Category : Red Zone Rumors

The volatility that prompted DraftKings to stop the betting has ended. Wagers are once again being taken for the next coach of the Dallas Cowboys. The current favorite, at -150, is Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore. He interviewed virtually for the position on Friday. Next on the list is Colorado

College football continues to experience the chaos it deserves. Thanks to decades of blatant antitrust violations that limited players to an education that didn’t begin to match the value they brought to their school, the model has collapsed in recent years — thanks to a stream of slam-dunk lawsuits attacking

The Titans made it official, announcing Mike Borgonzi as their new General Manager. He replaces Ran Carthon, who was fired Jan. 7. Borgonzi arrives in Tennessee after 16 seasons with the Chiefs, most recently as the team’s assistant General Manager. The hire comes after a search that included interviews with

Patriots executive vice president of football business Robyn Glaser plans to resign after 18 seasons, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. Glaser is one of the team’s highest-ranking executives. She will continue in her post until mid-February as the franchise transitions from Jerod Mayo to Mike Vrabel. Glaser initially joined the

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Jeremiah Smith’s 2024 campaign isn’t over just yet, but the freshman wideout is still a strong candidate to be featured on the cover of the upcoming video game. In his first year with Ohio State, Smith has already established himself as the most productive receiver on a

Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers has not practiced this week, putting his availability in doubt for Sunday’s divisional round game against the Bills. Officially, he is doubtful to play with the Ravens holding out hope, no matter how slim. “I think he’ll have a chance,” coach John Harbaugh said Friday,

Most #longreads contain plenty of fluff that simply add to the word count and require a magnifying glass to ferret out the scarce tidbits of actual news. A new one from Kalyn Kahler of ESPN.com on the influence of agents on coach and G.M. hires has very little fat in

The Bills only have one player with an injury designation for Sunday’s divisional round clash with the Ravens. Running back Ray Davis is listed as questionable to play. Davis suffered a concussion in last weekend’s win over the Broncos and he was limited in practice all week. The questionable listing

When the Texans and Chiefs squared off in Week 16, the game was closer than the 27-19 score suggests. The Texans were in it, into the second half. They could have won it. The problem for the Texans (and pretty much everyone else who has played the Chiefs this year)

The Chiefs are going to ride the proverbial hot hand at left tackle. Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Kansas City will start Joe Thuney at the position over D.J. Humphries. Thuney took over as starting left tackle in Week 15 after Humphries suffered a hamstring injury the week before. An

Atlanta is speaking with another candidate for its defensive coordinator vacancy. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, the Falcons are interviewing Steelers secondary coach Grady Brown for the position. Brown just completed his fourth season with Pittsburgh, having joined the club in February 2021. He previously had spent his coaching

The Jets have cast a wide net in their search for a new head coach, but one of their intended candidates for the job was not interested in the opportunity to speak to them. Brian Costello of the New York Post reports that 49ers quarterbacks coach Brian Griese has declined

The Seahawks have reached the next stage of their search for a new offensive coordinator. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team is bringing Vikings assistant offensive coordinator/assistant quarterbacks coach Grant Udinski in for a second interview. Udinski had a remote interview with the team earlier this week

The Chiefs’ left tackle position has been in flux throughout 2024, though things did get settled late in the season with Joe Thuney shifting one place over from left guard. Veteran D.J. Humphries was signed to handle the role but suffered a hamstring injury during the Week 14 win over

Way back in September, Ravens running back Derrick Henry rushed for a season-high 199 yards and totaled 209 yards from scrimmage in a 35-10 home victory over the Bills. With so much time between the two games, Henry said this week that the matchup in Week 4 will have no

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is continuing to push for extending the regular season to 18 games. Goodell said the league is pleased with the results after changing from 16 regular-season games and four preseason games to 17 regular-season games and three preseason games. So up next would be 18 regular-season

Lions coach Dan Campbell says his defense is going to benefit from home-field advantage against the Commanders on Saturday. “You can be in loud environments — ours will be the loudest they’ve been in all year,” Campbell said. “How does it affect them? It only takes one for it to

