Category : Red Zone Rumors

There are now just four unsigned 2025 draft picks. The Eagles announced on Monday that they’ve signed second-round pick Andrew Mukuba to his four-year rookie contract. Mukuba, a safety, was the final pick of the second round in this year’s draft. He began his college career at Clemson, playing three

The Bengals have failed to get first-round edge rusher Shemar Stewart under contract. And, of course, they believe that’s not their fault. But it is. They opted to suddenly change their contract language regarding the voiding of guarantees. And it wasn’t a 2025 change; they used the old language in

Three Cowboys players landed on the physically unable to perform list on Monday. Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports that cornerback Trevon Diggs, linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, and cornerback Josh Butler are on the list. Rookie cornerback Shavon Revel is on the non-football injury list. All four players can be activated at

The Bengals are dealing with a pair of contract impasses involving defensive ends ahead of their first training camp practice this week. First-round pick Shemar Stewart remains unsigned and veteran Trey Hendrickson is looking for a contract extension. Hendrickson did not attend the team’s mandatory minicamp as part of his

The Bengals and No. 17 overall pick Shemar Stewart remain in a contract dispute that doesn’t appear to be close to ending. Cincinnati’s rookies reported to training camp on Saturday, but Stewart was not among them. The defensive end has been posting pictures to social media of himself out of

The Chargers have gotten two of their players back on the practice field. Via the NFL’s daily transaction wire, defensive back Elijah Molden and receiver Jaylen Johnson have each passed a physical. Both players started training camp on the physically unable to perform list. Molden ended the 2024 season with

One of Kansas City’s starting offensive tackles is not ready to practice at the start of camp, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be out for too long. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said in his Sunday press conference that offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor, cornerback Kristian Fulton, and tight end

Titans quarterback Will Levis will miss the entire 2025 season with a shoulder injury. Levis, who was the Titans’ primary starter the last two seasons, was expected to back up first overall pick Cam Ward this year. Instead, he’ll miss the year. “After consulting with doctors and his representatives, Will

The Chiefs and defensive end George Karlaftis agreed to a four-year extension on Sunday, putting him under contract with the organization through 2030. The No. 30 overall pick in 2022, Karlaftis has been a durable, effective edge rusher over his first three seasons, recording 24.5 sacks, 24 tackles for loss,

Twice on Sunday, President Donald Trump took to his social-media account on his social-media platform to insist that two professional sports teams restore Native American-based names they’d previously abandoned. Both the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians became the targets for an all-caps tirade (SAD!). He eventually threatened the Commanders

Four times per year, the NFL’s owners gather to address NFL business. Under certain circumstances, the owners will have a special, previously-unscheduled meeting. Usually, it happens in connection with the approval of the purchase of a controlling interest in a team. Sports Business Journal recently reported that a special meeting

The Dolphins drafted running back Jaylen Wright last year and got a strong start from the rookie, who averaged 5.3 yards per carry over his first six games. And then they got nothing from him for the rest of the season, as he averaged just 1.8 yards per carry over

With the launch of training camps comes unbridled optimism, for most teams. Cowboys guard Tyler Smith is feeling that optimism about his own team, even if it’s been 30 years since Dallas advanced to the NFC Championship. Asked about his team’s goals for 2025, Smith said this, via Todd Archer

The Chiefs have agreed to terms with edge rusher George Karlaftis on a four-year extension. The full details are still to be obtained. For now, here’s what we have. The new six-year deal pays out $105.528 million, for an annual average from signing of $17.588 million from signing. The new

There’s at least one more potential candidate to become the interim executive director of the NFL Players Association. Earlier today, we mentioned that NFL Players, Inc. president Matt Curtin’s name has emerged in the rumor mill, mainly as a candidate possibly being pushed by NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter

The Buccaneers agreed to terms with second-round cornerback Benjamin Morrison, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Morrison will have 96 percent of the third year of his four-year deal guaranteed, per Garafolo. The Bucs used the 53rd overall pick on Morrison. He appeared in 31 games for Notre Dame in

