The Bears acquired All-Pro defensive tackle Jefferey Simmons and a 2028 fifth-round pick from the Tennessee Titans in exchange for Chicago's 2027 and 2028 first-round picks and 2027 fourth-round pick, the Titans announced Thursday.
The cost is steep, as Simmons is the first defensive tackle since 1967 to be traded for multiple first-round picks, according to ESPN. Since the Titans drafted Simmons with the No. 19 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, he has been one of the best defensive tackles in football.
The four-time Pro Bowler has recorded 414 tackles and 46.5 sacks in 106 career games. Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk said the organization is forever grateful for Simmons.
"There are few people like Jeff Simmons. We are forever grateful for all he has given this team and this city. His formidable presence on the field was surpassed only by what he did off it. He gave Nashville more than football. The Give ’Em A Reason Foundation has changed lives in Middle Tennessee and in Mississippi, and I have no doubt it will continue to wherever he goes," Strunk said in a statement.
"Jeff — thank you. For how you played, how you led, and how you represented our team."
The Bears are 5-2, and the acquisition of Simmons will help shore up a questionable defensive line. While the Bears are still generating plenty of sacks, those have largely come from blitzing linebackers and defensive backs rather than defensive linemen.
Simmons, who led the Titans with four sacks, six tackles for loss and four passes defended, is a major upgrade to a defensive front that has ranked near the bottom of the NFL in pressure rate since Dennis Allen took over as defensive coordinator in 2025. The Bears' 28.8% pressure rate is tied for 20th in the NFL, according to StatRankings.
Not only are the Bears adding Simmons to their defensive line, but star defensive end Montez Sweat is also set to return on Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks after a two-game suspension.
At 5-2, the Bears are second in the NFC North behind the undefeated Minnesota Vikings (6-0). The Bears hope adding Simmons can help them overtake the Vikings atop the standings and earn a home playoff game in January.
Simmons will help the Bears not only this season but also for the next several years after signing a three-year, $105.8 million contract extension that keeps him under contract through the 2030 season.
The Titans, on the other hand, are 1-6 and have traded away one of their franchise cornerstones. Entering the season, they hoped to contend in the AFC South with new coach Robert Saleh and quarterback Cam Ward, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, entering his second season.
Instead, they are in the AFC’s basement and appear further away from contention than ever, as Ward has struggled mightily this season.
Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream kept their championship hopes alive Thursday. Perhaps more importantly, they spared the WNBA a title celebration in the middle of a workday.
The Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 80-69 at State Farm Arena, evening the best-of-seven Finals at 3-3 and forcing a deciding game Saturday at 8 p.m. ET at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Reese struggled to shoot the ball for a third consecutive game, finishing with 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting. She grabbed 14 rebounds and dished out six assists but also committed six turnovers.
That made it three straight games with more turnovers than made field goals for the Dream star. Across Games 4, 5 and 6, Reese shot 9-for-38 from the floor (24%) and turned the ball over 15 times.
This time, Atlanta had enough offense around her. Allisha Gray scored 23 points and Rhyne Howard added 21, combining to make nine of their 13 three-point attempts.
Their shooting also ensured that the WNBA’s championship would be decided in prime time.
The league moved Game 6 from its originally scheduled 8 p.m. start to 12:30 p.m. Thursday to accommodate an arena doubleheader with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, who were hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers that night. Golden State fans back home had to tune in at 9:30 a.m. to watch their team try to win its first title.
There had also been questions about where the Valkyries would celebrate if they won.
ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported that a championship celebration could be moved to a practice court to accommodate preparations for the Hawks game. She later clarified that there was "a resolve" to make sure any championship won Thursday was celebrated on the court.
But that sounded an awful lot like damage control from the WNBA. Winning a championship and then moving the celebration to a practice court because the NBA needed the floor would have been a terrible look for the league.
Atlanta’s win made the issue moot.
The crowd deserved credit for showing up under the circumstances. State Farm Arena was largely filled for a Thursday afternoon, although there were more empty seats and the building was quieter at the start than it had been for Games 3 and 4.
Fans who spoke with OutKick outside the arena described taking time off work, pulling children out of school and difficult travel times to attend. Tiffany Hayes’ father, Renard Hayes, blamed the league and Atlanta for the scheduling predicament.
Before tipoff, both teams again left the court for the national anthem, this time performed by rapper T.I.’s 10-year-old daughter, Heiress Harris. It was their sixth consecutive absence during the Finals.
Once the game began, Atlanta quickly took control.
The Dream made six of their eight first-quarter three-point attempts and built a 32-15 lead. Reese made only one of her four shots in the period, but contributed four assists, including passes that set up three of Atlanta’s threes.
Atlanta pushed its advantage to 25 points in the second quarter and took a 46-26 lead into halftime.
Golden State narrowed the deficit in the third, but Atlanta still led 63-47 entering the fourth.
Reese scored five points in the final period, making a driving layup and a three-pointer with Atlanta already leading by double digits. She finished 2-for-8 from beyond the arc.
The Valkyries eventually got within eight. Gabby Williams completed a three-point play with 1:15 remaining, cutting Atlanta’s lead to 77-69 and fouling Howard out of the game.
Gray answered on the next possession, making a three-pointer off a Reese assist with 56 seconds left. That restored Atlanta’s double-digit lead and provided the final points of the afternoon.
Gray finished 8-for-12 from the field and 5-for-7 from three. Howard made four of her six three-point attempts, while Atlanta went 13-for-30 as a team.
Williams led Golden State with 26 points but shot 8-for-22. The Valkyries made just 22 of their 70 field-goal attempts.