The Broncos have made a change to head coach Sean Payton’s staff. NFL Media reports that they have fired special teams coach Ben Kotwica days after their season ended with a loss to the Bills. Kotwica spent the last two seasons with the Broncos. Marvin Mims was voted a first-team

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Todd Monken is the Ravens’ offensive coordinator, preparing to face the Bills in the divisional playoffs on Sunday. He’s also a head-coaching candidate, interviewing with multiple teams this week. He acknowledges that’s not ideal. Monken told reporters he wishes there were some different setup for the timing of coaching interviews

The Eagles practiced without tight end Dallas Goedert on Thursday. Goedert was out with an illness. He made four catches for 47 yards and a touchdown in the wild card win over the Packers. In 14 regular-season games, Goedert caught 59 passes for 592 yards and three touchdowns. Wide receiver

Rams linebacker Jared Verse isn’t afraid to incur the wrath of Eagles fans ahead of Sunday’s game in Philadelphia. Verse, who grew up in Pennsylvania, told the Los Angeles Times that he has always despised fans of the Eagles. “I hate Eagles fans,” Verse said. “They’re so annoying. I hate

It was fitting that the NFL dropped the “Super” from “Wild Card Weekend.” The final audience numbers were less than super. Via the Associated Press, the six games played from Saturday to Monday night averaged 28.3 million per game. That’s a 9.3-percent drop from last year’s 31.2 million average. It

On Sunday, we explained that Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury might wait on conducting one or more head-coaching interviews. He has decided to wait on all of them. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Kingsbury has decided to wait until the Commanders’ season ends to interview with any

The Rams added defensive end Larrell Murchison (foot) and inside linebacker Troy Reeder (hamstring) to the injury report Thursday. Both were full participants. Left tackle Alaric Jackson (chest) returned to full participation after being estimated as a non-participant Wednesday. Rams tight end Tyler Higbee remained a limited practice as he

The Jaguars completed a virtual interview with Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken on Thursday night, the team announced. Monken will meet with the Bears on Friday. He was the seventh interview of the search, with the Jaguars previously talking to Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen, former Jets head coach Robert

The largest insurer in California has scrapped its plan to air a commercial during the largest TV broadcast of the year. Via Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter, State Farm has cancelled its Super Bowl spot. The company cited the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “State Farm, its agents, and

As Fox analyst Tom Brady takes a bigger and bigger role with the Raiders, he won’t be taking a different role with Fox. His agent, Don Yee, tells Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal that Brady intends to fully perform his 10-year contract as a broadcaster. “Tom has had a

The Packers have fired defensive line coach Jason Rebrovich, Rob Demovsky of ESPN reports. Rebrovich coached outside linebackers (2022) and was the pass rush specialist (2023) under previous coordinator Joe Barry and moved to the defensive line this past season under new coordinator Jeff Hafley. Rebrovich has 23 years of

The Packers fired defensive line coach Jason Rebrovich this week. They soon will begin interviewing for his replacement. They have scheduled an interview with former Jets defensive line Aaron Whitecotton, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Whitecotton spent four seasons with the Jets after Robert Saleh hired him. He has

Lamar Jackson doesn’t like the cold, but he doesn’t fear the cold. The Ravens quarterback, who grew up in South Florida, said he will not wear gloves Sunday despite playing the coldest game of his career. “No. I tried that in practice, [and] I was horrible,” Jackson said, via Ryan

The NFL Players Association is looking to shrink its workforce. Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal reports that the union has offered buyouts to roughly half of its 150 employees. The package reportedly includes one year of severance pay, with more for employees with more than 30 years of experience.

The Falcons completed an interview with Packers defensive passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley for their open defensive coordinator position, the organization announced Thursday. Ansley is the fourth completed interview by the Falcons since their search for the next defensive coordinator began earlier this week. Atlanta previously interviewed Don “Wink” Martindale,

If the Texans are going to take out the Chiefs, they need running back Joe Mixon to take it up a notch. That might be a challenge. He’s questionable for Saturday’s game with an ankle injury. The injury apparently happened at practice on Wednesday, since he wasn’t on Tuesday’s report.

