Category : Red Zone Rumors

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy was able to play only one preseason game during his rookie year. But as he detailed this week, he still gained a lot from sitting and watching things unfold over the course of 2024 — particularly from now-Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold. Darnold had the best year

Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon did not expect to land cornerback Will Johnson in the second round of the draft. During an appearance with Adam Schein of Mad Dog Sports Radio, Gannon said that the team had Johnson “graded very high” going into the second night and that the team’s

The Eagles only made one first-round pick in 2022, but they wound up with three decisions to make about fifth-year options this offseason. Defensive tackle Jordan Davis was the player they picked and they later made trades for wide receiver Jahan Dotson and guard Kenyon Green. We learned this week

Bills General Manager Brandon Beane said this week that the team wants to have running back James Cook on the team beyond the 2025 season, but making that happen will require the use of a franchise tag or an agreement on a long-term contract. Cook made his desired salary of

The Bengals exercised their fifth-year option on cornerback Dax Hill’s contract on Wednesday in a move that was a strong sign of their belief in Hill’s talent and a show of confidence in his ability to return from a torn ACL. Hill was playing well before being injured in Week

The Eagles suffered heavy losses to their defense in free agency, and then they used their first five picks in the 2025 NFL draft on defensive players. But General Manager Howie Roseman says there were no reaches for positions of need. Roseman told Rich Eisen that he was prepared to

The Ravens are locking in safety Kyle Hamilton for 2026. Baltimore announced the club has exercised the fifth-year option on Hamilton’s rookie contract. Hamilton will now be paid $18.6 million in his fifth season. “We are exercising the fifth-year option for Kyle Hamilton, with the goal of working toward a

Before edge rusher Abdul Carter got a real call from the Giants that would make him the third overall pick in the 2025 draft, he got a fake call telling him the Jaguars were taking him at No. 2. Carter’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told Adam Schefter of ESPN.com about the

Horns down payment. Via Kirk Bohls of the Houston Chronicle, the University of Texas will pay $35 million to $40 million for its 2025 football roster. The number includes what likely will be $20.5 million in revenue sharing plus NIL payments from the Texas One Fund. The spike in money

Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich made his first public comments about the prank call made to Shedeur Sanders during the draft. Ulbrich’s 21-year-old son Jax took Sanders’s phone number, which was provided by the NFL, off of his father’s unsecured iPad with the intent of facilitating a call that purported

On Sunday, CBS Mornings debuted an interview with North Carolina coach Bill Belichick. It did not go well. Three days later, North Carolina has issued a quote from Belichick. “I agreed to speak with CBS Sunday Morning to promote my new book, ‘The Art of Winning — Lessons from My

The Raiders drafted Tennessee wide receiver Dont’e Thornton in the fourth round, and General Manager John Spytek says few receivers ever to play the game have his athletic makeup. Spytek said Thornton is an athlete like Calvin Johnson and DK Metcalf, but a player who wants to do more than

The Lions will be getting an early start to training camp because they are playing in the Hall of Fame Game against the Chargers this summer and it appears that has led to a change in plans for their offseason program. When the NFL initially announced key offseason dates for

Andrew Van Ginkel’s first season with the Vikings went about as well as anyone could have hoped. The edge rusher was voted a second-team All-Pro after recording 79 tackles, 11.5 sacks, two interception returns for touchdowns, six passes defensed, and a forced fumble. It was the first time that Van

Tight end Austin Hooper had a head start on his Patriots teammates when it came to adapting to the team’s new head coach. Hooper played for Mike Vrabel in Tennessee during the 2022 season and said “it was a tougher transition” than he expected. Hooper said he was used to

Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a Week 3 practice in 2023. During the rehab process, he did not rehab at the team facility full time. Diggs now is rehabbing the same knee after chondral bone graft surgery Jan. 23, which entails

Steelers defensive back Ryan Watts injured his neck in the final preseason game against the Lions last summer. The injury originally was called a stinger, but Watts landed on season-ending injured reserve before the start of his first season. The Steelers released Watts on Monday, announcing that doctors, the Steelers

The Chiefs made several roster moves Wednesday, according to the NFL’s transactions wire. They released tight end Anthony Firkser and linebacker Shaun Bradley and waived tight end Baylor Cupp, offensive guard McKade Mettauer and safety Jason Taylor II. The Chiefs received an international roster exemption for offensive tackle Chu Godrick.

