Category : Red Zone Rumors

The Lions are parting ways with veteran linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Lions plan to release Reeves-Maybin heading into the new league year. The move will clear nearly $1.9 million in cap space for the 2025 season. Reeves-Maybin was a Pro Bowl and second-team

Tom Brady’s meeting with Matthew Stafford was apparently productive. The Raiders and Stafford’s camp have found common ground on what a new contract could look like, the Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting. Although “common ground” is not the same thing as actually agreeing to the terms of a contract, the

Kyler Murray is entering his seventh season still looking for his first playoff win. He has no bigger believer in his ability to lead the Cardinals to their first playoff win since 2015 than Jonathan Gannon. Gannon consistently has sung his quarterback’s praises since he became the head coach in

Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter will not need surgery. Carter’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told Adam Schefter of ESPN that further scans of Carter’s right foot showed surgery is not advisable. Carter was not going to work out at the Scouting Combine even before the stress reaction in his foot

The NFL is indeed looking into the Wednesday afternoon brouhaha in an Indianapolis Starbucks. A league spokesperson said that security personnel are looking into the verbal altercation between Jordan Schultz of Fox and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. As explained last night, Schultz accosted Rapoport. Accusations were made. Security was

The Chargers have had conversations with the agent for Rashawn Slater in an attempt to extend the left tackle’s contract. Slater is entering the final year of his rookie contract, set to make $19.040 million on the fifth-year option. “We’ve had conversations. I love Rashawn,” General Manager Joe Hortiz said,

Tight end Colston Loveland is thought to have a good chance of being a first-round pick in April and the Michigan star’s right shoulder injury doesn’t look like it will get in the way of that. Loveland had surgery at the end of January after playing through the injury during

Greg Austin is returning to Philadelphia for his second stint on the Eagles’ coaching staff. Austin will join the staff of head coach Nick Sirianni, according to Eliot Shorr-Parks of 94 WIP. This will be Austin’s second stint on the Eagles’ staff. He was previously assistant offensive line coach in

Embedded in the question of whether Raiders minority owner Tom Brady hosted Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is the more important question of whether the permission that the Rams gave to Stafford’s agent to speak with other teams included blanket permission for Stafford to meet with other teams. The NFL says

Travis Hunter’s ability to impact games in multiple ways while at Colorado helped him win the Heisman and has him set to be one of the first players taken in this year’s draft, but another one of this year’s prospects thinks he has Hunter beat in one area. Will Johnson

Despite some chatter about retirement, tight end Travis Kelce will be returning to the Chiefs in 2025. Pat McAfee said on the Thursday episode of his show that he reached out to Kelce, who said, “I’m coming back, for sure.” “I’m going to try to get to the best shape

The Chiefs are not going to let one of their best players hit the open market next month. Kansas City has informed guard Trey Smith that he will be franchised tagged, according to several Thursday afternoon reports. Smith, 25, was a sixth-round pick in 2021 and has quickly become one

Tennessee edge rusher James Pearce Jr. headed into the NFL Scouting Combine as a first-round prospect, and he made a big statement during on-field workouts. Pearce ran a 4.47-second 40-yard dash, making him the fastest defensive lineman at this year’s Combine. Pearce had 19.5 sacks and 29.5 tackles for loss

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has won everywhere he’s been, but there’s one thing about him that players wish they could change: How he uses their time. Harbaugh loves regaling his players with his idea of colorful lectures, and some players are tuning him out. The NFL Players Association’s survey

Since hiring Brian Schottenheiemer as their head coach, he and the Cowboys’ brain trust have mentioned the team’s desire to run the ball. Executive vice president Stephen Jones mentioned the desire “to marry” the run game to the pass game. Schottenheimer has spent 14 years as an offensive coordinator, though

The Titans are looking at all their options with the No. 1 overall pick, and that includes potentially drafting University of Miami’s Cam Ward or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders. The team currently has only Will Levis under contract at the position for next season. Mason Rudolph, who started five games for

