Category : Red Zone Rumors

The season should be pushing toward a crescendo. Unfortunately, more than half of the league has already crashed. Seventeen teams are below .500. Unless a few of them get hot late, there will be little drama in the final weeks of the season. The top of the league remains clustered,

Christmas season is officially here. You can (and you should) buy copies of On Our Way Home for only $9.99. It’s a Christmas story that: (1) is actually good; and (2) might inspire you to repair a broken relationship, before it’s too late. At $9.99, it makes for an inexpensive

On Thursday, Fox’s Tom Brady criticized former Giants quarterback Daniel Jones for asking to be released, after he was benched for business reasons. Brady prefaced his comments by saying this: “I don’t know how that whole situation went down. . . .” So we did the legwork for him. Here’s

The Browns won’t have wide receiver Cedric Tillman against the Broncos on Monday night. Tillman has been ruled out with a concussion. He had 29 catches for 339 yards and three touchdowns while starting six of the first 11 games of the season for Cleveland. Safety Juan Thornhill (calf) and

Jets left tackle Tyron Smith was called a candidate for injured reserve early this week and his status changed on Saturday. The NFL’s daily transaction report shows that Smith went from being a candidate to being on the list. Smith has a neck injury and will miss at least four

A report this week indicated Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins was set to miss time with a knee sprain and it will be at least a four-game absence from the lineup. The Chargers announced that Dobbins has been placed on injured reserve on Saturday. Safety Alohi Gilman, who has a

Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce says at least one official blew the play dead before his team lost a fumble on its final offensive snap in Friday’s loss to the Chiefs. The bizarre play, on which the Raiders had a miscommunication that resulted in quarterback Aidan O’Connell not knowing that

James Conner won’t be leaving the Cardinals as a free agent come the offseason. The Cardinals announced that Conner has signed a two-year extension with the team. Conner was in the final year of the three-year deal he signed in Arizona in 2022. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Conner’s

It’s the worst fear for any parent whose child plays tackle football. It happens in various communities throughout the country every year, to high-school players. This week, Medrick Burnett Jr. of Alabama A&M died of a head injury he sustained on the field last month. Burnett, a redshirt freshman from

Nothing says late November like the ever-present threat of heavy snow in Buffalo. This weekend, a lake-effect snow warning has been issued through 7:00 p.m. ET on Sunday. 49ers-Bills is the NBC/Peacock Sunday night game. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has said the game is not expected to be postponed.

LaDainian TomlinsonSet Number: X81277 TK1 R2 F300 Denver Broncos: TE Shannon Sharpe We’re bending the rules a bit here because Sharpe only played two seasons for the Broncos after the 1999 cutoff, but he’s also exactly what Denver could use right now. Before Sharpe spent his days yelling his opinions

The Lions’ defense has been devastated with injuries this season. Coach Dan Campbell says that’s no excuse not to continue to play at a high level. Asked about the Lions accumulating more defensive injuries on Thanksgiving against the Bears, Campbell told a reporter that he’s simply not going to let

Entering the final week of the regular season, both Clemson and South Carolina were on the outside of the CFP bubble. However, the Tigers and the Gamecocks each remained close enough to potentially still make a push into the Playoff field. Clemson (9-2, 7-1) could still reach the ACC Championship

The Raiders were already in field goal range with a chance to upset the Chiefs when a fumbled snap cost them the opportunity to send their kicker on the field on the last play on Friday. Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell says he’s the one who signaled for the snap and

The Eagles added linebacker Ben VanSumeren to the injury report Friday. He was listed as limited with a knee injury but ruled out. VanSumeren, it turns out, will miss the rest of the season, too. Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports VanSumeren’s injury at Friday’s practice is season-ending. VanSumeren

The Chiefs have far more they want to accomplish this season as they seek a three-peat, but they took a necessary first step Friday. The Chiefs became the first team to clinch a playoff berth. The Dolphins’ loss to the Packers on Thanksgiving Day set up the Chiefs to secure

America’s Team is no longer America’s Team. But a captive audience is a captive audience. Thursday’s Giants-Cowboys game racked up 38.5 million viewers, according to Fox. It’s the fourth highest audience for a Thanksgiving game ever. And it gave Fox a 14-percent bump over last year’s Packers-Lions game on Thanksgiving.