Kiah Stokes, whose defense had been a major factor throughout the series, went scoreless and failed to block a shot in 20 minutes. That ended her streak of six consecutive playoff games with at least three blocks.
Reese and the Dream head to San Francisco for Game 7, with both franchises one win from their first championship.
William Contreras is on top of the world right now.
The Milwaukee Brewers star catcher was named World Series MVP for his outstanding performance at the plate and behind the dish. During the process of the Brewers’ 4-1 series victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, Contreras also made history.
During the series, he stole a base and threw out four runners attempting to steal, including American League stolen base leader Chandler Simpson. He became the first catcher since Bill Dickey of the New York Yankees in 1938 to steal a base and throw out the opposing team's leading base stealer in a World Series victory, according to OptaSTATS.
"I don’t want to offend any of the other catchers in the league. The last thing I want to do is offend any of them," Contreras said, speaking through a translator. "But sitting up here today, champion of the world, I feel like I’m the best catcher in the league. Again, that’s no disrespect to any of them. That’s the last thing I want to do. But today I feel like I’m the best catcher in the world."
Throwing out Simpson is no easy feat, as he stole 46 bases during the regular season and five more in the postseason.
The 28-year-old catcher was omnipresent during the World Series, hitting .381 with four RBI while anchoring the Brewers’ elite pitching staff, which held the Rays to just 11 runs in five games. Contreras also excelled with the automated ball-strike (ABS) system, winning 10 of his 13 challenges.
"He's our pit bull. You don’t just walk up and pet him. There’s a chance you get nipped," manager Pat Murphy said.
Contreras became the eighth catcher to be named World Series MVP, joining Gene Tenace (1972), Johnny Bench (1976), Steve Yeager (1981 co-winner), Darrell Porter (1982), Rick Dempsey (1983), Pat Borders (1992) and Salvador Perez (2015) as catchers to win the award.
Contreras has been a linchpin in the Brewers' lineup since they acquired him from the Atlanta Braves in 2022. This season, Contreras hit .270 with 18 home runs and 94 RBI in 147 games before elevating his performance in the postseason.
The Bronx Bombers were obliterated in the postseason, getting swept in the American League Division Series and tying their longest World Series drought since winning their first in 1923.
When the Milwaukee Brewers won their first-ever Fall Classic, the Yankees continued to be a topic of conversation.
National League Championship Series MVP Jake Bauers handed manager Pat Murphy the ball from the final out, and the two shared a hug. Murphy then shared some words with Bauers.
"You're going to be a rich f---er. Just remember when you were on that horses--- Yankees team and you guys were all playing for yourself? Just remember, say, 'This is the way we used to do it,'" Murphy appeared to tell his first baseman.
Bauers spent one season with the Yankees, and it was the only time since 2016 they missed the postseason after going 82-80 in 2023. Bauers hit .202 with New York and was traded in the ensuing offseason.
In any case, the Yankees have been criticized a decent amount since their elimination by executives, media, and even their own legends.
Alex Rodriguez said the team's "philosophy" has to change, and Derek Jeter hinted that the Yankees don't do the "little things."
CC Sabathia, Anthony Rizzo and Jorge Posada, two of whom have their numbers retired in Monument Park, have also lambasted the organization for their postseason failures since 2010.
Bauers had the best season of his career this year, as his .266/.389/.484 slash line represented all the best marks of his career. He also hit 26 homers and drove in 86 runs, both career highs.
Ernie Johnson will retire as host of "Inside the NBA" after the season, the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer announced in a social media video on Wednesday.
Johnson, 70, will continue covering the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for CBS and Turner Sports.
The announcement generated two separate discussions across the industry. One about Johnson’s legacy. The other concerns the obvious. His departure creates an opening on one of the most prestigious and popular shows in sports media.
Speaking to sources Wednesday, no one was confident in who would succeed Johnson just yet. For one, "Inside the NBA" remains a TNT production, despite moving to ESPN airwaves last season. Skydance Corporation, which owns TNT and CBS, controls the show. ESPN does not.
That said, ESPN will likely influence the decision. Malika Andrews, ESPN’s current NBA host, is a plausible candidate.
Andrews hosted the network’s NBA Finals coverage before the deal with "Inside the NBA." She currently hosts ESPN’s daily basketball show, "NBA Today," and its pregame show, "NBA Countdown."
The question is whether Andrews can preserve the show’s signature off-the-cuff identity. She has struggled in the past when covering topics involving serious issues.
She previously teared up on set while discussing the Supreme Court’s decision to return abortion laws to the states and falsely claimed that the Constitution prohibits doing so. It does not. Andrews also made false claims about Kyle Rittenhouse carrying weapons across state lines. Not ideal.
Adam Lefkoe is the other candidate frequently mentioned by sources. Lefkoe is a TNT employee who previously hosted a Tuesday edition of "Inside the NBA" and has filled in for Johnson in recent years. He also has a rapport with Shaquille O’Neal, who will remain an analyst on the show. Lefkoe and O’Neal co-host "The Big Podcast."
After Lefkoe and Andrews, opinions were mixed regarding other candidates. Qualified NBA hosts are not simply waiting for an opportunity.
Most of ESPN’s top hosts are occupied elsewhere. Mike Greenberg and Scott Van Pelt host NFL pregame shows. Rece Davis hosts both the football and basketball editions of "GameDay."
Laura Rutledge works across the NFL and college football and should be in line to succeed Van Pelt in the coming years. Each would be a quality replacement for Johnson, but for one reason or another, they may not want the job.
