Category : Red Zone Rumors

Jim Harbaugh and Trey Lance return to San Francisco on Saturday night for the final preseason game. Harbaugh coached the 49ers from 2011-14, and the 49ers made Lance the third overall pick in 2021, and he was there for two seasons. Harbaugh announced Thursday that his starters will not play

Joe Davis and Greg Olsen will call the NFL’s first regular-season game in Ireland. NFL Network announced today that Davis will do play-by-play and Olsen will do commentary for the Week Four Vikings-Steelers game, which airs on NFL Network at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, September 28. Pam Oliver and

The 49ers announced their trade for wide receiver Skyy Moore from the Chiefs for a swap of late-round 2027 picks. The team placed cornerback Tre Brown on injured reserve in a corresponding move. The 49ers signed Brown in the offseason to help replace all their losses in the secondary. Brown,

Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s in-game comments last Saturday created a bit of a stir because some people wondered they were about teammate Shedeur Sanders and Sanders got a chance to offer a response on Thursday. Gabriel said in a halftime interview that “there are entertainers and there are competitors” before

Patriots wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk will miss the 2025 season with a shoulder injury, Jordan Schultz reports. Polk underwent offseason surgery on his right shoulder, which he initially injured in Week 17 while diving for a pass. He returned in time to play the team’s first preseason game but re-injured

The Saints believe their trade for wide receiver Devaughn Vele will be good news for their offense, but it was bad news for Donovan Peoples-Jones. The veteran wideout was released on Thursday to make room for Vele on the roster in New Orleans. Peoples-Jones signed with the Saints in May.

NFL teams have to cut their active rosters to 53 players next Tuesday and several clubs will have to decide whether to activate players from injury lists or not by that deadline. The Chargers are one of those teams. Running back Najee Harris is on the non-football injury list after

The timing of the announcement of the ESPN-NFL merger and the scrapping of ESPN’s Colin Kaepernick’s documentary has triggered rampant speculation that the two are connected. ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro, appearing Thursday on CNBC, insisted that’s not the case. Asked specifically whether the move relates to a desire to not

Jaguars first-round pick Travis Hunter’s next work against another team will come in the regular season. Hunter has been dealing with an upper-body injury and he was held out of Thursday’s joint practice with the Dolphins because of the issue. Hunter will also sit out of Saturday’s preseason game. Head

Matthew Stafford is back on the practice field this week and head coach Sean McVay said that “things are coming together really quickly” for the quarterback in his return from missing extended time with a back injury. Stafford has been working fully at practice, but the team isn’t going to

Wide receiver Isaiah Bond hasn’t been a member of the Browns for long, but he’s been around long enough to get a role in their final preseason game. Head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters at a Thursday press conference that Bond will play against the Rams on Saturday. Bond signed

The Falcons will be without one of their key offensive players for a bit. Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, right tackle Kaleb McGary will miss time with the apparent leg injury he suffered during Wednesday’s practice. But at this point, McGary’s timeline for recovery is unknown. McGary, 30, was carted

Big Shield is doing better than I thought it would. The ebook is currently the No. 1 best seller in Amazon’s football category. And the numbers keep going and going. Thank you for that. It’s been a very pleasant surprise. And most of the folks who have already read it

Cleveland won’t be losing the Browns to Brook Park without a fight. And Cleveland secured a recent win by moving in silence. Via Cleveland.com’s Today in Ohio podcast, Cleveland laid the foundation for the recent decision of the Ohio Department of Transportation to deny the permit for a domed suburban

The reigning NFL MVP will officially be DNP for the preseason. Bills coach Sean McDermott told reporters on Thursday that quarterback Josh Allen won’t play in the preseason finale, against the Buccaneers. It will be, as noted by Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the first time Allen hasn’t played in the

With Pete Carroll joining the Raiders this offseason, the AFC West has the most accomplished division of head coaches in history. Between Carroll with the Raiders, Andy Reid with the Chiefs, Sean Payton with the Broncos, and Jim Harbaugh with the Chargers, the division has earned a combined five Lombardi

There are very real differences between college football and NFL football. As North Carolina coach Bill Belichick is experiencing during his first college training camp, after 50 years in pro football. “We’ve done a lot more live work here than than we ever did in the NFL, at any team

The Dolphins will give their starters a little more game action before the preseason is over. Head coach Mike McDaniel said at a Thursday press conference that the team plans to play their first-stringers in Saturday night’s game against the Jaguars. The duration of their time on the field has

After letting go of an offensive lineman on Wednesday, the Commanders have brought in another player for the unit on Thursday. Washington announced the club has signed center Nick Harris. Harris, 26, was a fifth-round pick in 2020 and has spent the vast majority of his career with the Browns.