Another day, another coaching blunder keeps a lesser team from upsetting a member of the NFL elite. On Thursday, it was Bears coach Matt Eberflus who squandered a chance to force overtime against the one-loss Lions. On Friday, Raiders coach Antonio Pierce mismanaged a chance to upend the two-time defending

Seahawks wide receivers DK Metcalf (shoulder) and Tyler Lockett (knee) returned to full participation in Friday’s practice. Neither player has a designation for Sunday. Metcalf and Lockett missed the first two practice days this week. Metcalf has 46 receptions for 697 yards and three touchdowns, and Lockett 38 receptions for

The story of the 2024 Chiefs season has been one of close escapes and Black Friday’s chapter might be the most improbable one yet. The Raiders forced a punt down 19-17 with two minutes left to play and drove from their 8-yard-line to the Chiefs’ 32-yard line as the seconds

The Buccaneers placed safety Jordan Whitehead on injured reserve Friday, the team announced. Whitehead tore a pectoral muscle during Sunday’s win over the Giants, but the Bucs are hoping he can return this season. He will miss at least the next four games. Mike Edwards replaced Whitehead in the lineup.

“I’m just here so I won’t get fined” became part of football vernacular thanks to Marshawn Lynch’s answers to questions before Super Bowl XLVIII and Steelers wide receiver George Pickens took a page from Lynch’s book on Friday. Pickens spoke to reporters from the team’s locker room, but he only

After yesterday’s debacle, the Bears have done what they had to do. Chicago has fired head coach Matt Eberflus, according to multiple reports. Eberflus had gone through his day-after press conference, saying he was expecting to coach against the 49ers in Week 14. That now will not be the case.

Black Friday is underway and Matt Eberflus is still the head coach of the Bears. There was plenty of speculation that the team would be making a change after Eberflus mismanaged the clock at the end of Thursday’s 23-20 loss to the Lions. It was the latest and most glaring

The Buffalo Sabres aren’t a team that sports any classic tough guys or even really has anyone who will run an opposing guy through the boards. What they do have is a 6’6″ superstar who drives teams crazy because of his elite skills with the puck: Tage Thompson. Most players

Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said this week that edge rusher Shaq Barrett’s desire to return to active duty after retiring this summer took him by surprise and that the team would need to discuss the situation before making any dcisions about bringing the veteran back into the fold. The

The Lions and Packers bolstered their playoff positions, while the Giants became the first NFL team mathematically eliminated, on Thanksgiving. Here’s how the NFL playoff picture looks for Week 13 heading into Black Friday: NFC Playoff Picture DIVISION LEADERS 1. Detroit Lions (11-1): Held on to beat the Bears. 2.

Quarterback Tua Tagovialoa said this week that the Dolphins were excited to kill narratives about how the team plays in cold weather. But through two quarters, those narratives are still alive and well, as the Packers have dominated the first two quarters and lead 24-3 at halftime. The Packers technically

It took until late in the third quarter, but the Dolphins have found the end zone and have made it a two-possession game. De’Von Achane scored a 14-yard touchdown on a screen pass, with Tua Tagovailoa hitting Jaylen Waddle in the end zone for a successful two-point conversion. That made

Grant Halverson/Getty Images 1. Kansas City Chiefs (10-1) 3. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) 5. Baltimore Ravens (8-4) 6. Los Angeles Chargers (7-4) 8. Indianapolis Colts (5-7) 10. Cincinnati Bengals (4-7) 11. Cleveland Browns (3-8) 13. Tennessee Titans (3-8) 14. New England Patriots (3-9) 15. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9) 16. Las Vegas Raiders

While the Dolphins wanted to kill some narratives by playing well in a cold-weather game, the Packers were the ones to come away with a 30-17 victory to cap the NFL’s 2024 Thanksgiving slate. Quarterback Jordan Love passed for 274 yards with a pair of touchdowns, helping Green Bay control

