Category : Red Zone Rumors

Amid talk that Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce could be playing his last NFL season in 2025, Patrick Mahomes says it hasn’t looked that way during the team’s offseason work. Mahomes was asked about Kelce potentially retiring after this season and said that Kelce seems like he’s enthusiastic about continuing

Each of the NFL’s five main TV partners will have a nationally televised game in the preseason, and today the NFL announced the schedule for those games. The 2025 NFL preseason kicks off on NBC with the Hall of Fame Game, with the Chargers facing the Lions in Canton, Ohio,

The Bengals and defensive end Trey Hendrickson continue their impasse. The organization’s leverage comes from the fact that it doesn’t care if Hendrickson shows up. The player’s case is boosted by public support from key players like quarterback Joe Burrow and receiver Ja’Marr Chase. Still, the two sides don’t see

While the Browns did not have much team success in 2024, receiver Jerry Jeudy had his best season as a pro, catching 90 passes for 1,229 yards with four touchdowns. He’d like to build on that in 2025, but first, Cleveland has to get its quarterback position settled. As the

The Seahawks announced a pair of roster moves on Thursday. They have signed undrafted rookie defensive tackle Anthony Campbell. Defensive tackle DeMeco Roland, who also went undrafted this year, was waived in a corresponding move. Campbell played at Miami for the last two years and appeared in nine games. He

The Dolphins have had trade discussions with the Steelers about tight end Jonnu Smith, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Per Schefter, talks started after Smith expressed an interest in reworking his deal, which is scheduled to pay him $4.8 million this season. Smith is set to become a free agent

In what may be the last year of his career, Calais Campbell has signed with the Cardinals, the team that drafted him in 2008. Campbell will turn 39 before the season starts and is the oldest defensive lineman in the NFL, and he recognizes that he was brought in to

Throughout the offseason, Rams General Manager Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay have expressed an interest in extending running back Kyren Williams’ contract. A fifth-round pick in 2022, Williams is entering the final year of his rookie deal. He said recently that he knows with time, he’ll be able

The dome has been a-rockin’. Reality may come a-knockin. The Dome at America’s Center, the St. Louis landmark that hosted the Rams for two decades and regularly attracts upwards of 30,000 fans for games played by the UFL’s Battlehawks, faces an uncertain future. Via Kelsey Landis of the St. Louis

The Pro Football Writers of America has named Mary Kay Cabot the winner of the 2025 Bill Nunn Jr. Award. Cabot, who writes about the Browns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com, has covered the NFL since 1988. She becomes the 57th Nunn Award honoree and the second journalist

Last week, former Eagles center Jason Kelce helped save the tush push. This week, he has an idea for properly launching the Olympic flag football competition. Kelce offered up this idea during the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, via Austin Nivison of CBSSports.com: “I think a coach that

Inside the NFL is on the outside looking in, again. A must-watch highlights repository in the days before the Internet, Inside the NFL has struggled in recent years. John Ourand of Puck reports that the show will be on the move, again. The CW held the rights to the weekly

Dave Klein, one of only two sportswriters to attend the first 54 Super Bowls, died Wednesday, Steve Politi of NJ Advance Media reports. Klein was 85. Klein began his career at The Star-Ledger in 1961, following in the footsteps of his father, Willie, who was the longtime sports editor at

The Raiders have had seven quarterbacks the past three seasons. Geno Smith, the team’s new starter, arguably is better than any of them. The Raiders acquired Smith in a trade with the Seahawks in March, providing the team some stability they haven’t had at the position since Derek Carr left

Left tackle Trent Williams is the only veteran star not present for the start of the 49ers’ voluntary Organized Team Activities. Williams is working out at his Houston gym before next month’s mandatory minicamp. “He’s been around,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “He was here

For years, I was as brainwashed as anyone by the NFL’s version of the sorting hat. The draft was the ultimate offseason experience. The great bastion of hope for a brighter, for every NFL team. Then, during the lockout, NFL Players Association attorney Jeffrey Kessler explained that, in the absence

