Category : Red Zone Rumors

The numbers are in. And, to no surprise, quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t be playing for only $10 million this year. Even though he said he would. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, it’s a one-year deal with a maximum value of $19.5 million. The base amount is $13.65 million, with $10

Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter has made a big impact in his first two NFL seasons, but defensive coordinator Vic Fangio thinks there’s plenty of upside left for the 2023 first-round pick. Carter was a second-team All-Pro after recording 42 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and two forced

Former Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph was arrested and charged with DWI and collision involving personal injury or death early Saturday morning, according to multiple reports. Richardson police were called a motorcycle crash on a Dallas-area highway just before 5 a.m. The 27-year-old female motorcyclist, Cody Morris, was pronounced dead at

Veteran wide receiver Chris Conley announced his retirement on Saturday. Conley wrote on Instagram that he set a goal of playing 10 years in the NFL when he began his career and the 2015 third-round pick reached that point with the 49ers last season. He had six catches for 76

Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will wear the No. 8 jersey in Pittsburgh. The Steelers announced Rodgers’ jersey number today, after his signing became official. Rodgers previously wore the No. 8 jersey both with the Jets the last two seasons and when he played his college football at Cal. For the

It’s time for the Giants to break out the puffy shirts. Giants defenders have celebrated turnovers during their organized team activities by depositing footballs into a treasure chest and defensive coordinator Shane Bowen was asked about the new tradition during a press conference this week. Bowen said he got inspiration

When Aaron Rodgers signed with the Jets, the team conducted a full-blown press conference, featuring multiple rounds of applause in the room from team employees. His arrival in Pittsburgh will be less conspicuous. Steelers spokesperson Burt Lauten has announced that Rodgers will address reporters after Tuesday’s minicamp practice. It’s unclear

Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead’s retirement was precipitated by a lingering knee injury that wasn’t getting better, left him unable to walk under his own power after games and forced him to use pain medication. Armstead said on the Nightcap Show that he decided to walk away when he realized,

Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers are making it official today. Rodgers has arrived in Pittsburgh to sign his Steelers contract, according to Gery Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Steelers and Rodgers have been expected to get a deal done for months, but Rodgers took his time about actually signing,

Ravens coach John Harbaugh may not be measuring quarterback Lamar Jackson’s attendance at offseason workouts. But someone with the Ravens surely is. Jackson’s 2023 contract includes separate $750,000 workout bonuses in 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027. To get the money, he has to show up for at least 80 percent

The NFL benefits from an endless stream of bright, shiny objects. Even in the offseason, there’s always something to distract fans and media from taking a closer look at something the powers-that-be are trying to hide. As it relates to a significant collusion grievance that resulted in a 61-page written

After the Buccaneers selected Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka with the 19th pick in the 2025 draft, some assumed that the Bucs were concerned about veteran receiver Chris Godwin’s availability for the start of the season. If the team has such concerns, those concerns didn’t make their way into the

The corrupt system of denying payment to college athletes has officially ended. On Friday, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement of multiple antitrust class-action lawsuits that challenged the longstanding refusal of the NCAA and its members to compensate athletes. The deal includes $2.8 billion in payments to players over the

After the Patriots made LSU tackle Will Campbell the fourth overall pick in the 2025 draft, Campbell said that, during a pre-draft workout, he put New England coach Mike Vrabel on the ground. Vrabel recently gave his version of the events, while appearing on Boston College coach Bill O’Brien’s podcast.

The Steelers have added quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The move hasn’t added much to their betting odds for 2025. At DraftKings, the Steelers have dropped from a +4500 underdog to win the Super Bowl to +4000. While that reflects some movement, it still has them as 40-1 long shots to win

The Eagles’ pass rush that relentlessly pressured Patrick Mahomes was a big part of the reason they won Super Bowl LIX, but that pass rush will look different in 2025: Josh Sweat, who led the team in sacks in the regular season and had 2.5 sacks in the Super Bowl,

Earlier this year, former NFL cornerback and current Prime Video analyst Richard Sherman disclosed that his home had been robbed at gunpoint, while his family was home. And arrest has now been made. Via Brady Henderson of ESPN.com, a 21-year-old Seattle man has been charged in connection with the Sherman

