Category : Red Zone Rumors

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

Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks said recently that he hopes to stay healthy so he can show what he’s capable of doing on the field, but that plan has hit a snag. Head coach Brian Callahan told reporters on Saturday that Burks is being evaluated for a shoulder injury. Burks

The Texans didn’t seem to need running back Nick Chubb, when he signed a one-year deal in early June. They need him now. Starter Joe Mixon is on the non-football injury list. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Mixon “is expected to be out an extended period of time with

The Dolphins were in the market for veteran cornerback help before Artie Burns tore his ACL this week and they’ve added some in the wake of that injury. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Dolphins have agreed to terms with former Patriots and Raiders corner Jack Jones. It’s a

The NFL Players Association needs an executive director. Before that, the NFLPA needs an interim executive director. At this point, no one knows who the more immediate hire will be. Or when it will happen. The internal document obtained by ESPN that became the centerpiece of a report regarding potential

With the Bengals finally making a small concession to get first-round defensive end Shemar Stewart to accept new language regarding the voiding of guarantees, they have one more player to lure into camp. Defensive end Trey Hendrickson remains away from the team, for far different reasons. He’s under contract. He’s

Most of the attention in the Saints’ quarterback competition is focused on Spencer Rattler and second-round pick Tyler Shough, but the team has insisted Jake Haener is also involved and Friday’s practice showed that’s more than just idle chatter from head coach Kellen Moore. Haener worked with the first team

The Texans will induct a second member of the McNair family into their Ring of Honor this year. The team announced that Janice McNair will join her late husband Robert in the group. The McNairs were the co-founders of the Texans, who played their first season in 2002. Andre Johnson

It doesn’t look like it will be long before quarterback Justin Fields is back to full speed at Jets training camp. Fields dislocated his toe during practice on Thursday, but he was back on the field Friday doing some drills. On Saturday, he took part in 7-on-7 work as works

The Eagles continued to practice without a key defensive piece on Saturday. Defensive tackle Jalen Carter is present for the session, but he remains an observer due to a shoulder injury. There’s been no sign of great concern from the Eagles about Carter’s condition and the team would obviously opt

As the Raiders and former Raiders defensive tackle Christian Wilkins embark on a legal fight over whether the team properly voided his remaining guarantees before cutting him, one key question will be whether his foot injury required another surgery — and whether he should have submitted to it. Hovering over

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski had a positive update on wide receiver Cedric Tillman’s health on Saturday. Tillman left Friday’s practice with trainers after suffering a lower left leg injury while trying to reel in a high pass from quarterback Joe Flacco. Tillman did not return to the session, but

Linebacker Alex Anzalone is on the practice field at Lions training camp on Saturday. Anzalone did not take part in the team’s first set of practice sessions this summer, but multiple reporters at Saturday’s workout send word that Anzalone is in uniform and on the field with the rest of

It started with Texans receiver Jayden Higgins. After he managed to bump the percentage of guaranteed money for his slot from 91.9 percent to 100 percent, the rest of the round saw a bump in their guarantee percentage. Of course, it took a while. The 30 second-rounders taken after Higgins

Kelvin Sheppard will have a great chance for success in his first year as the Lions’ defensive coordinator if defensive end Aidan Hutchinson regains the form he had before fracturing his leg in Week Six last season, but Sheppard isn’t stopping there when it comes to what he’s seen from

In another sign of how name, image and likeness payments have fundamentally changed college football, Maryland head coach Mike Locksley admitted this week that player payments became such a contentious issue on his team that it caused strife in the locker room. “A year ago, Coach Locks lost his locker

After playing sparingly for the Patriots as a rookie last season, quarterback Joe Milton was traded to the Cowboys in April. He thinks he’s in a better place now. Milton said at Cowboys training camp that he and his agent orchestrated the trade so he could get a fresh start.

