Category : Red Zone Rumors

NFL teams always insist that they would never tank to get a better draft pick. But teams with a high draft pick on the line can and do choose to give plenty of playing time to inexperienced backups, and that’s exactly what the Raiders will do on Sunday, with the

The Saints will eventually play a regular-season home game in Paris. It may not be happening in 2026. Via Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times Picayune, ongoing negotiations may not be concluded in time to allow a game to happen during the next regular season. “There is no agreement

Geno Smith’s season is over. The Raiders ruled Smith out for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs because of an ankle injury. Kenny Pickett started in place of Smith when he missed time earlier in the season, but head coach Pete Carroll did not reveal whether Pickett or Aidan O’Connell will

The Panthers won’t be getting guard Robert Hunt back for Saturday’s game against the Buccaneers. Hunt has been out since Week 2 with a biceps injury, but he has been practicing with the team for the last couple of weeks. He was listed as questionable on their final injury report

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy returned to full practice participation on Thursday, which suggests he’ll be back in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Packers. That will provide McCarthy with one more chance to make an impression at the end of his uneven first season as the starter in Minnesota.

The 13-3 Seahawks are one win away from earning the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Still, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak sees one factor as the team’s potential Achilles heel. Turnovers. The Seahawks have 28 overall, in 16 games. Quarterback Sam Darnold, with 14 interceptions (third most in the league)

On Saturday night in Green Bay, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson wore a cheese grater. On Thursday, the two-time NFL MVP tried to shred a narrative that emerged last week in the Baltimore Sun. In a column that ultimately suggested the Ravens should consider trading Jackson, Mike Preston of the Sun

The Seahawks did not have wide receiver Rashid Shaheed when they lost to the 49ers in Week 1, but they are set to have him for Saturday night’s rematch. Shaheed was a full participant in practice the last two days and has no injury designation for this weekend’s clash for

Attention, Bengals: This is how you do it. The Buffalo Bills have issued a call for snow shovelers in advance of Sunday’s finale against the Jets. It’ll be the last regular-season game played at the team’s long-time home, and likely the last game ever played there. Buffalo has a very

NFL teams are punting less than ever before. With one week remaining in the 2025 season, NFL teams are averaging 3.5 punts per game. As noted by the Associated Press, that’s the lowest average in NFL history. There are a couple big reasons for that. One is that NFL coaches

The Lions have collapsed from 15-2 in 2024 to 8-8 in 2025. They have one game left. It’s technically meaningless. Quarterback Jared Goff still sees relevance in the Week 18 game at Chicago. “It’s about respect,” Goff said Wednesday. “Not only respect for yourself, within your own team but respect

Nielsen’s new mechanism for measuring out-of-home viewing has helped the NFL, considerably. All numbers are up in 2025. Including the Christmas games. Via NFL Media, the Lions-Vikings game set a streaming record, with an average audience of 27.5 million. The early game between the Cowboys and Commanders averaged 19.9 million,

The Packers have not officially announced the addition of cornerback Trevon Diggs as a waiver claim, but they did announce several other roster moves on Wednesday afternoon. Cornerback Nate Hobbs and safety Zayne Anderson have both been placed on injured reserve. Quarterback Clayton Tune and safety Johnathan Baldwin were signed

Desmond Ridder could close out the regular season in a Packers uniform. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Packers are signing Ridder to their practice squad on Wednesday. Ridder joins the team as they head into a Week 18 game against the Vikings that will have no bearing

The 2025 NFL season will come to an end on Sunday night with the Ravens at the Steelers, with the AFC North on the line between two head coaches who will be facing each other for the 40th time. Ravens coach John Harbaugh and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin have faced

Cowboys owner/G.M. Jerry Jones is ready to risk creating issues with another key player, all in the name of getting a better deal. Appearing Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Jones made it clear that he’ll be talking directly to receiver George Pickens, who is headed for free agency

