Category : Red Zone Rumors

Although it appeared for months that Aaron Rodgers was going to join the Steelers, the quarterback didn’t actually sign a contract with the team until June 10. The Steelers, even as they publicly insisted they were comfortable with Mason Rudolph, never doubted Rodgers would be their starter this season. “I

Free agent tight end Noah Fant will visit the Bengals on Thursday, Jordan Schultz reports. The Seahawks released Fant on Sunday, saving $8.91 million against the salary cap. Fant, 27, spent the past three seasons with the Seahawks after being acquired in the 2022 trade that sent Russell Wilson to

Terry McLaurin isn’t at Commanders training camp, but quarterback Jayden Daniels isn’t worried about the impact that will have on their partnership this fall. McLaurin caught 12 of Daniels’ 25 touchdown passes during the quarterback’s rookie season, so questions about what his absence will do to preparations for the coming

Packers president Mark Murphy presented his final annual financial report Wednesday, reporting the team’s national revenue sharing from the previous fiscal year was a record $432.6 million. The NFL’s revenue sharing 18 years ago — when Murphy gave his first report — was $138 million per team, Rob Demovsky of

Linebacker Quay Walker’s stay on the Packers’ physically unable to perform list turned out to be shorter than expected. General Manager Brian Gutekunst said on Wednesday morning that he thought Walker was about a week away from practicing as he continues to recover from an offseason ankle cleanup surgery, but

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson did not report to Bengals training camp this week and the team made a roster move reflecting that on Wednesday. The NFL’s daily transaction report shows that Hendrickson has been placed on the reserve/did not report list. The move allows the Bengals to fine Hendrickson $50,000

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson missed some time at the end of the offseason program after aggravating his surgically repaired right shoulder. But the young signal-caller didn’t feel like there was ever anything to really worry about. “They told me I had to sit down a few weeks, and I was

The Browns have added some depth for their defensive line. Cleveland has claimed K.J. Henry off of waivers, the team announced on Wednesday. Henry, 26, has appeared in 14 career games with three starts for Washington, Cincinnati, and Dallas. He has 2.5 career sacks with five tackles for loss. The

The Cardinals begin training camp with three players sidelined as first-round defensive lineman Walter Nolen, pass rusher BJ Ojulari and defensive lineman Bilal Nichols will miss time. Nolen injured a calf muscle, and coach Jonathan Gannon made it sound like a significant injury. Gannon said he was unsure whether Nolen

49ers wide receiver Jacob Cowing injured a hamstring during practice. The severity of the injury is unclear. “I thought Jake had one of the best OTAs out of anybody on our team in terms of most-improved, the most prepared for it,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said, via David Bonilla of

The Packers took a look at Bo Melton as a cornerback during their offseason program and the experiment is set to continue in training camp. Melton caught 24 passes as a wide receiver over his first two seasons with the team, but that position has gotten crowded heading into this

When it comes to a marriage between a head coach and quarterback, few partnerships in recent memory have worked better than Sean Payton and Drew Brees with the Saints. But now Payton is the head coach of a different team with a different young quarterback in Bo Nix. After the

When Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys 36 years ago, he made himself the General Manager. To this day, he’s still in that role. He was asked earlier this week whether he has ever considered stepping down. “Momentarily,” Jones said, via fox4news.com. “Small fractions of seconds, I promise you that.” Jones

The Browns is the Browns. And their new helmet is brown. Yes, the Cleveland Browns have exercised their prerogative to add a second alternate helmet by introducing a brown one. And the whole thing is sponsored by Dude Wipes. Which will do nothing to prevent people from associating the brown

The Steelers won a playoff game in January 2017. Just a few months before the Steelers made linebacker T.J. Watt the 30th pick in the draft. Since then, the Steelers haven’t won in the postseason. Which means that Watt never has. In an upcoming interview on In Depth with Graham

The Packers put linebacker Quay Walker on the physically unable to perform list ahead of training camp and General Manager Brian Gutekunst shared an update about when he might be back on the field during a Wednesday press conference. Gutekunst told reporters that Walker had ankle surgery this offseason after