Penn National has been the RC Cola of the sports betting world. No matter what it does, it can’t take market share away from the Coke and Pepsi a/k/a DraftKings and FanDuel of the industry. The massive 10-year, $2 billion deal with ESPN to create ESPN Bet was supposed to

49ers kicker Jake Moody got off to a good start in 2024, but missed time with an ankle injury and was far less effective once he returned to action. Moody missed one field goal and made all his extra point tries in the first five weeks of the season, but

Jon Gruden will be among those in Tampa Bay’s Ring of Honor once again. After he was removed in 2021, Gruden will now be reinstated, the Buccaneers announced on Thursday. “Jon Gruden was initially inducted into the Buccaneers Ring of Honor based on his many accomplishments during his seven seasons

Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence missed most of last season with a Lisfranc injury, but he has no doubts about his plans for the 2025 season. Lawrence’s agent David Canter said on 105.3 The Fan on Thursday that Lawrence is definitely planning to return for a 12th season in the

Marshall edge rusher Mike Green will not work out at the Scouting Combine. Dane Brugler of TheAthletic.com reports that Green experienced tightness in his hamstring Wednesday, and thus Green will wait until his Pro Day to do positional drills and run. Green, who led the nation with 17 sacks last

Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett has made his wishes known: He wants a trade out of Cleveland. It is not an attempt to get more money out of the team. Mary Kay Cabot said Garrett is “not open” to a contract extension from the Browns. The Scouting Combine is where

The day after the Thrilla in Vanilla (Latte), NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport has addressed the incident that happened between him and Jordan Schultz of Fox at an Indianapolis Starbucks. Appearing with Pat McAfee, Rapoport was asked about the situation. “So, last night when it all broke, everyone in the world

The salary cap for the 2025 NFL season is set. The NFL announced on Wednesday that the cap will be $279.2 million. The news comes a week after the league sent teams a memo saying the final number would be somewhere between $277.5-281.5 million. It’s the highest salary cap in

The UFL is experiencing growing pains. In the form of labor pains. Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal reports that the spring league’s 24 quarterbacks skipped a recent camp in advance of the launch of training camp on Monday, March 3. As two sides negotiate, the players’ union contends the

Former Penn State tight end Tyler Warren was one of the most dominant forces in college football in 2024, winning the John Mackey Award as the nation’s best at his position. Warren will now enter the 2025 NFL Draft with a chance to be one of the top players off

Some teams see Travis Hunter as a cornerback. Others see him as a wide receiver. Hunter sees himself as both. “They say nobody has ever done it, for real, the way I do it, but I tell them I’m just different. I’m a different person,” Hunter said Thursday from the

Mason Graham won’t be the only Michigan defensive lineman passing on doing on-field drills during the Scouting Combine this week. NFL Media reports that Kenneth Grant will also be holding off until Michigan’s pro day. Grant was diagnosed with a hamstring strain during his medical check in Indianapolis and pushed

The Browns have the second overall pick in the draft and a need for a quarterback, so there’s been plenty of discussion about whether they will take Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders early in the first round. On Wednesday, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said that the team has met

Defensive lineman Mason Graham will be skipping most drills at the Scouting Combine this week. Graham’s agent Ryan Matha told Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that his client will only do the bench press while in Indianapolis. Graham will do the rest of his drills at Michigan’s pro day workout.

Just after the end of the season, 49ers General Manager John Lynch told reporters that he thought left tackle Trent Williams still had a lot left in the tank. That has not changed in late February, as Lynch said on Wednesday that Williams is playing in 2025 “and he’s ready.”

A year ago at the scouting combine, the Patriots got a chance to see Drake Maye up close and in person. Now they have a quarterback to build around, with Maye displaying plenty of flashes during his rookie season. Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf said on

The Saints are adding another coach from the college ranks to new head coach Kellen Moore’s first staff. Luke Johnson of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that they are going to hire Bo Davis as their defensive line coach. Davis had the same post at LSU during the 2024 season.