Our recent item regarding the theoretical possibility of a team having only one point has been the No. 1 story on PFT over the past two days. So here’s a little more. While it has never happened in the NFL, it has happened multiple times in college football. Most notably,

Wide receiver Evan Stewart bypassed the 2025 draft to return to Oregon for his senior season. Now, he might miss the season. According to multiple reports, Stewart tore a patellar tendon this week. It is unknown how the knee injury occurred. He was expected to be the Ducks’ No. 1

Aaron Rodgers is officially headed to the AFC North after agreeing to sign with the Steelers on Thursday. On Friday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was asked what he thinks of the four-time MVP joining one of the division’s toughest competitors. “I don’t even really have a reaction, just respect,” Harbaugh

Cornerback Nate Wiggins weighed 173 at the 2024 Scouting Combine, and the team listed him at 182 last season. Wiggins said he has gained 10 pounds since last season without losing his 4.28 speed. “This year, it’s going to be like more power, more strength,” Wiggins said, via Clifton Brown

The Titans have another member of their draft class under contract. The team announced the signing of fourth-round pick Chimere Dike on Friday. The wide receiver has a four-year deal with the team. With Dike signed, the only unsigned player from nine-player class is second-round linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo. Dike transferred

The Eagles claimed running back Keilan Robinson off waivers Friday, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Robinson wrote “God is good,” on social media. The Jaguars waived Robinson on Thursday. Robinson, 25, entered the league as a fifth-round pick of the Jaguars last year. He appeared in six games as a

The Bills have swapped one defensive tackle for another on their roster. Buffalo announced on Friday that the club has signed Marcus Harris and released Devin Brandt-Epps. Harris was a Texans seventh-round pick in last year’s draft. He did not make the 53-man roster but was on the practice squad

Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said he’s where he needs to be in his rehab. But Overshown, who tore the ACL, MCL and PCL in his right knee in Week 14, will miss most, if not all, of the 2025 season. The Cowboys covered themselves by trading for Titans linebacker Kenneth

Former Colts coach Chuck Pagano ended his retirement in January to join the Ravens as the team’s senior secondary coach. It’s not a first step toward trying to be a head coach again. “No, sir,” Pagano said Thursday, via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, when asked if he aspires to be

Evan Engram entered the NFL eight years ago, as a first-round pick of the Giants. Cut by the Jaguars after five years in New York and three in Jacksonville, Engram has landed with the Broncos. He was asked on Thursday why he chose Denver. “Everything about it,” Engram told reporters.

The Steelers have announced the signing of the Aaron Rodgers contract. They posted his superlatives on social media (FYI, he’s very big on the TD-to-interception ratio). And they’ve made the case for what the fans should expect, with a story on the team’s official website tweeted to its 3.7 million

The Ravens are in the OTA portion of their offseason work and attendance is voluntary, so quarterback Lamar Jackson has opted not to take part in most of the workouts. Jackson has attended one session since the Ravens moved into this phase and head coach John Harbaugh was asked about

The Browns announced linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah will not play in 2025 after suffering a neck injury midway through the 2024 season. But the franchise will still have him around during the coming season, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz told reporters this week. “JOK was on his way to [an] All-Pro season

The Browns thought highly enough of Mason Graham to make the defensive lineman the fifth overall pick in this year’s draft, but they still think there’s more room for him to grow as a pro player. Graham spent a lot of time at Michigan occupying blockers and opening doors for

Though the Jaguars did not have much team success in 2024, receiver Brian Thomas Jr. demonstrated his value as a first-round pick by catching 87 passes for 1,282 yards with 10 touchdowns. Now he wants to pass along what he learned to Jacksonville’s 2025 first-round pick Travis Hunter, in part

When Ben Johnson was the offensive coordinator of the Lions, he wasn’t afraid to run trick plays that put the ball into the hands of the team’s offensive linemen and it looks like he’ll be bringing some of that unpredictability to the Bears. Johnson closed out his first mandatory minicamp

As a third-round draft pick last year, Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton had a disappointing rookie season, culminating in the Bengals benching him for the season finale and not even letting him take the trip to Pittsburgh. Burton says that got his attention. “Nobody should be happy with it,” Burton

Everybody loves free stuff. This weekend, in honor of the fact that I’ll be completing my 60th trip around the sun (if I make it two more days without dropping dead), I’m giving you free stuff. From time to time, I’ve made the Father of Mine or Son of Mine

The Steelers have not yet replaced receiver George Pickens. Jets receiver Allen Lazard is “in play” to be acquired via trade, now that quarterback Aaron Rodgers has agreed to terms. But there’s an important question to consider before automatically reuniting Rodgers and Lazard, again: Does Lazard want to do that?