The Jets are looking for a new G.M. and head coach. They might eventually be looking for a new quarterback. The answer to that question hinges on the first one. And their current quarterback knows it. Appearing on Pat McAfee’s show, Aaron Rodgers explained (via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com) that

The NFL’s top two MVP candidates will meet on Sunday when Lamar Jackson leads the Ravens against Josh Allen and the Bills. And Jackson badly wants to win. Asked if he and Allen ever get together in the offseason, Jackson said he spends his offseasons trying to get better than

The Jets have announced the completion of another head coaching interview. Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is the latest candidate to wrap up a remote interview with the team. Smith is the 11th candidate to interview with the team and Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik is set to interview with

In 2023, Colorado coach Deion Sanders slammed the door on coaching in the NFL, saying “I would never do that.” More recently, he said he’d only do the thing he said he’d never do if he’s coaching his sons. Now, there’s a chance he’ll be coaching in the NFL, without

The playoffs require a higher level of performance. We didn’t provide it. Last week, Simms and I went 3-3 each in the straight-up picks. He had a 3-3 record against the spread; I was 2-4. I still hold a one-game straight up lead. I’m 192-86. He’s 191-87. Against the spread,

The Commanders had a significant part of their defense back on the practice field on Thursday. Reporters at the open portion of practice shared video of linebacker Bobby Wagner warming up with the rest of the team. Wagner was listed as a non-participant in practice the last two days because

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams revealed a couple of things during an appearance on the St. Brown Podcast this week. Williams told Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and his brother Equanimeous that he recently fell for a prank text from a group of teenagers who were posing as Lions offensive

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes already has a resume that puts him among the best playoff quarterbacks in NFL history. Now he’ll try to build on that resume on Saturday against the Texans. Here’s where Mahomes stands in some of the NFL’s most important playoff quarterback categories: Wins by a starting

Back on Saturday in Week 16, the Chiefs defeated the Texans 27-19 to move to 14-1 and put the club one step closer to securing the No. 1 seed. Houston fell to 9-6 that day, also losing Tank Dell to a serious leg injury on 30-yard touchdown pass in the

Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken will be doing double duty the next couple of days. Monken will be preparing his unit for their trip to Buffalo for Sunday’s divisional round playoff game against the Bills while also getting into the mix for a couple of head coaching vacancies. Adam Schefter

The Ravens’ preparation for Sunday’s road game against the Bills includes more than prepping for what they’ll see the Bills try to do on the field over the course of the game. They are also preparing for frigid conditions in Buffalo. Current forecasts are for temperatures well below freezing for

Last week, Ravens running back Derrick Henry moved into the Top 10 players in NFL history in postseason rushing yards. This week, he can accomplish another significant career achievement. Henry’s 186-yard game against the Steelers gave him 918 rushing yards in the playoffs in his career, moving him ahead of

The Cowboys have requested an interview with Seahawks assistant head coach Leslie Frazier, Todd Archer of ESPN reports. They have an interview scheduled with former Jets head coach Robert Saleh for later this week, per Archer. If both interviews are in person, that would satisfy the Rooney Rule and allow

The Titans completed an in-person interview with Bears assistant G.M. Ian Cunningham for the team’s General Manager position, the team announced Wednesday night. The Titans conducted a virtual interview with Cunningham over the weekend. Cunningham is in his third season as assistant G.M. with the Bears, serving as the top

The Bears completed an interview with Mike McCarthy on Wednesday, the team announced. McCarthy had to wait until his exclusive negotiating window with the Cowboys expired at midnight Tuesday before he was free to talk to other teams. He also is expected to talk to the Saints. McCarthy was 49-35

The Cowboys have their first two interviews scheduled for their head coaching opening. Former Jets coach Robert Saleh will talk to the Cowboys on Saturday with Seahawks assistant head coach Leslie Frazier following on Monday, Clarence Hill of the All City DLLS reports. Both coaches are minorities, so the Cowboys’