Category : Red Zone Rumors

When listing the best rivalries in football, we usually look at teams in the same division. Teams that play each other twice per year, like Packers-Bears and 49ers-Seahawks. But one of the best rivalries in football involves teams that are guaranteed to face off only once every four years: Cowboys-Steelers.

Given the reports out of Las Vegas over the last few days, it was a safe bet that Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers would be asked about Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams at his Friday press conference. Adams has reportedly asked for a trade away from the Raiders and there have

The Jets will not have right tackle Morgan Moses in the lineup on Sunday, but they don’t expect to be missing any other offensive linemen. The availability of those linemen became a question on Thursday when right guard Alijah Vera-Tucker was added to the injury report. Vera-Tucker was listed as

Entering the season, the goal for Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice was to have a strong second year, establish himself as a clear No. 1 receiver, and delay the consequences for his street-racing incident until 2025. Now that he has suffered a knee injury that apparently (but not definitely) will end

The Steelers trailed at halftime in two of their first three games before coming back to win, but that approach didn’t work out for them last Sunday. They spotted the Colts a 17-3 lead in the first 30 minutes and that meant outscoring them 21-10 in the second half wasn’t

After a drink landed on Bengals running back Chase Brown at the end of last Sunday’s win over the Panthers, the NFL and the NFL Players Association said they would be looking into what happened. On Thursday, the NFL announced their findings. If a fan had been seen on video

Georgia quarterback Carson BeckJeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 1. QB Carson Beck, Georgia Concerns simmered under the surface after Carson Beck’s performance against the Kentucky Wildcats. His start against the Alabama Crimson Tide didn’t help matters at all. At best, Beck is a facilitator while working from a clean

The Texans added a few players to their already lengthy injury report on Thursday, as the club prepares to play the Bills this weekend. Offensive tackle Tytus Howard (hamstring) popped up as a limited participant. Receiver Robert Woods (foot) and offensive tackle Blake Fisher (illness) each did not practice. As

Six days ago, the Falcons were 1-2 and behind both the Saints and Buccaneers in the NFC South. Plenty has changed since then. After beating the Saints and Bucs in back-to-back games on Sunday and Thursday, the Falcons are now 3-2, in first place in the division, and with head-to-head

Browns tight end David Njoku hasn’t played since the season opener when he injured his ankle. The Browns were encouraged when he returned to limited work Wednesday. Njoku, though, did not practice Thursday. The Browns could use Njoku, who had four receptions for 44 yards against the Cowboys in Week

In the Falcons’ Week One loss to the Steelers, Kirk Cousins looked immobile and hesitant, and it raised questions about whether he had fully recovered from the Achilles injury that ended his 2023 season. There are no questions after Cousins’ performance on Thursday night. Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said

The Falcons drafted defensive lineman Ruke Orhorhoro in the second round this spring. He will make his debut on Thursday Night Football. The team made Orhorhoro a healthy scratch the first four games of the season. Defensive lineman Kentavius Street was the odd player out Thursday, with the Falcons making

The Falcons’ Ring of Honor keeps adding new members. Only 11 days after the team’s in-house award apparatus welcomed team owner Arthur Blank (I still don’t know whether he called himself with the news), former Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan gets the honor. He’ll be inducted at halftime of Thursday night’s

The Falcons have had three drives. They went 70, 42 and 75 yards, with two touchdowns and a missed field goal. Kirk Cousins is 12-of-15 for 176 yards and two touchdowns. He threw an 18-yard touchdown to Drake London on the first drive, and the second touchdown was thrown on

Chris Berman started working at ESPN on October 1, 1979. Forty-five years later, he’s still going. Will he make it to a half of a century? Berman tells John Ourand of Puck that he’s willing to chase 50 years, if he’s still performing at a high level. “If they’ll have

He’s still not driving the ball with his back leg the way he used to. On Thursday night, it didn’t matter. Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins, in his fifth game after returning from a torn Achilles that ended his 2023 season, set a career high and a franchise record with 509

