Category : Red Zone Rumors

Quarterback Drake Maye has been steadily progressing, finding success as a rookie with the Patriots. After helping lead the club to a 19-3 road victory over the Bears last week, Maye said in his Wednesday press conference that he wants to keep building off of what the offense has been

Patriots defensive tackle Christian Barmore is set to take a significant step back toward the lineup on Thursday. According to multiple reports, Barmore is expected to practice with the team. It would be Barmore’s first time on the practice field since he was treated for blood clots this summer. The

The Eagles and Commanders meet twice every season, so there’s plenty of familiarity for veterans on both sides of the rivalry but Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson is an outlier on that front. Dotson was a 2022 first-round pick in Washington and caught 84 passes for the team before being

When looking at Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s history against the Steelers, two things immediately jump out. One is that he’s missed more games against Pittsburgh since becoming the starter than he’s actually played and the other is that the two-time MVP has not been successful in the four starts he’s

The Bills are favored to beat the undefeated Chiefs on Sunday, but if we know anything about Patrick Mahomes, it’s that betting against him is risky. Kansas City is a two-point underdog at Buffalo, making Sunday’s game the 15th time the Chiefs have been underdogs with Mahomes as a starter.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw caution to the wind on Monday night, throwing himself in the path of linebacker Christian Rozeboom after an interception. Tagovailoa got lucky that he didn’t sustain his latest concussion. He was asked on Wednesday what he saw when he watched the tape on film. “I

Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins has worked hard to fully overcome the Achilles injury that ended his 2023 season prematurely. He’s now dealing with a different injury. Actually, two of them. Cousins was listed by the Falcons as limited in practice on Wednesday with a right shoulder and right elbow injury.

Coach Mike McDaniel isn’t worried about former Dolphins player DeShon Elliott questioning the Miami’s mental toughness. Steelers safety DeShon Elliott, appearing on the Punch Line Podcast, called the Dolphins “soft as fuck” in reference to a 56-20 loss to the Ravens late last season. The Dolphins would have won the

Steelers receiver Mike Williams sent a social-media message to his former quarterback after catching a game-winning touchdown pass in his debut with Pittsburgh. Aaron Rodgers, who claimed he wasn’t aware of the “Red Line” hashtag Williams applied to a celebratory post on Instagram, laughed it off when asked about it

Patrick Mahomes called the burglary at his Kansas City area home “frustrating and disappointing.” News broke Tuesday that the homes of Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce were burglarized on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 respectively. The Chiefs played the Saints on Monday Night Football on Oct. 7. On Wednesday,

Although the Lions won in Week 10, they had to dig out of a 16-point halftime hole. Left tackle Taylor Decker, who missed the game due to a shoulder injury, took his absence and the team’s performance without him hard. “I felt personally responsible for the first half of that

49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir has always believed he was among the best at his position in the NFL. On Tuesday, the 49ers confirmed their belief in him with a five-year, $92 million extension. “I was always the person [who] would be confident and then speaking aloud and saying stuff like,

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said before practice DK Metcalf would have a limited practice Wednesday, and the receiver said he didn’t know if he would return to game action this week. All signs are pointing to Metcalf coming back Sunday after missing two games with a sprained medial collateral ligament.

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott underwent successful surgery in New York on Wednesday, Clarence Hill of alldlls.com reports. The surgery repaired a partial avulsion of Prescott’s hamstring tendon. The recovery timeline is three months, and thus, Prescott will finish the season on injured reserve. He was injured in the team’s Week

Seahawks receiver D.K. Metcalf has missed two games, due to a knee injury. Will he return on Sunday at San Francisco, four weeks after suffering the injury? “I don’t know yet,” Metcalf told reporters on Wednesday. “Going to practice today and then see how it goes.” Metcalf also was asked

The 1990 Giants won the Super Bowl behind a dominant defense led by Lawrence Taylor and coordinated by Bill Belichick. That defense held its first 10 opponents to less than 21 points, a start to the season that has never been repeated — at least not yet. If the Chargers

