Category : Red Zone Rumors

The Giants won’t have defensive end Azeez Ojulari in the lineup for a while. Ojulari injured his toe in last Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team put him on injured reserve Tuesday. Ojulari will have to miss the next four games

Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Tershawn Wharton’s most important play on Sunday came as he was walking off the field. After the Chiefs’ 30-27 victory over… This content was brought to you by: Bleacher Report – Front Page

The Falcons did some self-scouting during their Week 12 bye and they found something they’d like to change about their offense in the final six games of the season. No team has used play action less than the Falcons to this point of the year and they are the only

Veteran edge rusher Shaq Barrett wants to come out of retirement. Barrett’s agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey said that their client has requested reinstatement from the reserve/retired list. Barrett was a member of the Dolphins when he announced his retirement in July, so Miami retains his contractual rights. That

Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles were reeling from the sting of their 2023 collapse when they lured Saquon Barkley away from the New York Giants. The running back has proved to be the piece this offense was missing last year and could eventually be the catalyst

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh’s team lost on Monday night to the Ravens, but he said after the game that he’s confident his team will show what it’s made of over the remainder of the season. “We’ll regroup. They played better football than we did tonight, but more importantly, we

Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 2. Philadelphia Eagles (9-2) 3. Seattle Seahawks (6-5) 5. Minnesota Vikings (9-2) 6. Green Bay Packers (8-3) 7. Washington Commanders (7-5) 8. Arizona Cardinals (6-5) 9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-6) 10 Los Angeles Rams (5-6) 11. San Francisco 49ers (5-6) 12. New Orleans Saints

As the Bears keep trying to finagle a new stadium in Chicago, one of their suburban options has gotten a long-awaited boost. Via Mitchell Armentrout of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears have reached a tentative deal with Arlington Heights and local school district leaders over the tax bill for the

Rams receiver Demarcus Robinson was arrested for DUI after Sunday night’s loss to the Eagles. According to TMZ.com, the arrest happened early Monday. The incident occurred after Robinson was pulled over for allegedly driving his car at a speed in excess of 100 miles per hour. He allegedly refused a

Lamar Jackson’s second touchdown pass of the night has the Ravens with a 23-16 lead in the fourth quarter. The Ravens quarterback threw a 6-yard dart to tight end Mark Andrews with 12:32 remaining. Officials originally called it incomplete, but Andrews clearly caught it with both feet in bounds, and

With the advantage in the women’s WarGames match on the line and fueled by revenge following a backstage assault that left her partner out of action, women’s tag team champion Bianca Belair squared off with WWE women’s champion Nia Jax in a high-stakes showdown Monday night on WWE Raw. Who

Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito took some big hits during Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers and left the game for one play, but head coach Brian Daboll said at his Monday press conference that he expects DeVito to start against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. The team’s first injury report of the

The Jets have the ball rolling on their search for a new head coach and General Manager. The team officially announced that they have retained the services of The 33rd Team to support owner Woody Johnson as he runs both searches. The 33rd Team was founded by former Jets G.M.

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels got off to a hot start this season, quickly became the betting favorite to win the NFL’s offensive rookie of the year award, and has held onto the favorite status since. But a new candidate is gaining on Daniels. Broncos quarterback Bo Nix is number two

Eagles RB Saquon BarkleyRonald Martinez/Getty Images There weren’t many negatives to be found in Philly’s Week 12 win over the Rams, aside from Darius Slay’s departure with a concussion and Brandon Graham’s announcement that he’s done for the year with a torn triceps. Saquon Barkley topped 300 scrimmage yards, the

Rams coach Sean McVay said after Sunday night’s 37-20 loss to the Eagles that all his team can do is bounce back. “There’s humbling nights like this in football,” Mcvay said. “It’s all about how you respond. I do know that this team has the capability to be able to

Brandon Graham was putting together a solid 2024 at age 36, but it has now come to an end. In the locker room after Sunday’s 37-20 win over the Rams, Graham said he was out for the season after suffering a torn triceps. Graham suffered the injury in the second

