Category : Red Zone Rumors

The Jaguars officially have a new General Manager. Jacksonville has hired James Gladstone for the role, the team announced on Friday afternoon. “It’s my honor to introduce James Gladstone as the new General Manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars,” Jaguars owner Shad Khan said in a statement released by the team.

The Cowboys have not started contract talks with edge rusher Micah Parsons about an extension, Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reports. Parsons could follow CeeDee Lamb and not show up until signing an extension. The Cowboys didn’t get the Pro Bowl wide receiver’s contract extension completed until Aug.

The Broncos are hiring Marwan Maalouf as their assistant special teams coach, Mike Klis of 9News reports. He reunites with Darren Rizzi, who recently as named the team’s new special teams coach. Maalouf and Rizzi worked together in Miami from 2013-18. Phil Galiano had been Rizzi’s long-time assistant special teams

The Panthers and offensive lineman Austin Corbett gave themselves a bit more time to talk about a possible contract extension. Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer confirmed an Over the Cap report that Corbett and the team agreed to delay the void date on his contract to just before the

Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith is recovering from surgery after suffering a torn triceps during the Super Bowl. Smith suffered the injury during the game but kept playing, had surgery on Wednesday, and should be ready for the start of the 2025 season, according to NFL Network. It’s not clear at

The Seahawks have let go of two players on Friday. Seattle announced the team has waived cornerback Ryan Cooper and receiver Cornell Powell. Both players were on the club’s practice squad in 2024 and had signed futures deals. Neither Cooper nor Powell appeared in a game last season for Seattle.

The Cardinals went 2-5 down the stretch in 2024, which left them with an 8-9 record and out of the playoffs when the season came to an end. Late season fades have been a frequent occurrence during quarterback Kyler Murray’s time with the team and his eight interceptions in the

The Steelers have added a veteran offensive player. Pittsburgh announced on Friday that the club has signed tight end Donald Parham. Parham, 27, spent four seasons with the Chargers, catching 67 passes for 764 yards with 11 touchdowns in 47 games. He was on the Broncos’ practice squad in 2024

Soon-to-be-free-agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers has two factors regarding his next team. One is obvious. The other becomes a lot fuzzier, and it will limit his options. First, as Rodgers said, they have to want you. That’s true for any transaction. If the team doesn’t want the player, it’s hard for

Some NFL players choose to represent themselves. For many, they’re better off being handled by a good agent. Only two in the incoming class have a Hall of Fame father who is also an accomplished college football coach. In the list of new players and agents distributed by the NFL

The Bengals have secured the return of long snapper Cal Adomitis for another season. The team announced that they have re-signed Adomitis for the 2025 campaign. Adomitis was set to be a restricted free agent and getting the deal done now takes something off of the team’s to-do list ahead

The pivot to the streaming of NFL games includes ensuring that all NFL games will stream. As explained by Tyler Aquilina of Variety.com, via Sports Business Daily, no NFL game will be exclusively available on streaming in 2025. Which means all games will be available through streaming. And it means,

Brandon Staley is headed to the Big Easy. According to multiple reports, the Saints are hiring Staley to be the club’s defensive coordinator under head coach Kellen Moore. Staley, who spent three seasons as Chargers head coach, previously hired Moore to be Los Angeles’ offensive coordinator in 2023. But Staley

Cincinnati will be moving forward without one of its veteran defenders. The Bengals announced on Friday that defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins has been released. Rankins, 30, signed a two-year deal with Cincinnati last offseason. He started seven games in 2024, recording 18 total tackles with one sack. Rankins finished the

The Lions have lost a lot of assistant coaches, including offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, since their playoff loss to the Commanders and there’s been plenty of discussion about the impact that will have on the team in 2025. Count defensive end Aidan Hutchinson among those

When the Jaguars drafted Trevor Lawrence first overall in 2021, they thought they had the franchise quarterback who could lead them to a championship. When they signed him to a lucrative contract after his third year, the Jaguars were investing in a future with Lawrence. But the results through Year

The Ravens announced the hiring of four assistant coaches on Friday. As previously reported, former Ravens safety Anthony Levine will be returning to the club as their assistant special teams coach. The Ravens have also hired defensive backs coach Donald D’Alesio, assistant linebackers coach Matt Pees, and assistant strength and