Another potential factor is Charles Barkley.
Barkley has said this will also be his final season on the show. However, he has made that claim many times before, only to return the following year. Barkley’s departure could dramatically change the show’s style.
Former ESPN commentator Jalen Rose is reportedly his likely replacement, as disappointing as that may be.
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Panthers vs Packers | Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:15 pm ET | Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI | Prime Video
When you look at the makeup of the two teams in this game, you’ll quickly notice that they are pass-first teams. They both have solid defenses, but opportunities to be exploited. Jordan Love leads the Packers and Bryce Young leads the Panthers. However, tonight might be one of the games where the running games will have the edge. Let’s see how the running games stack up.
The Carolina Panthers have run the ball 146 times this season with almost 100 of those carries going to their primary running back, Chuba Hubbard. He is involved in the passing game as well as the fifth most targeted player on the roster. He has two scores through the air, and four on the ground. He is also averaging about five yards per carry. The Packers are a middle-of-the-pack rushing defense, so Hubbard should have some room to operate.
The Green Bay Packers are certainly looking to move the ball through the air. They have thrown the ball almost double the amount that they have run the ball. Without Josh Jacobs, who was having off-field issues, the team turned to Marshawn Lloyd as the primary back. He has about a third of the total rushes for the team. There have been 10 different runners for the Packers this season, and only three touchdowns. Lloyd has two touchdowns, and Love has the other. Jacobs being back in the mix makes this backfield a bit more dynamic, and the Panthers have the worst running defense in football. That means this could be a big game for Jacobs.
Running games are important for every team, but both of these clubs want to throw the ball. Hubbard and Jacobs give each team a good chance to control the clock, and even potentially the field position in this one.
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Panthers vs Packers | Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:15 pm ET | Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI | Prime Video
The Panthers come into the game with a 3-3 record for the season. The Packers enter with a 4-3 record, having lost to the Lions last week. These two teams have multiple similarities, but let’s take a look at how the two teams stack up statistically.
Offensive Comparison
Scoring Offense:Panthers: 26.5 points per gamePackers: 20.6 points per game
Panthers: 26.5 points per game
Packers: 20.6 points per game
Total Offense (Yards Per Game):Panthers: 381.3 YPGPackers: 328.4 YPG
As you can see, some edges exist on both sides of this game. The Panthers are scoring more than the Packers per game, but the Green Bay defense is better than Carolina’s. The Panthers have one of the worst rushing defenses in football, but the Packers have one of the worst running games in football.
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Grizzlies vs Trail Blazers | Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 at 10:00 pm ET | Moda Center, Portland, OR | League Pass
The NBA is back in action with only three games tonight, but the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers might be one of the more exciting games on the schedule. Both teams have had a hot start to the season, and this is the first time the two teams have faced each other since Ja Morant switched sides in the battle.
Memphis comes into this game with a perfect record and hopes of returning to the postseason this year. They haven’t had to face anyone that is all that great yet, but that’s not their fault. They beat the Jazz in their first game with ease. Then they took down the Warriors by three points in their second game. They beat the Kings by 11, and then they beat the Jazz by five in their last game. Cam Boozer is averaging a double-double, but the true turnaround of this season has been Ty Jerome, averaging almost 30 points per game.
The Trail Blazers are returning home after taking on the Lakers on Tuesday night. In that game, Portland racked up 136 points with six different players scoring in double figures. Their other two games saw them destroy Phoenix on opening night, their lone home game of the season. In their next game, they faced the Kings and beat them by eight points. It may take a while for Portland to figure out the balance of their roster, but for now, Damian Lillard and Deni Avdija are leading the way.
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Panthers vs Packers | Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:15 pm ET | Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI | Prime Video
Last year, the Panthers and Packers both made the postseason. Neither one of them made it very deep into the playoffs, but both did make a good effort. The Panthers lost to the Rams, and the Packers lost to the Bears. Carolina actually hosted their game and had the Rams on the ropes before they lost. The Packers were on the road and fell apart in the second half.
This season, the Panthers have struggled to a 3-3 record. They lost to the Bears at home on Opening Day, allowing 49 points to Chicago. They bounced back with authority the next week, battling the Falcons and winning 34-3. They lost to the Browns 21-18 in Week 3. In Week 4, they beat the Lions 32-26. Week 5 was a bye week, and since they’ve gone 1-1, beating the Eagles and losing embarrassingly bad to the Buccaneers last week 43-13 at home.
The Packers have played one more game than the Panthers and come into the game with a 4-3 record. They had a nice lead over the Vikings in Week 1, but they fell apart again in the second half. They beat the Jets in overtime in Week 2. Week 3 saw them drop the game to the Falcons, and they were 1-2. Since then, they’ve beaten the Buccaneers, Bears, and Cowboys. Last week, they went on the road and played their style of game, but lost to the Lions.
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Panthers vs Packers | Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:15 pm ET | Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI | Prime Video
Football games often come down to whichever team is better at the quarterback position. We have two great quarterbacks battling tonight. The Panthers bring in Bryce Young, looking for a new contract. And Jordan Love goes for the Packers, a team he will be with for years to come.
Bryce Young has enjoyed a strong season, but things haven’t been entirely smooth for the Panthers quarterback in Carolina. This is the fourth season for Young at the helm of the Panthers, and he has already eclipsed his touchdown total from year one and is well on his way to having the best statistical season of his career. He has about a third of his season complete and is roughly at half of his best numbers from last year.
