Despite ultimately coming up short in last year’s NFC Championship Game, the Detroit Lions are poised for another huge season in 2024 and it all starts tonight on Sunday Night Football against the Los Angeles Rams.
Detroit’s David Montgomery is out to show that he isn’t going to be an afterthought behind Jahmyr Gibbs in the pecking order and our Rams vs. Lions predictions have him pegged for a big game.
I dig deeper into Montgomery’s role in my NFL picks for Sunday, September 8 below.
Rams vs Lions SNF prediction
My best betDavid Montgomery Over 12.5 rushing attempts (-115 at bet365)
My analysisThe Los Angeles Rams have always been a team that doesn’t have a lot of depth thanks to selling their future. However, this …
For Roy Hodgson, the “easy thing would have been to disappear off into retirement”. So said Dan Ashworth in February 2019, as he reflected on Hodgson’s failed tenure as the England manager, and the view of the Football Association’s former technical director would have found broad agreement.
Only not with Hodgson.
What happened with England remains the biggest stick with which to beat the 74-year-old, even if the Liverpool support might beg to differ. The quarter-final showing at Euro 2012, after Hodgson had been parachuted in at the last minute, was creditable but then came the group stage exit at the 2014 World Cup. And then came Iceland at Euro 2016.
Hodgson is not the sort of ma…
The Football Association will “100%” reject any offers for Sarina Wiegman, its chief executive, Mark Bullingham, has said in the build-up to the Lionesses’ first World Cup final, against Spain on Sunday.
After USA were eliminated at the last-16 stage of the World Cup, American fans and journalists have argued that US Soccer should go all out to recruit the back-to-back Euros winning manager Wiegman to replace Vlatko Andonovski, who resigned this week.
“We’ve seen lots of rumours, and look, she is a special talent. We know that,” said Bullingham. “From our side, she’s contracted through until 2025. We think she’s doing a great job.
Teenage sensation Selma Paralluelo can fire Spain to World Cup gl…
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No. 10 Illinois will go for its fourth win in a row when it visits Michigan State in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday afternoon in East Lansing, Mich. The Fighting Illini (17-5, 8-3) are coming off an 87-84 overtime victory on their home court against Nebraska on Sunday. That followed wins over Ohio State on the road and Indiana at home. "Typical day in the Big Ten," Illinois coach Brad Underwood said after the victory over the Cornhuskers. "It's the best league in the country. Great players. Great coaches." Now comes a tough challenge on the road against Michigan State (14-9, 6-6). The Spartans are coming off a 59-56 loss at Minnesota on Tuesday but are 12-2 on their home court. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo wants to see a better performance from his tea…