The status of Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby has been a hot topic since he was told he’d be shut down for the final two games of the season and didn’t react well. On Monday night, he spoke for himself on SiriusXM’s Let’s Go! podcast. Crosby’s desire to keep playing,

With a division title on the line this weekend, the Panthers did not have one of their key offensive players on the field on Tuesday. But the club is still planning on having him against the Buccaneers on Saturday. Running back Rico Dowdle (toe) was listed as a non-participant on

For most of this season, the Buccaneers have taken the same approach as most teams on kickoffs: Kick the ball into the landing zone and try to tackle the returner before he reaches the 35-yard line. But for the last three games, the Buccaneers have changed their strategy. Over the

Rams coach Sean McVay said after Monday night’s loss to the Falcons that all his starters will play in the Week 18 regular-season finale against the Cardinals. “We’re playing,” McVay said. “Yeah, they’re playing.” The Rams will be a wild card team, and the only thing that can change in

There’s a new MVP favorite in town. And his name is Drake Maye. Monday night’s rough showing from prior favorite Matthew Stafford has flipped the two-man race. Maye, as of this posting, has odds of -400. Stafford stands at +300. Stafford had three interceptions in Monday night’s 27-24 loss to

The Packers are reuniting with defensive lineman Jonathan Ford, whom the team claimed off waivers from the Bears on Monday. Green Bay made Ford a seventh-round pick in 2022. He was with the Packers in 2022 and 2023 and part of 2024 but did not appear in a regular-season game.

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said on Monday afternoon that the team will need to see how quarterback Lamar Jackson looks at practice before knowing whether he’ll be healthy enough to play on Sunday night against the Steelers. “It’s to be determined,” Harbaugh said. “He’s coming off a very serious

The Panthers and the Buccaneers were playing at the same time on Sunday and the Panthers made the decision not to show Tampa’s score at Bank of America Stadium in order to keep players focused on the task at hand. When the game was over, Panthers players learned that the

The Steelers had the AFC North in their grasp. And they blew their chance, losing to the previously 3-12 Browns. It’s not the first time the Steelers have fallen flat in recent years against a bad team. Via Doug Clawson of CBS Sports, the Steelers are winless in their last

There’s been a little history made on Sunday night. D’Andre Swift scored on a 22-yard run to open the fourth quarter, tying the score at 35-35 with 14:54 left in regulation. As noted by the NBC broadcast, it’s the first time in the regular season a game has been tied

Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Sunday he still has not decided on whether the starters will play in the meaningless regular-season finale. So, it’s possible Malik Willis could start for a second consecutive week. Despite how well Willis played on Saturday against the Ravens, LaFleur made clear that the Packers

The Jets don’t seem interested in mounting much resistance to the Patriots on Sunday afternoon. Quarterback Drake Maye connected with running back Rhamondre Stevenson for a 22-yard touchdown on the first play of the second quarter and New England now leads 21-0 at MetLife Stadium. Maye is 9-of-9 for 135

There will be no bigger Browns fans in the country on Sunday than the team that came into existence by leaving Cleveland without a football team for a few years in the 1990s. The Ravens’ win over the Packers on Saturday night kept their playoff hopes alive, but they will

Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores has an expiring contract. The Vikings are trying to extend it. Even if they do, Flores can interview for head-coaching jobs and, if offered one, take it. A survey of various high-level executives throughout the league has pointed to one obvious conclusion: He’ll most likely

The Ravens answered again after the Packers got within one score. Baltimore drove 85 yards in 12 plays and used 6:52 off the clock with Zay Flowers catching a 10-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Huntley. With 10:10 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Ravens lead 34-24. The Ravens have 63

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The Browns may turn to Bailey Zappe to back up quarterback Shedeur Sanders on Sunday against the Steelers. Zappe was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster for today’s game, putting him in line to be the No. 2 quarterback on Sunday. Dillon Gabriel, who would ordinarily be

When Dolphins defensive end Bradley Chubb agreed to cut his pay in March, the new deal included an incentive package based on playing time and sacks. But, as explained by Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald, there’s an important catch. Kelly explains that, in order to get any of the

