Category : Red Zone Rumors

It’s been almost two weeks since Derek Carr announced his retirement and the Saints’ search for their next quarterback continues to be a topic of interest in their offseason workouts. The team has moved into the third phase of those workouts and they are doing on-field work, which head coach

In his first year with the Baltimore Ravens, running back Derrick Henry did more than enough to earn a better deal than the $7 million he was due to make in 2025. On Monday morning, he officially got his reward. Per a source with knowledge of the terms, here’s the

The Jaguars have plans for Travis Hunter on both sides of the ball during his rookie season and he’s started working with the guy who will have a heavy hand in determining how things go on the offensive side of the ball. Hunter and quarterback Trevor Lawrence are now able

No team in the NFL is likely to have a quarterback competition like the one the Browns are preparing for the months ahead, with four quarterbacks on the roster and all four of them getting a fair chance to earn the starting job. The Browns’ coaching staff will try to

Jaguars head coach Liam Coen shared some information about the team’s training camp plans during a Monday press conference. Coen was asked if the team is going to have any joint practices as they prepare for the 2025 season. Coen said that the team will work with the Dolphins before

Jets edge rusher Will McDonald will try to build on a strong second season while wearing a new number. The Jets announced on Monday that McDonald will wear No. 9 this season. McDonald wore No. 99 for his first two seasons, but the change moves the 2023 first-round pick back

Larry Fitzgerald expects Marvin Harrison Jr. to be a better receiver in his second season, and Harrison expects the same. He caught 62 passes for 855 yards and a team-leading eight touchdowns as a rookie in 2024. His father, Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison, made 64 catches for 836 yards

Travis Hunter’s Jaguars tenure is off to a good start. That’s at least according to head coach Liam Coen, who was asked about the two-way player after Jacksonville’s first OTA practice on Monday. “I think so far so good,” Coen said of Hunter translating the work in the classroom to

It appears that the Bengals and the Browns are in a competition to have the most contentious relationship possible with the counties where they currently play their home games. And they’re both winning. Not to be outdone by the current hostilities between the Bengals and Hamilton County over a new

The 49ers announced a pair of roster moves on Monday afternoon. They officially signed veteran kicker Greg Joseph to their 90-man roster. They waived defensive lineman Alex Barrett to make space for Joseph. Barrett had five tackles in seven games for the 49ers in 2020, but spent the next three

The Lions aren’t taking probably not for an answer. Detroit has resubmitted a proposal that strips the automatic home game for division champions and seeds all seven playoff participants based on record. The proposal, revised to make it read a little more cleanly, would take the seven playoff participants (division

The fan who filed what appears to be a frivolous lawsuit against the NFL over the draft-day free fall of Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is committed to the bit. Via Ayrton Ostly of USA Today, the fan who inexplicably sued under the John Doe pseudonym has filed an emergency motion

The Packers have officially renewed their assault on the tush push. In advance of Tuesday’s ownership meeting, the Packers have submitted a revised proposal that turns the clock back to 2005, when both pulling and pushing of the ball carrier was prohibited. The move addresses the root cause of the

The Packers announced on Monday that they have signed wide receiver Matthew Golden. Golden agreed to his four-year rookie contract with the team and will make over $17.5 million in fully guaranteed money. The Packers will have an option for a fifth season that must be exercised before Golden’s fourth

Former NFL linebacker Adarius Taylor, who appeared in 88 regular-season games with 18 starts over seven seasons, recently was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges as part of a human trafficking sting operation in Florida. Via Silas Morgan of the Orlando Sentinel, Taylor was one of more than 250 who

The 49ers and the York family announced that former tight end Brent Jones will become the 33rd inductee into the Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. 49ers Hall of Fame. “Receiving the call from Jed [York] was incredibly emotional for me, something that I will remember forever,” Jones said in a statement.

Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. hopes for bigger success in his second NFL season and he’ll bring a bigger body with him in pursuit of that goal. Harrison had a press conference at the team’s facility on Monday and one of the first questions concerned the 2024 first-round pick

The Bills signed free agent wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson, according to the NFL’s transactions report. The Raiders recently waived Wilkerson. Wilkerson, 28, spent the past two seasons with the Raiders before signing a futures contract after last season ended. He appeared in two games in 2023 and three in 2024,

The 49ers and linebacker Fred Warner have made it across the goal line. According to multiple reports, Warner and San Francisco have agreed to a three-year extension, keeping the linebacker under contract through 2029. It was reported on Sunday that the two sides were close to a deal. The initial

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders has put pen to paper. The Browns announced on Monday that Sanders has signed his four-year rookie contract. Selected at No. 144 overall in the fifth round, Sanders’ slotted contract is worth $4.6 million. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media notes Sanders’ deal includes a $447,380 signing bonus.

The Chargers have agreed to terms with first-round running back Omarion Hampton, Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports reports. Hampton receives a four-year, $17.77 million contract, including a $9.56 million signing bonus. The Chargers now have signed or agreed to terms with eight of their nine picks. Only second-round wide receiver

Six NFL starts isn’t much experience for a quarterback, but it gives Spencer Rattler the most of any player competing for that job in New Orleans this offseason Derek Carr’s injuries gave Rattler a chance to play in his rookie season and Carr’s retirement left the second-year player as the

A little over a year ago, future Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle Aaron Donald elected to retire, ending his stellar career after 10 seasons. Donald, 33, will soon be inducted into the Pitt Hall of Fame and joined 93.7 The Fan over the weekend for an interview about

Steelers rookie running back Kaleb Johnson isn’t shying away from comparisons to some established NFL stars. Johnson ran for 1,537 yards and 21 touchdowns while catching 22 passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns during his final season at Iowa and the third-round pick said in an interview with the

Bill Belichick is good for business. Via Axios.com, North Carolina A.D. Bubba Cunningham recently said the Tar Heels have sold out their allotment of 20,000 season tickets. The program failed to do that in 2024. The sellout happened despite a 25-percent increase in season-ticket costs. Cunningham said the school received

The Ravens and Derrick Henry made it official on Monday, with Henry putting pen to paper on his two-year contract extension. In a press conference after the signing, Henry said that he’s grateful to still be in the league and have another opportunity like this. “I’m just very grateful for

Early in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game between Philadelphia and Washington, Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu was flagged three consecutive times for encroachment as he attempted to stop the Eagles’ notorious “tush push” play at the goal line. Luvu’s repeated fouls induced referee Shaun Hochuli to announce that

Early in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game between Philadelphia and Washington, Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu was flagged three consecutive times for encroachment as he attempted to stop the Eagles’ notorious “tush push” play at the goal line. Luvu’s repeated fouls induced referee Shaun Hochuli to announce that

The Bengals are taking a look at some veteran help for their defensive line. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, defensive tackle Montravius Adams is visiting with Cincinnati on Monday. Adams, 29, had been with Pittsburgh since 2021. He appeared in 11 games for the franchise last season, recording 14 total

Much was made of Mike Vrabel’s past when he was hired as the head coach of the Patriots in January, but he’s not looking backward as he moves toward his first season on the sideline in New England. Vrabel played for the Patriots and won Super Bowls during his time

Joe Douglas is reportedly returning to the Eagles. Douglas was the vice president of player personnel in Philadelphia from 2016 until he was hired as the Jets’ General Manager in June 2019. Douglas’s tenure with the Jets ended when he was fired during the 2024 season and Jeff McLane of

Plenty of players in the UFL have spent some time in the NFL and most of them would like to get back in the league, but few of them squandered the kind of opportunity that cornerback Damon Arnette did. Arnette was a Raiders first-round pick in 2020 and he was

After trading for wide receiver George Pickens this month, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said that the team does not view the former Steeler as a No. 2 receiver. The Cowboys’ incumbent No. 1 receiver doesn’t see Pickens that way either. CeeDee Lamb and Pickens were both in attendance