It’s not a surprise given his draft status, but the Titans are going to use training camp to get No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward ready to be a starter. Head coach Brian Callahan told reporters in his Wednesday press conference that Ward will take his reps with the starting

Throughout the offseason, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has talked about a need to complete more deep passes to open up the club’s offense. In Kansas City’s first practice this week, Mahomes was able to connect on one such pass with Xavier Worthy, constituting a decent start to that endeavor. After

Deion Sanders is in attendance today as the Buccaneers take the practice field for the first time in training camp. Sanders, the Hall of Fame cornerback and Colorado head coach, is watching his son Shilo, an undrafted rookie safety who is trying to make the Buccaneers’ roster. The Buccaneers posted

The Texans announced a number of roster moves ahead of their first training camp practice on Wednesday. Running back Joe Mixon has been placed on the non-football injury list. The team will also be without Dameon Pierce and J.J. Taylor in the backfield to start camp as both of them

On Tuesday night, reports emerged that the UFL will be relocating half of its entire league. Moving to new markets will be Birmingham, Michigan, Houston, and Memphis. And the new cities reportedly will be Boise, Columbus, Kentucky (Louisville and/or Lexington), and somewhere in Florida (probably Orlando). The UFL has issued

The Dolphins were inexperienced at cornerback before trading Jalen Ramsey to the Steelers and moving Ramsey has led to speculation that the team will be adding a veteran to the group before the regular season. Rasul Douglas and Asante Samuel Jr. are free agents that have been connected with the

Wide receiver Terry McLaurin is officially holding out of training camp. The Commanders placed McLaurin on the did not report list on Wednesday morning, which sets the stage for daily fines of $50,000 until the wideout joins the club to prepare for the 2025 season. McLaurin opted not to report

Tight end Mark Andrews’s return to the Ravens for the 2025 season didn’t become a sure thing until the offseason was well underway and the stress that uncertainty provided may be making it easier for Andrews to keep his mind on the present. Andrews is in the final year of

The Jets drafted wide receiver Garrett Wilson and cornerback Sauce Gardner in the first round of the 2022 draft with the hope that they would usher in a more successful era of football, but the team’s results have not matched up with their individual success. That hope has not gone

The Honey Badger is calling it a career. Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu has formally announced his retirement on Tuesday in a social media post. “As I hang up my cleats, I’m filled with gratitude as I close this chapter of my life and officially retire from the game that’s shaped

Outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter is retiring from the NFL, the Titans announced Tuesday. They will place him on the leagues’ reserve/retired list. Carter signed with the Titans in the offseason. He spent the past three seasons with the Falcons. In 2014, he appeared in 13 games, with 11 starts, seeing

The Saints were without tight end Taysom Hill during their spring practices because of a knee injury and he’s not ready to get back on the field as they move into training camp. General Manager Mickey Loomis said at a Tuesday press conference that Hill will open camp on the

The Panthers made a couple of roster moves just before the start of training camp. Former Seahawks tight end Tyler Mabry signed with Carolina, via Darin Gantt of Panthers.com. Mabry will be on the practice field when the Panthers open training camp today. Mabry previously played for Panthers head coach

Over the weekend, it was reported that the NFL Players Association would appoint an interim executive director before Tuesday. Tuesday has arrived, and a vote has not happened. NFLPA president Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who has been silent throughout the various recent issues and controversies engulfing the union, has finally spoken, via

Commanders General Manager Adam Peters said earlier Tuesday that the team is going to do everything it can to get Terry McLaurin signed to an extension. The star wide receiver, though, remains without an extension and thus did not report to training camp, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. McLaurin is

San Francisco wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk suffered a torn ACL and MCL in Week Seven of last season, and he’s not close to returning. And not even close to knowing when he’ll be ready to return. General Manager John Lynch said today that the 49ers are “not anywhere close to

The Commander-in-Chief has tried to tie a new D.C. stadium for the Commanders to a return to the abandoned nickname. The chair of the D.C. Council seems to have no problem with that. Consider this quote from Grant Paulsen of 106.7 the Fan in D.C., regarding his Tuesday interview with