Jordan Love is in his sixth year and is probably being asked to do more than he ever has before. He seems to have responded to that positively. If he continues at this pace, this season will see him throw for over 4,000 yards and likely around 30 touchdowns. He is doing this with virtually no running game this season. He will need to lead the way against a tough passing defense.
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Panthers vs Packers | Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:15 pm ET | Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI | Prime Video
Thursday Night Football features two three-loss teams taking each other on to start Week 8. Carolina comes into the game with a 3-3 record, and they are 2-1 on the road. The Packers come into the game at 4-3, but are 2-1 at home. How will the defenses stack up in this game?
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LIV Golf is in shambles, and another one has bitten the dust.
Sergio Garcia said on social media that he will be playing in the DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, and is "keeping my options open for a return to the PGA Tour."
The DP World Tour announced earlier this month that it was no longer allowing LIV players to participate in its tournaments.
"This tour has been a huge part of my career from the very beginning, and I’m proud to call it home again," Garcia said in his statement.
The 2017 Masters winner also said it is a "goal" to play for Team Europe in the Ryder Cup in Ireland — European golfers must be a member of the DP World Tour in order to be eligible. Thus, with the DP World Tour's new stipulations, Garcia's already-slim chances were essentially put to zero.
Garcia last played in the Ryder Cup in 2021, several months before jumping to LIV. He has won six times in his 10 appearances.
Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, both Team Europe staples, have already said they are leaving LIV Golf. Louis Oosthuizen is also leaving, and Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed departed months ago.
The PIF halted funding in April to redirect money toward domestic projects and manage financial pressures from the regional war with Iran. Following the decision, PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan resigned from LIV’s board.
LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey last month. Between 2021 and 2026, LIV spent an estimated $5 billion to $8 billion. Bankruptcy filings show the league owes millions of dollars in unpaid compensation to top players, including Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Cam Smith.
The league’s future depends on a proposed restructuring plan called "LIV 2.0," but Rahm said the terms of "2.0" are "unacceptable" and he won't be participating in it. Rahm and Hatton were perhaps the two biggest LIV names to play in DP World Tour events.
Under the proposal, London-based private equity firm BC Partners, which has financial ties to player agency GSE Worldwide, would fund a 2027 relaunch. The plan would also give the players majority ownership of the league.
LIV has laid off most of its operational staff, left event contractors waiting for payment and faces a lawsuit from the Premier Golf League alleging breach of confidence and conspiracy.
Shortly after the PIF pulled its funding, LIV CEO Scott O'Neil said the LIV calendar would not be altered, but that did not occur. The league's originally-scheduled championship weekend was cancelled, forcing it to be played a week earlier.
The father of Golden State Valkyries star Tiffany Hayes wasn't shy about blaming the WNBA for playing a potential championship-clinching game at 12:30 p.m. on a Thursday.
"I think it’s the league’s fault," Renard Hayes told OutKick outside State Farm Arena before Game 6 between his daughter’s Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream.
"It’s the league’s fault. And pretty much the Atlanta organization."
He wasn’t alone in questioning the arrangement. Fans outside the arena described taking time off work, pulling children out of school and traveling hours to attend a game originally scheduled for 8 p.m.
The WNBA moved Game 6 to the afternoon to accommodate a doubleheader at State Farm Arena, where the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks were scheduled to host the Cleveland Cavaliers that night. Golden State entered Thursday with a 3-2 series lead and a chance to win its first championship.
Hayes, who said he lives in Florida, could make the early start work, but he expressed concern for the people who couldn’t.
"It’s kind of a shame about how they couldn’t handle the situation better or couldn’t be more prepared," he said.
For Golden State fans watching in California, the game’s start time was 9:30 a.m.
"Probably have to take a break off work, take the day off or whatever like that," Hayes said. "But for me, I’m good with it. I’m okay with it."
He pointed to Golden State’s experience relocating a playoff game to San Jose last season as an example of having an alternative ready. He also questioned whether the Dream’s roughly 3,500-seat regular home, Gateway Center Arena, could have accommodated the demand for a Finals game.
Moving to State Farm Arena created room for more fans, but moving the start time created another obstacle to getting them there.
"We came from four hours away, so we’re not too thrilled. But we’re here," one Dream fan told OutKick, adding that the child accompanying her was out of school for the game.
Another Atlanta fan said she had been able to get off work, but recognized that others wouldn’t have that flexibility.
"For all of the other Dream fans, it’s not ideal," she said. "We would have rather played at nighttime."
Another fan declined to appear on camera, telling OutKick she had called out sick and didn’t want her boss to see her at the game.
A father attending with his wife and two children offered a clarification after his interview: "We’re responsible parents, we swear!"
He said the children had attended school for two hours before leaving and completed all their work.
Several fans questioned why the NBA’s regular-season game received the evening slot while the WNBA’s potential championship clincher was played during the workday.
"We should have been prime time," one Dream fan said.
The father who brought his family called the arrangement "kind of disrespectful to the Dream," pointing out that the Hawks were only beginning their season.
The Hawks agreed to move their game to 8 p.m. to accommodate the doubleheader. But fans who spoke with OutKick argued that the Finals should have received priority.
One Valkyries supporter said the women deserved more respect and should have gotten the prime-time slot. Still, he welcomed the opportunity to play in a much larger arena.
"It’s awesome that it’s being played at State Farm Arena rather than a 3,500-seat arena," he said. "So with that being in mind, I think that’s a win regardless."
Not everyone objected to the early start.
One Dream fan said she was fine with it and encouraged people who couldn’t attend to support the team wherever they were. A Valkyries fan who had arrived from San Francisco at 6 a.m. dismissed the suggestion that she might be tired.
