Category : Red Zone Rumors

Jim Harbaugh made no secret of his fondness for quarterback Justin Herbert during his first season as the head coach of the Chargers and his second season is starting with more of the same. Harbaugh called Herbert one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game this offseason and

The Packers spent their first-round draft pick on wide receiver Matthew Golden, their second-round pick on offensive tackle Anthony Belton and their third-round pick on wide receiver Savion Williams. That’s a major investment in putting good players around quarterback Jordan Love, and Love appreciates it. Love said on NFL Network

When it comes to properly handling the Micah Parsons situation, Jerry and Stephen Jones are becoming a one-two punch of incompetence. On Sunday, Stephen turned the tables on Parsons, explaining that he has to want to be paid. In other words, he has to accept our offer. Substandard as it

Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner has a new contract. He may have a new assignment in 2025. As explained recently by Rich Cimini of ESPN.com, Gardner could be assigned to cover the No. 1 receiver more regularly in the new defensive scheme. Previously, Gardner had a specific area in the Jets’

Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle has been getting plenty of passes thrown his way early in training camp, but he’s not claiming that means he has moved ahead of Tyreek Hill as the Dolphins’ No. 1 receiver. Asked by a reporter at his training camp media appearance whether he’s now

Micah Parsons is still waiting for a new contract in Dallas, but one of his teammates landed an extension on Sunday. The Cowboys announced that they have signed tight end Jake Ferguson to a four-year extension. It’s a $52 million deal with $30 million in guaranteed money. Ferguson was in

Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin’s training camp holdout came to an end on Sunday. McLaurin is looking for a new contract and missed the first four days of camp in a bid to get one, but decided to report despite the lack of an agreement. McLaurin did not participate in

Cardinals cornerback Starling Thomas suffered a serious knee injury during Friday’s practice. Tests revealed that Thomas has a torn ACL, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. That almost certainly means he will miss the entire season. Originally an undrafted rookie out of UAB, Thomas spent training camp with the Lions

One of the competitors in Cleveland’s four-way quarterback competition is going to be sidelined for a bit. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Kenny Pickett suffered a hamstring injury toward the end of Saturday’s practice. Cleveland is expected to re-evaluate the injury later in the coming week. Schefter notes Pickett was coming

The Bills activated tight end Dawson Knox and wide receiver Laviska Shenault back to the roster after they passed a physical. Both began training camp on the non-football injury list and missed the first four practices. Knox was out with a hamstring injury, and Shenault had a lower leg strain.

The Lions have moved on from one of their defensive backs. Detroit announced on Sunday that the club has released Stantley Thomas-Oliver. Thomas-Oliver, 27, joined Detroit late last season on the practice squad. He then signed a futures deal to remain with the club after Detroit’s playoff loss. A Panthers

The Cowboys are way better at coming up with reasons for not timely and properly paying their key players than they are at timely and properly paying their key players. Amid training-camp chants from fans to pay linebacker Micah Parsons, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones said this, via Clarence E. Hill,

The Cardinals lost cornerback Starling Thomas V for the season when he tore his left ACL in practice Friday. The team placed him on injured reserve Sunday. The Cardinals already were without Sean Murphy-Bunting for the season after he injured his knee in the offseason. If that weren’t enough losses

We’re back. baby. On Monday, the six-week hiatus is over. PFT Live returns. Yeah, I did 28 episodes of #PFTPM during the “break.” But that was solo. Chris Simms returns for the full, two-hour adventure. We’ll be in our usual habitats on Monday and Tuesday. For Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll

The 49ers got Ricky Pearsall on the practice field for the first time in training camp on Sunday, but another wide receiver had to leave Sunday’s session with an injury. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said in his press conference that Jauan Jennings suffered a calf injury. Jennings also dealt with

The 49ers are adding an experienced veteran to their defense. Cornerback Eli Apple has agreed to a one-year deal with San Francisco, according to agency Universal Sports and Entertainment Management. Apple, 29, signed with the Chargers’ practice squad last October and was promoted to the team’s active roster last November.

