Category : Red Zone Rumors

Rams safety Tanner Ingle was not penalized for his hit on Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston in last week’s preseason game, but he did hear from the NFL. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Ingle has been fined $4,666 for the hit, which came as Johnston tried to catch

As the NFL season progresses, Sundays become a thrilling showcase of athleticism, strategy, and raw emotion. For fans, there’s no better way to experience the excitement than through the Red Zone channel, where the most intense moments of the game unfold before our eyes. From game-winning touchdowns to nail-biting defensive

Browns running back Quinshon Judkins is the only player from the 2025 NFL draft who has not yet signed his rookie contract, and there’s no indication that’s going to change any time soon. Cleveland General Manager Andrew Berry was asked about Judkins during the broadcast of today’s preseason game and

Joe Flacco didn’t play much this preseason, but he did enough to give the Browns some confidence in their starting quarterback. Flacco started today’s preseason game against the Rams and completed nine of 10 passes for 71 yards and a touchdown with one sack and no turnovers before exiting the

The Browns are playing their starters in today’s preseason finale, and an important starter had to exit the game with an injury. Browns center Ethan Pocic suffered a knee injury, was checked on the field and then walked to the locker room. The Browns announced that he will not return

Jets backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor had his knee scoped earlier this month and his availability for the start of the regular season has been in question for the last couple of weeks. After Friday night’s preseason finale, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn was asked about the outlook for Taylor for

On Wednesday, Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent signed a new contract. On Friday night, he provided some proof as to why the Bears offered him the deal. Yes, it’s a preseason game. But still. With the Bears down 27-10 in the fourth quarter, Bagent threw three touchdown passes and led the

A member of the Rooney family that has owned the Pittsburgh Steelers since the team’s founding has died. Matthew Rooney, grandson of team founder Art Rooney, died at the age of 51, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. No cause of death has been released. Matthew’s father, John Rooney, once owned

The Eagles played sixth-round pick Kyle McCord for all of Friday night’s game against the Jets and they may need him to back up Jalen Hurts in the season opener as well. Tanner McKee is set for the No. 2 job, but he suffered a finger injury in practice this

Falcons head coach Raheem Morris updated the outlook for right tackle Kaleb McGary on Friday night. McGary was carted off at Wednesday’s practice with a left leg injury and an initial report said that he’d miss time without an idea of how much time. Morris suggested it will be at

Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said on Friday that he believes defensive end Micah Parsons will be on the field against the Eagles in Week 1, but cornerback Trevon Diggs is less sure about his own outlook. Diggs remains on the physically unable to perform list because of his recovery

It’s been a big first week for Big Shield. The football-gambling-mob novel has sold surprisingly well. (It helps that the ebook costs a ridiculously low 99 cents.) With two weeks to go until the NFL returns (Big Shield is completely fictional and officially not about the NFL, but you can

Saturday is sometimes the day to catch up on the things that got lost in the shuffle of the week that was. Here’s one that slipped through the cracks. On Tuesday, Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared on Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward’s podcast. And Heyward mentioned his comments from March

Friday night’s preseason game ended well for the Bears. It did not start well, specifically in the estimation of coach Ben Johnson. “Offensively, the first two possessions was really sloppy football that has plagued us in and out of camp so far, and unfortunately that’s what we got here tonight,”

As the football season heats up and the playoffs loom close, NFL fans are treated to a frenzy of speculation and rumors surrounding player trades, injuries, and team dynamics. Dubbed “Red Zone Rumors,” this period of intense chatter can significantly impact how teams are perceived and how they perform on

A whole generation of football fans grew up knowing that Tom Dempsey’s 63-yard field goal in 1970 was not just the NFL record, but one of the most extraordinary feats in NFL history. But in the modern NFL, 63-yard field goals are so ordinary that one happened in a preseason

Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is not happy with his team or his lack of a new contract, and he didn’t wear his jersey while every other Cowboy did during Friday night’s preseason game. But one thing he says he would never do is treat his teammates with disrespect. Parsons was

