Category : Red Zone Rumors

My goal was to write 20 books before my personal expiration date arrives. I’ve since revised that to 30, because I’m closing in on finishing No. 10 — and I’ve taken a chunk out of No. 11. No. 11 will be the third book in the Father of Mine series.

The officials missed it when Rams linebacker Bryon Young grabbed Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold’s face mask on the game-cementing safety in their Week 8 game. The league office — along with the rest of the world — did not miss it. The NFL fined Young $7,014.19 for the violation. It’s

It feels like the end is coming for the Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott. He’s been left behind by the team for disciplinary reasons. It sounds as if he was told he’d be inactive for Sunday’s game against the Falcons, and that it went downhill from there. Elliott has

The Steelers don’t play this weekend. Which gives the organization more time to attempt to finalize a trade for a starting receiver. It started before the season, when they hoped to trade for 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk. They were linked to Davante Adams, before he was traded by the Raiders

Edge rusher Von Miller officially is back for the Bills. The team activated him back to the 53-player roster from the suspension list Saturday. He served a four-game suspension for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy. Miller was arrested in November 2023 after being accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend,

The marquee appeal of the UFC’s trip to Edmonton this weekend took a big hit when heavyweight slugger Derrick Lewis was pulled from the card with what the company labeled a “medical issue (non weight-cut related)” on Friday, but the show must and will go on. It’s the promotion’s third

The Bengals released defensive tackle Lawrence Guy on Saturday, the team announced. Guy, who is in his 14th season, signed with Cincinnati as a free agent Sept. 17. He appeared in four games with two starts for the Bengals, totaling two tackles. Guy saw action on 91 defensive snaps and

The Chiefs’ injury-plagued offense continues to take more hits. Chiefs coach Andy Reid announced today that rookie tight end Jared Wiley tore his ACL at practice on Friday and will miss the rest of the season. Wiley suffered the injury in a non-contact practice drill. The Chiefs will also be

Dolphins wide receiver River Cracraft will miss at least one more game. The Dolphins downgraded Cracraft to out on Saturday, which means they won’t be activating him from injured reserve for their game against the Bills. Cracraft has missed the entire season with a shoulder injury. Dolphins head coach Mike

The Patriots will have their young quarterback for Sunday’s matchup against the Titans. New England announced on Saturday that Drake Maye has cleared concussion protocol and has been removed from the injury report. He is expected to start against Tennessee. Maye suffered a concussion during last week’s win over the

The Buccaneers have a couple of defensive starters on their injury report, but it doesn’t look like either one of them is going to miss Monday night’s game against the Chiefs. Safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (foot) was added to the report on Friday as a limited participant, but head coach

Tuesday is a critical day. Because it’s the trade deadline. (There might be something else going on that day, too.) For the first time ever, the window on trades closes at 4:00 p.m. ET on the Tuesday after Week 9. The Browns proposed the change in the offseason, in response

Bears fans are going to have a hard time “rooting” for any of their NFC North rivals, but the reality is that someone is likely going to win the Week 9 matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. It’s probably in the Bears best interest that the

Forecasts call for rain, wind and temperatures in the 50s in Green Bay on Sunday afternoon, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell says he’s excited about the opportunity to play the Packers on a day when his players will get dirty. Campbell said the Lions will wear white pants and

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and franchise owner Jerry JonesBrandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cowboys franchise owner Jerry Jones became a bit of a meme when he insisted that Dallas was “all-in” in winning in 2024 before doing next to nothing in free agency. Jones later insisted that he meant

The Buccaneers have added safety Antoine Winfield to their injury report on Friday with a foot issue. He was officially limited in the session. Jenna Laine of ESPN noted Winfield was “in good spirits” in the locker room after practice. Winfield has recorded one pass defensed, a fumble recovery, and

Saints quarterback Derek Carr can do something on Sunday that no quarterback in NFL history has ever done: Lose to 31 different teams. Carr and the Saints play the Panthers on Sunday, and Carolina is one of just two NFL franchises that Carr has never lost to. If the Saints

