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Fox Sports
a day ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
2025 UFL Power Rankings: Battlehawks enter postseason on top
With the 2025 UFL regular season coming to an end, only one of three Texas teams will finish with a losing record, while the defending UFL champion Birmingham Stallions are rounding into playoff form. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Battlehawks, winners of six straight heading into the postseason, look every bit as capable of winning their first spring league title. That said, here's a look at my updated UFL Power Rankings following Week 10: 8. San Antonio Brahmas (1-9) Current odds to win 2025 title: N/A Jashaun Corbin ended the season with the UFL rushing title after picking up 55 yards on 10 rushes in the final week of the season. But that's about all the Brahmas will take with them in a season where former head coach Wade Phillips stepped down and Payton Pardee was thrust into the interim head coaching role. The Brahmas, who made the UFL title game a year ago, will enter this offseason looking to rebuild into a team capable of playing in the 2026 postseason. 7. Memphis Showboats (2-8) Current odds to win 2025 title: N/A Not unlike the Brahmas, the Showboats dealt with head coach Ken Whisenhunt stepping down before a third of the season was finished. 6. Houston Roughnecks (5-5) Current odds to win 2025 title: N/A CJ Johnson should be a candidate for UFL Coach of the Year. The Roughnecks won four of their last six games this season. Johnson's decision to play and then stay with QB Jalan McClendon was one of the biggest reasons why the Roughnecks get to go into the offseason without a losing record. 5. Arlington Renegades (5-5) Current odds to win 2025 title: N/A After completing 26 of 32 passes for 283 yards in the Renegades' Week 10 win over the Brahmas, Luis Perez won the UFL passing title with 2,298 yards while completing more than 70% of his passes this season. He has been the most consistent QB in the league, and he has shown himself to be one of the two best QBs in the league over the past three weeks. The Renegades scored 20 points in the second quarter and held that advantage until the Brahmas scored their final points of the season in the fourth quarter. 4. DC Defenders (6-4) Current odds to win 2025 title: +450 In a sloppy-field, rain-delayed final game of the season and with presumptive MVP Jordan Ta'amu on the sideline, the Defenders' offense looked like a shell of itself. Even so, backup QB Mike DiLiello accounted for 202 total yards and a touchdown against the regular-season XFL Conference champion Battlehawks. As this game acted as a preliminary for the XFL Conference Championship Game, no one was expected to show much. Interim coach Shannon Harris didn't want to jeopardize the health of his star player before the postseason, and that's understandable. But that also means the Defenders bring a two-game losing streak with them to St. Louis. 3. Michigan Panthers (6-4) Current odds to win 2025 title: +255 Without QB Bryce Perkins, the Panthers missed the kind of playmaking that led to them qualifying for the USFL Conference Championship Game. Backups Danny Etling and Rocky Lombardi completed just 13 of 30 passes for 124 yards with two interceptions. The Panthers take a two-game losing streak into the postseason against the defending UFL and three-time spring football league champion Stallions. 2. Birmingham Stallions (7-3) Current odds to win 2025 title: +235 Behind two pick-sixes from linebacker Tae Crowder, the Stallions left no doubt about how they're rounding into form right when they need to with two games left to play for a possible fourth consecutive spring football championship. After playing five different quarterbacks in a 10-week season, Skip Holtz looks to have found his postseason starter in J'Mar Smith, who finished 13-of-17 for 127 yards with a touchdown in a Week 10 win over Memphis. The Stallions have won four of their last five, with their only loss coming by a single point to the Battlehawks. 1. St. Louis Battlehawks (8-2) Current odds to win 2025 title: +200 The Battlehawks cemented their position as the best team in the regular season in 2025 with a workmanlike win against the second-best team in the XFL Conference and their starting quarterback, Max Duggan, on the bench. Quarterback Brandon Silvers needed to attempt just eight passes in the win, while the Battlehawk defense held the Defenders to just two points in the first three quarters of their final home game. With the XFL and UFL championship games taking place in St. Louis, the Battlehawks would benefit from home field advantage for the entirety of the playoffs. All they have to do is win. RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports. Follow him at @RJ_Young . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Texans set up for joint practice with Lions in upcoming preseason
Add another joint practice to the list for the Houston Texans entering training camp. According to the Houston Chronicle's Jonathan M. Alexander, the Texans will meet up for a joint battle with the Detroit Lions ahead of their preseason matchup in August at Ford Field. Houston will now have two joint practices this preseason, including one against the Carolina Panthers at NRG Stadium ahead of the August 16 showdown. Advertisement Texans coach DeMeco Ryans confirmed the report following the first day of voluntary OTA workouts. "We get to do it in a competitive environment where you're not getting down on the quarterbacks," Ryans said Wednesday. "It's the safest way. I feel like we can get really good work for our starters. I'm excited to go up against the Lions." Houston and Detroit met on primetime last November for a Week 10 showdown at NRG Stadium. Jared Goff tossed five interceptions, but C.J. Stroud's two costly turnovers in the second elevated the Lions to a 26-23 victory on Sunday Night Football. Advertisement The Texans last year hosted a joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams ahead of their final preseason showdown. The year before, Houston hosted a pair of joint practices against the Miami Dolphins ahead of the matchup at NRG Stadium. The Texans also have preseason matchups against the Minnesota Vikings on the road, though nothing is scheduled for a one-day practice between the two sides. Houston begins the regular season on the road against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sept. 7. This article originally appeared on Texans Wire: Texans set up for joint practice with Lions in upcoming preseason
USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Texans set up for joint practice with Lions in upcoming preseason