The American sports betting industry earned revenues of $13.7 billion in 2024. And that’s without legalized wagering in the two most populated states in the nation — California and Texas. Texas, which has more than 30 million residents, is making another run at it. Pat Evans of LegalSportsReport.com has taken

Former Panthers quarterback Cam Newton created a stir by saying he entered a “locker room full of losers” when he arrived as the franchise’s No. 1 overall pick in 2011. That was also Ron Rivera’s first year as Carolina’s head coach, with the club coming off a 2-14 season in

Thursday’s #PFTPM had a through line that won’t make it any easier for the various teams to get through the opening to the vault that contains the public money. The salary cap is up significantly, again. Which means revenues are up, again. And franchise values have increased to the point

Tight ends coach Lunda Wells is a holdover from the Cowboys’ 2024 coaching staff, but the team is trying to chart a new course offensively in 2025 and Wells sounds like he’s on board with it. Offensive coordinator Klayton Adams said recently that he wants the unit to “create violence”

We know that Aaron Rodgers will not be quarterbacking the Jets in 2025, but we don’t know anything else about his football future. Rodgers has been informed that he will be released at the start of the new league year and there’s been a lot of speculation about what teams

Shilo Sanders’ father Deion is a Hall of Famer and coached Shilo at Colorado. And Shilo’s brother Shedeur is expected to be a top pick in this year’s draft. But Shilo himself, who played cornerback at Colorado, is not viewed as an elite prospect and was not invited to the

Ken Dorsey has served as an offensive coordinator in his last two stops, but he’ll have a different role with the Cowboys this year. Dorsey has been hired as a pass game specialist on head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s first staff in Dallas. While speaking to reporters this week, Dorsey said

Jacksonville has continued its second round of G.M. interviews with a member of the NFC North on Thursday. The Jaguars announced Jon-Eric Sullivan has completed his in-person interview for the role. Sullivan has spent his NFL career with the Packers, beginning his tenure with the franchise as an intern way

The Eagles’ decision to sign running back Saquon Barkley last year has been hailed as one of the best free agent signings of all time, but it wasn’t the only signing that paid major dividends for the team. Linebacker Zack Baun started 14 games on defense in four seasons with

The Panthers have announced their full coaching staff for the 2025 season. Head coach Dave Canales added four assistants to the stable and three returning coaches have new titles. The latter group includes senior coaching advisor Jim Caldwell and assistant quarterbacks coach/pass game specialist Mike Bercovici. Bercovici joined by newly

As an expanded playoff adds full-speed games to the college football season, multiple major programs are moving away from the traditional offseason scrimmage that caps spring practice. Via Sports Business Journal, both USC and Texas have ditched their spring games for 2025. Other Big Ten teams have canceled spring games,

The Chargers signed defensive back Elijah Modlen to a contract extension Thursday, the team announced. Molden’s three-year extension is worth $18.25 million, with $13.5 million guaranteed, per multiple reports. The Chargers acquired him in a trade with the Titans in August, and he totaled a career-high 72 tackles, three interceptions,

The Scouting Combine has been an Indianapolis institution for decades. And for good reason. Indy is the perfect host for the event. But it’s not the most profitable. And some within the league’s power structure continue to agitate to take the Combine on the road. The talk has lingered for

As explained during Thursday’s #PFTPM, more than a few teams are currently angling for a new stadium. The Ravens, who still play in the building that lured them from Cleveland 27 years ago, are in the process of finalizing renovations at M&T Bank Stadium. According to The Baltimore Banner, via

A Jets player was one of two people robbed at gunpoint last weekend in Morris County, New Jersey, a witness told NBC 4 New York. Authorities are searching for three males who they believe targeted, stalked and followed the victims for more than 30 miles from Manhattan to their home

The Panthers have lost an assistant coach to the Jaguars. Carolina assistant offensive line coach Keli’i Kekuewa no longer is listed on the team’s website. He is expected to join the Jaguars’ coaching staff in an unspecified role, Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer reports. Kekuewa joined the Panthers a