The Chiefs signed guard Trey Smith to a new contract last week and they struck a deal with another member of the team this weekend. According to multiple reports, defensive end George Karlaftis has agreed to a four-year extension with the team. Karlaftis stands to make $93 million under the

The Seahawks released veteran tight end Noah Fant on Sunday, the team announced. He was due a non-guaranteed salary of $8.49 million this season and the move saves $8.91 million against the salary cap. Fant, 27, spent the past three seasons with the Seahawks after being acquired in the 2022

First, Lloyd Howell. Now, JC Tretter. In a lengthy interview that was posted earlier this hour, Tretter tells Jonathan Jones of CBSSports.com that Tretter is resigning from the NFL Players Association. The former union president had returned last year, as the NFLPA’s chief strategy officer. “Over the last couple days,

The Patriots signed first-year defensive tackle David Olajiga on Sunday, the team announced. Olajiga, who is a London native, joins the Patriots as part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program. Olajiga, 27, spent last season on the Rams’ practice squad after signing with the team out of Central Missouri. The

The distraction is working. As a result, the man who is looking for the country to talk about anything other than something about some sort of list has turned it up a notch — to precisely where we’ve suspected it would eventually go. Hours after insisting that the Washington Commanders

The Bengals confirmed reports that they signed quarterback Desmond Ridder on Sunday afternoon and they announced several other roster moves as well. They have signed defensive tackles Taven Bryan and McTelvin Agim to their 90-man roster. They also signed center Andrew Raym while waiving quarterback Logan Woodside and guard Tashawn

One of the big questions for the Cowboys this week is whether Micah Parsons will be taking part in practices at training camp and he may have some new teammates to welcome along the defensive front if he is on the field. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the team

Corey Adams, an 18-year-old freshman football player at Mississippi, was shot and killed on Saturday night. Via Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com, Adams died at the scene in Cordova, Tennessee. Four other men were shot in the incident. None were listed in critical condition. Shelby County sheriff’s deputies found Adams inside

The Bengals are bringing in another quarterback. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Desmond Ridder is signing with Cincinnati. It’s a homecoming of sorts for Ridder, who played his college ball at the University of Cincinnati. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was also Cincinnati’s offensive coordinator and QBs coach when

Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone was not among the players that the team placed on the physically unable to perform or non-football injury lists ahead of their first training camp practice, but Anzalone did not take part in Sunday’s session. Head coach Dan Campbell said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit

After a brutal 2024 season of injuries on defense, the Lions’ 2025 is off to a disappointing start. Lions defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike suffered a torn ACL and will miss the entire season, head coach Dan Campbell announced today. Onwuzurike opened camp on the reserve/physically unable to perform list but

The Lions held their first practice of training camp on Sunday and they also experienced their first injury of the summer. Per multiple reports, cornerback Ennis Rakestraw had to leave the field early in the session. The team said that he is being evaluated for a chest injury. Rakestraw was

If Commanders owner Josh Harris has been tiptoeing toward a possible return to their abandoned name, they have officially gotten a two-handed shove. President Donald Trump, who currently has no reason whatsoever to change the subject on any matter that possibly has had his base up in arms for over

The Cowboys don’t care about winning as much as they claim to care about winning. If they did, they wouldn’t consistently drag their feet when it comes to the contracts earned by key players. They’ve done it several times in recent years, from Ezekiel Elliott to Dak Prescott to CeeDee

The news that defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike will miss the season with a torn ACL was the biggest headline of head coach Dan Campbell’s Sunday press conference, but he provided several other injury updates as well. Left tackle Taylor Decker was placed on the physically unable to perform list upon

With executive director Lloyd Howell abruptly out, the NFL Players Association needs to replace him. It soon will. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the NFLPA board of player representatives “is expected to vote” on a new interim executive director before the widespread launch of training camps, on Tuesday. The news

There’s a storm raging within the NFL Players Association, and at times it feels as if we’re in the eye of it. The vast majority of texts and calls to the PFT hotline since the resignation of NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell relate to the next steps for the union.

