Category : Red Zone Rumors

New England Patriots star wide receiver A.J. Brown has reportedly suffered a high-ankle sprain in team’s season-opening 13-10 loss against the Seattle Seahawks. Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL network reported the update on Brown, noting he will under go an MRI to determine a timeline for his return:

Jets running back Breece Hall was listed as a full participant in Wednesday’s practice, which puts him on track to play against the Titans in Week 1 after missing a chunk of time this summer with a groin injury. Given Hall’s missed time, it makes sense that offensive coordinator Frank

The San Francisco 49ers will have two of their biggest superstars available for their season opener against the Los Angeles Rams. George Kittle and Nick Bosa were not included in the team’s injury report for the Week 1 divisional matchup: Head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters last week that Bosa

The eventful month for Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson included a speeding ticket, two days after he was named the starter. Via Fox 8 in Cleveland, Watson was cited for driving 86 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone on Wednesday, August 26. Watson entered a plea of not guilty

With Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon and Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez getting their new contracts, another 2023 draft pick at the same position is still waiting for his reward. Per a source with knowledge of the negotiations, nothing is imminent. However, the two sides have been talking. Porter, the first pick

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is likely to miss “a game or two” after having a meniscus trim procedure on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Per that report, “Bowers got banged up ‘a little in camp’ and the injury was diagnosed last

As the Patriots prepare to play their first game after an offseason that presented an unexpected distraction, the issue will have at least one more development, eventually. The New York Post, which pulled the first pin on the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel grenade five months and two days ago, reports that

It appeared as if Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Teoscar Hernández was going to have an inside-the-park home run during Tuesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. And then Elly De La Cruz unleashed a throw fast enough to make most roller coasters blush. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop took the relay

49ers defensive tackle Alfred Collins tore his patellar tendon in practice this week, according to coach Kyle Shanahan. Collins is out for the season. The 49ers had listed Collins as a limited participant in Tuesday’s practice. (The 49ers are in Australia, so it was Wednesday in Australia.) The 49ers have

New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson believes that the team’s playoff chances are “very realistic” with Week 1 drawing closer, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini. “I mean, I think it should happen, I’ll say that,” Wilson said Tuesday, per Cimini. “It’s our job to go play ball and do

Bears General Manager Ryan Poles said recently that he doesn’t know if cornerback Kyler Gordon will play for the team again and Gordon reportedly isn’t with the team as he tries to work his way back from a calf injury. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Gordon has been

Pittsburgh Steelers veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers has always been known for his outlandish beliefs, but it now appears that he’s not the biggest conspiracy theorist on his team. Steelers star receiver DK Metcalf told The Athletic’s Jonathan Jones that the title belongs to him. “Yeah, I’m a big conspiracy theorist,”

When the Seahawks open the season on Wednesday night against the Patriots, quarterback Sam Darnold will be one of their captains. But that won’t be the case every week. Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald believes in picking new captains for each game, rather than the season-long captains with a ‘C’

The NFL world is waiting to see whether Aaron Donald will play in Week 1 against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, but the Los Angeles Rams star defensive tackle — fresh off his return from retirement — isn’t ready to give an answer yet. The Rams are set to

Jacoby Brissett who is in his first season as a starter for the Cardinals, was named one of five captains for the team this season. On Monday, the Cardinals announced results of the players’ captainship vote from Thursday. Center Hjalte Froholdt was the other offensive captain. Safety Budda Baker and

North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick briefly touched on the school’s ongoing investigation into the football program after general manager Michael Lombardi resigned as general manager last week. “I understand the importance of the work that’s being done by the investigative team,” Belichick told reporters Monday. “Obviously our high standard

The Giants are expected to make a veteran addition to their defensive line group ahead of their Week 1 game against the Cowboys. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that they plan to sign Dean Lowry to their practice squad. Once signed, Lowry would be available to be one of the