Veteran linebacker Jordan Hicks won’t be joining the Browns at training camp. Hicks missed the first days of camp for what the team called personal reasons and he announced on Instagram Friday that he is retiring from the NFL. Hicks was in his second season with the Browns and was

Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins is no longer a member of the Raiders and his next stop could be New England. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel told reporters at training camp on Friday that the team will “have a conversation” about signing Wilkins. Wilkins is from Massachusetts and went to high

The Buccaneers added a pair of offensive linemen to their 90-man roster on Friday. The team announced the signing of guard Michael Jordan and tackle Tyler McLellan. They had one open roster spot and waived tackle Silas Dzansi with an injury designation to create room for the other new addition.

When Raiders head coach Pete Carroll was hired this offseason, two of his top priorities were hiring Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator and trading for quarterback Geno Smith. Kelly and Smith think they’re a match made in heaven. “I think Chip has done a great job, number one, with implementing

The Titans closed out the week by making changes to their wide receiver group. The team announced that they have signed Matt Landers to their 90-man roster. Colton Dowell was waived in a corresponding move. Landers has made a number of stops since going undrafted out of Arkansas in 2023,

The NFL is cracking down on players, coaches and staffers who have sold Super Bowl tickets for more than face value. About 100 players and about two dozen other employees were fined after an NFL investigation into sales of Super Bowl LIX tickets, according to Rob Maaddi of the Associated

The Falcons are signing veteran wide receiver DJ Chark, NFL Media reports. Chark visited Atlanta on Friday. He visited with the Bears last month but Chicago did not sign Chark to a deal. Chark, 28, spent last season with the Chargers but appeared in only seven games because of a

There’s a new report from Don Van Natta Jr. and Kalyn Kahler of ESPN regarding the NFL Players Association. It’s important to understand what it is, and what it isn’t. It’s based on an internal document prepared by an unnamed NFLPA lawyer. It reflects the views of the person who

Rome wasn’t built in a day and the Bears’ 2025 offense isn’t going to be built that quickly either. That was the message from offensive coordinator Declan Doyle after Friday’s training camp practice. All eyes are on the Bears offense after the arrival of Doyle, head coach Ben Johnson, first-round

With Bengals’ first-round draft pick Shemar Stewart finally under contract, only one 2025 selection remains unsigned. Browns running back Quinshon Judkins, the fourth pick in round two, is not under contract. And it’s not about whether he’ll receive a fully-guaranteed contract. The player taken before him did, and the four

Shedeur Sanders insists he no longer will live life in the fast lane. The Browns rookie quarterback said Friday he has learned his lesson about speeding after two traffic citations from police and a chewing out by the organization. “Yeah, I definitely learned not to drive fast at all,” Sanders

Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney injured a shoulder during Thursday’s practice, and the team announced Friday night that he will miss a few weeks. Mooney was hurt in the first training camp practice when he dove for a deep pass from Michael Penix during team work. Mooney walked off with

Not many people watch the UFL in the spring, but Lions coach Dan Campbell says it’s a place to see some talented professional football players — and he’d like to see it become an official NFL farm system. Asked today whether he would like the NFL to adopt the UFL

Browns wide receiver Cedric Tillman had to leave Friday’s practice with an injury. Reporters at the session noted that Tillman went down after jumping to try for a high pass from Joe Flacco in the end zone at training camp. Tillman left the field with trainers after the play and

The Titans met with a possible addition to their receiving corps on Friday. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith visited with the team. Smith was a 2018 Saints third-round pick and spent five seasons in New Orleans before moving on to play one game for

The NFL’s only unsigned first-round draft pick has agreed to a deal. The Bengals and 17th overall pick Shemar Stewart have agreed to his rookie contract. Stewart had been refusing to sign because the Bengals had been insisting on language that could void his future guarantees. A league source tells

The Chargers signed wide receiver JaQuae Jackson on Friday, the team announced. In a corresponding move, the Chargers waived offensive lineman Elijah Ellis. Jackson arrives in Los Angeles after spending the 2024 season on injured reserve with New England. He initially signed as an undrafted free agent with Atlanta. Jackson

