Category : Red Zone Rumors

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

The 49ers added some experienced wide receiver depth on Tuesday. The team announced the signing of Equanimeous St. Brown to their 90-man roster. It’s a one-year deal with no other terms announced. St. Brown spent last season with the Saints, but only appeared in two games without catching a pass.

Speaking to the media on Monday, Bengals owner Mike Brown seemed optimistic that his team and star edge rusher Trey Hendrickson would be able to work out a deal. But that rosy outlook does not appear to match how contentious the state of negotiations between the team and player. Hendrickson

Just win, baby? That’s exactly what Pete Carroll is planning on doing in his first year with the Raiders, making a bold pronouncement when asked what constitutes success in 2025 during his Tuesday press conference to open training camp. “We’re going to win a ton. We’re going to win a

Cardinals cornerback Will Johnson made it official, signing his four-year rookie contract ahead of Wednesday’s first practice. The team announced the signing Tuesday as players began reporting to training camp. “I knew the whole time we would get it done before camp,” Johnson said, via Darren Urban of the team

Free agent safety Quandre Diggs is fully healthy and cleared to play in 2025, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Diggs had his 2024 season cut short with a Lisfranc injury on Nov. 3, which required surgery on his foot to repair. He spent last season in Tennessee, signing with

The Rams have some optimism that they’ll have their left tackle when the season opens in September. Alaric Jackson has been dealing with blood clots in his lower leg. It’s the second time he’s dealt with the issue, which caused him to miss the final nine games of the 2022

The Bills will finish their 53-season run at their current stadium with a home game against the Jets. And they’ll be breaking out a special helmet for the game. The Bills have announced that they’ll wear their red helmets for the Week 18 game against the Jets. It will be

After former NFL Players Association chief strategy officer JC Tretter resigned, he submitted to an interview with Jonathan Jones of CBSSports.com. On Monday, we raised the question of whether Tretter will be doing more. He will, and he is. Starting on Tuesday with an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show.

The Titans have placed cornerback L’Jarius Sneed and center Lloyd Cushenberry on the physically unable to perform list to open training camp, the team announced on Tuesday. Sneed is working his way back from a quad injury, but also had a clean-up procedure on his knee, General Manager Mike Borgonzi

Though Kyren Williams and the Rams have been discussing a potential new contract, the running back won’t stay away from training camp. Via multiple reporters on the scene, Williams has reported with the Rams’ other veterans on Tuesday. Williams, who turns 25 at the end of next month, is entering

Lions head coach Dan Campbell has said that Alex Anzalone is dealing with a hamstring injury. But the linebacker is also unhappy with his current contract and would like a raise to continue his career with Detroit. Speaking to reporters after not practicing on Tuesday, Anzalone noted he feels he’s

The Lions had the misfortune of being the worst team in the NFL for the first decade of this century. They had the good fortune of regularly getting high draft picks, including the second overall pick to draft Calvin Johnson in 2007, the first overall pick to draft Matthew Stafford

Rookie defensive end Landon Jackson is ready to go at Bills camp. Jackson was placed on the physically unable to report list a few days ago for undisclosed reasons, but the team announced that he has been activated from the list on Tuesday. Bills veterans are reporting to camp on

With the signing of Von Miller becoming official, the Commanders have made a corresponding roster move. Washington announced on Tuesday that the club has released running back Michael Wiley. Wiley, 24, joined the Commanders last year after going undrafted out of Arizona. He spent the season on the practice squad

With a paltry (compared to the current market) compensation package of $16 million for 2025, Bengals edge rusher Trey Hendrickson wants more. And he’s been trying to get more. But it’s more than just new-money APY. The other issue, as it often is with the Bengals, is structure. Via Adam

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson said this offseason that he will not play the 2025 season for the Bengals under his current contract and he’s sticking to his guns as training camp gets underway. Bengals players are reporting to camp on Tuesday, but Hendrickson posted a picture to Instagram from Florida

Maybe the Philip Rivers retirement was a pre-emptive distraction. On Monday, attorney Daniel Wallach passed along a signed but unfiled (for now) class-action complaint against the Chargers over the exportation of a 2025 home game against the Chiefs to Brazil. The lawyer for the plaintiff is Rana Ayazi. The 14-page

Jets players will be reporting to the team’s facility for training camp on Tuesday and returning members of the team will find that things look different. The team shared photos of an upgraded locker room setup for the coming season. It includes 92 customized lockers that include video screens and

It was announced in May that Rich Eisen’s weekday show will be heading to ESPN. We now know a little more about where it will land. Via Andrew Marchand of TheAthletic.com, The Rich Eisen Show will become the centerpiece of ESPN Radio, taking over the 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The Commanders and the NFL have kept their heads low and their mouths shut regarding President Trump’s weekend one-two punch against the team’s name. The team and the league could be hoping that he wasn’t serious, and that perhaps he was trying to get people talking about something other than

Cardinals second-round pick Will Johnson is one of just three 2025 NFL draft picks who still has not signed his rookie contract. That could change today. Johnson, a cornerback from Michigan, is expected to have his rookie deal done before training camp opens tomorrow, according to Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.

The Lions drafted quarterback Hendon Hooker in the third round in 2023, but through two NFL seasons Hooker has played only in garbage time, and late last season the Lions brought in veteran Teddy Bridgewater and put him ahead of Hooker on the depth chart to back up Jared Goff.

Two years after the Colts chose quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth overall pick in the draft, he has fallen far short of expectations: His career completion percentage is just 50.6 percent, and he has 11 touchdown passes to go with 13 interceptions. But Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon isn’t giving

To the extent that Sunday’s slow-pitch sit-down with CBS was the first of several image-rehab interviews for former NFL Players Association chief strategy officer JC Tretter, there’s one specific subject that is ripe for followup if/when he speaks again. As to the NFLPA’s decision to strictly limit access to the

After facing each other 17 times during their careers, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning came to think of each other as friends. But Brady says he didn’t let himself think of Manning that way while they were trying to beat each other. Brady wrote on TomBrady.com that he had to

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson has expressed frustration with how the Bengals have handled talks about a contract extension this offseason, but any harsh words haven’t changed Bengals owner Mike Brown’s view of keeping Hendrickson in Cincinnati. Hendrickson has been looking for a new deal with the team for the last

The Cowboys’ 30-year Super Bowl drought predates Dak Prescott, but entering his 10th season, the quarterback understands the criticism of his 2-5 postseason record. He said this offseason that he wants to win a championship and “be damned if it’s just for my legacy or if it’s for this team.

There was word in May that the Eagles hired former Jets General Manager Joe Douglas and the team announced his title on Monday. Douglas will serve as the team’s senior personnel director and an advisor to G.M. Howie Roseman. Douglas was the vice president of player personnel for the Eagles

The Titans have agreed to terms with their second-round pick. Via Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, edge rusher Oluwafemi Oladejo has agreed to his rookie four-year deal. The No. 52 overall pick in this year’s draft, Oladejo’s contract is worth $8,415,106 with its first three years fully guaranteed. He also

The Cowboys confirmed that they have enforced the de-escalator clause in Trevon Diggs’ contract, lowering the cornerback’s base salary from $9 million to $8.5 million, because he didn’t rehab enough at the team facility. “The de-escalation is contractually spelled out,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday. “When he

Veteran cornerback Arthur Maulet has found a new team. Per Cameron Wolfe of NFL Media, Maulet has signed a one-year deal with the Texans. Maulet, 32, spent the last two seasons with Baltimore. While he appeared in 14 games for the Ravens in 2023, injuries limited him to just three