Toluca FC overcame Club de Fútbol Monterrey Rayados A.C. to win the Leagues Cup final 2-0 at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, on Sunday. As the first non-MLS team to win the Cup since 2021, when León took home the honors, Toluca became the third Liga MX team to win

The Rams are dealing with the short straw of a long trip to Australia by making the stay as short as possible. On Sunday, coach Sean McVay addressed the very different approach to playing in Melbourne, treating it as a quick-in, quick-out business trip at a time when the 49ers

Elly De La Cruz took the time to care for a fallen fowl during Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, and he was later rewarded with some good karma. The Cincinnati Reds star carried an injured bird off the field during the top of the fourth inning. In the bottom

In three days, the Patriots face the Seahawks in a rematch of Super Bowl LX. It remains to be seen whether cornerback Christian Gonzalez will have a new contract and, if not, whether he’ll play. Gonzalez hasn’t committed to playing without his new deal, which means there’s a non-zero-percent chance

LSU coach Lane Kiffin was thankful his team delivered such an emphatic performance in Saturday’s 51-10 victory over Clemson given the off-field drama that has surrounded the program in recent weeks. “Because I get it, even if we won close and ugly, the whole story would have been, ‘Man, I

Some regard LSU coach Lane Kiffin as an agent of chaos. The better explanation is that he’s a garden-variety troll. At halftime of Saturday night’s weather-delayed game against Clemson, Kiffin was interviewed by ESPN’s Holly Rowe. After the interview ended, Kiffin started to walk away before circling back to the

Several St. Louis Cardinals players wore their hats tilted to the side as a show of support for rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon ahead of a matchup with the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. On Friday, home plate umpire Doug Eddings called time to speak to Rincon about straightening his tilted hat

49ers defensive end Sam Okuayinonu won’t play against the Rams on Thursday and he will miss at least three more games as well. The 49ers announced that they placed Okuayinonu on injured reserve on Saturday. They also announced the previously reported signing of defensive end Khalid Kareem off of the

The UFC will be making its annual September stop in beautiful Paris, France today, and thanks to the time difference, it will air nice and early for viewers on North American soil. Like most of the UFC’s stops in “The City of Light” to date, this one looks like it

As controversy about player eligibility embroils college football, LSU has decided not to play two former NFL players today. But another player whose eligibility demonstrates major changes in the NCAA was on the field for the Miami Hurricanes’ opener on Friday night. Miami linebacker Mohamed Toure recorded five tackles in

Ten talents signed with WWE have been released, per Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com, who reported the news on Friday evening. Here’s a look at some notes on the group. This is the second time a large wave of WWE cuts has occurred in 2026. The last one was announced

North Carolina G.M. Michael Lombardi resigned on Thursday, not long before a sweeping report from WRAL painted an ugly picture of the Tar Heels program. Defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, based on that report, could be next. The eventual target could be coach Bill Belichick, also in a for-cause, you’ll-get-nothing-and-like-it outcome

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs’ initial court appearance on two misdemeanor charges stemming from a May altercation with his girlfriend has been moved up two months and now will take place next week. Jacobs’ hearing originally was scheduled for Nov. 17. The hearing now is set for Thursday, three days

The college sports ecosystem welcomes the current chaos in part, because it justifies the ongoing effort to get an antitrust exemption from Congress. Which, in turn, will allow the programs to partially pick the pockets of players and/or limit their freedom to hopscotch from school to school, like coaches do.

