Category : Red Zone Rumors

Vikings quarterback Max Brosmer will get the first start of his career on Sunday against the Seahawks. Brosmer, an undrafted rookie who played one year of college football at Minnesota last season after playing four years at New Hampshire, will start in place of J.J. McCarthy. Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell

The Chiefs’ run of 10 consecutive seasons making the playoffs is likely to come to an end, if the betting odds are to be believed. The odds of the Chiefs missing the playoffs are now -120, compared to odds of making the playoffs at +100, according to DraftKings. The Chiefs’

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson made a bad Bengals defense look good on Thanksgiving night, completing only 17 of 32 passes while throwing an interception, losing two fumbles and failing to throw a touchdown pass. He stressed afterward that inconsistency has been an issue he needs to address “I just got

Joe Burrow is back, and the Bengals are climbing their way back into the hunt. Cincinnati defeated Baltimore 32-14 on Thursday night to cap the three-game Thanksgiving slate. Burrow passed for two touchdowns, both of which came in the third quarter. He ended the contest 24-of-46 for 261 yards, completing

For a second consecutive week, the Cowboys fell behind. For the second consecutive week, the Cowboys dug out of their hole. The deficit was less than the 21-0 the Cowboys trailed the Eagles last week. They were behind the Chiefs 7-0 and 14-7 but rallied for a 17-14 halftime lead.

The Packers didn’t want to settle for a field goal on a fourth down from the Lions’ 22-yard line and they didn’t go with a conservative play call to pick up the two yards they needed for a first down. Quarterback Jordan Love fired a pass to wide receiver Dontayvion

Sometimes, reporters at a press conference stop short of asking questions that need to be asked. Sometimes, a reporter will go a little too far, loading the question with a sentiment held by the reporter to someone other than the reporter. That happened during Wednesday’s midweek Shedeur Sanders press conference.

Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is five sacks away from the single-season sack record. Packers linebacker Micah Parsons is two sacks away from a different record. Via NBC Sports research, Parsons needs only 2.0 sacks over the balance of the season to become the first player in league history with

In Week 5 against the Commanders, Chargers rookie running back Omarion Hampton sustained an ankle injury. He was placed on injured reserve. As Hampton prepares to return, he has disclosed the full nature of the injury. Via Kris Rhim of ESPN.com, Hampton said Wednesday that he suffered a fracture of

Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said Wednesday morning that J.J. McCarthy would have a limited practice. The Vikings’ injury report confirms the quarterback indeed was limited. Max Brosmer took first-team reps as McCarthy remains in concussion protocol. Brosmer, 24, went undrafted out of Minnesota this year after transferring from New Hampshire.

The Bills will be missing a number of players at Wednesday’s practice, including both of their starting offensive tackles. Head coach Sean McDermott said that left tackle Dion Dawkins and right tackle Spencer Brown will both be out. Dawkins is in the concussion protocol and Brown has a shoulder injury.

Packers quarterback Jordan Love is on the injury report this week because of his left shoulder and he discussed the issue during a session with reporters on Tuesday. Love handed the ball off exclusively with his right hand during last Sunday’s win over the Vikings and said that he’s not

The NFL suspended Steelers defensive tackle Daniel Ekuale for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy, the league announced Tuesday. Ekuale is suspended without pay for the next five games. He is on injured reserve after tearing his ACL in the Steelers’ game against the Packers on Oct. 26. Ekuale totaled

The Bengals re-signed quarterback Sean Clifford to the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. Cincinnati waived Clifford from the active roster on Monday, and he cleared waivers. The Bengals have Joe Burrow returning from injured reserve, and after his activation, the Bengals will have Burrow, Joe Flacco and Jake Browning

The Chiefs upgrade the participation levels for two wideouts on Tuesday’s injury report. Rashee Rice (hamstring) and Xavier Worthy (ankle) both went from being listed as limited on Monday to full participation. Head coach Andy Reid said earlier in the day that he thought both players were on track to

The Titans fell to 1-10 with Sunday’s 30-24 loss to the Seahawks, but there will be a major silver lining to their losing season if it ends with quarterback Cam Ward on an upward trajectory. Interim head coach Mike McCoy believes that Ward is heading in that direction. Ward threw