Saquon Barkley put together his best game of what’s already been a career season on Sunday night against the Rams, accounting for 302 yards from scrimmage in the 37-20 victory. Barkley rushed for a career-high 255 yards on 26 carries, scoring touchdowns on runs of 70 and 72 yards in

Last month, Giants co-owner John Mara said he doesn’t anticipate making any major changes during or after the 2024 season. Sunday’s outcome will test his resolve. For multiple reasons. Beyond the embarrassing 30-7 home loss to the Buccaneers, multiple players called the team “soft” and questioned the effort of the

Because Brandon Allen is who he is — the backup quarterback — no one noticed he had a broken finger on his non-throwing hand until he started Sunday’s game against the Packers. The 49ers quarterback had a brace on the middle finger of his left hand when he took the

The 49ers twice threatened to make it a one-score game in Green Bay. They turned it over on downs after reaching the Green Bay 39, and then, after reaching the Green Bay 45 on the next drive, Brandon Allen threw a pick. The pass caroomed off receiver Deebo Samuel and

Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield gave the team an injury scare during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s rout of the Giants. Mayfield tried to recover a fumble after a botched handoff and his head hit Buccaneers right tackle Luke Goedeke’s leg. Mayfield went to be checked out in the sideline medical

We recently made the case for the Steelers to ditch their longstanding, nonsensical policy of not doing contracts with players once the regular season starts. The Steelers won’t have to deviate from their policy, even if they were tempted to do so. An extension as a practical matter can’t happen.

The Bears listed a couple of key offensive players as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Vikings and word is positive about both of them on Sunday morning. According to multiple reports, wide receiver Keenan Allen and running back D’Andre Swift are both expected to play in the divisional clash.

It’s been a fascinating year for this rebuilt conference, and it looks like it will go out with a bang. Alabama, which never got going against Oklahoma, saw its playoff chances suffer a cataphoric blow when the Crimson Tide laid an egg. Texas A&M, which has been largely excellent under

Those of us in the news business are only as good as our sources. And every source can, if the source wants, build up trust over a period of time and then turn it on its head. Former Titans coach Mike Mularkey did just that, nearly six years ago. He

The Vikings are moving on from another 2022 draft pick. Per NFL Media, Minnesota will be waiving cornerback Akayleb Evans. A fourth-round pick (118th overall) in G.M. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s first year on the job, Evans started 15 games in 2023. This year, he has seven appearances but zero starts. He

The Giants benched quarterback Daniel Jones for business reasons, not for football reasons. And the Giants allowed personal feelings to interfere with what would have been the best business decision — prevent him from going elsewhere and proving the Giants wrong, Saquon-style. But they’re going to waive him. Even though

It could be the next shot in the cold war turned hot between the Jets and quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Days after reports emerged that Jets owner Woody Johnson suggested benching Rodgers after a Week 4 loss to the Broncos, Dianna Russini of TheAthletic.com reports that Rodgers, who said 10 days

The NFL adopted a flex option for Thursday Night Football in 2023. On Friday, the league activated the break-glass option for the first time ever, bumping Browns-Bengals out for Broncos-Chargers. While there’s no blanket ability for teams that get a Thursday shoulder tap to say no, the Broncos could have.

Former NFL defensive back Scott Turner will be part of the incoming administration. Turner, a seventh-round pick of Washington in 1995, has been nominated by president-elect Donald Trump to become the secretary of the department of housing and urban development Turner, who played for Washington, the Chargers, and the Broncos

James Gilbert/Getty Images On a day when there was so much college football chaos, Ole Miss choking on the road in The Swamp stood out. Lane Kiffin’s rebuilt Rebels out-flexed Georgia a couple of weeks ago, looking like one of the nation’s scariest groups. Out of a horde of two-loss

Just as the Colorado balloon was filling up with current success and future possibilities, Kansas popped it on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium. After the 37-21 loss by the No. 16 Buffaloes to the unranked Jayhawks, coach Deion Sanders blamed the stumble on his team’s reaction to the praise it has