Receiver A.J. Brown said the Eagles can’t rest on their Lombardi Trophy from the 2024 season. The team has changed offensive coordinators, with Kevin Patullo replacing Kellen Moore. But that can’t be all that changes, Brown said. “For our fans, they need to understand everything has to change,” Brown told

Cowboys guard Zack Martin has decided to call it a career. The 34-year-old Martin told the Cowboys he plans to retire, according to NFL Network. Martin was poised to become a free agent next month and could have tried to get one more payday, but he’s coming off a season-ending

One of Cleveland’s offensive linemen has had an offseason procedure. Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, offensive tackle Dawand Jones recently underwent arthroscopic knee surgery that addressed a lingering issue he played through during 2024. Jones, 23, moved to left tackle during the season but suffered a fractured fibula in November

The NFL announced Wednesday that the Chargers will host the league’s second regular-season game in Brazil. Per ESPN, the NFL is working with stadium officials to ensure the field is in better condition for 2025 than it was in 2024. On the Friday night of opening weekend last season, the

The Chargers are promoting Dylan Roney to be their new edge coach, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports. Roney, 29, worked with the edge rushers last season as a defensive assistant. The Chargers ranked sixth in sacks in 2024. Roney spent three seasons with Jim Harbaugh at the University of

Earlier this month, another lawsuit from a former employee was filed against the Cardinals and owner Michael Bidwill. Beyond issuing a perfunctory statement acknowledging the case and strongly denying its allegations, the Cardinals have said nothing. Bidwill, however, added some more quotes in a recent interview with Greg Moore of

New Bears head coach Ben Johnson has assembled his full staff for the 2025 season. The Bears today released the full list of 29 coaches on their staff for the upcoming season. “We are excited to add high-quality, hard-working coaches to our staff,” Johnson said, via the Bears’ website. “Along

The annual two-week franchise-tag window opened two days ago. To no surprise, no tags have been issued yet. And, in many respects, there’s no sense having a two-week tag period in a deadline-driven league. The opening of the window doesn’t matter; the closing of it does. But there’s one exception.

Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson was the betting favorite to win the NFL’s defensive player of the year award before his 2024 season was cut short by a leg injury. And now Hutchinson is the favorite to win that award and another in 2025. Hutchinson is currently the betting favorite

After word emerged that the Jets will be parting ways with quarterback Aaron Rodgers and folks started connecting dots between Rodgers and Pittsburgh, Steelers defensive back DeShon Elliott had an observation to share. “Leave his ass at the retirement home,” Elliott said on social media. What a difference a week

The Saints have made an expected hire for one of new head coach Kellen Moore’s top assistants. Per Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football, the club is in Doug Nussmeier to be its offensive coordinator. Nussmeier, 54, has been the top candidate for the role after working alongside Moore with the Cowboys,

The Patriots are holding onto a pair of exclusive rights free agents. Mark Daniels of MassLive.com reports that the team has re-signed tackle Demontrey Jacobs and center Ben Brown. Jacobs’s deal is worth $960,000 while Brown is set to make $1.3 million. The Patriots claimed Jacobs off of waivers from

Eagles center Cam Jurgens was able to play in the Super Bowl despite dealing with a back injury. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Jurgens underwent a procedure on Tuesday in Los Angeles to alleviate nerve pain. Jurgens, 25, is expected to make a full recovery in time for training camp

Eagles cornerback Darius Slay knows that he’s close to the end of the line as a player, but the 12-year veteran isn’t sure where he’ll finish out his career. Slay was a guest on the St. Brown Podcast and said that he’s sure he wants to play “one more year”

Quarterback Carson Beck reportedly got a $4 million NIL deal to transfer to the University of Miami. Living in South Florida, however, came with an unexpected tax. Via Andy Slater of Fox Sports 640, Beck’s Mercedes and Lamborghini were stolen overnight. It’s just the latest example of high-profile athletes getting

Guard Jon Feliciano did not play at all for the 49ers in 2024 after having knee surgery in the summer and he’s not planning to play in the future either. Feliciano wrote on social media Thursday that he still has the desire to play football, but “realized I had to

You know you’re getting old when the teams that replaced franchises that relocated to another city due to a stadium dispute want new stadiums. The Texans have explored the possibility of a new stadium to replace the place the franchise has called home since it joined the NFL in 2002,