"No. We’re ready," she said.
The league announced the scheduling change Monday, three days before Game 6, with tickets going on sale that afternoon.
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert praised the sellout crowds at State Farm Arena for Games 3 and 4 and emphasized the opportunity to accommodate thousands more fans. The league also announced plans for a coordinated promotional push with its broadcast partners to build awareness of the new start time.
OutKick asked the WNBA why it chose the afternoon start, what alternatives it considered and whether it was concerned about the potential impact on viewership. The league has not responded.
USA Sports, which is airing the game on USA Network, acknowledged that the afternoon start wasn’t ideal for attracting a television audience.
"The daytime window isn’t perfect from a TV audience perspective, but the league had to make a really difficult decision taking a lot into account across multiple stakeholders," a USA Sports spokesperson told OutKick in a statement.
"What was important to us was to ultimately be a good partner and to be part of the solution here."
The fans outside State Farm Arena found ways to make Thursday work. Some took time off, and others brought children who otherwise would have been in school.
Hayes was happy to be there for his daughter, but that didn’t mean he thought the league had handled the situation well.
Football is back for Week 8, and it is hard to believe we are almost halfway through the regular season. I still feel like we don't really know all that much about these teams. Are some of these teams that have good records actually bad (the Chiefs), or are some of the bad-record teams actually good (the Cowboys)? Maybe those two teams aren't even the best examples of those situations. There are two teams on Thursday Night Football that are a bit hard to judge, as the Panthers and Packers take each other on.
The Carolina Panthers are 3-3 for the season and 2-1 on the road. Bryce Young is searching for a contract extension, or maybe at this point a new home. The good news for him is that he has looked fantastic in his fourth year under center. He is on pace to have the best season of his career. The running game has been solid for the team, even if they don't really use it as much as they probably need to. Chuba Hubbard is averaging about 4.5 yards per carry, but the team has attempted roughly 100 more passes than runs.
Defensively, this team has struggled against the run, but has been very good against the pass. They have the worst defense in football when it comes to stopping the run. However, against the pass, they are ranked sixth. That might be a good thing against a Packers team that has struggled to run the ball this season. What is interesting to me is that, if you look at the schedule, the Panthers have won games against Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs and Saquon Barkley. They lost to the Bears, Browns and Buccaneers. No knock on those three, but I don't think their team's running backs would be as feared as the ones they beat.
The Green Bay Packers are 4-3 for the season and have done a good job of protecting their home field, entering with a 2-1 record. Jordan Love is having a really strong season and is arguably being asked to do more than ever before. The team was missing starting running back Josh Jacobs, who was away from the team due to legal issues. Without Jacobs, the Packers really struggled to find any traction on the ground this season. His return last week wasn't transformational; Jacobs only had 36 yards on 11 carries.
The Packers will continue to rely on Love's arm to get the job done. He's already thrown the ball 270 times this season, which is almost double the number of times they've called a run play. That does make the offense a bit one-dimensional, and against the Panthers' defense, they could struggle.
The Packers, in general, don't score all that many points. They are averaging 20.6 points per game, 25th in the NFL, putting them in the same company as the Cardinals and Broncos.
It would be really hard to imagine that the Panthers and Packers play in a shootout tonight. Despite both of these teams excelling in the passing game, they aren't exactly elite offenses. Both are pretty good at stopping the pass. I think this game is likely to be a slow-starting game with both trying to figure things out. I'd be surprised if it goes over 47.5 for the game, but I think the under in the first half is even more likely. Neither team is a fast-starting team. Give me the under 23.5 for the 1st half.
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Kylie Cantrall is back and she's hinting that the Brewers might want to bring her back for future anthems
You might remember Kylie from Monday Screencaps where I asked you guys if Kylie's Game 2 anthem performance in Milwaukee was the best anthem since Whitney Houston at the Super Bowl. It was Kylie's big breakout performance and it felt like that would be the end of the story.
Nope. There was Los Angeles-native Kylie, 21, Wednesday night leaning right into her relationship with Milwaukee as the franchise was on its way to winning Game 5 and the World Series. "@brewers happy i could b your good luck charm for game 2 ;) thx for having meee," she wrote.
This IG post now has nearly 40k likes.
Kylie's going to mess around and sell out Miller Park one of these days over a simple gesture of a pop singer showing she cares about the people of Milwaukee. This woman is wise beyond her years.
For those of you who don't know what COSM is, it's like going to a massive movie theater with a MASSIVE wraparound IMAX screen that broadcasts the game as an immersive experience where the camera angles make it feel like you're inside the venue.
Last night, it felt like we were sitting on the field behind home plate at Tropicana Field.
Quick hitters:
IT'S EXPENSIVE. UNLESS YOU'RE LOADED, YOU'RE NOT GOING THERE AS A FAMILY VERY OFTEN. You're probably never taking your family there, to be honest. It WILL get expensive very, very fast. Just so we're all clear this is #NOTSPONSORED. I paid my own money.
Price: We paid $77 per person to sit on a three-person couch dead-center on the lowest level they offer in the dome. There were high-top tables on the floor below us, but I highly don't recommend those because you're going to be sitting at a high top for three hours. There are cheaper options to sit in other parts of the building where there are massive screens that will remind you guys of ESPN Zone, but on steroids.
Food prices: Barbacoa nachos were $16 and easily shared between three people. The Bavarian pretzel was $14 and easily shared between at least two people. The pretzel came with pimento cheese, Stroh's beer cheese and mustards. I thought it was wonderful.