Good news, Commanders fans: You now have a team worth rooting for. Bad news, Commanders fans: Rooting ain’t free. Per Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post, via Sports Business Daily, the Commanders will raise season-ticket prices for 2025 by an average of roughly 11 percent. That’s the biggest increase in

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The Giants have officially released quarterback Daniel Jones. If, as expected, he isn’t claimed on waivers by Monday at 4:00 p.m. ET, he’ll become a free agent. So what’s next for Jones? Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, Jones wants to finish the season with a playoff contender. As noted here

The Buccaneers are getting a key defender back for Week 12. The team activated starting cornerback Jamel Dean from injured reserve Saturday. Dean missed four games after injuring a hamstring against New Orleans in Week 6. He was a full participant in practice all week. Dean is the fourth player

The NFL’s crackdown on violent gestures has hit the league’s biggest star. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was fined $14,069 for what the league called a violent gesture in Sunday’s game against the Bills. The gesture, in which Mahomes appeared to mimic shooting a rifle, came after he threw a fourth-quarter

Ohio State’s emphatic win over Indiana kicked off a decisive penultimate week of the regular season in college football. Throughout the action in Week 13, a few results offered much-needed clarity. That, of course, was both positive and negative, depending on your perspective. SMU is officially in the ACC Championship

Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams celebrated a touchdown with an homage to Marshawn Lynch, falling backward into the end zone and grabbing his crotch. The NFL was not amused. Williams has been fined $19,697 for what the NFL deemed “obscene gestures.” The league often comes down harder on players for

The Lions won’t have either of the corners that they picked at the top of this year’s draft. The team announced that first-round pick Terrion Arnold has been downgraded to out with a groin injury and did not travel with the team to Indianapolis. Second-rounder Ennis Rakestraw was ruled out

Veteran safety Eddie Jackson’s run with the Ravens came to an end on Saturday. The Ravens announced that they waived Jackson ahead of their Monday night game against the Chargers. They signed linebacker Kristian Welch to the active roster in a corresponding move. Jackson’s departure comes a week after the

The Giants announced their plan to waive quarterback Daniel Jones on Friday, but the move did not become official before the end of the day. Saturday became Jones’s final day with the Giants instead. Jones is expected to clear waivers on Monday and he will then be a free agent

DeVonta Smith won’t be available at wide receiver for the Eagles against the Rams on Sunday, but they will have Britain Covey. The Eagles announced that Covey has been activated from injured reserve on Saturday. They did not have to make a corresponding move because they had an open roster

The Panthers placed running back Miles Sanders on injured reserve Saturday, the team announced. Sanders miss miss at least the next four weeks. He injured an ankle in the second quarter of the pre-bye game in Germany, and he did not practice this week. The Panthers already had ruled him

The Titans made three moves Saturday on the heels of their Sunday game against the Texans. They placed cornerback L’Jarius Sneed and linebacker Jack Gibbens on injured reserve. Sneed has missed the past five games with a quad injury. He now is required to miss at least four more games.

The Cowboys won’t have several key players when they take on Washington on Sunday. The team announced Saturday that it has downgraded cornerback Trevon Diggs (groin/knee) and right guard Zack Martin (ankle/shoulder) to out. Neither made the trip to Washington. Diggs was questionable after popping up on the injury report

Week 12 could be a tough one for fantasy football managers looking to make their playoff push. Injuries remain a factor, several top players will face unfavorable matchups, while six teams will be on bye. The Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints and New York

The Colts have brought one of their key defensive players back to the 53-man roster. Indianapolis announced that defensive end Tyquan Lewis has been activated off of injured reserve. The club waived Genard Avery as a corresponding move. Lewis (elbow) has been a full participant in practice all week but

The last time New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl, a power outage delayed the game and there was talk that the aging Superdome simply wasn’t up to hosting America’s most iconic sporting event. But as the NFL prepares for another Super Bowl in New Orleans in less than three months,