Tom Brady’s first season as a broadcaster hasn’t included many headline-generating comments from the booth. He made one on Thursday, during the Giants-Cowboys game. Brady criticized Daniel Jones’s decision to request a release from the Giants. “I don’t know how that whole situation went down but to think that you’d

The Giants lost again on Thursday, dropping their record to 2-10. Is coach Brian Daboll worried about his job security? “No,” he told reporters after the Giants fell 27-20 to the Cowboys in Dallas. The Giants weren’t embarrassed on Thanksgiving, four days after they were embarrassed at home by the

During the second half of Thursday’s game at Detroit, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams took a low hit along the sideline from Lions linebacker Jack Campbell. Williams’s left knee buckled, and it initially looked like he might have suffered a significant knee injury. After an evaluation in the medical tent, he

Everyone thinks Bears coach Matt Eberflus botched the opportunity to send Thursday’s game against the Lions to overtime. Everyone, that is, except Bears coach Matt Eberflus. In his post-game press conference, Eberflus defended the disastrous clock management that kept the Bears from trying a game-winning field goal. “I like what

Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith (hamstring) went through a limited practice Thursday. Smith did not practice Wednesday after missing Sunday’s win over the Rams with his injury. He has 41 receptions for 516 yards and four touchdowns in nine games this season. Cornerback Kelee Ringo (calf) also returned to limited

Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix popped up on the injury report Thursday. He was limited in the walk-through with a back injury. Nix was getting treatment from the athletic training staff near the end of Sunday’s 29-19 victory over the Raiders but did not miss a snap. Earlier in the

Running back Isiah Pacheco and defensive end Charles Omenihu are back on the active roster in Kansas City. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said on Wednesday that the two players would be activated in time to play against the Raiders on Friday and the team announced the moves on Thanksgiving.

The Lions got the ball first on Thursday afternoon and they have scored first as well. After driving the ball to the Bears’ 12-yard-line and eating up nearly eight minutes of playing time, Jared Goff threw a pair of incompletions and the Lions had to settle for a 30-yard Jake

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The Lions can give thanks that they’ll have two key offensive cogs in the lineup against the Bears on Thursday. Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and running back David Montgomery are both active for the Lions’ 85th Thanksgiving home game. St. Brown was listed as questionable with a knee injury

For most of the 105-year existence of the NFL, the league has played games on Thanksgiving. Dating back to 1920 and taking a break only during World War II, it’s been an annual tradition. Today, the Lions will play on Thanksgiving for the 85th time. Their record is 37-45-2. The

Nick ChubbKevin Sabitus/Getty Images The Browns are coming off a big win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, but they could be shorthanded in the passing game Monday night, as wide receiver Cedric Tillman is in the league’s concussion protocol and has yet to practice this week. The Broncos don’t have any

After a rough start to the season, Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams has played much better football recently. And he’s been as good as it gets for a rookie quarterback in avoiding interceptions. Williams hasn’t thrown an interception in his last 193 pass attempts, and he’s closing in on Kyler

The 49ers are struggling at 5-6. They have a tough game in Buffalo on Sunday night. A loss would further complicate their path to the postseason. So how is the current vibe in the locker room? “The vibe in our locker room is exactly how you would think it’d be,”

The bye week came at the perfect time for Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. For the first time since Week 4, Rodgers is off the team’s injury report. Which means his ankle, knee, and hamstring injuries have healed — at least to the point where he’s not getting treatment. With six

Quarterback Jameis Winston has taken to the Browns, and the Browns have taken to him. But will he be taking off to another team in 2025? On Wednesday, Winston was asked whether he wants to stay in Cleveland beyond the expiration of his current one-year deal. “Of course,” Winston told

Linebacker Roquan Smith (hamstring) returned to the practice field Wednesday as a limited participant. The Ravens could use Smith against the NFL’s leading rusher, Saquon Barkley, on Sunday. Smith missed Monday night’s win over the Chargers. Tackles are not an official statistic, but unofficially, Smith’s 110 tackles rank third in

One of Baltimore’s key pieces will be out for several weeks. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, tight end Charlie Kolar suffered a broken arm in Monday’s victory over the Chargers. Kolar will be sidelined for at least four weeks. Though he suffered the injury mid-game, he did not come

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