Texans set up for joint practice with Lions in upcoming preseason Add another joint practice to the list for the Houston Texans entering training camp. According to the Houston Chronicle's Jonathan M. Alexander, the Texans will meet up for a joint battle with the Detroit Lions ahead of their preseason matchup in August at Ford Field. Houston will now have two joint practices this preseason, including one against the Carolina Panthers at NRG Stadium ahead of the August 16 showdown. Texans coach DeMeco Ryans confirmed the report following the first day of voluntary OTA workouts. "We get to do it in a competitive environment where you're not getting down on the quarterbacks," Ryans said Wednesday. "It's the safest way. I feel like we can get really good work for our starters. I'm excited to go up against the Lions." Houston and Detroit met on primetime last November for a Week 10 showdown at NRG Stadium. Jared Goff tossed five interceptions, but C.J. Stroud's two costly turnovers in the second elevated the Lions to a 26-23 victory on Sunday Night Football. The Texans last year hosted a joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams ahead of their final preseason showdown. The year before, Houston hosted a pair of joint practices against the Miami Dolphins ahead of the matchup at NRG Stadium. The Texans also have preseason matchups against the Minnesota Vikings on the road, though nothing is scheduled for a one-day practice between the two sides. Houston begins the regular season on the road against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sept. 7.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Titans LB shares impression of Drake Maye from opposing sideline
FOXBOROUGH - Playing for Tennessee last season, new Patriots linebacker Jack Gibbens got an up close view of Drake Maye. He was on the field when Maye made a miraculous play at the goal line, scrambling around, avoiding would-be tacklers before hitting Rhamondre Stevenson in the end zone from five yards out to tie the score in the final seconds. Advertisement While the Patriots went on to lose the game 20-17 in overtime in that Week 10 game in Tennessee, Gibbens was clearly impressed with the then Patriots rookie quarterback. 'I came out of that game with a ton of respect for him, and the competitor that he is and the team as a whole, how they fought, and Drake specifically,' said Gibbens, who led the Titans with 14 tackles that game. 'His mobility was on full display against us. We couldn't keep him in the pocket. He was running all over us.' Gibbens still has visions of Maye making that final play in regulation, somehow avoiding the rush for what seemed like an eternity. 'You could see the kind of the competitiveness, the creativity he has with that last touchdown, scrambling around, making it happen,' Gibbens said. 'So I definitely came out of there with a lot of respect for his game and the team as a whole, for sure.' Advertisement Gibbens did manage to register a sack of Maye in that game. 'I forgot about that,' Gibbens said. 'I think that was my only sack last season. I haven't brought that up, but I definitely will have to, now.' More Patriots Content Read the original article on MassLive.
USA Today
14-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Eagles will be schedule fixture next season. The 'tush push' might not be.
Hear this story This is schedule release week with Wednesday being the big day. Of course the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles will figure prominently. Makes total sense. But when next season arrives will the Eagles have their vaunted "tush push?" The answer is likely no which means one of the best plays in recent league history (yes, I said best) could be absent from all of the various screens the Eagles will be on this coming season. The fate of the play will likely be determined at the league meetings starting May 20 in Minneapolis. The NFL delayed a potential ban on the controversial play in the spring during the meetings then. The NFL needs 24 of 32 team owners to support or deny a rule change. The belief was that the owners were just delaying the inevitable. No one knows for certain but the play seems destined to be eradicated. The play is one of my favorites to see. It's not just rugby as some have described it. The elegance of it is its simplicity. It's also not easy to do and requires extensive practice. There's a reason why a number of teams have tried and failed. Laughingly so. One weekend two years ago, three teams tried to do it, and couldn't. What the Eagles have done is find a secret weapon, refined it, worked on it constantly, and shaped it into something almost unstoppable. The league's response has been not working on a way to stop it, but to try and ban it, like cowards. One reason for wanting to ban it has been health and safety but the NFL admits there's no definitive data proving that it causes injuries. There were no injuries reported from the "tush push" last season. ESPN reported just 101 of the 35,414 offensive plays in 2024 were tush-push plays, or 0.285%. I hate, absolutely hate, that the Eagles will be a huge part of the broadcast year next season, and we may not be able to see what's become not just one of the team's signature plays, but the NFL's. We already know part of Philadelphia's schedule and the Eagles will be highly visible next season. The team will play in the Thursday night season opener against Dallas, a Week 10 Monday night game against Green Bay, the Black Friday game against Chicago, and a Dec. 20 Saturday doubleheader against Washington. Quick note: the Packers were the team that ratted out, err, proposed the "tush push" ban. The Packers also lost to the Eagles twice last season. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie told reporters recently that unless the play is proven to be a health and safety issue, his team should be allowed to continue using it. His quote here is long but I think it's useful to see in its entirety. "I want to know what data there is," Lurie said. "I don't think there is any. If you want to say that it could be (dangerous), it's hard to make rules on could-bes and should-bes. "One of the reasons we like using the tush push is we think it's a safer play than the quarterback sneak. The quarterback sneak, if you talk to quarterbacks about it, there's more spearing going on. They're less protected by players around them. And one of the reasons we got motivated to develop an expertise in this play is it was more protective to the quarterback. "So, it's ironic that people would bring up health and safety. We're at the top of the game in terms of wanting health and safety on every play. We voted for hip-drop tackle and a defenseless receiver. 'We will always, always support what is safer for the players. It's a no-brainer. If this is proven to be less safe for the players, we will be against the tush push. 'But until that's the case, to me, there would be no reason to ban this play." "I would definitely say there are some people that have health and safety concerns, but there's just as many people that have football concerns," Rich McKay, CEO of the Atlanta Falcons, and co-chairman of the NFL's competition committee, has said previously. "It was much more about the play, the aesthetics of the play. Is it what football has been traditionally or is it more of a rugby play?" It's not a rugby play. It's gorgeous. And when the Eagles star across numerous broadcasts this coming season, we may not see it.