Thursday night’s thriller in Atlanta comes with a small asterisk. The Buccaneers were robbed of a chance to close the deal in regulation by an obvious miss of a facemask foul late in the fourth quarter. It happened with 1:39 to play, and with Tampa Bay leading, 30-27. After the

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images After an offseason filled with more than a little hype, the Atlanta Falcons faced more than a little pressure in Week 5. The Falcons had played in four one-possession games to open the season. But they had also lost two of three at home. A loss

The Falcons stole another one against a division rival, the second time in four days they have come back from the dead to win in the waning seconds. After beating the Saints on a field goal with two seconds left Sunday, Kirk Cousins passed for 509 yards and four touchdowns

The Falcons looked liked they were going to be denied a touchdown again in the red zone. It’s a recurring theme. Atlanta, though, went for it on fourth-and-four from the Tampa Bay 12, quick snapping the ball and seeing Kirk Cousins throw a 12-yard strike to Darnell Mooney. It has

Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins passed for 253 yards in the first half, but the Buccaneers lead 24-17 and get the second half kickoff. The Bucs scored on all four possessions, not counting a one-play kneel down to end the half, with Mike Evans catching two touchdown passes. Evans now has

49ers linebacker Fred Warner and tight end George Kittle remained out of practice Thursday. That does not bode well for their availability for Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. Coach Kyle Shanahan, on his weekly radio show on KNBR, sounded uncertain about both players’ status. “Neither practiced today,” Shanahan said, via

The Falcons scored their first offensive touchdown in their past 17 drives, taking the opening kickoff and marching 70 yards on seven plays. Kirk Cousins was 3-for-4 for 65 yards and a touchdown. He got all his weapons involved. Running back Bijan Robinson ran three times for 5 yards, and

Receiver Mike Evans scored his 98th career touchdown on the Buccaneers’ first drive Thursday night. Perhaps none has been easier. The Falcons appeared confused defensively, with cornerback A.J. Terrell losing him. Baker Mayfield found Evans wide open for a 2-yard score to tie the Falcons 7-7. It was Evans’ 12th

Packers quarterback Jordan Love injured his MCL in the season opener and missed two games before returning Sunday. He completed 12 of 24 passes for 118 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in the first half, and the Packers trailed the Vikings 28-7. Love was much better in the

Earlier this year, a deal between the NFL and ESPN regarding the league’s NFL media conglomerate seemed to be inevitable. Then, it didn’t happen. Now, other entities are reportedly getting in on the act. According to Bloomberg.com, via Sports Business Daily, the league is “in talks” with Skydance Media and

The NFL’s version of Halley’s Comet comes around every 21 years. It’s due to make another appearance in April 2025. From John Elway in 1983 to Eli Manning in 2004, highly-rated quarterbacks rarely make a draft-day power play. Twenty-one years after Eli, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders could. Via C. Isaiah Smalls

There’s been plenty of focus on the Jets as a possible landing spot for Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams in a trade, but Aaron Rodgers isn’t the only former Adams teammate who has been on the radar in recent days. A report also named the Saints as a team that

The Cowboys signed CeeDee Lamb to a four-year, $136 million deal as their No. 1 receiver in August. They have no interest in paying another star receiver $983,333 in salary each week plus $30,000 for each game in he’s on the active roster for half a season, which, under his

The Falcons elevated a couple of players to the active roster for Thursday night’s game against the Buccaneers. Offensive lineman Matt Hennessy and linebacker Josh Woods were both called up for the divisional game. They will revert back to the practice squad after the game. It is the second time

The Cowboys added five players to their practice report Thursday. All five practiced in some capacity. Running back Ezekiel Elliott (dehydration), wide receiver Ryan Flournoy (dehydration) and cornerback Trevon Diggs (ankle) were limited. Running back Rico Dowdle (wrist) and left tackle Tyler Guyton (shoulder) were full participants. None of the

The Vikings signed tight end Robert Tonyan to the active roster from the practice squad Thursday, the team announced. They released running back Myles Gaskin from the active roster, though they could re-sign him to the practice squad. The Vikings have promoted Tonyan to the active roster the past two