The Seahawks had optimism that receiver DK Metcalf could return this week. He won’t. He has missed six consecutive practices and has not played since spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in the Seahawks’ win over Atlanta on Oct. 20. The Seahawks ruled him out for Sunday’s

The Jaguars have several key offensive players listed as limited for this Sunday’s game against the Eagles. Wide receiver Brian Thomas (chest) is part of that group after being injured in last Sunday’s loss to the Packers. He was limited in practice for the third day in a row on

As the halfway point of the season arrives, the two-time defending Super Bowl champions are still the lone undefeated team. The Chiefs will end the weekend by attempting to get to 8-0. Along the way, there will be plenty of interesting games. He’s a quick look at each one, along

Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt returned to a full practice Friday as the team continues its preparation for Monday Night Football. Hunt’s quad injury limited him in Thursday’s practice. In four games this season, Hunt has 90 touches for 348 yards and four touchdowns. Hunt was one of four changes

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith has a fire in his belly. That’s good. But he knows that, at times, he needs to control it. “I’m really not a great loser,” Smith told reporters on Thursday. “It sucks, I hate it. I need to, overall, when I watch myself, ‘Hey man, just

Cayenne pepper and water might have helped Aaron Rodgers, but it didn’t goose the ratings. Thursday night’s Texans-Jets game on Amazon Prime attracted an audience of 11.56 million viewers. That’s a slight drop from last year’s Week 9 Titans-Steelers game, which did 11.65 million. The New York market would ordinarily

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (ribs) does not have an injury designation for Sunday’s game against the Giants. The rookie had a full practice Friday after limited practices the previous two days. He played through the injury last week, taking all 74 snaps, after two missed practices and a limited practice.

The Packers might not know until Sunday afternoon whether Jordan Love will start at quarterback against the Lions. Love is officially listed as questionable with a groin injury, and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said today that he always prefers to give questionable players as much time as possible to

The Broncos made a procedural move Friday, signing offensive guard Calvin Throckmorton to the active roster and releasing fullback Michael Burton, the team announced. The Broncos will sign Burton back to the practice squad Saturday and elevate him for Sunday’s game. Throckmorton was out of elevations, having played in three

The Cowboys list cornerback Trevon Diggs as questionable to play in Sunday’s game against the Falcons. Owner Jerry Jones, though, said on his radio show Friday that Diggs has a tear in his calf. Diggs did not practice all week. He has started every game this season and has 28

Though Rams receiver Puka Nacua exited Thursday’s practice with a knee injury, he still has a chance to play in Sunday’s game against the Seahawks. Head coach Sean McVay told reporters in his press conference that Nacua won’t practice on Friday and will be listed as questionable for Week 9.

The Panthers will not have their left tackle when they take on the Saints this weekend. Carolina has ruled out Ikem Ekwonu after he missed all three practices this week with an ankle injury. He suffered the injury in last week’s loss to the Broncos. The No. 6 overall pick

Chiefs rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy shared a strange story about his draft night experience in the hours before learning he would play in Kansas City. Worthy said on the Rich Eisen Show that the Colts, who picked Laiatu Latu with the 15th overall pick, called Worthy when they were

Six teams, including the Giants, currently have 2-6 records heading into Week 9. The Miami Dolphins sport a similar 2-5 record while the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers each have just a single victory on the season. The Giants got a little help from their stadium partner when the New

Packers safety Xavier McKinney didn’t go as far as former New Jersey Governor and current Cowboys fan Chris Christie while discussing the way the Lions call plays in blowout wins, but he made it clear he’s not a fan. Christie recently called Lions head coach Dan Campbell classless for trying

When the Jets traded for quarterback Aaron Rodgers last year, one of the things they were looking forward to seeing was Rodgers throwing touchdown passes to Garrett Wilson. Rodgers’s torn Achilles delayed that until this year and the first eight weeks of the season brought more pain than pleasure, but

Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud took a career-high eight sacks in Thursday night’s loss to the Jets, and Texans coach DeMeco Ryans says that’s not acceptable. “I’m not sure what’s happening up front, we’ll watch the film and see what it is, but obviously you give up eight sacks, and every