In the aftermath of the NFL’s decision to fine the Falcons $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich $100,000 “for failing to prevent the disclosure of confidential information distributed to the club in advance of the NFL Draft,” the NFL has created the impression that the Falcons, not the league, gave

Buccaneers G.M. Jason Licht has been making the media rounds in the aftermath of the draft. Appearing with Rich Eisen, Licht made a fairly significant disclosure about Tampa Bay’s first-round pick, Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka. “He was super-high on our board,” Licht said of Egbuka, via JoeBucsFan.com. “You know,

Evan Neal is moving to guard. Paul Schwartz of the New York Post reports that Neal will compete for the right guard job. Greg Van Roten and Aaron Stinnie also are candidates for the position. Neal’s move is not a surprise given General Manager Joe Schoen said earlier this month

When 60 Minutes did an Aaron Rodgers profile that painted him as sensitive and he complained about it, CBS News issued a statement that said “it was obvious we got it right.” The statement issued by CBS News on Wednesday was far less entertaining, but far more important. In response

The Raiders are adding to their front office from a division rival. Per Albert Breer of SI.com, Las Vegas is hiring Brian Stark to be the club’s assistant General Manager under new G.M. John Spytek. Stark was previously Denver’s director of college scouting. He was in that role for eight

The Patriots are not picking up the fifth-year option on the contract of offensive lineman Cole Strange, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. The option would have fully guaranteed Strange $16.685 million for 2026. The move is not a surprise given Cole missed most of last season after tearing the patellar

Free agent wide receiver Elijah Moore is heading to Buffalo. The Bills have agreed to a one-year deal with Moore. It’s worth “up to” $5 million, according to multiple reports. What Moore would need to do to make the full $5 million is not known, but he presumably wouldn’t have

The Raiders are the latest team to take a chance on converting a rugby player to the football field. The team announced the signing of Laki Tasi on Wednesday. Tasi is listed as a defensive lineman and the Australian will have an exception for the 90-man roster as part of

The Cowboys were one of the worst rushing teams in the NFL last season. They ranked 24th in attempts, 27th in yards and last in rushing touchdowns with Rico Dowdle and Ezekiel Elliott, both of whom are gone. The Cowboys also moved on from running back Malik Davis on Wednesday.

His old jersey has been retired. His new jersey is selling like hotcakes. After initial figures had the jersey to be worn by Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders at No. 3 in sales (behind Jaguars receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter and Titans quarterback Cam Ward), Sanders has moved to No. 1. Via Darren

The Packers are exercising the fifth-year option on defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt’s rookie contract, Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports reports. Wyatt will receive a fully guaranteed $13.922 million for 2026, but General Manager Brian Gutekunst recently said the Packers want to keep both Wyatt and linebacker Quay Walker beyond their

Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs remains incarcerated at Casa Grande Transitional Housing in Las Vegas. His earliest parole-eligibility date is Aug. 5, 2026, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections records. His former Alabama and Raiders teammate, Josh Jacobs, said Ruggs is keeping in shape in prison with hopes

The Steelers have let go of a defensive player. Pittsburgh announced on Wednesday that the club has released linebacker Thomas Rush. Rush had joined the Steelers on a futures deal after the season ended. He entered the league in 2023 as an undrafted free agent with the Titans. He was

Quarterback Jordan Travis, a fifth-round pick in last year’s draft, has informed the Jets of his intention to retire, New York announced on Wednesday. Travis suffered a fractured and dislocated ankle in Nov. 2023 while playing quarterback for Florida State and spent all of 2024 on the Jets’ non-football injury

Calais Campbell is back with the Cardinals and he’s back in his familiar No. 93. The Cardinals announced on Wednesday that the defensive lineman will be wearing the same number that he wore in Arizona for the first nine years of his career. Campbell also wore the number with the

