Category : Red Zone Rumors

At the end of Thursday night’s matchup between the Rams and Vikings, there was a clear missed facemask call on Byron Young’s sack for a safety on Sam Darnold that effectively finished the game. But both head coach Kevin O’Connell and quarterback Sam Darnold did not make much out of

At the end of the second quarter of the Vikings’ eventual 30-20 loss to the Rams on Thursday, offensive tackle Christian Darrisaw suffered what appeared to be a potentially significant knee injury. Darrisaw gingerly walked off the field with trainers’ assistance and was ruled out early in the third quarter.

With the trade deadline coming soon, Rams receiver Cooper Kupp was the subject of rumors over the course of the week. While Kupp said he was aware of them, he wanted to let them be in the background. Head coach Sean McVay was asked about those rumors after Thursday night’s

When Rams linebacker Byron Young brought down Sam Darnold in the end zone for a safety to clinch Thursday night’s victory over the Vikings, replay showed Young had clearly pulled Darnold’s facemask on the play. But no foul was called on the field, and because the foul is not reviewable,

The Vikings may have a major injury concern along their offensive line. Left tackle Christian Darrisaw has been ruled out with a knee injury. Darrisaw went down at the end of the first half. The Vikings were backed up toward their own end zone and Minnesota handed the ball off

If you like offense, this Thursday night game is for you. Through four possessions, it’s been four touchdowns. The Rams have tied it again with a 7-yard TD pass from Matthew Stafford to Cooper Kupp, making the score 14-14. Stafford put together an outstanding individual effort to get the ball

Puka Nacua is certainly back. After the Vikings scored on their opening possession, the Rams leaned on receiver Puka Nacua to help power them down the field. But it was Kyren Williams who got into the end zone with a 5-yard touchdown reception, tying the score at 7-7. While Nacua

49ers receiver Deebo Samuel returned to practice Thursday, two days after he was released from the hospital after his pneumonia battle. His limited practice is a sign Samuel has a chance to play Sunday against the Cowboys. “The fact that he was able to be out there and attempt some

Saints quarterback Derek Carr remained out of practice Thursday. Though Carr has resumed throwing as he works his way back from an oblique injury, Spencer Rattler is set to make his third start. Rattler, who is on the practice report as a full participant with a hip injury, will have

Wide receiver Amari Cooper made a positive impact in limited playing time during his Bills debut last Sunday and he’s hoping for more in his second time out. Cooper caught four passes for 66 yards and a touchdown in Buffalo’s 34-10 win over the Titans while playing 19 offensive snaps.

The Broncos released a statement on the condition of Josh Reynolds after the receiver was wounded in a shooting last week. Reynolds was shot in the left arm and the back of the head, according to court documents obtained by 9News, but was not seriously injured, according to the team.

On Sunday, the Buccaneers will break out their Creamsicle throwback uniforms for a Week 8 game against the Falcons. The celebrated look from yesteryear was something that the players grew to hate in their day. Appearing on Thursday’s PFT Live, Hall of Fame head coach Tony Dungy said that, once

Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence missed practice time last week before returning for one workout ahead of a two-sack performance against the Eagles. The Giants would prefer a different result than the 28-3 one they suffered against their division mates, but they’d otherwise like a similar trajectory for Lawrence heading into

A regular feature of recent broadcasts of Steelers games has been the team’s kick-blocking units celebrating with special teams coordinator Danny Smith after they’ve gotten their hands on a kick. The Steelers have blocked kicks in three straight games — and they had another block erroneously wiped out during last

Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins did more than change uniforms this week. Hopkins went from a 1-5 Titans team that has shown few signs of being ready for better results to the undefeated Chiefs in a trade that sets him up for a deep playoff run and a potential shot at

The Buccaneers wide receiving corps took a couple of injury hits in their loss to the Ravens on Monday night and it looks like they may be shorthanded in their offensive backfield as well. Reporters at the open portion of Thursday’s practice note that running back Bucky Irving is not

Linebacker Devin White signed with the Texans this week, after he was released by the Eagles earlier this month. White, who stared 75 games for the Buccaneers over the past five seasons, has a chance to boost Houston’s defense at one of its key positions. “Excited to get Devin in