The Panthers have released linebacker Josey Jewell, the team announced. Jewell, 30, remains in concussion protocol seven months after a head injury in Week 16 against the Cardinals. He intends to prioritize his health with hopes of returning at some point in the future if his symptoms clear. Jewell signed

The Dolphins lured Darren Waller out of retirement, but the tight end is not quite ready to practice. Waller was placed on the physically unable to perform list on Tuesday, Miami announced. Waller has not played since the 2023 season when he caught 52 passes for 552 yards with a

Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parsons showed up to training camp despite not having a contract extension. He addressed the media Tuesday and expressed frustration at “not much movement” in negotiations. He has no idea when he might get a new deal as his agent, David Mulugheta, has called the

The Raiders signed safety Jamal Adams on Tuesday. It reunites the three-time Pro Bowler with coach Pete Carroll, who coached Adams for four seasons with the Seahawks. Adams, 29, is entering his ninth season after the Jets made him the sixth overall pick in 2017. He recently posted a video

Giants left tackle Andrew Thomas does not have the green light to start practicing yet. The Giants announced that Thomas has been placed on the physically unable to perform list. Thomas only played six games last season before having foot surgery to repair a Lisfranc injury. Thomas has missed 18

A player has much more leverage if he doesn’t show up for training camp than if he shows up and leaves. With Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons being asked specifically about the possibility of leaving the team on Tuesday — and with Parsons not flatly ruling it out — it makes

The Bills announced a handful of roster moves on Tuesday and the league’s daily transaction report brought news of a few more. Among those moves was placing tight end Dawson Knox on the non-football injury list. The reason for Knox’s placement on the list is not known. Knox had 22

Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin and left tackle Tristan Wirfs are officially on the team’s physically unable to perform list. Neither player was expected to be ready for training camp and the Bucs announced the roster moves involving the players on Tuesday. Godwin is recovering from last season’s dislocated ankle

The UFL is getting blown up. Via James Larsen of PFNewsroom, four of the league’s eight teams will be relocated for 2025. Moving on are Birmingham, Michigan, Houston, and Memphis. It’s a clean sweep for the entire USFL conference. Memphis is no surprise; attendance was very poor. Michigan, however, had

The Saints are signing free agent safety Julian Blackmon, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. They need a veteran safety after Tyrann Mathieu’s retirement Tuesday. Blackmon, 26, spent the past five seasons in Indianapolis after the Colts made him a third-round pick in 2020. He has totaled 300 tackles, 1.5

The Buccaneers placed receiver Chris Godwin on the active/physically unable to perform list Tuesday. Godwin may or may not be ready for the season opener. He still is rehabbing the left ankle he dislocated in Week 7. Jenna Laine of ESPN reports that Godwin underwent another minor ankle procedure this

The Bears have never had a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards in a season and Caleb Williams is aiming to change that this year. Williams was asked about his goals for the coming season after reporting to training camp on Tuesday and that milestone was one of two that he

The Browns placed quarterback Deshaun Watson on the active/physically unable to perform list, among several moves they announced Tuesday. Watson underwent a second surgery on his torn Achilles on Jan. 10 and is not expected to be ready to practice for a few months. The Browns are expected to place

To incentivize players to show up for the offseason, most teams use workout bonuses. The Cowboys are in the small minority that uses a salary de-escalator. It’s not about the player making extra money. It’s about losing the money he was due to make, if he doesn’t show up for

The Jets made Sauce Gardner the highest-paid cornerback in the league last week and some questioned the decision because Gardner had a down 2024 after making first-team All-Pro in each of his first two seasons. Gardner was asked about that criticism at a press conference on Tuesday and said that

The Packers signed wide receiver Will Sheppard and kicker Mark McNamee on Tuesday, the team announced. Sheppard is a rookie who played 55 games at Vanderbilt (2020-23) and Colorado (2024). He finished with 200 receptions for 2,688 yards (13.4 avg.) and 27 touchdowns. Sheppard also returned 18 punts for 131

Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons showed up to training camp and was on the practice field with a helmet Tuesday. He did not do much. Parsons said he isn’t holding in but instead cited back tightness. “It’s something that I feel is going to hold me back, so I just