Joe Burrow didn’t need a Batmobile to bring a few jokers to justice. Authorities in New York have secured a pair of guilty pleas from pawn-shop managers who bought and sold items stolen from the Bengals quarterback’s home last December. On Friday, 43-year-old Dimitriy Nezhinskiy pleaded guilty to one count

In 2001, the Panthers drafted Steve Smith in the third round, played him mostly on special teams as a rookie, and then saw him develop into the best wide receiver in franchise history. This year, the Panthers drafted wide receiver Jimmy Horn in the sixth round, and Horn would love

The Panthers have agreed to terms with second-round edge rusher Nic Scourton, the team announced Saturday night. That means they will have their entire eight-player rookie class under contract when workouts begin Wednesday. The Panthers traded up to select Scourton with the 51st overall pick as they had on first-round

The Bengals signed second-round linebacker LB Demetrius Knight Jr. on Saturday, the team announced. His signing leaves only first-rounder Shemar Stewart unsigned. Knight received nearly 80 percent of his four-year rookie deal guaranteed, Jordan Schultz reports. It’s the first time in NFL history the 49th overall pick has received guarantees

The Saints have agreed to terms with veteran defensive end Jonathan Bullard, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Bullard visited with the Saints last month, and his signing will reunite him with Brandon Staley, an assistant with the Bears when Bullard played in Chicago in 2017-18. Bullard, 31, spent the

When it comes to NFL players creating mayhem and/or causing injuries while driving, there is precedent. When it comes to NFL players street racing on a city highway among and around other cars in broad daylight on video, there is no precedent. That’s the most important thing to remember when

The 49ers surprisingly released core special teams player George Odum on Saturday. It turns out Odum underwent elbow surgery last month from an offseason injury, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. That’s how Odum landed on the non-football injury list earlier this week. Odum should be healed in 6-8 weeks,

Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown tore the ACL, MCL and PCL in his right knee in Week 14, which put his entire 2025 season in jeopardy. Overshown always has had a positive outlook, and it appears the medical staff has given him a positive update. “Good news from the Doc! We

The Jets placed edge rusher Jermaine Johnson on the active/physically unable to perform list Saturday, the team announced. Johnson tore his right Achilles in a Week 2 game against the Titans, but he is expected to be ready for the 2025 season opener. He gave an update after the Jets

As the Patriots head to camp, several players are on the physically unable to perform list, or the non-football injury/illness list. Receiver Stefon Diggs is not one of them. That means he is good to go, after the 2024 ACL tear that ended prematurely his lone season with the Texans.

The Jaguars placed linebacker Dennis Gardeck on the active/physically unable to perform list, the team announced Saturday. Gardeck, who signed with the Jaguars last month, can return to the 90-player roster once he passes his physical. He tore the ACL in his right knee on a punt play in a

The Texans signed wide receiver Jayden Higgins to a fully guaranteed deal on May 8, the first time in history for a second-round pick to receive a fully guaranteed deal. It delayed most of the rest of the second round from reaching deals for weeks. One of the 30 second-round

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson will begin training camp on the active/non-football injury list, the team announced. He is one of four players to get that designation, though he, backup quarterback Case Keenum, running back Ian Wheeler and wide receiver Jahdae Walker can return once they pass their physical. The Bears,

The Chiefs have agreed to terms with their second-round pick. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Kansas City and No. 63 overall selection Omarr Norman-Lott have come to terms on the defensive tackle’s four-year rookie contract. Norman-Lott, 23, was the penultimate selection of the second round. He played his first

Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are the highest-paid receiver due in the NFL. Chase signed a four-year, $161 million extension and Higgins a four-year, $115 million deal. They want to prove they are worth the $276 million. “I’m pretty sure that’s the big thing Cincinnati wants us to do, too,”

The 49ers are moving on from one of their special teams veterans. San Francisco announced on Saturday that the club has released safety George Odum. Odum, 31, had been with San Francisco since 2022. He appeared in 12 games with two starts last season, recording 16 total tackles and four

Richie James landed in the NFL as a seventh-round pick in 2018, and he has called it quit after six seasons. James did not play in 2024, so his final game came in Super Bowl LVIII. He announced his retirement in a social media post. “It took time but I