For 58 minutes and 20 seconds, Georgia Tech and Colorado football played in a low-scoring rock fight in Atlanta. That all changed in the final 100 seconds, which featured a frenetic finale. Colorado emerged victorious 14-13 after (a) quarterback Julian Lewis found tight end Charlie Williams with a 20-yard touchdown

The SEC confirmed in a statement that it will appeal the injunction allowing two former NFL players to sign with LSU. Judge William Jorden approved a preliminary injunction Thursday that prohibits the NCAA and the SEC from punishing LSU for playing Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris. The former Ole Miss

Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers will wear custom cleats during a season-opening matchup with Dabo Swinney and Clemson on Saturday. LSU showcased the cleats in a series of photos posted on X. Clemson also dropped new cleats for the game: The Tigers are looking to start off strong under Kiffin, who

The SEC has taken a page out of the Big 12 playbook. Displeased with unfavorable state-court rulings, the conferences turned to federal court. For the Big 12, a federal lawsuit prompted Texas Tech to abandon a plan to play quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who had won an injunction against an NCAA-imposed

The first game of Robert Saleh’s second run as an NFL head coach comes against the team that gave him his first shot at the job. Saleh’s Titans will host the Jets on September 13 and that will make the first time Saleh has faced the Jets since they fired

The Ravens have a new head coach in Jesse Minter, and a new offensive coordinator in Declan Doyle, and quarterback Lamar Jackson says opposing defenses don’t know what’s going to hit them when the season starts. Jackson told Adam Schein that he’s excited to unleash an offense that hasn’t been

If Baltimore Ravens fans weren’t ready for the 2026 season yet, they will be after hearing what Lamar Jackson had to say about the team’s new offense. “I don’t believe a defense is prepared for what’s in store for them,” he said during an interview with Adam Schein of SiriusXM.

Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta is expecting a bounce-back year from cornerback Marlon Humphrey. DeCosta noted today that Humphrey is heading into the final year of the five-year, $97 million contract extension he signed in 2020, and the Ravens are expecting Humphrey to play very well in a contract year

Las Vegas Raiders No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza will have to wait a bit before getting his first taste of regular season action in the NFL. Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak announced on Wednesday that veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins will be the starter over Mendoza for the team’s Week 1

Linebacker Jordyn Brooks is an outlier on the 2026 Dolphins. Brooks is the rare established veteran on a team that is stocked with young players trying to find a foothold in the NFL. That roster construction has made player development the main priority and has led many to predict that

Kyle Van Noy is staying in purple. The veteran linebacker is signing with the Vikings’ practice squad, via Tom Pelissero of Netflix. The move reunites Van Noy with defensive coordinator Brian Flores. They spent four years together in New England, winning a pair of Super Bowls. In 2020, Van Noy

Browns coach Todd Monken had a big decision to make at quarterback. In settling on Deshaun Watson over Shedeur Sanders, Monken didn’t spend much time looking at Watson’s past performances. “I really, to be honest, haven’t looked at it,” Monken told reporters regarding whether he studied Watson’s film from past

Although the Dallas Cowboys waived quarterback Joe Milton, both COO/co-owner Stephen Jones and head coach Brian Schottenheimer expressed significant interest in having the signal-caller back in the mix via the practice squad. Jones made his remarks on the DLLS Cowboys podcast, and Schottenheimer revealed his feelings to reporters during his

Veteran linebacker Tyrel Dodson has found a new home in Carolina. The Panthers announced that they have signed Dodson to their practice squad. He was released by the Dolphins over the weekend. Dodson joined the Dolphins in a 2024 trade with the Seahawks and started 16 games for them last

Every team in the league is in the process of calling players to ask them to join the practice squad, but the Rams and 49ers have another question: “Do you have a passport?” Because the Rams and 49ers will open the season in Australia, those teams need to know that

For the Rams, it’s just as easy to list the players who aren’t captains as it is to list those who are. The team has announced a whopping eleven captains for 2026. They are: quarterback Matthew Stafford, running back Kyren Williams, receiver Davante Adams, tight end Tyler Higbee, center Coleman

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The Colts needed a roster spot after claiming cornerback Kapena Gushiken off waivers from the Eagles. To make room, they released offensive tackle Luke Tenuta. Tenuta spent time on the Colts’ active roster and practice squad last season. He appeared in four games, seeing action on 28 offensive snaps and

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