Sunday’s game between the Bears and Commanders has been circled on a lot of calendars for months because it promsied a meeting between quarterbacks who won the Heisman Trophy before being selected at the top of the draft. That’s still on track to happen, but it might not be the

The Seahawks jumped into the trade market on Wednesday when they sent linebacker Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick to the Titans for linebacker Ernest Jones. It’s a move that will bring Jones back to the division he played in during his first three seasons. Jones was a 2021 third-round

The Panthers opened the week with no plans of making a change at quarterback, but this Sunday is now set to feature the return of 2023 first overall pick Bryce Young. Andy Dalton sprained his thumb in a Tuesday car accident and head coach Dave Canales announced that Young is

Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich said on Wednesday that quarterback Aaron Rodgers tweaked his hamstring during last Sunday’s loss to the Steelers and that he expects him to play against the Patriots this week, but the injury was enough to keep Rodgers from a full workload in the team’s

The Seahawks added two new linebackers to the roster on Wednesday. The team announced that they have claimed Ross off of waivers from the Ravens on Wednesday. They opened a roster spot for him by placing tackle Stone Forsythe on injured reserve. Ross’s arrival came after the team traded linebacker

Browns quarterback Jameis Winston has been mostly a backup for the last five years, but he’s starting on Sunday, and he thinks he’s going to show he’s a lot more than just a backup. Winston, who will start in place of the injured Deshaun Watson against the Ravens, said he’s

Former Jets head coach Robert Saleh was spotted at Packers practice on Wednesday and it sounds like it won’t be the last time he’s around the team this year. Saleh and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur coached together in the college ranks and with the Texans, which is why LaFleur

The Packers made a procedural move on Monday, cutting long snapper Matt Orzech and activating defensive lineman Jonathan Ford from injured reserve. On Wednesday, as expected, they made another procedural move involving the two players. They re-signed Orzech and released Ford, the team announced. The Packers are expected to re-sign

The list of key 49ers who missed practice on Thursday, four days before the renewal of their rivalry with the Cowboys, includes defensive end Nick Bosa. Bosa didn’t practice due to an elbow injury. Seven other 49ers missed Wednesday’s practice due to injury — receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (wrist, illness),

The Cardinals activated offensive lineman Christian Jones from injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday. The Cardinals drafted Jones in the fifth-round this spring, but he injured his ankle in the preseason and landed on injured reserve. The team opened his 21-day practice window on Oct. 2, so they were required

Professional athletes have plenty of privileges. For one of them, that privilege didn’t extend to getting out of something more people hope to avoid. Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey missed practice on Wednesday with a potentially unprecedented injury-report designation: Jury duty. Via Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Aubrey is

A new item from Kalyn Kahler of ESPN.com takes a look at the Cowboys’ habit of having fans in the practice facility on a daily basis, for tours. Two of the former players quoted in the story have disputed the words attributed to them. Commanders defensive end Dante Fowler Jr.,

In Week 6, the Saints added a hand injury to the practice report for Alvin Kamara. It turns out the star running back broke his hand in a Week 5 game against the Chiefs. “Routine [play]. Just trying to keep myself up on the sideline,” Kamara said, via Luke Johnson

One of the biggest stories of the week has come from Patriots coach Jerod Mayo’s public characterization of his team as “soft.” During the portion of the Let’s Go! podcast featuring Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby and Jim Gray, the topic came up. At first, Crosby answered with some confusion

Ravens running back Derrick Henry is averaging 124.7 yards per game, putting him on pace for 2,120 yards. That would break Eric Dickerson’s record of 2,105 yards he set in 1984 for the Rams. Lamar Jackson, the favorite for MVP, said he believes in Henry. “It’s there,” Jackson said Wednesday,

Bill Belichick’s barbs at G.M. Joe Schoen apparently won’t be enough to get Giants co-owner John Mara to make a regime change. Via Judy Battista of NFL Media, Mara said Wednesday that he doesn’t anticipate making a change to the coach or G.M., during or after the current season. Mara