Beer prices: I looked, but didn't really look. I think they were $16 for 22 oz or something like that. Again, not cheap.
Atmosphere: Let me repeat, it's expensive. You're not getting many dirtbags at this place. That doesn't mean it's not possible, but the clientele last night was like sitting in an expensive suite at a sporting event. There were a group of kids with their dads, but we're not talking about kids raising hell like they're at Chuck E. Cheese. You have to buy a ticket to even get into COSM. People aren't just walking in like old sports bars.
Cool Factor: Off the charts. Guys, at our age, we've all lived through Damon's Steakhouse (RIP) with its four 100" screens and speakers on the tables that mesmerized all of us. ESPN Zone (RIP) was life-changing. Dave & Busters has great screens to watch games, but the cool factor isn't even close to COSM.
Would I pay $300 to sit in the COSM dome to watch NFL games? No chance. A $300 ticket (yes, Lions fans are paying that) is going to turn into a $600 day at the bar. I'll say it again, the common man should not go here thinking he's at ESPN Zone grabbing a beer and a table. You might be able to sit in one of the other rooms and enjoy yourself, but then you're paying to watch games at a bar.
Yes, I highly recommend it if you need to take a client out for a night: The client is going to have a blast on your company credit card and you're probably going to make the sale because he'll want more trips to COSM. Just make sure you get chair seating along one of the rails in the five lowest levels. A couch with a client is going to be awkward.
Conclusion: Go see it. Don't complain about it being expensive. Let yourself be transported for a few hours and then go back to watching games in your man cave with dollar beers from Costco.
It's no wonder we have a ref shortage in youth sports
Did you guys see this out of Ohio? Watch what happens at midfield. And some people wonder why I'd be so happy that Screencaps Jr. selected cross country as one of his sports. I've never seen a runner snap on the official timing clock at the finishing line.
• Jake in Charlottesville, VA emails on the state of youth soccer:Sports is the one place where 'socialism' is actually required, especially at the youth level. If you let one kid take all of the reps from the other kids, the other kids' parents are going to pull their kids out and you're not going to have a league.
Either suck it up and know that your prodigy child isn't going to be allowed to take all of the reps from the other kids, or move the kid up a level. We had a case in our soccer rec league where a girl was completely dominating her rec league, so they moved her up with the boys.
Needless to say, her domination stopped. The thing was, this girl had become so accustomed to dominating, she had become a spoiled little brat, and couldn't emotionally deal with the fact that she was now very average when she played amongst the boys (this was U8). But hey, there are life lessons for all involved, kids and parents alike.
• Lee D. in Tampa asks: Two questions: Is this the Gators girl that was "discovered" at a Gators game by ABC? Is this AI?
Kinsey: Yes. I don't think so, but I'm positive. That's definitely Peyton Bloomquist or whatever her name is. As for the video, I've seen the Amalfi Jets guy do content for probably 18 months or so. I think this is the same guy.
Keep in mind that right now, sororities are teaming with major brands on content marketing. Massive corporations like Nike are working with sororities to push clothing. I could see Amalfi throwing Peyton a free flight for appearing in a video.
• Chris A. emails:Really, it took this long for a cereal box to have a liner that actually keeps the cereal fresh? It's almost impossible to open the plastic bags inside the boxes without tearing them halfway down the side, but trying to open the aluminum foil-like bags in a box of Sugar Smacks without tearing it all the way to the bottom was futile. I've been wondering when this day would come.
And BTW, I would NEVER have someone else pick out my groceries, even the canned stuff. But when I go to Walmart for groceries, the aisles are filled with grocery pickers who outnumber the pick-your-own shoppers. Unless you're really old or really handicapped, put down the phone and get your lazy behind to the grocery store. But those same people would park in the fire lane to shop, so maybe they should stay home.
Video work calls and beer cans
• 'Sheriff' John in Houston checks in:1) I hate it intensely, but the age of "conference calls" and "dial-ins" is coming to an end. Everything is a zoom or teams meeting now. I much prefer sitting and listening on my headset while farting around doing something else. Hate having the camera on. At least I don't have a boss telling me that I MUST turn on my camera as a matter of POLICY, that would really suck.
Nonetheless, I've lately had contractors and counterparties make comments during meetings lately that they prefer to have the cameras on and they don't trust people who just do audio only. ARRRGGH. You don't need to see me for me to tell you your proposal costs 20% too much. I feel like the guy who insists on using a paper ticket at the airport. Just old and out of date.
Cameras are so prevalent now, I've procured a green screen to pull down behind my desk so that I can just project an image of my office cleaned up behind me and not show the pile of papers and junk and extension cords that accumulates behind me. It's literally a picture of my own office during my zoom calls, but it's cleaned up.
2) My older son isn't quite as old as Rick's sons, just a sophomore in college, but he too makes a mess with beer cans and bottles when he's home. Drives me and my wife crazy. We ask him to clean up after himself and he gets about 90-95% of the way there, but still a mess. He needs to find a woman of his own to snap him into gear and be less of a slob. I think that's just part of normal male growing up. I think back to my bachelor days and I was pretty terrible, too, until I met my wife.
That's it this morning. The sun is out & it's going to be 76 today. I'm dragging after getting five hours of sleep, but there's work to do and a yard to mow tonight. It's time to get after it before a critical Halloween weekend and Mrs. Screencaps' birthday.
The Week 10 SEC football schedule will feature a mid-afternoon kickoff when Alabama visits LSU. Both conference rivals are on a bye this week, having entered the break ranked in the top 25.