Usually, first-round quarterbacks get ruined by the Jets before flourishing elsewhere. The Jets’ newest starter plans to turn that trend on its head. Justin Fields, a failed first-rounder with the Bears in 2021 who played well in Pittsburgh until Russell Wilson was healthy enough to reclaim his job, is aiming

When the “tax-exempt” status of the league office became a lockout talking point and periodic punching bag for other NFL agitators, the league changed its structure. And, in turn, removed all transparency from the compensation of its key executives — including Commissioner Roger Goodell. The NFL Players Association has no

49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall is not participating in the team’s organized team activities. Pearsall likely won’t return until training camp, coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday, after the 2024 first-round pick tweaked a hamstring in the offseason workouts. Pearsall, 24, is expected to have a bigger second season after making

Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown is trying to come back from the ACL, MCL and PCL he tore in his right knee in Week 14. Despite his recent declaration that he wants to compete for comeback player of the year, Overshown’s 2025 season is in jeopardy. “I know it’s a process;

49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan shared a couple of bits of bad injury news when he spoke to reporters on Thursday. Shanahan said at his press conference that safety Ji’Ayir Brown will be out of action until training camp. Brown recently had a surgical procedure on his ankle. Brown appeared

Everyone is speculating on who the NFL players for the 2028 Olympics will be. Don’t expect the world’s greatest tackle player, Patrick Mahomes, to be one of the participants for the debut of flag football. The Chiefs quarterback said Thursday he doesn’t plan on going for the gold in Los

Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice’s return from his season-ending knee injury appears to be going well. Rice was under the weather for Thursday’s OTA open to the media, but quarterback Patrick Mahomes shared his impressions of what he’s seen from Rice so far this offseason. Rice’s injury happened in Week

The Packers added a wide receiver to the team on Thursday. They announced the signing of wide receiver Sam Brown Jr. to the 90-man roster. They opened a spot for him by waiving defensive lineman Jeremiah Martin with an injury designation. Brown finished up his college time at Miami and

The Ravens have their top pick of the 2025 draft under contract. The team announced the signing of safety Malaki Starks on Thursday afternoon. Starks was the 27th overall pick of this year’s draft. Starks signed a four-year deal with a team option for a fifth season. His deal is

The Rams have signed free agent offensive lineman David Quessenberry to a one-year contract, the team announced Thursday Quessenberry, 34, spent last season as a backup lineman for the Vikings last season. He appeared in all 17 games and logged 102 offensive snaps and 88 on special teams. He has

When the NFL unveiled the schedule for the 2025 season earlier this month, one of the games that caught attention was the Jets’ opener. They will be hosting the Steelers on September 7 and the common reaction to seeing that game was that the NFL wanted to generate buzz by

Tight end Marcedes Lewis was the only active player from the 2006 draft still playing in the NFL last season and he’d like that to remain the case this year as well. Lewis is currently a free agent, but said on Up & Adams that he is hoping to play

Dolphins edge rusher Bradley Chubb has seen growth in leadership from receiver Tyreek Hill. But Hills hasn’t seen enough for his own liking. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Hill said he doesn’t deserve to be a team captain in 2025. “I’ve got to prove myself,” Hill said. “This OTAs, training

Packers wide receiver Christian Watson gave a positive update on his recovery from a torn ACL in early May and his head coach did the same as the month wound down. Watson opened Wednesday’s OTA practice on the field while the team was stretching before moving over to the rehab

The Colts’ quarterback competition between Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones is underway, with the two splitting reps in OTAs. Head coach Shane Steichen reiterated in his Wednesday press conference that it is an “open competition” between the two QBs. “We’re breaking down the reps,” Steichen said, via transcript from the

Just give me the damn bread. Former NFL receiver Keyshawn Johnson has sued agent Chris Ellison for unpaid finder’s fees. TMZ.com reports that Johnson filed a civil complaint in Los Angeles seeking nearly $1 million in unpaid commissions for delivering clients to Ellison. Johnson claims he was due to receive

The Dolphins wrap their three-day mandatory minicamp, and their 2025 offseason program, on June 12. Tyreek Hill will promptly be hopping a plane to California for a different sort of athletic activity. In a Wednesday press conference containing plenty of newsy responses, Hill said he’s still training to race Noah