Titans quarterback Will Levis had a limited practice Wednesday as he continues to work his way back from a shoulder injury. Levis is unlikely to play again this week, coach Brian Callahan said earlier in the day. “The outlook is . . . we’ll probably give Will one more week,”

The Texans were missing five defensive starters on Sunday against the Packers. Two of those aren’t back at practice and another remains suspended. Linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (knee) and safety Jimmie Ward (groin) did not practice Wednesday. Ward has missed the past two games, and Al-Shaair missed Sunday’s game. Defensive end

The Buccaneers have made a few roster moves, including one with receiver Chris Godwin. Tampa Bay announced Godwin has been placed on injured reserve, after suffering a dislocated ankle late in Monday’s game against Baltimore. Godwin is expected to miss the rest of the regular season. He caught 50 passes

Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton didn’t need any emergency treatment after being involved in a car accident on Tuesday, but he did get checked out by the team’s medical department and it appears he was shaken up enough to need a little time to rest. Reporters at the open portion of

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has bigger goals than winning a third MVP award. He might win it anyway. Jackson is the current favorite, +225 at DraftKings Sportsbook. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is second on the list of odds, at +450. The others with odds better than 10-1 are Bills quarterback

After being released by the Eagles earlier this month, linebacker Devin White has found a new home. The Texans announced on Wednesday morning that they’ve signed White. White, 26, had signed with Philadelphia in the offseason on a one-year deal after spending his first five seasons with Tampa Bay. But

Bills QB Josh AllenTimothy T Ludwig/Getty Images The biggest losers in the Hopkins trade are the teams looking to unseat Kansas City as the franchise to beat in the AFC. While the Chiefs are undefeated, they’ve appeared vulnerable all season. Their defense is terrific (fifth in points allowed), but their

As the trade deadline approaches — and as the Rams struggle through a 2-4 season — receiver Cooper Kupp’s name has firmly emerged in trade talk. On Tuesday, reporters asked Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford how he handles such noise. “I’m a fan of the league so you hear those things,”

The NFL trade deadline is at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 5, and PFT has you covered with news and analysis of every trade, potential trade, rumor of a trade and trade that won’t be happening. Here’s what’s happening on the NFL trade front: The Chiefs and Titans are

Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is back at practice this week and he hopes that it’s not the final days that he’s working with teammates Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford. The Rams’ 2-4 start has led to chatter about trades involving Kupp and Stafford. Tuesday brought a report that that

In the final year of his playing career, Dan Campbell was a teammate of Drew Brees in New Orleans. Later, Campbell spent five years on the Saints’ coaching staff when Brees was there. Now Campbell is head coach of the Lions, and he has a quarterback who reminds him of

For reasons neither known nor apparent, the Disney companies served up a staggered Monday night doubleheader that had Ravens-Buccaneers on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 — and Chargers-Cardinals only on ESPN+. It made no sense. And the latter game generated numbers not worth bragging about. That’s become the P.R. strategy this

Current Patriots coach Jerod Mayo and former Patriots coach Bill Belichick have exchanged some subtle, or otherwise, barbs of late. Former Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty, who knows both of them well, finds their public squabbling unfortunate. “I hate to see the way that when Mayo speaks, it kind of

After Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones claimed that he was “all in” (in the normal sense) for the 2024 season, it quickly became clear that they couldn’t start adding new players until they extended the contracts of receiver CeeDee Lamb and quarterback Dak Prescott. The ensuing foot-dragging that lasted

Monday night’s Ravens-Buccaneers game provided plenty of issues to unpack and analyze. Here’s one that got no mention during the game broadcast. It got plenty of mention on Tuesday’s PFT Live. Trailing 41-18 with 3:49 to play, the Buccaneers capped a 70-yard drive with a touchdown. The score at that

The staggered doubleheader featuring one game on broadcast and cable and the other on the ESPN+ service resulted in, not surprisingly, less than stellar audience numbers for the game that was streamed, between the Chargers and the Cardinals. ESPN didn’t mention the audience numbers in the press release for the

The Rams signed cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon to the active roster from the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. Witherspoon signed with the Rams’ practice squad Sept. 11. The team has elevated him from the practice for game day the maximum three times this season, so they needed to get him