One day after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had plenty of inflammatory things to say about the contract impasse with linebacker Micah Parsons, Parsons sent a message of his own (beyond social media). Although he reported to AT&T Stadium for the preseason finale against the Falcons, Parsons was the only player

The Micah Parsons contract situation has hit full boil over the past couple of days, culminating in owner and G.M. Jerry Jones sounding off to Michael Irvin — and in Parsons spending time during Friday night’s preseason game on a table. After the game, coach Brian Schottenheimer was asked about

With real questions regarding whether the Cowboys have a capable No. 2 to Dak Prescott, second-year quarterback Joe Milton had a solid night in the team’s preseason finale. In extended action, Milton completed 10 of 18 passes for 132 yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 33 yards on four

Folks who attended Friday night’s Vikings-Titans game in Nashville saw something unexpected, but not quite as uncommon as it used to be. A green dildo was thrown onto the field. It’s become a trend at WNBA games in recent weeks. The phenomenon has NFL roots, however. Late in Tom Brady’s

Cowboys rookie running back Jaydon Blue made his preseason debut Friday night and scored his first touchdown. But his night didn’t end the way he wanted it to end. The Cowboys have ruled out Blue with an ankle injury. It is the same right ankle/heel that he originally injured in

With only three preseason games and plenty of joint practices, more and more teams are keeping their key players in bubble wrap throughout August. The Chiefs are not. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes played three drives in Friday night’s preseason finale against the Bears. The efforts resulted in two touchdowns and a

Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich flew home before Friday night’s game against the Cowboys, the Falcons broadcast team reports. Ulbrich left to deal with a personal matter. Defensive pass game coordinator Mike Rutenberg is calling plays in the first half, and assistant head coach/defense Jerry Gray will take over those

Cam Ward finished his preseason without a touchdown pass but having shown enough to have Titans fans excited. He played two series in Friday night’s preseason game Friday night. Ward led the Titans to a touchdown on his second drive of the night, with Julius Chestnut scoring on a 1-yard

Officially, the Sunday Ticket package begins with Week 1 of the regular season. Unofficially, it began during the preseason. Via David Rumsey of FrontOfficeSports.com, the Sunday Ticket package has made multiple preseason games available on the Sunday Ticket service. Apparently, the NFL has allowed YouTube and YouTube TV to stream

Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones is capable of being, in equal measures, magnetic and repugnant. When it comes to linebacker Micah Parsons, Jerry has recently been more repugnant than magnetic. Jones has a habit of negotiating directly with players, cutting out agents who are there to do to the

An MRI confirmed the MCL sprain in the knee of Steelers first-round defensive lineman Derrick Harmon, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Harmon will miss 4-6 weeks, per Dulac, which means the 21st overall pick will be expected to miss between 2-4 games with the season opener not until

No one has questioned Kyler Murray’s work ethic since the Cardinals briefly placed an “independent study” clause into the contract extension he signed in 2022. So, it was strange when Cardinals running back Michael Carter felt the need to defend his quarterback’s work ethic earlier this week. The question that

The 49ers have been dealing with injury issues at wide receiver all summer and the list grew this week when Russell Gage sprained his MCL in practice. Word of Gage’s injury came around the same that the 49ers confirmed DeMarcus Robinson has been suspended for the first three games of

This season the Bengals will induct Dave Lapham and Lemar Parrish as the 11th and 12th members of their Ring of Honor. One of the 10 current members of the Ring of Honor thinks the Bengals have demonstrated why they have a reputation for cheapness in their handling of the

Micah Parsons scrubbed all Cowboys content from his social media accounts Thursday after hearing Jerry Jones’ comments about their contract stalemate. So, everyone was curious whether the star edge rusher would show up to work Friday. He did, and he has. Todd Archer of ESPN reports that Parsons attended meetings

Giants cornerback TJ Moore, who had a gruesome right leg injury Thursday night, remains in the hospital and will undergo surgery today or Saturday, coach Brian Daboll said. Moore had a 44-yard interception return for a touchdown with 57 seconds left in the third quarter. With 3:49 remaining in the