The 49ers are dealing with another injury at wide receiver. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Russell Gage is expected to miss 7-10 days with a sprained MCL. Gage is listed as a second-teamer on the team’s depth chart. Three other wideouts are also listed on that line and all

Running back Kenneth Walker has rarely been on the field at Seahawks practice this summer as the team manages his sore foot in hopes of having him available for the regular season. Balancing health with the need to prepare for the season is something that all teams do in the

The Falcons offensive line is having a tough day on the injury front on Wednesday. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that tackle Storm Norton is set to miss six-to-eight weeks after having ankle surgery. Norton has been sidelined for an extended period of time this month. The news of Norton’s

Dolphins cornerback Jack Jones did not have a good day covering Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown when the teams got together for a joint practice. The Lions posted a highlight video of St. Brown repeatedly beating Jones, and Jones acknowledged on Wednesday that it wasn’t a good look for

There was a scare at Ravens practice on Wednesday, but it appears all is well with quarterback Lamar Jackson. The team offered an update on Jackson’s condition shortly after reporters at the session passed along word that Jackson left the field after he was knocked down while in the pocket

Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons wasn’t interested in talking about his brief scuffle with quarterback Cam Ward at practice earlier this week, but Ward didn’t seem to have any trouble talking about it on Wednesday. Ward threw a touchdown in practice and then shoved Simmons before breaking out his “Zombieland”

The Browns and Jets have made a trade. The teams announced on Wednesday that New York has acquired defensive tackle Jowon Briggs from Cleveland. The Jets sent a 2026 sixth-round pick to the Browns in exchange for Briggs and a 2026 seventh-round pick. That Round 7 selection originally belonged to

Chiefs coach Andy Reid will play his healthy starters in Friday night’s preseason finale against the Bears. He said they need the work before the season opener, which comes exactly two weeks after the last exhibition game. “Yeah, there’s just a little bit longer wait here in between this game

The Commanders have let go of an offensive lineman. Washington announced on Wednesday that the club has released Julian Good-Jones. Good-Jones, 28, had joined Washington in 2023, signing with the club off of Philadelphia’s practice squad. He spent last year on the Commanders’ practice squad, signing a futures deal with

Edge rusher Matthew Judon practiced with the Dolphins for the first time since his signing became official Tuesday. He said it was not the view, the weather, the beach or the lack of a state income tax that lured him to South Florida. “It’s about the work,” Judon said, via

Tyson Bagent on Wednesday became the first Bears quarterback to receive a contract extension since Jay Cutler, according to Kevin Fishbain of TheAthletic.com. Cutler signed a seven-year, $126 million deal in January 2014; Bagent’s deal is for two years and $10 million. Bagent’s extension ties him to the team through

The NFL has suspended wide receiver Demarcus Robinson three games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, coach Kyle Shanahan said on KNBR. It is a suspension the 49ers anticipated when they signed Robinson in the offseason. Robinson was playing for the Rams when police pulled him over Nov. 25

Coach Brian Schottenheimer said he is confident Micah Parsons will play for the Cowboys in the Sept. 4 opener against the Eagles. “The business side of it is going to take care of itself,” Schottenheimer said, via video from the team. “I think at the end of the day, we

Sean Payton is doing business with his former team. Payton’s Broncos are trading wide receiver Devaughn Vele to the Saints for a 2026 fourth-round pick and a 2027 seventh-round pick, the teams announced. The emergence of Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant made Vele expendable. In last week’s preseason game against

Skyy Moore’s spot on the Chiefs’ roster was anything but guaranteed, but the wide receiver doesn’t have to wait until next week’s cutdown to find out his future. The Chiefs traded Moore to the 49ers for a flip of sixth-round and seventh-round picks in 2027, Jordan Schultz reports. Moore will

