Category : Red Zone Rumors

The Titans held 10 interviews with candidates for their General Manager job and they are now whittling that list down as they move into a second round of conversations. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they want to have second meetings with Chiefs assistant G.M. Mike Borgonzi, Buccaneers assistant

Broncos quarterback Bo Nix popped up on the injury report with a back issue in Week 13 before the Broncos played the Browns on Dec. 2. He played all 66 snaps in the 41-32 win and never appeared on the report again with the injury. It turns out Nix had

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar has made a decision about his future. Dane Brugler of TheAthletic.com reports that Allar is returning to Penn State for his senior season. Allar previously announced his intention to return, but he also said he was keeping his options open based on NFL feedback. Allar,

The Ravens beat the Steelers in the Wild Card round without the help of wide receiver Zay Flowers, but getting him back for Sunday afternoon’s game against the Bills would improve their chances of continuing on the path toward the Super Bowl. Head coach John Harbaugh didn’t have much of

Lions head coach Dan Campbell said last week that he expects to have running back David Montgomery back in the lineup for the team’s first playoff game and nothing changed on that front over the weekend. Montgomery missed the final three games of the season with a knee injury that

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye showed flashes of his talent during his rookie season, but he’ll need to continue that development in the coming years to make New England a consistent contender. With rumors circulating that Josh McDaniels could be coming back to again be the Patriots’ offensive coordinator, new head

The Titans fired General Manager Ran Carthon last week after just two seasons with the club. Tennessee went 9-25 in Carthon’s two years with two different head coaches — Mike Vrabel and Brian Callahan. Carthon was interviewed on 104.5 The Zone on Monday morning and noted that while he never

The Colts have started the process of finding their next defensive coordinator and former Saints head coach Dennis Allen could be in the mix. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Colts plan to interview Allen for the position this week. The Colts fired Gus Bradley after the end of

If the Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl, it appears they’re going to have to do it without linebacker Nakobe Dean. The Eagles fear Dean’s knee injury is going to keep him out for the rest of the playoffs, according to NFL Network. Dean is set for an

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Eagles running back Saquon Barkley ran for 119 yards in Sunday’s win over the Packers, but he could have run for 59 more and chose not to on his final carry of the game. After he gained the game-clinching first down, Barkley went down at the Eagles’ 41-yard line, even

The Buccaneers have their first lead since kicking a field goal on their first drive following the opening kickoff. Bucky Irving caught a 4-yard pass from Baker Mayfield to give Tampa Bay a 17-13 lead with 4:31 remaining in the third quarter. The Commanders opened the second half with a

Jayden Daniels did it again, and this time he did it on the biggest stage he’s been on so far. The rookie quarterback led the Commanders on a 10-play, 51-yard drive, allowing Zane Gonzalez to kick the 37-yard field goal off the right upright and through the goal posts on

The report came quickly, a day after the Steelers’ season ended with another one-and-done postseason performance. They’re “not planning” to make a coaching change. It’s an interesting choice of words. Plans can change. Sometimes, they do. So what would change their plans as to the future of Mike Tomlin? One

With 1:09 to play on Sunday and the Eagles holding a 22-10 lead, running back Saquon Barkley broke free for what would have been a 76-yard touchdown run. Barkley opted to slide at the Philly 41. With one more snap, the game was over. If he’d scored, the Eagles would

Georgia LB Jalon WalkerCFP/Getty Images The Buccaneers landed a few important contributors in the 2024 draft, including starting center Graham Barton, running back Bucky Irving and wide receiver Jalen McMillan, who has come on late in the season. Licht largely drafted for need last April, and we can expect a

By Monday night, we’ll know the NFL’s final eight. We already know when the next four games will be played. The divisional round begins on Saturday, with Texan at the Chiefs at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN and ABC, and Commanders at the Lions will play at 8:00 p.m. ET on