The focus of the Bears’ week has been on firing offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, but Wednesday’s injury report offered a reminder that there are other issues for the team to deal with heading into their game against the Packers. The status of defensive end Montez Sweat (knee) will be something

The Colts will have quarterback Anthony Richardson back in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Jets and it looks like they might have wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. back as well. Pittman did not play in last Sunday’s loss to the Bills because of a back injury, but he

Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy was reportedly back in the operating room recently. Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports that McCarthy had a second surgery on his right knee. McCarthy’s first surgery was to repair a torn meniscus and the second operation was needed to address swelling the first-round pick was

The Lions played without left tackle Taylor Decker last Sunday, but things appear to be trending in the right direction for this weekend. Lions head coach Dan Campbell said at a Wednesday press conference that Decker remains in the questionable category due to a shoulder injury. Campbell said that he

Browns left tackle Jedrick Wills raised some eyebrows when he told reporters that he made a “business decision” not to play the Week 7 matchup against the Bengals before he was benched. Head coach Kevin Stefanski defended Wills during his Wednesday press conference, noting Wills likely misspoke. “It was a

Eagles linebacker Zack Baun’s move into a starting role this year is going well. Baun signed with the Eagles as a free agent this offseason after four years spent mostly playing on special teams in New Orleans and he opened the season with 15 tackles and two sacks in a

The Browns added a cornerback to their 53-man roster on Wednesday. The team announced that they have signed Chigozie Anusiem. Anunsiem was signed off of the Commanders’ practice squad. Anusiem signed with the Commanders after going undrafted out of Colorado State this year. He was cut at the end of

If Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow looks like Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce possibly have been victimized by the Wet Bandits. Last month, the homes of Mahomes and Kelce were burglarized on consecutive days. Via TMZ.com, Mahomes’s mansion was entered on Sunday, October 6. The burglary at Kelce’s home

Panthers running back Miles Sanders was carted off the field during the team’s win over the Giants in Munich last Sunday, but it doesn’t look like he’s going to miss an extended period of time. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Sanders had extensive testing done on his foot

Ja’Marr ChaseKevin Sabitus/Getty Images Before we get to the top 100 overall players for Week 11 in PPR leagues (a list that can aid with flex lineup decisions), the usual notes, blathering and whatnot. First off, there are no quarterbacks listed here. If your league has a “superflex” spot and

Sunday’s Ravens-Steelers matchup is a big game in one of the NFL’s best rivalries, and a continuation of one of the league’s most significant coaching rivalries as well. Ravens coach John Harbaugh and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin will coach against each other for the 36th time on Sunday. Harbaugh became

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Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has kept his mouth shut regarding his true views on owner Woody Johnson’s rash decision to fire coach Robert Saleh after only five games. Beyond protesting (perhaps too much) the suggestion that Rodgers made the termination happen, Rodgers has never said whether he agreed with it,

From time to time, but not very often, former special-teams coordinators become NFL head coaches. When it happens, there’s usually some other gig that the coach has performed before making the next step, like John Harbaugh spending a year as defensive backs coach in Philadelphia before becoming the Ravens head

Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons pushed back against the perception he was taking a shot at coach Mike McCarthy in his postgame comments Sunday. “I never once threw, or even intended to throw, Mike McCarthy under the bus,” Parsons said on his The Edge with Micah Parsons podcast. “The question

Ole Miss WR Jordan WatkinsAndy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The five highest-ranked conference champions (*) will automatically earn a CFP berth, and the four highest-ranked of that group will be placed in the quarterfinals. While this quartet is assumed to be from the Power 4 (ACC, Big Ten, Big

The 49ers have reached agreement on a five-year, $92 million extension with cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Lenoir, 25, was in the final year of his deal making $3.116 million in base salary this season. The 49ers made him a fifth-round pick in 2021, and he has

Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata was listed as a full participant in practice for the second straight day on Tuesday. Mailata has missed the last four games while on injured reserve, but he was designated for return this week. The Eagles haven’t held a full practice as they prepare to

