting that the White House hadn't sent out invitations and hoping that the reports of a snub were 'fake news.' The rumor appears to have been started by the US Sun, which earlier this month cited a "well-placed insider" who reportedly told the paper the team had decided to again decline an invite to the White House. 'We focus on the game for now, but if we win the Super Bowl, we wouldn't go to the White House,' the source reportedly told the Sun at the time. The paper also cited a current player who allegedly said that "pretty much everyone" on the team decided against taking the invitation, if it were offered. 'We represent a city and a state that is pushing for equal rights, respect, and values that respect every human being," the player reportedly said. 'We won't forget what happened and the criticism we received for taking a stand against racism, and we won't back down from our values of respect, integrity, and equality.' These quotes — including the source cited by Outkick — are all attributed to anonymous individuals. They may be accurate and something may have changed since that report, or they may inaccurate. All that's known for certain is that Trump plans to extend the invite. Once the Eagles have the ball, they'll have to decide what to do with it.
USA Today
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Howie Roseman didn't let a beer can to the head stop him at the Eagles Super Bowl parade
Seems like there's a tradition at Super Bowl parades to throw beers to the celebrators. Just ask Rob Gronkowski, or in the case of Philadelphia, former Eagles head coach Doug Pederson. But not all beers that are thrown get caught. And in the case of Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, he got caught in the forehead by a beer can, or so he told a reporter as he and the team celebrated the 2025 Super Bowl win. You can see the cut on his forehead below, but that didn't stop him from enjoying a victory cigar. BUY YOUR COPY OF THE EAGLES SUPER BOWL BOOK 'FLYING HIGH!' Check it out: Update: Howie Roseman is the MAN — Josh Sweat Truther (@EaglesBurna) February 14, 2025