The Buccaneers held the Commanders out of the end zone once. Baker Mayfield asked them to do it twice, and they came up one play short. Jayden Daniels 5-yard touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin on fourth-and-goal has given the Commanders a 20-17 lead with 9:46 remaining. Less than five minutes

The Bucs and Commanders might be playing the best wild-card game of the weekend thus far. The teams headed into the locker room tied 10-10 at halftime. Tampa Bay trailed 10-3 when Baker Mayfield let Mike Evans take over in the final two minutes. Evans, playing his nemesis Marshon Lattimore,

The 49ers completed an interview with Jett Modkins for their vacant special teams position, the team announced Sunday night. Modkins is the current assistant special teams coach for the Lions. The interview was virtual. The 49ers parted ways with special teams coordinator Brian Schneider after three seasons. Modkins joined the

Notre Dame CB Benjamin MorrisonJames Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Packers are likely to take a best-player-available approach early in the draft. Logically, though, they’ll target defense in the opening round. Green Bay just used a first-round pick on a tackle, and the 2025 draft class isn’t particularly impressive

The Bears reached into their past for their latest head coaching interview. The team announced that they have completed an interview with Ron Rivera on Sunday. He is the eighth candidate to meet with the Bears, although Mike Vrabel is now out of the running because he’s accepted an offer

The Packers have gotten on the board, but they lost one of their wide receivers on the way to their first points of the game. Romeo Doubs slammed the back of his head into the turf while trying to make a catch in the end zone and he remained down

When the Buccaneers are clicking, they can play with — and potentially beat — anyone. For quarterback Baker Mayfield, he knows whether it will be clicking before the game even starts. After his five-touchdown day two weeks ago against the Panthers, I asked Mayfield when he knows everything is going

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels continues an incredibly impressive rookie season tonight, as he tries to lead the team to its first playoff win since Daniels was five years old. That victory happened in January 2006, in the same stadium where he’ll play tonight. And in the same stadium where he

The Bills are still alive, and next weekend the Ravens will be coming to Buffalo. Today’s AFC wild card matchup was a mismatch, as the Bills beat the Broncos 31-7 and moved on to the divisional round. As he has all season, Josh Allen made big plays with his arm

The AFC’s third wild card game is going the same way as the first two: A blowout win for the home team. Josh Allen hit Curtis Samuel for a 55-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to give the Bills a 28-7 lead over the Broncos, and the rout is

Bills running back Ray Davis has gone to the locker room with an apparent concussion after an ugly hit in the third quarter today. When Josh Allen floated a pass to Davis, Broncos defensive back Brandon Jones pursued and put a nasty helmet-to-helmet hit on Davis. Davis immediately went to

Deion Sanders may have interest in the Raiders’ head coaching job, but the Raiders have “zero interest” in the Colorado head coach. That’s the word from TheAthletic.com, with Vic Tafur and Tashan Reed speculating that Sanders is merely using the Raiders for leverage. Sanders reportedly has “very strong interest” in

During the latter months of the regular season, Jon Gruden’s name was emerging as a potential candidate for a 2025 head-coaching job. A full week into the coaching carousel, however, his name has not been mentioned in any report linking any team to any candidate. Because he’s not currently employed

It didn’t take the underdog Broncos long to make a statement against the Bills that they’ve come to play. The Broncos got the opening kickoff and promptly marched down the field 70 yards on five plays, with the last play a 43-yard touchdown pass from Bo Nix to Troy Franklin.

