Category : Red Zone Rumors

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said early this week that he expected running back Justice Hill back from a concussion for their Week 18 game against the Browns, but Hill won’t be in the lineup. The concussion is no longer the issue keeping Hill out, however. Hill missed practice all

When playing the Lions, the message for any defense is to expect the unexpected. Whether it’s a repeat of a trick play the team has used in the past or another new wrinkle, they’ll do something aimed at fooling defenders into thinking the offense will be doing the opposite of

It is growing increasingly likely that running back Alvin Kamara (groin) and quarterback Derek Carr (left hand) have played their last game for the Saints this season. Both players remained out of practice Thursday. Carr has missed the past three games with a broken left hand, and Kamara sat out

The Cowboys added defensive end Micah Parsons to the practice report Thursday. He was limited with a wrist injury. Parsons needs half a sack to continue his streak of double-digit sack seasons. He has 50 sacks in his four-year career. The Cowboys also added defensive tackle Mazi Smith (pelvis) to

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains on the practice report with his ankle injury. He had another limited practice Thursday. Mahomes won’t play this week as the Chiefs already have clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and they have a bye next week. So, he will have more than

The Jets announced they have completed an interview with Louis Riddick for the team’s General Manager position. Riddick, 55, currently is an NFL and college football analyst for ESPN and ABC. Before joining ESPN in 2013, Riddick worked in the front office of the Commanders and Eagles. Riddick, who interviewed

From time to time in the NFL playoffs, teams that earn a bye week have a hard time firing up the engines against a team that played and won in the wild-card round. In the first year of the 12-team college football playoffs, a bye turned out to be ticket

Coach Mike McCarthy isn’t ready to discuss his future, but he is willing to acknowledge the obvious. Sunday could be his final game with the Cowboys. “I’ll be honest with you: I go to the stadium much earlier this time in my career than I used to,” McCarthy said Thursday,

I hate New Year’s resolutions. We already have enough shit to feel bad about. Why should we be obligated to impose on ourselves unwanted standards that we’re destined to fail to meet? I’ve made one New Year’s resolution in the last 21 years. January 1, 2004. I decided that, if

The Jets announced they have completed an interview with Ron Rivera for the vacant head coaching position. Rivera was most recently the head coach of the Commanders from 2020-23 where he had a 26-40-1 record and made the playoffs his first season with the team. Before that, Rivera served as

The pivot to streaming has happened. In the third year of exclusive streaming (but for the local markets in each game) on Prime Video, Thursday Night Football averaged 14.23 million viewers per game. The biggest audience happened on December 5, when 18.48 million tuned in for Packers-Lions. The low point

The UFL returns in late March, for a second season. When it does, Friday night games on Fox will be a weekly staple. The schedule, released on Thursday by the UFL, has a game on Fox every Friday night of every week of the regular season. All 43 games (40

The Chargers got wide receiver Ladd McConkey back on the practice field Thursday. McConkey was out of practice on Wednesday due to a toe injury, but the rookie was able to return for a limited session. The rookie has 77 catches for 1,054 yards and seven touchdowns this season. Running

The Eagles don’t need quarterbacks Jalen Hurts or Kenny Pickett for Sunday’s game against the Giants, but getting them back on the practice field would be a positive development for next week’s playoff opener. They’ll have to wait a little bit longer for that to happen, however. Hurts and Pickett

The Browns will not have their top cornerback when they play the Ravens on Saturday to end their 2024 season. Denzel Ward (shoulder) has been ruled out for Week 18 after he did not practice all week. Ward, 27, has had a strong season, leading the league with 19 passes

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn has said that the team is going to fight to keep the NFC’s No. 6 seed by winning Sunday’s game over the Cowboys. It looks like receiver Terry McLaurin will be able to help them do it. McLaurin (ankle) was a full participant in practice

The Saints are mourning the loss of a Caesars Superdome employee who was one of 14 people killed in the New Year’s terrorist attack in the city. Matthew Tenedorio worked as an audiovisual technician. His family created a GoFundMe page for his burial costs. They wrote, “On Jan. 1, 2025,