If center Tyler Linderbaum remains with the Ravens for the 2026 season, it will have to be on a different contract than his current one. The Ravens announced on Wednesday that they will not exercise their fifth-year option on Linderbaum’s rookie deal. Safety Kyle Hamilton’s option is going to be

After the Buccaneers took wide receiver Emeka Egbuka in the first round last week, General Manager Jason Licht said that the selection had nothing to do with how Chris Godwin’s rehab from a dislocated ankle is going. The selection of Egbuka isn’t completely unrelated to Godwin, however. Licht explained on

After agreeing to terms with 19 undrafted free agents over the weekend, the Vikings have added another. Minnesota announced on Wednesday that the club has agreed to terms with UDFA receiver Myles Price. Price played four seasons at Texas Tech before transferring to Indiana in 2024. He caught 38 passes

A prank call has resulted in a very real punishment for the Falcons and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The NFL has announced that it has fined the team $250,000 and Ulbrich $100,000 “for failing to prevent the disclosure of confidential information distributed to the club in advance of the NFL

The Falcons have made a decision on receiver Drake London. Atlanta will exercise London’s fifth-year option, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. London was the No. 8 overall pick of the 2022 draft out of USC. He was the lone remaining top-10 pick from that class whose team had not made

Lions General Manager Brad Holmes wore a sweatshirt reading HWS while in Detroit’s draft room, and he said the message was clear: Cross off height. Cross off weight. Cross off speed. Draft players based on how they look on film. “It’s just a line through height, weight, speed,” Holmes said

Jaguars head coach Liam Coen said earlier this month that the team had no plans to exercise their fifth-year option on linebacker Devin Lloyd’s contract, but that they were still talking about it. Those conversations have Lloyd set for a contract year in 2025. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that

One of the reasons why Mike Macdonald became the Seahawks head coach was his work with safety Kyle Hamilton during his time as the Ravens’ defensive coordinator and Hamilton was likely on his mind early in the second round of this year’s draft. The Seahawks traded the 52nd and 82nd

The Jaguars signed a pair of undrafted rookie wide receivers on Tuesday. The team announced the additions of Darius Lassiter and Dorian Singer to their offseason roster. They also announced that wide receiver Louis Rees-Zammit has received a roster exemption as an international player, so they are now at the

General Manager Brad Holmes has built the Lions into a winner in recent years and that earns him the opportunity to take some chances in the draft. Holmes took one of them in the third round this year. He dealt the 102nd pick and two 2026 third-rounders to move up

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy feels ready to take over the starting job after recovering from the knee injury that wiped out his rookie season and his teammates appear to agree that McCarthy has what it takes to handle the job. The Vikings are still in the first phase of their

Tommy Mellott started 41 games at quarterback at Montana State, but when the Raiders drafted him in the sixth round, they announced that he would play wide receiver. Mellott says he just wants to do whatever he has to do to make an NFL roster. Mellott noted that he’s a

The Titans are continuing to reshape their front office by hiring someone away from the Browns. Cleveland director of player personnel Dan Saganey is departing the franchise for a high-level role with Tennessee. The news was first reported by Paul Kuharsky of PaulKuharsky.com. Saganey had been with the Browns since

The Chargers have joined the Browns in utilizing their option to apply an unrestricted free agent tender on one of their players. The NFL’s morning transaction report for Tuesday shows that the Chargers have applied the tender to running back J.K. Dobbins, who became a free agent at the start

The UFL has suspended Michigan receiver Samson Nacua for one game without pay after an altercation with a fan during last weekend’s game against the Battlehawks in St. Louis. Video of the incident shows Nacua at the stands, talking to a fan. He can be seen slapping the fan. Samson

While Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy wasn’t able to play his rookie year due to a knee injury, he’s said that he’s fully recovered as the club continues its offseason program. McCarthy spoke to the media on Tuesday and made clear what he feels his role should be entering Year 2.

The Bengals have reportedly made their call about their option on defensive back Dax Hill’s contract for the 2026 season. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Bengals will pick up Hill’s fifth-year option. Hill was the final pick in the first round in 2022 and the Bengals’ move guarantees