The Panthers made a change at outside linebacker Friday, swapping players. The team signed undrafted rookie JJ Weaver, the Panthers announced. They released outside linebacker Amare Barno in a corresponding move. Weaver, 25, played six seasons at Kentucky. He was a three-time captain for the Wildcats and finished his college

Raiders head coach Pete Carroll worked with Jamal Adams when both men were with the Seahawks and that familiarity helped Adams land a job with Carroll’s new team this week. Adams signed with the Raiders after playing sparingly with the Titans and Lions last season and injuries limited him to

The Raiders have claimed defensive tackle Keondre Coburn off waives Friday. It comes a day after the team released veteran defensive tackle Christian Wilkins. The Titans waived Coburn on Thursday to make room for the signing of free agent Jihad Ward. Titans coach Brian Callahan said the team wants to

The Packers claimed running back Israel Abanikanda off waivers Friday. The 49ers cut Abanikanda on Thursday. The Packers needed a sixth player at the position with rookie Amar Johnson on the non-football injury list with a hamstring. Abanikanda, who played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh, was drafted in the

The Browns have a four-way quarterback competition, but only one of them hasn’t received any first-team reps. Rookie Shedeur Sanders, though, is not sweating his limited practice reps. “I don’t think that’s my place to answer, to give the answer to that,” Sanders said Friday, via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.

The Panthers swapped cornerbacks Friday. The team announced it has signed Mello Dotson and waived MJ Devonshire with an injury designation. The Raiders waived Dotson earlier this week. He had signed with Las Vegas as an undrafted free agent from Kansas. Dotson was a first-team All-Big 12 selection last year.

Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson ended Thursday’s practice early with what he described as tightness in his legs. The Vikings sent him for an MRI. Coach Kevin O’Connell announced Friday that imaging on Jefferson’s left hamstring revealed a mild strain. The team will hold the receiver out of practice a

The Steelers signed safety Chuck Clark on Friday, the team announced. The Steelers waived defensive tackle Domenique Davis in a corresponding move. Clark, who will compete with Juan Thornhill for a starting job after Minkah Fitzpatrick’s departure, played alongside current Steelers safety DeShon Elliott for three seasons in Baltimore. Clark

The Raiders have voided more than $35 million in remaining guaranteed payments for defensive tackle Christian Wilkins. Wilkins has filed a grievance challenging the decision. One key piece of evidence in resolving the claim becomes the language of his contract. The default language, which voids guarantees, from the Wilkins contract

The Raiders’ decision to release defensive tackle Christian Wilkins a year into the four-year, $110 million deal he signed before last season was the subject of the first question of head coach Pete Carroll’s press conference on Friday. Wilkins only played five games last season because of a foot injury

Cowboys right tackle Terence Steele missed Thursday’s practice while having his right ankle injury evaluated and there’s no word on the nature of the injury. Jane Slater of NFL Network reports that Steele is dealing with a high-ankle sprain. He is expected to miss a few more days of practice

Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter hasn’t worked on both sides of the ball in the same training camp practice yet, but it’s going to happen and it will be a necessary step for the first-round pick to take as he prepares to play cornerback and wide receiver during the regular season.

Free agent tight end Noah Fant’s next visit will be with the Saints. Saints head coach Kellen Moore told reporters that Fant will be meeting with the team on Friday. Fant was released by the Seahawks last weekend and he visited with the Bengals this week. Fant had 48 catches

It started out as a joke, of sorts. Rams linebacker Jared Verse found out that former Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was dead serious. The duo worked out at Donald’s house in June. On Thursday, Verse was asked about the experience. Here’s his version, from the transcript distributed by the

Lane Kiffin thinks Nick Saban will coach again. Nick Saban had a chance to slam the door during a Friday morning appearance on Fox News. He didn’t. Via Mike Rodak of 247sports.com, Saban was pressed on whether he’d coached again. Saban started with a joke. “I never really had a

Jets quarterback Justin Fields’ toe injury appears to be no big deal. Fields limped off the practice field yesterday and rode a cart inside, causing immediate fears that the Jets had lost their new starting quarterback to a serious injury. But Fields is already back on the practice field today,