It’s official. As we all expected. Mike Vrabel is the new head coach of the Patriots. The team has announced the move, along with the announcement of a press conference on Monday at 1:00 p.m. ET. For now, the statement from the team posted on the team’s website says only

Broncos rookie running back Audric Estime came on strong late in the season, but he’ll start the postseason out of uniform. Estime, a fifth-round pick who had 76 carries for 310 yards during the regular season, is inactive today against the Bills. The Broncos’ other inactives are third quarterback Zach

Bo Nix believed that playing 61 college football games would give him an edge at the next level. It did. Nix now prepares to play his first career postseason game, after adding 17 regular-season NFL games to his experience at the college and pro level. By the time rookies get

Now that D.C. has control of the RFK Stadium campus for the next 99 years, it’s time to tear down the building that has been there for the last 64. Via WJLA.com, demolition of the venue will commence later this month. Few tears of sadness will be shed by Commanders

The Titans continued a busy weekend of General Manager interviews on Sunday morning. The team announced that they have completed an interview with Bears assistant G.M. Ian Cunningham. The Titans fired Ran Carthon last week after two years on the job. Cunningham has been with the Bears since 2022 and

The first five Texans possessions of Saturday’s game against the Chargers ended with two turnovers and three punts, but the team remained in the game thanks to the work of their defense. After field goals on their first two possessions, the Chargers failed to sustain any drives for the rest

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert made the wrong kind of history on Saturday. Herbert threw three interceptions during the regular season, but his four interceptions were a major reason for the Chargers’ 32-12 loss to the Texans. Herbert is the first quarterback with at least 200 attempts in a season to

David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Might it be Primetime in Las Vegas? Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Colorado football coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders “has his eyes on the Raiders’ coaching job, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.”

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh says he deserves the blame for not having his team ready to play in their 32-12 loss to the Texans on Saturday. “They were the better team today. All respect to them. Not being the better team today, I’m accountable for that, so that’s on me,

The Baltimore Ravens’ Derrick Henry runs for a touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Derrick Henry Provides Baltimore Ravens With Closer for Long Playoff Run The narrative of Lamar Jackson not delivering in the postseason will disappear now that Derrick Henry is in the same backfield. The Ravens

The Ravens ran had an even 300 rushing yards on Saturday against the Steelers until Lamar Jackson kneeled down on the final play of the game, leaving them at 299. That’s the most a team has had in an NFL playoff game in 12 years. The last time a team

Just when it looked all but over for the Chargers, they got a little life. But then a key special teams play, gave the Texans momentum right back. Quarterback Justin Herbert connected with Ladd McConkey over the middle on third-and-26 for an 86-yard, catch-and-run touchdown. But Cameron Dicker’s extra point

The Texans started slowly on Saturday afternoon, but used a strong performance in the second half to beat the Chargers 32-12 and advance to the divisional round. Houston was down 6-0 late in the second quarter, but a broken play got the team’s offense going and shifted the energy in

The awards are out. Ten in all. Here’s a list of them along with links to the corresponding stories, which also give credit to the others who were in contention for each one. Offensive rookie of the year: Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels. Defensive rookie of the year: Rams linebacker Jared

Quarterback Russell Wilson has said he wants to return to the Steelers in 2025. Receiver George Pickens might feel differently about himself. He was asked during his post-game press conference whether he’s seen signs of growth in the Pittsburgh offense. “Yeah, I’ve seen signs of growth, for sure,” Pickens told

Vikings QB Sam DarnoldBrace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images If the Steelers want to make a splash in the offseason, targeting Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold in free agency could be the way to do it. Darnold played splendidly while propelling Minnesota to Super Bowl contention. However, the Vikings only signed him to

Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson started his first season as a starter with the Steelers at 6-1. He finished at 6-6, capped by the team’s latest playoff loss in a string that dates back to 2016. He’ll be a free agent in March. Does he want to return to Pittsburgh for

The Ravens blew out the Steelers at home in Week 16 and they picked up where they left off on Saturday night. After forcing a Steelers punt to open the game, the Ravens drove 95 yards in 13 plays to pick up the first points of the contest. Quarterback Lamar

The Rams have made the move to Arizona, in advance of Monday night’s playoff game against the Vikings. After a Saturday practice, running back Kyren Williams embraced the break from a difficult week for thousands in Los Angeles. “I felt like I was at peace,” Williams said, via the Associated