It’s never easy to know exactly what you have in a player during unpadded, non-contact practices in the spring, but Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr has been impressed by what he’s seen from second-round pick Mike Green thus far. Green led FBS players with 17 sacks while playing for Marshall

For many first-round picks, a move to a less glamorous position would be a bone of contention. Trevor Penning isn’t viewing his position change that way. The Saints drafted Penning as a tackle, but they added Taliese Fuaga and Kelvin Banks in the last two first rounds and they have

It looks like the Colts avoided a double dose of bad injury news on Thursday. Wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. had to leave practice early, but multiple reports say that he avoided a serious injury. Pittman banged knees with a teammate before exiting the field for further evaluation. The Pittman

San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan and quarterback Mac Jones once looked like such a perfect match that when the 49ers traded three first-round picks to move up in the 2021 NFL draft, many people initially thought it was to draft Jones. As it turned out, neither the 49ers’ decision to

Panthers rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan says he’s benefiting from sharing a meeting room with a couple of veterans during Carolina’s offseason work. McMillan said veteran wide receivers Hunter Renfrow and Adam Thielen have been teaching him the ins and outs of the NFL from the perspective of two players

There’s been a development in the Colts’ quarterback competition. Head coach Shane Steichen told reporters on Thursday that Anthony Richardson will not participate in OTAs this week or minicamp next week with a right shoulder injury. Via James Boyd of TheAthletic.com, Steichen noted that Richardson’s injury is to the same

There’s a new wide receiver on the Eagles’ depth chart. The team announced the signing of Ife Adeyi on Thursday. There was no corresponding move to create space on the 90-man roster and the Eagles now have 13 wideouts. Adeyi went undrafted in April and tried out for the Eagles

Lions head coach Dan Campbell promoted Kelvin Sheppard from linebackers coach to defensive coordinator this offseason, and Campbell says he’s very pleased with the progress he’s seeing. Campbell said the Lions are “probably more up to speed defensively” than offensively and that Sheppard has all the players and coaches on

The Associated Press issued the various 2024 NFL regular-season awards during Super Bowl week. Fifty media members vote on the awards. At some point after the awards were announced, one of the 50 ballots was dumped. “AP removed an invalid ballot that was inadvertently included in its NFL Awards tabulation

Steelers tight end Donald Parham tore his Achilles during Tuesday’s organized team activity. The team officially ended Parham’s season Thursday, placing him on injured reserve. The Steelers have had on-again, off-again talks with the Dolphins about tight end Jonnu Smith. They do not have much depth behind Pat Freiermuth. Parham

There’s more potential injury news out of Indianapolis on Thursday. After head coach Shane Steichen announced quarterback Anthony Richardson is out with a shoulder issue, multiple reporters note that receiver Michael Pittman Jr. had to exit practice early with an apparent injury. It’s currently unclear exactly what happened and what

It’s finally over. After months of waiting and speculation and mystery, quarterback Aaron Rodgers has informed the Steelers that he plans to sign a contract with the team. He also will attend next week’s mandatory minicamp. It’s reportedly a one-year deal; there could be some voidable stuff on the back

Saints wide receiver Chris Olave’s name has come up in trade chatter this offseason, but it doesn’t sound like the team is motivated to move him to another city. Head coach Kellen Moore was asked about that chatter during a Thursday press conference and said “people want good players” in

In past offseasons, Rams coach Sean McVay has talked about feeling burned out, and considered retiring — even though he’s still just 39 years old. But McVay now says he can’t imagine himself walking away from coaching. McVay credited former Boise State and Washington head coach Chris Petersen, who reached