Tight end Dallas Goedert’s return to the Eagles for the 2025 season remained up in the air until he agreed to a revised deal with the team earlier this month. Goedert agreed to a pay cut that guaranteed his $10 million salary and offers more money in incentives. On Wednesday,

On Wednesday, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel had nothing to add regarding a relationship that went sour in the six months or so after Miami made cornerback Jalen Ramsey the highest-paid player at his position. Ramsey, on Wednesday night, posted this on Twitter: “For the record btw, i’ve loved every city

In three years, Los Angeles will temporarily shift from being a tackle football town to a flag football town. One of the local NFL coaches is fully on board with the idea of active players suiting up in red, white, and blue. “I think it’s great,” Rams coach Sean McVay

The Colts are set for joint practices with a couple of teams this summer. Head coach Shane Steichen said on Wednesday that the team will be hosting the Packers ahead of their August 16 preseason game against the NFC North team. The full details of the work will be announced

The Bears hired Ben Johnson as their head coach because they believe he can help quarterback Caleb Williams play better than he did during his rookie season, but reading defenses and delivering passes isn’t all that Johnson is working on with Williams. Albert Breer of SI.com recently reported that Johnson

Tight end contracts were a popular topic of conversation at the Ravens’ facility on Wednesday. Mark Andrews discussed being back with the Ravens for the final year of his pact after some uncertainty early this offseason about whether he’d be sticking around and the future was also on the table

Despite talk as last season came to an end that Tyreek Hill was unhappy in Miami, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel says Hill has done everything asked of him and more in the offseason. McDaniel said at the Dolphins’ Organized Team Activities that Hill timed his wrist surgery so that

At this point in the offseason, everything is still voluntary. But one Washington receiver’s absence is notable given the state of his contract. Via multiple reporters on the scene, Terry McLaurin was not present for Wednesday’s OTA practice. McLaurin is entering the last year of his contract and is set

The Browns were missing a few players at Wednesday’s OTA, including the top player on their defense. Defensive end Myles Garrett was not at the workout. Garrett, who signed a new deal with the team earlier in the offseason, has been posting pictures to his Instagram story from Japan. Reporters

Kenny Pickett is heading into his fourth NFL season and playing on his third NFL team as he competes for the starting quarterback job in Browns camp. And he says spending last year in Philadelphia is what prepared him best for the opportunity he has in Cleveland. Asked about lessons

When it comes to the quarterback reps, there weren’t surprises from the Giants’ Wednesday OTA practice. Via Jordan Raanan of ESPN, Russell Wilson took the majority of first-team snaps, though Jameis Winston and rookie Jaxson Dart also got a few of them. “They’ll all get reps,” head coach Brian Daboll

After the Patriots released center David Andrews in March, he said he wasn’t going to make any “drastic moves” regarding his next steps. Andrews has spent the last couple of months thinking about what he wants to do and he’s reached a decision. The Patriots announced on Wednesday that Andrews

Panthers wide receiver Hunter Renfrow was out of the league last season as he struggled with his health, but Panthers head coach Dave Canales said that since signing with the Panthers a month ago, Renfrow has made steady improvements. Canales said Renfrow is showing “the muscle memory of a guy

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has noticed plenty of positive traits when it comes to New England’s young quarterback and talked about them in his Wednesday press conference. A reporter noted that Maye had thrown some interceptions the last time the media watched practice. Even though it’s the spring, Vrabel

Brandon Graham won the 2025 Good Guy Award, the Pro Football Writers of America announced Wednesday. Graham recently retired from the NFL after a 15-year career. He was cited for his dealings with local and national media during the previous season and his entire career. Graham, the 21st Good Guy

Back for his second stint with the Browns, Joe Flacco is the clear elder statesman in a QBs room that also includes Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders. Flacco, 40, quipped that the other QBs likely get a kick out of Flacco being around because he’s old enough to

Titans head coach Brian Callahan hasn’t named Cam Ward the team’s starting quarterback yet and the first overall pick in the draft is OK with splitting time at the position right now. Ward, Will Levis, Brandon Allen, and Tim Boyle are all getting time under center during the team’s OTAs