One of the Broncos’ linebackers will be sidelined for a while. Per NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, Drew Sanders suffered a foot tendon injury and an MRI revealed he will be out for an extended period of time. Sanders will not be able to return for the start of the regular

49ers defensive lineman Tarron Jackson was stretchered off the field and taken to Stanford Hospital at today’s practice, but coach Kyle Shanahan said Jackson is conscious and has feeling in his extremities. “There with Tarron Jackson there at the end, always scary when someone gets taken off on a stretcher,”

One of the Giants’ key special teams players has suffered a long-term injury. Per Dan Duggan of TheAthletic.com, Bryce Ford-Wheaton suffered a torn Achilles during Sunday’s practice. Ford-Wheaton confirmed the news in a social media post. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t devastated! I did everything by the

On Sunday, the Chargers signed tackle Rashawn Slater to a four-year extension. The details have quickly emerged for a deal that is able to be quickly summarized and digested. Here’s the full contract, per a source with knowledge of the terms: 1. Signing bonus: $29 million. 2. 2025 roster bonus:

Veteran right tackle Jawaan Taylor participated in practice at Chiefs training camp for the first time this summer. Taylor opened up camp on the physically unable to perform list, but he was activated in time to take part in Sunday’s session. The nature of the injury that kept Taylor off

Falcons first-round pick James Pearce was in the middle of the fray during Sunday’s training camp practice. Pearce scuffled with left guard Matthew Bergeron and right tackle Kaleb McGary on back-to-back plays during a drill pitting the first-team offense against the second-team defense. Pearce’s fellow edge rusher Leonard Floyd got

The Broncos are planning to either build a new stadium or to renovate their current one. They currently have no timetable for getting things done. “[W]e’re not going to put a timetable on it,” team president Damani Leech told reporters on Saturday. “This is a 30-, 40-, 50-year decision that

Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater hasn’t been practicing at training camp because he had not signed a contract extension yet, but that will likely change when the Chargers are next on the field. According to multiple reports, Slater and the Chargers have agreed to a four-year extension. It is worth

Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall hit the practice field for the first time this summer. The 49ers activated Pearsall from the physically unable to perform list in time to participate in Sunday’s practice. The session is the team’s fourth of the summer and they will put full pads on for the

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said the league wants to stage 16 international games per year. The simplest math leads to one inescapable conclusion. Every team would play an international game, every year. Via Sports Business Journal, Falcons owner Arthur Blank said during a Saturday appearance on NFL Network that

The headlines say one thing. The details paint a different picture. Yes, Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick received a $16.245 million signing bonus as part of his reworked deal. The truth is that the Dolphins had the ability to convert $14.245 million of his $15.5 million salary into a signing bonus,

Evan Engram is early in his first season with the Broncos, but the tight end has already noticed one significant difference from his time with the Jaguars. Engram thrived on the field for most of his time in Jacksonville and left the Jaguars with 234 catches in 43 games, but

The Falcons had their seventh straight losing season in 2024 after dropping their final two games of the year, but team owner Arthur Blank isn’t doubting the track that his team is on as they head into the 2025 campaign. Head coach Raheem Morris took over the team before the

For Hall of Fame defensive back and Colorado coach Deion Sanders, questions have swirled about his health for several weeks. Answers apparently are coming on Monday. Via Chantz Martin of FoxNews.com, Sanderswill conduct a press conference on Monday. Officially, the event is expected to “provide general and team updates.” Per

If you’ve been watching and/or reading closely, you may have noticed a hint or two that the release of Raiders defensive tackle Christian Wilkins may have related to something other than a dispute over his lingering foot injury. Or, more accurately, that the Raiders could try to point to something

The Commanders will kick off the 2025 season by adding a player to the franchise’s Ring of Fame. The team announced that they will be inducting wide receiver Santana Moss into the group during their Week 1 game against the Giants. Moss will be the 52nd person to join the

Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow’s comeback bid with the Panthers is off to a good start. Renfrow caught 103 passes for the Raiders in 2021, but missed seven games the next season and only had 25 catches in 17 games for Vegas in 2023. He did not play at all after

Rams linebacker Jared Verse has learned how to work out like former Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald. In addition to being a great player, Verse has something else in common with the future Hall of Famer. Verse has an edge. And that edge sometimes needs to be controlled in practice.

Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin is no longer a holdout, but he is not practicing, either. McLaurin showed up to training camp for the first time today, but he’ll start camp on the physically unable to perform list, coach Dan Quinn said. “Terry McLaurin has reported and we’re very happy

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa says he wasn’t trying to criticize teammate Tyreek Hill when he said they need to work on their relationship, but Tagovailoa said Hill needs to know that comments he made at the end of last season about wanting to leave the team didn’t go unnoticed in

Bengals pass rusher Shemar Stewart has officially signed his rookie contract, making him the last 2025 first-round draft pick to do so after a lengthy stalemate in negotiations. He said he’s relieved to have it over and get to work. “Both sides just found some even ground. We both thought

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Vikings safety Josh Metellus earned a new contract. And now he has one. Via NFL Media, the Vikings and Metellus have agreed to terms on a three-year, $36 million extension. He was due to earn a base salary of $3.675 million in 2025. He’ll now have a four-year, $39.675 million

The Broncos are waiting for word on the severity of a leg injury that knocked linebacker Drew Sanders out of Saturday’s practice. Sanders was carted off the field during the session and head coach Sean Payton said in a post-practice press conference that he is going for an MRI to

Before future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers signed with the Steelers, former Steelers quarterback (and Hall of Famer) Terry Bradshaw called the move “a joke.” “What are you gonna do?” Bradshaw said. “Bring him in for one year? Are you kidding me? . . . . That guy needs

Seahawks running back Kenny McIntosh injured his left leg during Saturday’s training camp practice. The initial diagnosis is a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. McIntosh will undergo further testing to confirm the injury. McIntosh was injured during a special teams drill and had to be carried

Rams coach Sean McVay said earlier this week that quarterback Matthew Stafford would miss the start of training camp, returning for the second block. Stafford, though, will not get back into team drills next week. McVay gave a medical update on Stafford’s sore back Saturday, emphasizing that the two-time Pro

The Titans’ wide receivers room took a hit to its depth Saturday when former first-round pick Treylon Burks fractured his collarbone. The team solved that by agreeing to terms with free agent Ramel Keyton, according to multiple reports. Keyton, 24, was among a handful of players who worked out for

The Jets signed two members of their 2022 draft class to contract extensions this offseason, but running back Breece Hall isn’t expecting to join cornerback Sauce Gardner and wide receiver Garrett Wilson in celebrating a new deal. Hall was a second-round pick that year and an impressive rookie season was

The Steelers announced plans to honor three former members of the team during the 2025 season. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, linebacker Joey Porter Jr., and center Maurkice Pouncey will be inducted into the team’s Hall of Honor during their Monday night game against the Dolphins on December 15. “It’s special,” Steelers

The Bills swapped out wide receivers Saturday. The team announced it signed Kelly Akharaiyi to the roster and placed David White on reserve/retired. White, 25, joined the Bills earlier this week. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2024, signing with the Jaguars. He tore an ACL

The Dolphins doubled up on experienced additions to their cornerback corps on Saturday. Agent Drew Rosenhaus said that his client Mike Hilton has agreed to terms with the team. That news came after the Dolphins confirmed that they have signed former Patriots and Raiders corner Jack Jones. Hilton spent the

Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson’s 2024 season was cut short by a broken leg, but he says he’s confident the leg is fully healed — especially after some hard practices. Hutchinson said no one around him is babying him or his leg, and that’s exactly what he wants. “First day

Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks injured his shoulder during Saturday’s practice at Nissan Stadium and the initial report about his condition suggests he’s going to miss time with the injury. NFL Media reports that Burks fractured his collarbone while making a catch during the workout. The wideout is still undergoing