The Bengals signed running back Kendall Milton from the the practice squad to the active roster, the team announced Thursday. Milton, a rookie out of the University of Georgia, has played in one game and has spent 13 games on Cincinnati’s practice squad. He played five offensive snaps against the

The Steelers are set to have Joey Porter Jr. back in the lineup on Saturday, but another cornerback could miss their game against the Bengals. Porter missed Week 17 with a knee injury, but he practiced all of this week and has no injury designation for Saturday night. Donte Jackson

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley won’t be in the lineup against his former team on Sunday, but he remained on the Giants’ minds as they move toward the end of the season. It has been easy to see how Barkley’s on-field production has been lacking from the Giants offense this

While Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovialoa has been able to get on the practice field, at this point Miami is still preparing for Tyler Huntley to start Sunday’s season finale against the Jets. Tagovailoa’s hip injury sidelined him for the Week 17 win over the Browns and kept him limited during

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s terrorist attack in New Orleans, state, federal, and local officials will be taking a closer look at the security plan for Super Bowl LIX. As explained by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency. This allows Landry to

From 2019-2022, Kliff Kingsbury served as head coach of the Cardinals, amassing a 28-37-`1 record. Arizona made it to the postseason once in 2021, but that team lost four of its last five games before falling to the division-rival Rams in the wild card round. Now the Commanders offensive coordinator,

It’s time to finish strong. Last week, I went 14-2 straight up — but only 8-8 against the spread. Simms was 13-3 and 10-6, respectively. I’ve got a three-game straight-up lead, at 178-78-0. Simms is 175-81-0. Against the spread, I’m now 143-108-5 and he’s 129-122-5. In Week 18, we disagree

The Bills have clinched the No. 2 seed in the AFC, but quarterback Josh Allen will start Sunday’s regular-season finale even while some other playoff-bound quarterbacks will sit out. Allen says it matters to him that he shows up to work every day. Allen has started 114 straight regular season

One of the questions to be answered after Week 18 is if it will be Brian Daboll’s final game as the Giants’ head coach. Daboll took the Giants to the playoffs and won a game in his first season, but they slumped to 6-11 last year and are 3-13 this

After clinching the NFC West through the strength of victory tiebreaker last Sunday night, the Rams will do what they’ve traditionally done under head coach Sean McVay and rest starters in the final week of the season. That means Jimmy Garoppolo will start at quarterback for Los Angeles when the

The numbers justify the omission. The name makes it stunning. For the first time since becoming the starting quarterback of the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes has missed the Pro Bowl roster. The stats, or lack thereof, warrant it. Yes, Mahomes is second in the AFC in completions and third in yards.

Quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Ravens have their sights set on bigger prizes this season, but they can celebrate being the team with the most players selected for the Pro Bowl for the time being. Nine Ravens players have been selected to take part in the Pro Bowl Games in

AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The Lions will capture the No. 1 seed in the NFCIn Week 7, Detroit notched a 31-29 road victory over Minnesota. This time, the Lions will be in front of their home fans, and they’ll again emerge victorious. It should be another close game on Sunday

Running back Ezekiel Elliott is a former Cowboy after asking for and receiving his release earlier this week. Elliott returned to the Cowboys in 2024, but he did not return to a leading role in the backfield. The team went into the season planning a committee approach to the run

Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images 3. Los Angeles Rams (10-6) The NFC North title race will come down to the final game of the NFL regular season. The Detroit-Minnesota winner earns the divisional crown and home-field advantage throughout the NFC postseason. The loser of Sunday night’s matchup will be the

Over the weekend, NFL Media posted a report suggesting that the Jets and receiver Garrett Wilson might be headed for a split, if quarterback Aaron Rodgers returns for a third season. On Wednesday, Wilson pushed back on the idea that he and Rodgers are at odds. “Yeah, I’ve seen some