Saints head coach Dennis Allen provided an update on tight end Taysom Hill’s condition on Thursday and it didn’t provide much optimism about his availability for Monday’s game against the Chiefs. Hill missed Week Three with a chest injury and suffered a different injury to his ribs in last Sunday’s

After Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice suffered a knee injury during last Sunday’s win over the Chargers, it became clear through replay that quarterback Patrick Mahomes hit the wideout when trying to make a tackle after throwing an interception on the play. In his Thursday press conference, Mahomes told reporters that

Dolphins wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. began practicing with the team this week and the early reviews of his work are positive. Wide receivers coach Wes Welker said that Beckham “has looked great” since returning to the field for the first time since an offseason knee procedure and said he

The odds of wide receiver Malik Nabers being in the Giants lineup this weekend are getting longer. Nabers suffered a concussion in last Thursday’s loss to the Cowboys and he did not take part in Wednesday’s practice. Head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Thursday that Nabers has made progress,

The Pro Football Hall of Fame revealed the list of 60 candidates for election in the Seniors category. Each member of the Seniors Screening Committee voted for 50 candidates from a list of 182 nominees for election to the class of 2025. All individuals under consideration had to appear in

One of the strangest aspects of a potential Jets trade for receiver Davante Adams comes from the collection of receivers the Jets already have. The top three players at the position are Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard, and Mike Williams. So if Adams is in, who’s out? Allen Lazard won’t be;

The NFL has named Steelers kicker Chris Boswell the AFC special teams player of the month for September. It’s Boswell’s second player of the month award after he also won it back in 2015. Boswell hit 11-of-12 field goals in September, with a long of 57 yards. He had five

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson has been available for eight games so far over his first two seasons, but has had to exit four of them due to injury — including Indianapolis’ victory over Pittsburgh last week. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Richardson was asked his response to the notion that

The Ravens have used a strong ground attack to win their last two games. But one of the consequences of that has also been a lack of targets for one of Baltimore’s key offensive weapons. Tight end Mark Andrews has not had a reception since Week 2, receiving only one

Reactions to the Chiefs’ 4-0 start have generally fallen into one of two camps. One one side are those who think the team’s lackluster offensive play will catch up with them, especially when you factor in the players that they have lost to injury already this season. The other camp

In a league that likes to eliminate distractions, the Raiders have a significant one on their hands this week with receiver Davante Adams’ trade request. Las Vegas still has a game this week, as the club will be on the road to face Denver. Quarterback Garner Minshew said in his

It wasn’t long after quarterback Aaron Rodgers joined the Jets in 2023 that chatter about Davante Adams joining him on the AFC East club began to pop up and it hasn’t gone away. This week, it has gotten even louder. Adams has requested a trade away from the Raiders and

Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has started on the path back to the team’s active roster. The NFL’s daily transaction report for Wednesday shows that the Chiefs have opened the window for Edwards-Helaire to practice with the team. Edwards-Helaire is on the non-football illness list and will be able to

The Broncos were able to beat the Jets last Sunday despite quarterback Bo Nix going 12-of-25 for 60 yards, but all involved know that’s not a sustainable way to win games in the NFL. Nix’s performance was impacted by ugly weather in New Jersey for much of the game. Head

The dismal recent history of the Commanders led to a lot of talk about quarterback Jayden Daniels being something of a franchise savior when he was selected with the second overall pick this year, but Daniels deflected such talk by saying that he’s just a rookie. Daniels has done nothing

The makeup of the 2025 class is different than what anyone has seen in recent years, and the Bleacher Report Scouting Department’s initial draft board… This content was brought to you by: Bleacher Report – Front Page

Yes, it’s not easy to tiptoe around a delicate genius. Three days after Jets coach Robert Saleh attributed five false starts to issues with the unique cadence employed by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and two days after Saleh tried to shift the focus from “cadence” to “operation,” Saleh dismissed any effort

Every team in the NFL has gained 300 yards of offense in a game at least once this season. Except the team that paid its quarterback the largest guaranteed contract in NFL history. The Browns are the only team in the league without a 300-yard game, having topped out at