From the moment the NFL released the 2025 schedule, it became immediately clear that Thursday’s Chiefs-Cowboys game will be the most-watched regular-season game ever. The current record came three years ago, on Thanksgiving Day 2022. Then, 42.1 million watched the Cowboys beat the Giants, 28-20. The audience surpassed a Monday

Things got a little spicy and the end of a largely blah game, and it raises the prospect of discipline for those involved. After the clock ran out on the 49ers’ 20-9 win over the Panthers, San Francisco receiver Jauan Jennings went after Panthers safety Tre’Von Moehig, giving him an

Wide receiver Rashee Rice had a big role in the Chiefs’ comeback win over the Colts on Sunday and he landed on the team’s injury report on Monday. Rice was estimated to be a limited practice participant because of a hamstring injury. Rice had five catches for 132 yards in

Cowboys left tackle Tyler Guyton is likely to miss Thursday’s game against the Chiefs. According to multiple reports, Guyton suffered a high-ankle sprain during Sunday’s 24-21 victory over the Eagles. Guyton left the game in the second half and did not return. Guyton was replaced by Nate Thomas against the

Chip Kelly isn’t the only assistant coach fired by the Raiders. In addition to firing Kelly as offensive coordinator, head coach Pete Carroll has also fired senior offensive assistant Bob Bicknell, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Every time Kelly has coached in the NFL, he has brought Bicknell

In recent years, there’s been increasing talk that Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is getting close to retirement. Rams head coach Sean McVay doesn’t buy it. McVay said after Sunday night’s 34-7 win over the Buccaneers that he thinks Stafford is better than ever at age 37, and isn’t even close

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield did not play the second half of Sunday night’s loss to the Rams with a left shoulder injury. Head coach Todd Bowles had a minor update on Mayfield in his postgame press conference. “Right now he has a shoulder sprain,” Bowles said. “He’ll get an MRI

The Eagles had a chance to build on their 21-14 lead, but Jake Elliott’s 56-yard field goal try was wide right. That gave the Cowboys good field position. In only three plays, the Cowboys covered the 54 yards to the end zone. Dak Prescott completed a 43-yard pass to George

It was a low-scoring first half between two NFC North rivals, with Green Bay holding onto a 10-6 lead over Minnesota at halftime. While Will Reichard connected on a 52-yard field goal to cap Minnesota’s first drive, the club hasn’t gotten on the board since. Midway through the second quarter,

Wide receiver Xavier Worthy is expected to be part of the Chiefs’ effort to move back above .500 on Sunday. Worthy was listed as questionable on the team’s final injury report due to an ankle injury. Worthy steadily increased his practice work over the course of the week and Ian

After scoring a touchdown on a 52-yard catch and run against the Buccaneers on Sunday, Bills running back Ty Johnson initially grabbed his hamstring, pretending to be injured. He then fell to the ground and, well, did enough to get fined for an obscene gesture. It was basically “two pumps.”

Saturday’s game between USF and UAB was marred by a pre-game stabbing. The game proceeded as scheduled. Via the Associated Press, offensive lineman David Mincey was arrested for aggravated assault and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing two teammates on Saturday morning. Interim coach Alex Mortensen, the son of legendary NFL

Vikings center Ryan Kelly is back. The Vikings announced today that Kelly has been activated from injured reserve and he has no designation on the injury report. He’s good to go for Sunday against the Packers. Kelly was on injured reserve because of concussions in both Week Two and Week

Eagles center Cam Jurgens is good to go for Sunday against the Cowboys. Jurgens, who had been listed as questionable with a concussion, has now fully cleared the protocol. The Eagles announced today that Jurgens will play and has no injury designation. The Eagles also announced that DeVonta Smith will

Cowboys Executive V.P. Stephen Jones says wide receiver George Pickens’ benching on Monday in Las Vegas was for a separate issue than the team rule violation that got fellow starting wide receiver CeeDee Lamb benched. Jones said on 105.3 The Fan that head coach Brian Schottenheimer kept Pickens on the

It’s an Indianapolis staple. It’s also now a target of the lawsuit filed by the man Mark Sanchez allegedly assaulted last month. Via Fox59.com, Perry Tole has joined Huse Culinary Inc. to the civil action previously filed against Sanchez and Fox. Huse Culinary owns St. Elmo Steakhouse, the 1933 Lounge,