It’s hard to envision 30 minutes going much worse for an undefeated, top-ranked team in the College Football Playoff. I mean, that was a butt-kicking from the opening whistle. Ohio State needed just three snaps to score a touchdown, then Oregon went three-and-out. After the teams traded punts, Ohio State

The Buccaneers have been playing without safety Antoine Winfield Jr. for a while and they may be down another member of the secondary for Sunday’s game against the Saints. Cornerback Jamel Dean was out of practice on Wednesday because of a knee injury. Dean left last Sunday’s win over the

Every year for more than half a century, the Steelers have awarded a team MVP, voted upon by all the players on the team. And no player in franchise history has received that award as many times as T.J. Watt. Watt has been announced as the 2024 winner of the

Coach Steve Steichen said Wednesday the Colts are hopeful Anthony Richardson can return this week. Richardson, though, remains out of practice. Richardson has not practiced since Dec. 20. He no longer has a foot injury, but Richardson’s back continues to be an issue. Richardson revealed Wednesday that he has a

The Lions got a significant defensive piece back at practice on Wednesday. Linebacker Alex Anzalone was listed as a limited participant. It was just a walkthrough, but any practice participation for Anzalone is notable given that he’s been out since mid-November with a forearm injury. Head coach Dan Campbell said

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley will end the 2024 season with 2,005 rushing yards and he said on Wednesday that he’s comfortable with the decision that head coach Nick Sirianni made to keep him out of Week 18’s game against the Giants. Barkley said that he spoke to Sirianni and

The Ravens got a few players back on the practice field Wednesday. Defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike and left tackle Ronnie Stanley were both limited participants in practice after missing Tuesday’s session due to illness. That bodes well for their chances of being available for the Ravens as they try to

By way of upside, the stakes on Sunday night between the Vikings and Lions are as high as they can be in a regular-season game. By way of downside, it’s not as if the loser will be done. Lions coach Dan Campbell knows it. “I mean, this is exciting, but

After each Thursday night game of the year, Amazon usually sends out an email with the audience numbers. After the final Thursday night game of the year — a 6-3 stinker between the Seahawks and Bears — no press release was sent. That created the impression the numbers reflected the

The terror attack in New Orleans has claimed 15 lives. It could have been much worse. Via Gabbriella Killet of the New Orleans Times Picayune, two bombs were found by police in the aftermath of the driving of a truck through a crowd celebrating the New Year early Wednesday. Dozens

The Lions are in desperate need of warm bodies on defense right now, but veteran safety Jamal Adams couldn’t stick in Detroit. Adams was released from the Lions’ practice squad today. Adams is only 29 years old and a former first-team All-Pro, but this could represent the end of the

The Dolphins signed offensive tackle Braeden Daniels to the active roster from the Cowboys’ practice squad, the team announced Wednesday. They placed Kendall Lamm on injured reserve in a corresponding move. Daniels signed with the Cowboys’ practice squad on Dec. 12. He also has spent time on the practice squad

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Running back Aaron Jones was not a full participant in Vikings practice Wednesday, but he’s not concerned about his availability for Sunday night’s showdown with the Lions. Jones injured his quad in last Sunday’s win over the Packers and he was listed as a limited participant on the team’s first

The Eagles held a walk-through Wednesday, but quarterback Jalen Hurts did not participate. The estimated report lists him as out with a concussion and a left finger injury. It’s an indication he remains in concussion protocol. The Eagles also list backup quarterback Kenny Pickett as out of practice with the

Chargers safety Elijah Molden said after Saturday’s win over the Patriots that he suffered a season-ending fibula injury and the Chargers confirmed it on Wednesday. Molden has been placed on injured reserve, which means the earliest he would be eligible to return is the Super Bowl and there’s been no

The Chargers are opening the 21-day practice window for safety Alohi Gilman on Wednesday, coach Jim Harbaugh announced. “He’s communicated that he’s ready to roll,” Harbaugh said, via Daniel Popper of TheAthletic.com. Gilman went on injured reserve after injuring his hamstring in a Week 12 loss to the Ravens. With