The Seahawks aren’t the only team warning their season-ticket holders about repercussions for selling most or all of their tickets to 2025 games. The team told those fans that “renewal eligibility may be impacted” by excessive reselling and the Colts have sent a similar letter this offseason. Stephen Holder of

The Titans did a lot of research on quarterback Cam Ward leading up to the draft and that means they also did a lot of research on wide receiver Xavier Restrepo. Restrepo caught 69 passes for 1,127 yards and 11 touchdowns while playing with Ward at Miami last season and

The 49ers and linebacker Fred Warner are reportedly on the verge of agreeing to a new contract. Warner’s camp and the team are very close to finalizing a multi-year contract extension, according to Jennifer Lee Chan of NBCSportsBayArea.com. Warner said on Saturday that after tight end George Kittle and quarterback

While we wait for the full details of the new Brock Purdy contract, another favorable detail has been leaked. Via NFL Media, Purdy’s six-year contract comes with a no-trade clause. The no-trade device is becoming a more and more common aspect of high-end quarterback deals. And while news of a

With the setting of the 2025 regular-season schedule comes the making of the lines for all 272 games. Some trends, such as the Chiefs being favored in all games except their trip to Buffalo, are no surprise. At least one development is. Via Connor Roche of Boston.com, the Patriots open

Bill Belichick’s recent attempt to take the P.R. bull by the horns included a seemingly gratuitous claim that many will regard as something that fell from the non-business end of the bull. During his one-on-one interview with Ryan Clark in the opening minutes of The Pivot Podcast, Belichick made a

Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton said earlier this offseason that he believes he’s on track to return from a torn ACL in time to play in the first week of the regular season and he now sounds like he expects to be on the field well ahead of that point. Singleton

Patriots defensive lineman Milton Williams signed a four-year, $104 million contract, and he accepts the expectations that come along with such a lucrative deal. Williams is working hard at the Patriots’ voluntary offseason program, and he says he wants all of his teammates to know that the highest-paid player on

The clock keeps ticking on the potential if not inevitable decision of quarterback Aaron Rodgers to join forces with the Steelers. And the clock apparently will be striking Threat Level Midnight soon. Appearing with our friends on 93.7 The Fan’s The PM Team, Rodgers biographer Ian O’Connor expressed confidence that

With the NFL continuing to look for opportunities to peel off games from its traditional broadcast partners and sell them to streaming services, Netflix is making clear that it is interested in more. Netflix has already become the home of two NFL Christmas games, and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has

The NFL hopes to persuade the various owners to get behind the idea of allowing active players to participate in the 2028 Olympics flag football tournament in part by limiting participation to one player from each NFL team. That will make for some interesting decisions regarding which players from each

The NIL reality doesn’t end when a college player comes to the NFL. Plenty of pro players make extra money through endorsement deals. And Dolphins rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers has gotten undoubtedly the biggest payday for any seventh-round draft pick in his first season. Ewers announced on Friday that he

Social media was buzzing on Saturday morning with various videos of what appeared to be an incident involving former NFL receiver Antonio Brown. Near the end of one of the videos, a pair of gunshots could be heard. Via Devon Cetoute of the Miami Herald, Brown explained that he was

For the first time ever, an NFL team will play a pair of road games in two different European cities. It’s a sign of things to come. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Vikings’ Week 4 game against the Steelers in Dublin followed by their Week 5

When it comes to getting a new deal, Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson has tried everything. After listening to his stunning remarks to reporters on Tuesday, something occurred to me. If he takes a stand and doesn’t show up for training camp, he’ll end up being Haason Reddick 2.0. While

It’s been a few weeks since I offered up a free copy of Son of Mine. Now that things are slowing down, I’ll be offering up freebies more often. Which allows me to remind you that you can get all three books — Father of Mine, Son of Mine, and

With the 49ers and Brock Purdy working out a long-term deal, there’s no other quarterback currently expected to get one in the immediate future. Yes, there could be a tweaking of the ultra-long-term Patrick Mahomes contract, especially after the Bills tore up the last years of Josh Allen’s deal and