The 49ers probably wish receiver Brandon Aiyuk hadn’t changed his mind at the last minute about a possible trade to the Steelers. Since that moment, Aiyuk signed a four-year, $120 million extension that, with his fifth-year option, put him under contract through 2028. He played in seven games, catching 25

Rookie Jaxson Dart took the majority of first-team reps this week and appeared on track to return Sunday. Imagine Jameis Winston’s surprise to learn that he is starting a second consecutive game in place of Dart, who remains in concussion protocol. “I just found out,” Winston said Friday afternoon, via

The new Nissan Stadium, the future home of the Titans, is set to open in 2027. On Friday, the club held a ceremony to commemorate the stadium’s topping out, with commissioner Roger Goodell in attendance. Naturally, the question of new Nissan Stadium and Nashville potentially hosting a Super Bowl came

The Cowboys are likely to see a lot more of Jalen Carter in Week 12 than they did in their season-opening loss to the Eagles. Carter didn’t play a snap in that game because he was ejected for spitting on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott while the two engaged in some

The 2021 draft class has more than a few quarterbacks who busted. There’s one guy who, four years later, is finally breaking out. Davis Mills, the third pick in round three (taken one spot after the Vikings selected Kellen Mond), has won three games in a row, beating the Jaguars,

The Texans had a chance to stop the Bills on a fourth down. They couldn’t. They had a chance to stop them three plays later, and again they couldn’t. James Cook ran for a 45-yard touchdown on third-and-1 to give Buffalo an early lead. Matt Prater missed the extra point

The Giants had quarterback Jaxson Dart on the practice field again on Thursday. Dart was listed as a limited participant for the second straight day. Dart remains in the concussion protocol, but still has time to get cleared in order to make the start against the Lions this Sunday. The

Many NFL fans would prefer for their teams not to give up home games to play overseas, but all indications are that the NFL thinks playing in foreign countries is good for business. The latest indication is that NFL Network announced that this year’s slate of Sunday morning games in

The Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford are having a very big year. Stafford is having the finest season of his NFL career and is currently the betting favorite to win the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award. And the Rams are the betting favorites to win the Super Bowl. The Rams’

Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald surprised the football-following world by retiring after the 2023 season. It didn’t surprise him, at all. “I knew from when I first walked on the field for training camp that it would be my last year,” Donald told reporters on Wednesday, four days before the

Eagles center Cam Jurgens missed two games with a knee injury before returning Sunday against the Lions. He played 61 of 72 offensive plays before leaving with an undisclosed injury. Jurgens didn’t aggravate his knee injury. Instead, Wednesday’s practice report revealed Jurgens was diagnosed with a concussion. He did not

Raiders head coach Pete Carroll gave a vote of confidence to quarterback Geno Smith after Monday night’s loss to the Cowboys, but the team has added another option to the depth chart should they want to make a change. The Raiders announced on Wednesday that they have activated Aidan O’Connell

Earlier this year, the Vikings said farewell to Sam Darnold 1.0. Next year, they could be saying hello to Sam Darnold 2.0. There’s already chatter in some circles that, in the 2026 offseason, the Vikings will explore trading for 49ers quarterback Mac Jones. In 2024, after Darnold finished one season

There have been 58 games this season in which a receiver has been thrown at least 12 passes. Only once has that player caught fewer than three passes: Amon-Ra St. Brown on Sunday night in Philadelphia. St. Brown’s stat line of just two catches on 12 targets was ugly, but

All NFL players are now on clear notice. Spitting on an opponent will result in a one-game suspension. The punishment imposed Monday on Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase for spitting on Steelers safety Jalen Ramsey during Sunday’s game has been upheld. The league announced the decision on Tuesday night. Chase will

The Seahawks are signing wide receiver Brenden Rice, Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report reports. Rice presumably is signing with the team’s practice squad. He was among eight players who worked out for the Seahawks on Tuesday. Former Lions quarterback Hendon Hooker threw to Rice and wide receivers Montorie Foster,

Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid did not play in Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers and it looks like he’s on track to miss Thursday’s game against the Texans as well. Kincaid is dealing with a hamstring injury and he was listed as out of Monday’s walkthrough practice. In a Tuesday

The Chiefs fell to 5-5 with Sunday’s loss to the Broncos and all five of those losses have come by one score, which is a stark change from the 2024 season. Kansas City was 11-0 in one-score games in the regular season last year and that change explains why their