The 3:30 p.m. kickoff was apparently less than ideal for LSU head coach Lane Kiffin. "I never even considered that it wouldn't be at night," Kiffin said when asked Wednesday about next week's game.
Alabama-LSU has become a nighttime staple in recent years. The rivalry game has been played at night in each of the past six seasons, while the last non-night meeting in Baton Rouge came in 2010.
"I didn't even think to think about the time," Kiffin said. "I just assumed, especially since the last 16 years, this game has been at night here all the time. I guess that's probably naive of me."
Ole Miss, where Kiffin coached for six seasons, is scheduled to play Georgia in a Primetime game on November 7. Against the backdrop of legal disputes involving Kiffin, LSU and the SEC, the LSU coach suggested the league office may have viewed the scheduling decision as an opportunity to punish him.
"I was joking to [LSU SID Michael Bonnette] earlier, saying obviously the SEC wanted to change it from how it's been to give LSU less of an advantage because of how well LSU plays at night and how intimidating it is to play here," Kiffin said. "I was like, 'If someone thinks the SEC wants us to win this year after what's been going on, they must've just been on Mars the last four months.'"
LSU is 1-6 in its last seven home games against Alabama under the lights at Tiger Stadium, also known as Death Valley. Many of those losses have come by wide margins.
Since narrowly losing to Kentucky on Oct. 10, Kiffin has guided LSU to consecutive victories over SEC opponents. LSU and Alabama will enter next week’s game with identical 6-2 records.
Billionaire Mark Cuban had no fear when he stepped in between the ropes and entered a WWE ring in the early 2000s, but he exited with two things: a sore back and more respect for what professional wrestlers do on a weekly basis.
Cuban appeared on "Build or Break" and talked about his pro wrestling moments. He was on the final part of his conversation where he was asked, "build or break." If he thought something was good, he would say "build," and "break" if he thought the opposite.
Host Daniel Lubetzky asked, "build or break," WWE. It led Cuban to recall the two times the Mavericks minority owner made cameo appearances for the company. He talked about getting an RKO from Randy Orton and being slammed through a table by Sheamus.
"I did it twice. I loved it," he said. "So they reached out to me in 2003 after I just bought the Mavs. And they said, ‘We have WWE coming to Dallas. And would you like to participate because we'll get celebrities come in and do cameos?’ I'm like, ‘I'm happy to do it, but I have two rules. One, I get hit and two I get to hit somebody.’ So, I got RKO’d by Randy Orton and so we have to practice it and do this stuff and it was still hard. It still hurt but that was my rule in 2003 when I did it the first time.
"Then, I did it again in 2009 and I did this whole thing, it was WWE Live, and I did this whole thing with John Cena and everything and there’s this guy, a wrestler named Sheamus. And they were like, ‘OK, Sheamus has never hit the canvas. We know your rules. You get to put him down so he hits the canvas, but on the flip side, he’s going to put you through a table."
Cuban was cool with going through a table because he knew it would "look cool on video forever."
"So, it was a real table, a regular table. … And they told me, ‘He’s going to put you right in the center of the table. It’ll just crack in half but keep your head down because if your head is up and you hit, you’ll break your neck.’ I’m like, ‘My head will be down.’ And so, he puts me through and I guess I ate too much that day because he got me a little bit high and we broke the table. I did my whole pretend I’m dead thing and got out of the ring and all that stuff.
"I was sore for two weeks. My back hurt so bad. Those guys deserve so much respect. It may be orchestrated, but it’s still athletic and it’s still painful."
He hasn’t been on WWE programming in a hot minute, but those moments were highly talked about at the time. It’s rare for a sports team owner to get involved in the ring – you probably would have never seen Jerry Jones or George Steinbrenner take an RKO or be driven through a table the way Cuban did.
Sixty of the best professional bass anglers in the world. Three days of competition. One lake. And a whopping $1.25 million payday waiting for whoever comes out on top.
The biggest names in professional bass fishing have descended on Middle Tennessee for the inaugural The Champions tournament, where a record $3.25 million purse is up for grabs on Old Hickory Lake.
For the first time ever, 30 of the top anglers from the Bassmaster Elite Series will go head-to-head with 30 of Major League Fishing's (MLF) Bass Pro Tour stars in a tournament designed to settle one of the sport's biggest debates: Who's really the best?
And according to MLF superstar Jacob Wheeler, winning this one would mean more than just about anything else he's accomplished in his decorated career.
"It would have to be number one," Wheeler told OutKick OutDoors during Wednesday's Media Day in Nashville.
"This is like in football, you have an AFC championship and an NFC championship, and basically we never compete against the other league, right?" he explained. "So now for us to come together and compete under one roof, one tournament here in Nashville ... it would have the most meaning."
"The money's one thing, and that's great, but it's the meaning of being the best for that year."
The competition begins Thursday at 7:30 a.m. CT, with the anglers divided into Team Stars (Bassmaster) and Team Stripes (MLF). They'll compete for team bragging rights over the first two days, with the top 15 individual anglers advancing to Saturday's championship round. Weights will reset for the final day, when one angler will walk away with the biggest first-place payout in bass fishing history.
And just to make things interesting, two amateur anglers — Eric Giessing of Missouri and Kyle Carr of Texas — earned their spots through a sweepstakes and will compete alongside the pros.
The old guard isn't handing anything over
While the two circuits are coming together for a historic event, that doesn't mean there isn't a little friendly competition brewing.
Team Stripes captain Zack Birge believes his squad has an advantage over the Bassmaster youngsters. And it has a lot to do with experience.
"I just feel like the other side has a lot of young, talented guys," Birge told OutKick OutDoors. "We have a lot of middle-aged guys."