A year ago, the Bengals were widely expected to cut running back Joe Mixon before the Texans traded a seventh-round draft pick for him. At the time, some wondered why the Texans would trade anything at all for a player who was about to be available without having to give

One of the reasons why Mike Vrabel is the head coach of the Patriots in 2025 is because the team’s 2024 offseason failed to turn up enough productive players and Vrabel signaled his desire to move things the other way earlier this week. Vrabel said that he expects the Patriots

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has issued another statement concerning the allegations that he engaged in inappropriate behavior with massage therapists. A total of 16 women have accused Tucker of misconduct over the course of his career and the NFL has started an investigation into those claims. They have interviewed some

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni called talk of banning the tush push play that his team has made a staple of their offense “unfair” earlier this week and took particular aim at arguments that the play was unsafe. Sirianni said that he didn’t think that the data would back up

49ers tight end George Kittle hasn’t been the center of attention during the early part of the team’s offseason, but he’s expected to take on a more central role as time moves on. Kittle is moving into the final year of his current contract and he said during Super Bowl

Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter, one of the best players in the 2025 NFL draft, might need foot surgery. Carter’s agent told multiple reporters that Carter has a stress reaction in his foot, has been consulting with doctors, and might get surgery to insert a screw in his foot

Super Bowl LIX was not a good night for the Chiefs offensive line and the prospect of improving their protection would look a lot dimmer if right guard Trey Smith is in a different uniform come September. That’s a real possibility as Smith is set to become a free agent

Panthers coach Dave Canales took a risk when he benched Bryce Young early last season, because a young quarterback can lose confidence from a benching. But that’s not what happened with Young. Canales said on PFT Live that Young did all the right things while Andy Dalton started last season,

Edge rusher Mykel Williams is on the list of the top draft prospects who won’t be working out during this week’s Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Williams was a guest on PFT Live on Wednesday morning and he said that he will hold off on on-field work until Georgia’s pro day.

Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst didn’t commit to cornerback Jaire Alexander remaining with the team when he spoke to reporters at a Tuesday press conference from the Scouting Combine and Wednesday brought another sign that Alexander might be moving on this offseason. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the

The Lions probably won’t add a star pass rusher to the roster this offseason, General Manager Brad Holmes said Tuesday. They already have one. Aidan Hutchinson is the betting favorite to win comeback player of the year and defensive player of the year in 2025. New Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin

The biggest story, so far, of the Scouting Combine has a straight-line connection to the competing reports regarding whether and to what extent the Raiders’ interest in Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford resulted in Stafford visiting Raiders minority owner Tom Brady at his Montana home. After Jordan Schultz of Fox, who

After Browns General Manager Andrew Berry said on Tuesday that the team’s stance on Myles Garrett’s trade request hasn’t changed, Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski made similar comments during his Wednesday press conference. Speaking at this year’s scouting combine, Stefanski said he’s going to keep his conversations with Garrett in-house.

The Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push ahead of the 2025 season has led to many NFL coaches and General Managers sharing their thoughts about the play while making the media rounds at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Texans G.M. Nick Caserio joined that group on Wednesday. Caserio is

The Scouting Combine brings the entire NFL community together. For better, and for worse. Per multiple sources who witnessed the interaction, Jordan Schultz of Fox and Ian Rapport of NFL Media engaged in a verbal altercation on Wednesday afternoon at the Starbucks at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis. Schultz, we’re

The Commanders were the lowest-ranked team in the NFLPA’s team report cards for the 2023 season. That prompted owner Josh Harris to proclaim, “I’m not an F-minus guy.” Harris’ changes to the organization before the start of his second season, including the hiring of head coach Dan Quinn, saw the

The NFL Players Association’s survey found that the Cardinals are the worst team in the league to play for. The team says it’s trying to change that. The NFLPA report card ranked teams in 11 different categories, and the Cardinals were in the bottom half of the league in 10