Browns defensive end Myles Garrett sits one sack away from the single-season record. He’d like to get there by taking down Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. “[Rodgers is] legendary himself, and it’s a legendary record I’m here chasing,” Garrett said Friday, via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.com. “That’d be a great one

Michigan has its new man. Via ESPN.com, the Wolverines have agreed to a five-year contract with Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. The two were linked recently, with only approval from the powers-that-be holding the pursestrings needed to make it happen. It did. Wittingham will make, on average, $8.2 million per year,

The Eagles are set to get defensive tackle Jalen Carter back in the lineup against the Bills on Sunday. Carter has missed the last three games with injuries to his shoulders, but he has no injury designation for this weekend’s game. He was listed as a full participant in practice

The NFL Players Association announced on Friday that Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons has been named their Community MVP for Week 17. Simmons held a series of recent events for young people around the Nashville area. Simmons worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee to provide four high

Lions head coach Dan Campbell said he’ll be looking at everything in the organization as he evaluates what went wrong this season and how to turn things around in 2026. Campbell said after the Lions were eliminated from playoff contention in Minnesota that he’s not happy with where things are

When the Chiefs tied the game on Harrison Butker’s 47-yard field goal with 8:03 remaining, the Broncos had the Chiefs right where they wanted them. Denver improved its record in one-score games to 11-2 this season as Bo Nix engineered his seventh game-winning drive in the fourth quarter. The Broncos

The Packers have clinched a playoff berth and the Lions are eliminated after losing to the Vikings on Christmas. That means 11 teams have punched their playoff tickets, and three spots remain. Here’s how the NFL playoff picture looks after the Lions were eliminated in Week 17: AFC Playoff Picture

The Steelers gave cornerback Tre Flowers a roster spot for Christmas. The team announced Flowers’ signing on Thursday. They had an open spot on the 53-man roster thanks to wide receiver DK Metcalf’s two-game suspension for last Sunday’s physical interaction with a fan in Detroit. As coincidence would have it,

The story of the week (Steelers receiver DK Metcalf initiating contact with a fan and getting suspended for two games) continues to generate reactions and opinions. A man who has become well known for some of his opinions chimed in on Wednesday, with an opinion or two of his own.

Over the weekend, 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk made waves by posting a video shot while driving his car at a high rate of speed in a 40 mph zone near Levi’s Stadium. On Wednesday, Aiyuk apologized. “Sorry yall, my car content won’t come with speeding anymore!” Aiyuk said, via Alex

Cardinals edge rusher Josh Sweat was the only NFC player with double-digit sacks not to get a Pro Bowl invite. That did not sit well with the eight-year veteran. “I’m upset because there’s only two individual things that you can get, and it’s Pro Bowl and All-Pro,” Sweat said Wednesday,

The current AFC defensive player of the week was back at practice for the Texans on Wednesday. Cornerback Derek Stingley sat out on Tuesday because of an oblique injury, but the team’s injury report shows that he was back to work in a limited capacity. Stingley has not missed any

The Cowboys will not have left tackle Tyler Guyton in the lineup for the final two games of the regular season. Guyton was placed on injured reserve Wednesday due to the ankle injury that has kept him out of their last four games. Tyler Smith is expected to play left

In what may be a first, the NFL disputes a report from the media outlet owned and operated by the NFL. On Tuesday night, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reported that “the NFL and the Lions will not take action against the fan involved in the altercation with Steelers WR

Last year, the Chargers lost to the Texans in the wild-card round of the playoffs, 32-12. The two teams meet again on Saturday. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert keenly recalls his subpar showing in Houston. “It was one of those things that you continue to think about,” Herbert said Tuesday, via

Receiver DK Metcalf’s two-game suspension supplies the Steelers with an important contractual hammer. They reportedly won’t be swinging it. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Steelers “have already reaffirmed their commitment to Metcalf for 2026 and beyond.” The report does not address whether the Steelers will be seeking