The NCAA recently issued the final punishment against the University of Michigan, for violations arising from the Connor Stalions sign-stealing scandal. The outcome included a 10-year “show cause” order against former Michigan coach, and current Chargers coach, Jim Harbaugh. Former Ohio State coach, and former Jaguars coach, Urban Meyer, believes

The Cowboys are hurting at the tight end position. Backup Luke Schoonmaker, who left practice early Tuesday, is in concussion protocol. “Got dinged up a little bit, got a little concussion,” coach Brian Schottenheimer said Wednesday. “I don’t think it’s anything significant, but he’s in the protocol.” Schoonmaker is unlikely

For as much as I enjoy the process of writing a novel, the process of selling a novel is terrifying. With Big Shield, it’s been a little less terrifying than usual. So far, it’s selling. It’s selling well. It’s selling well enough that it’s Amazon’s No. 1 new release in

When the Steelers face the Panthers for the 2025 preseason finale, starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t play. Which means he will have not played at all in the preseason. For the Steelers, that’s a rarity. As noted by Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it’s the first time that a

Spike Lee recently said that his documentary series on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will not be televised by ESPN. As Lee has since told it, the decision was not recentl “That thing fell apart a year ago,” Lee told Business Insider on Tuesday, via Drew Lerner of AwfulAnnouncing.com. “No

In May 2024, a bullet was fired into the office of Chiefs coach Andy Reid. He was present at the time. According to Sam McDowell of the Kansas City Star, neither Reid nor anyone else was struck by the bullet or injured in the incident. Reid now has bulletproof glass

The Vikings traded defensive tackle Harrison Phillips and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Jets on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. The Jets will send a 2026 sixth-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick to the Vikings. Phillips becomes the second defensive tackle the Jets acquired Wednesday after an earlier

49ers wide receiver Jacob Cowing did not practice Wednesday. Coach Kyle Shanahan said on KNBR that Cowing is dealing with the same lingering hamstring injury that sidelined him early in camp. “Yes, it is [the hamstring],” Shanahan said on the radio, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “He felt it yesterday,

The Rams signed an offensive lineman for the second straight day on Wednesday. They announced the addition of John Leglue to their 90-man roster. They had an open spot available, so there was no corresponding move. Leglue appeared in one game for the Falcons in 2023 and he made five

Aaron Glenn is trying to change the Jets’ trajectory in his first year as the team’s head coach and his approach to preparing for the regular season made room for an unusual practice last Sunday. The Jets held a practice that was not announced publicly a day after their preseason

Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was a limited practice participant Wednesday, his first practice in 10 months. He is “very confident” he will play in the season opener Sept. 7. “When it’s time for them lights to come on, you’ll see a whole different L’Jarius Sneed,” Sneed said Wednesday, via Alex

When Bears cornerback Terell Smith was carted off the field during Sunday’s preseason game, it looked bad. And today it’s been confirmed that it was bad. Smith is out for the season with a torn patellar tendon, according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune. A 2023 fifth-round draft pick,

The Vikings are already looking for help at receiver. They’re currently holding their breath as to the possibility that they could be looking for more. Via Alec Lewis of TheAthletic.com, receivers Jordan Addison and Tai Felton exited practice and watched from the sidelines with apparent injuries. Felton, per Lewis, apparently

Word on Tuesday was that Browns cornerback Denzel Ward avoided a serious injury when he went down in practice earlier in the day and confirmation of that came on Wednesday. Head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters at his press conference that Ward is considered day-to-day as a result of his

Browns quarterback Kenny Pickett will miss the entire preseason with his hamstring injury. Asked about Pickett today, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said his hamstring is getting better but that he will not play in the preseason finale on Saturday. “Continuing to progress. He’s done everything in his power to

The Broncos have signed defensive tackle Michael Dwumfour, Mike Klis of 9News reports. In a corresponding move, the Broncos waived undrafted rookie inside linebacker J.B. Brown. Dwumfour, 27, was on of the defensive tackles who worked out for Denver on Tuesday. The Broncos are the seventh team he has spent