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says he’s not thinking much about preparing to coach against his former wide receiver Diontae Johnson when the Steelers face the Ravens on Sunday. Asked about Johnson today, Tomlin said he hasn’t given him much thought because Johnson hasn’t had much of a role in the

Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb blamed the sun getting in his eyes when he failed to catch a pass on Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, leading to a great deal of discussion about why an indoor stadium like the one the Cowboys play in has windows that allow sunlight

Before Week 10, it wasn’t looking very good for the Dolphins’ playoff hopes. After Week 10, it’s still not looking great — but it’s looking less bleak. Beating the Rams on Monday was critical, obviously. But three other outcomes have boosted Miami’s shot at the seventh seed. Currently, the Bills,

The 9-0 Chiefs and 8-2 Bills face off in Buffalo on Sunday in one of the marquee games of the season. In fact, it’s one of the marquee games of any NFL season. Sunday’s matchup will be just the fifth time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger that two teams with

The Lions have never been to a Super Bowl in their history, but head coach Dan Campbell is expecting that to change this season. Campbell shared that view during an appearance on 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday morning. Campbell was asked about not playing recently acquired edge rusher Za’Darius Smith

It was easy to see that the Ravens needed to be better in pass coverage over the first nine games of the season and Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase elevated the issue to a crisis level last Thursday. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said at his Monday press conference that

The Rams didn’t get the result they wanted against the Dolphins on Monday night, but they got another standout performance from rookie edge rusher Jared Verse. Verse had a sack for third straight game and also stripped the ball from Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on the play. Verse recovered the

The Rams’ offense repeatedly settled for field goals at the ends of long drives in Monday night’s 23-15 loss to the Dolphins, and quarterback Matthew Stafford knows that’s not good enough. “We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit, in that strike zone area, 30-yard line area, and that

The Dolphins will have star receiver Tyreek Hill when they play the Rams tonight. Hill is officially active after he was questionable for the Week 10 contest with a wrist injury. Lisa Salters of ESPN reported on Monday that Hill underwent an MRI that showed a torn ligament in his

The 49ers did something you don’t see every Sunday: They had teammates go at it on the sideline. 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel confronted teammate Jake Moody on the sideline after the kicker missed a third field goal against the Bucs. Long snapper Taybor Pepper defended Moody, prompting Samuel to strike

John Robinson, former head coach of the Rams and a legendary head coach at USC, has died. He was 89. After coaching the Trojans from 1976 through 1982, Robinson moved to the NFL. He led the Rams from 1983 to 1991. He left as the winningest coach in franchise history,

The Dolphins brought out a little trickery early on in their Monday night matchup with the Rams, scoring a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead. On Miami’s first play in the red zone, the club faked a handoff and then gave the ball to rookie receiver Malik Washington for an

After Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers violated the football code by calling out receiver Mike Williams for running the wrong route in a loss to the Bills, Williams took the high road. After Williams made a stellar debut with more yards and touchdowns on one target for the Steelers than Davante

The Dolphins were able to stop a three-game losing streak with Monday night’s 23-15 victory over the Rams. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said after the game that he’s hoping it’s the start of a run for Miami. “I think it’s a testament to the character of this team,” Tagovailoa said of

Set Number: X164642 TK1 1. Kansas City Chiefs (9-0) 3. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-2) 5. Baltimore Ravens (7-3) 6. Los Angeles Chargers (6-3) 8. Indianapolis Colts (4-6) 9. Cincinnati Bengals (4-6) 12. New England Patriots (3-7) 13. Cleveland Browns (2-7) 14. Tennessee Titans (2-7) 15. Las Vegas Raiders (2-7) 16. Jacksonville

Jerry Jones might not need to wear his sunglasses at night, on multiple upcoming evenings over the balance of the season. As noted by Eric Fisher of FrontOfficeSports.com, two or three big-platform Cowboys games could be in danger of being relegated for better teams. There’s a December 9 Monday night