But his argument is that the more experienced anglers have a deeper arsenal of traditional fishing techniques to fall back on, while some of their younger competitors are more accustomed to relying on electronics.
"I feel like that gives us an advantage here, especially on a tough one," he said.
And Wheeler, for one, agrees with his captain.
"We call them the OGs," Wheeler said of the veterans on Team Stripes. "That experience definitely does play a role."
Of course, the young guns aren't exactly lacking confidence.
Bassmaster Angler of the Year Trey McKinney acknowledged that there's a target on his back after his remarkable 2026 season. But he's not particularly worried about it.
"We're all equal competitors," McKinney said. "We're all buddies and friends ... but when we get out on the water, we put our hard hats on, and that's when we go to work."
Old Hickory isn't making things easy
As if battling the best anglers in the world for a life-changing amount of money weren't stressful enough, Old Hickory Lake has decided not to cooperate.
The notoriously challenging fishery has already tested the competitors during practice, with low water levels and little current making the bass difficult to locate.
"It's a grind, and you got to stay at it 100%," McKinney said.
In fact, the 21-year-old believes the difficult conditions could create an opportunity for a surprise winner — potentially even one of the two amateur competitors.
"This is the one tournament that I think the Average Joes could literally win," McKinney said, explaining that the unpredictable fishing could level the playing field.
Anglers must choose whether to use the technology Thursday or Friday, but not both days. On Championship Saturday, they'll be permitted to use it for only half of the competition.
MLF pro Drew Gill, known for being a LiveScope expert, believes those restrictions could have an enormous impact on the final results.
"When it comes down to Saturday, that day where we're all fishing for the win, that three hours is going to shake things up because this lake is definitely a tremendous hurdle," Gill told OutKick OutDoors.
"That intel from seeing underwater is just so darn valuable, even when you shut it off," he added.
With so much money on the line, even the most seasoned pros will have to find a way to manage their emotions.
Wheeler believes that could ultimately separate the winner from everybody else.
"The key is you have to sort of control your emotion. And it's hard to do in an event this big," he said. "But that's what the best do in big moments."
For McKinney, a victory would mean more than a trophy and a trip to the bank.
"When you're talking retirement-status money that you're fishing for," he said, the stakes are impossible to ignore.
And if he does happen to pocket that $1.25 million?
"First thing I'm doing, heading to the beach," McKinney said. "And I'm going to sit there with my toes in the sand for about a week and a half or more."
After that, he'll worry about investing.
OutKick OutDoors is on the ground at Old Hickory Lake for The Champions, bringing readers exclusive interviews, tournament updates and behind-the-scenes coverage as the world's top anglers compete for bass fishing's biggest payday.
Follow OutKick OutDoors on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes videos and coverage of The Champions all weekend long.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer fought former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua last December and lasted until the sixth round as a tremendous underdog. However, in the bout, he suffered a broken jaw that has actually threatened his career.
Paul recently told Ariel Helwani that never boxing again "is definitely in the realm of possibility" - but it is not a reality.
Paul and his Most Valuable Promotion brand announced Thursday he will be fighting in Dubai on Christmas Eve, with an opponent to be announced at a later date.
"I've spent years proving people wrong, taking risks and pushing myself against opponents nobody thought I'd face. Nothing that's happened has changed my belief in myself or what I'm working toward," Paul said. "I'm hungrier than ever, and on Thursday, December 24, I'm returning to the ring in Dubai to start the next chapter of my journey.
"Dubai is a city that thinks big, breaks boundaries and doesn't believe in limits. That's exactly the kind of place I want to make my comeback. We've got plenty of names on the list; let’s see who signs the contract. Merry Christmas, Dubai. Santa Paul is coming to town, and somebody's getting knocked out."
"Twelve months ago he suffered a double broken jaw against a two-time heavyweight world champion and since then many have doubted his desire or need to return to boxing. Well he is back, and that tells you everything about the competitor Jake Paul is and how much he loves this sport," Paul's business partner, Nakisa Bidarian, added.
Paul is 12-2, including a victory against Mike Tyson in November 2024.
The partnership between Mike McDaniel and the Los Angeles Chargers has not gone according to plan. Through the first six games of the season, the Chargers have yet to record a victory.
The offense has been particularly underwhelming, fueling calls for the team to make a change at offensive play caller. But head coach Jim Harbaugh is staying the course with Mike McDaniel. "We're very confident in Mike and his talent, his work ethic and his ability," Harbaugh said Wednesday, according to The Athletic. "We continue to be."
Harbaugh said the Chargers’ bye-week self-evaluation played a role in the decision.
"I feel like every stone, any part that we could look to better, that's the way we responded," Harbaugh said.
The Chargers were on a bye in Week 7 after scoring just six points in a Week 6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The performance lowered their league-worst scoring average to 15 points per game.
Every other NFL team has won at least one game, leaving the Chargers as the league’s only winless team.
McDaniel's four-season run as the Miami Dolphins ended in January. Harbaugh then hired McDaniel, who has widely been regarded as one of the better offensive minds in the league.
McDaniel described Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert as one of the most talented players he's seen play the position. He said he wanted to help Herbert "own" the position.
McDaniel’s influence was evident in the offseason, when Herbert changed his shotgun stance by moving his left foot ahead of his right. Herbert also worked on his footwork and simulated throws with a green water ball instead of throwing.
McDaniel was the architect of the Dolphins’ 2023 offense, which scored a record 70 points and produced more than 700 yards in a win over the Denver Broncos.
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