Garrett WilsonLuke Hales/Getty Images If ever there was a game that was a tale of two halves, it was the Jets’ 21-13 win over Houston at Met Life Stadium. Over the first 30 minutes, the Jets offense was, well, offensive. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was 7-of-14 for 32 yards. The Jets

Thursday Night Football matched Halloween Night, with weirdness all around. The Jets, who couldn’t do anything offensively in the first half, outscored the Texans 21-6 in the second half. New York beat Houston for a second consecutive season, winning 21-13 by roughing up C.J. Stroud again. The Texans fell to

Two different Jets teams showed up on Thursday night. The team in the first half looked a lot like the version that had lost five in a row. The team in the second half looked like the version that the Jets were supposed to be. Receiver Garrett Wilson propelled the

The Texans and Jets played almost 12 minutes without scoring, with both teams turning it over in the red zone. Houston has scored the first points with an unlikely 14-play, 98-yard drive that used up 8:23 after Thomas Morstead’s 75-yard punt. Joe Mixon did all the heavy lifting on the

Last Thursday, the Rams had receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua together for the second time this season. Now, there’s a chance the streak won’t last. Via Jordan Rodrique of TheAthletic.com, Nacua left practice on Thursday with a knee injury. As a result, he skipped his weekly press conference, which

Lamar Jackson officially did not practice for a second consecutive day. Coach John Harbaugh called Jackson’s absence Wednesday a “rest day,” but the injury report told a different story. Jackson has knee and back injuries keeping him out. Jackson’s practice availability Friday and his status for Sunday’s game will provide

The Panthers receiving corps got smaller this week when they traded Diontae Johnson to the Ravens and Thursday’s practice raised the possibility that they could be without Xavier Legette as well. Legette was listed as a limited participant due to a toe injury. Legette was not on the injury report

Lamar Jackson was named the AFC offensive player of the month for October on Thursday, but his status for the first game of November has now moved into questionable territory. Reporters at the open portion of Ravens practice sent word that Jackson is not on the field with the rest

The Lions and Packers both practiced without their quarterbacks on Wednesday, but Thursday brought a change in status for both teams. Reporters at the open portion of Packers practice shared video of Jordan Love going through the early stages of the team’s workout. Lions quarterback Jared Goff was back at

Steelers kicker Chris Boswell didn’t miss a kick in October. Boswell was called on to kick 12 field goals over the last four weeks and he made all of them. The same was true of his 10 extra point attempts and Boswell has now made all 16 extra points he’s

Chad Ryland did not begin the season as Arizona’s kicker but he made an impact in October with Matt Prater out due to injury. Now Ryland has been named NFC special teams player of the month. Ryland connected on game-winning field goals in Weeks 5, 7, and 8. According to

After he was activated off the physically unable to perform list late last week, tight end T.J. Hockenson appears set to make his 2024 debut on Sunday. Head coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters in his Wednesday press conference that Hockenson should be good to go for the Week 9 matchup

The Cardinals have won three of their last four games and all three victories saw quarterback Kyler Murray drive the team for game-winning field goals at the end of the fourth quarter. It’s been a run that’s continued one of the strongest stretches of play of Murray’s career and it

The Raiders have lost four games in a row to put them at 2-6 heading into this week’s matchup with the Bengals. The team’s offense has been one of its weak points, ranking No. 26 in points, No. 29 in yards, and No. 31 with 17 giveaways. Head coach Antonio

Lions quarterback Jared Goff’s numbers over the last five games have been so stellar that if he keeps it up on Sunday against the Packers, he’ll have done something no quarterback in NFL history has done in any six-game stretch. Goff is a normal (by his recent standards) game away

The Bears suffered a stunning loss to the Commanders last Sunday and the aftermath of Jayden Daniels’ game-winning Hail Mary featured plenty of finger pointing about how the game got away from them. Head coach Matt Eberflus was criticized for giving the ball to offensive lineman Doug Kramer on the