There’s more information now on Steelers first-round pick Derrick Harmon, who was carted off the field in last night’s preseason matchup. According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, Harmon suffered an MCL sprain that will keep him sidelined for about a month. That makes him a candidate to begin the season

Yes, the NFL and/or the NFL Players Association should do something about Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones negotiating directly with players like linebacker Micah Parsons. We asked both the league and the NFLPA about the situation. The NFL has not responded; the union had no comment. A former player

The Buccaneers added a cornerback to the roster ahead of Saturday’s preseason finale against the Bills. The team announced the signing of Tre Avery on Friday. They waived wide receiver Jaden Smith in a corresponding move. Avery played 38 games for the Titans over the last three seasons. He had

One of the concerns for the Texans in 2025 is keeping quarterback C.J. Stroud upright, as Stroud took 25 more sacks in Year Two than he took as a rookie, counting both the regular season and the playoffs. Stroud thinks offensive lineman Tytus Howard can help fix that. Howard is

The Steelers cut 11 players Friday, including long snapper Jake McQuaide and quarterback Logan Woodside. That’s a good sign for long snapper Christian Kuntz, who injured his sternum in the second preseason game. Kuntz said earlier this week, via Alan Saunders of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that the injury is painful,

Word on Thursday was that Eagles wide receiver Johnny Wilson suffered a season-ending injury in practice this week and the team confirmed it on Friday. The Eagles announced that Wilson has been placed on injured reserve. He is having surgery on his knee and ankle. Wilson was a sixth-round pick

The Giants announced their first wave of cuts on Friday. They waived or released wide receiver Jordan Bly, linebacker K.J. Cloyd, cornerback O’Donnell Fortune, linebacker Dyontae Johnson, center Jimmy Morrisey, wide receiver Zach Pascal, wide receiver Montrell Washington, and offensive lineman Jaison Williams. Johnson is the only player in the

Panthers head coach Dave Canales didn’t have much to say about a Friday report that the Vikings have inquired about trading for wide receiver Adam Thielen. Canales said at a press conference that General Manager Dan Morgan is handling any discussions on the trade front while he keeps his focus

Brian Robinson is heading to San Francisco. The Commanders have traded Robinson, their top running back the last three seasons, to the 49ers for a 2026 sixth-round draft pick. Robinson is entering the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, and it has become clear that he and the

The Patriots played their final preseason game on Thursday night and they have now gotten the ball rolling on trimming their roster to 53 players. Head coach Mike Vrabel opened his Friday press conference by announcing that they have informed 14 players that they are being cut. The Patriots and

On Thursday afternoon, a report emerged that Patriots receiver Ja’Lynn Polk would be out for the season due to a shoulder injury. New England head coach Mike Vrabel apparently wasn’t so happy to see that get out. After last night’s preseason matchup with the Giants, Vrabel was asked if he

If that fan lawsuit over the draft-day free-fall of Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders ever goes anywhere, a Hall of Fame running back could be a star witness. Eric Dickerson recently claimed that teams were told to not draft Sanders. “I tell you this much, what I heard from someone that’s

Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito has become about as popular as an undrafted backup on a losing team can be over the last two years, a New Jersey native who lived with his parents and surprisingly started six games, winning three of them, as a rookie. He isn’t sure if it’s

The Panthers are keeping their right tackle around. Carolina announced on Friday that the club has agreed to a two-year extension with veteran Taylor Moton. According to multiple early reports, the deal is worth $44 million with $40 million guaranteed. Moton, who turned 31 earlier this week, was a second-round

Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson is closing in on his first game action since breaking his leg last year and making sure he’s at peak strength for the coming season is his main focus right now. Hutchinson clarified that is the case on Thursday after being asked where things stand

The Steelers will be waiting for further word on first-round pick Derrick Harmon on Friday. Harmon was carted off the field during Thursday night’s road game against the Panthers with a knee injury. There were fears of a significant injury because the defensive lineman rode off the field with a

Fights have been a staple of joint practices all summer, so it’s only fitting that one of the final ones of the year saw a player ejected for scrapping with the opposing team. Packers right tackle Zach Tom was ejected from the team’s session with the Seahawks in Green Bay.