Category : Red Zone Rumors

Ashton Jeanty’s nickname is “Deuce” for the jersey number he has worn in his career, including last season at Boise State when he became a Heisman finalist. “I’ve worn it the majority of my career,” Jeanty told Kay Adams this week on Up and Adams. “It’s the day greatness was

The 2025 NFL schedule shapes up nicely for the Bills to have a big year. After the schedule was released, point spreads were released for all 272 regular-season games, and only the Bills were favored in all 17 games on their schedule, according to David Purdum of ESPN. The Bills

The passing of long-time Colts owner Jim Irsay means that the team will have a new controlling owner. Via multiple reports, the new person in charge of the team is expected to be Carlie Irsay-Gordon. At 44, she’s the oldest of Irsay’s three daughters. All three are listed as owners

The Tush Push was saved Wednesday, falling two votes short of the 24 required for a ban. The Saints, who have former Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as their head coach, were among the 10 teams that voted against the proposal to eliminate the play. “It’s a play that obviously

Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes is back in football, more than a decade after his NFL career ended. Holmes is the new receivers coach at Central State University in Ohio. A first-round pick from Ohio State in 2006, Holmes capped his third NFL season with a game-winning catch in

Bengals offensive guard Cordell Volson had his contract restructured, according to the team’s official transaction page. Ben Baby of ESPN reports that Volson will see his base salary reduced but will get more guaranteed money for 2025 and an opportunity to earn more cash with incentives. Volson received a steep

Linebacker Fred Warner’s new three-year deal with the 49ers is now official. The 49ers formally announced the agreement on Thursday afternoon. Warner is a four-time first-team All-Pro and he’s made the team the last three seasons while starting all 115 games he’s played since the 49ers drafted him in the

The presidential college sports commission is gone. There was one? There wasn’t, but there was going to be. Now, it’s not happening. Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, citing unnamed Congressional sources, reports that the White House is “pressing pause” on the planned commission. Dellenger explains that the move is possibly

CeeDee Lamb initially injured his right shoulder in a Week 9 game against the Falcons. The Cowboys wide receiver played through the pain, even after aggravating it in the Thanksgiving Day game against the Giants and before doing it again against the Bucs in Week 16 to end his season.

Thursday’s NFL transaction wire has delivered some news on a Cardinals defensive back. Arizona has placed cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting on the reserve/non-football injury list, which means he’ll be sidelined for the 2025 season. There has not been any reporting as of yet on Murphy-Bunting’s injury or how he suffered it.

A day after the NFL abandoned the possibility of taking away guaranteed high seeds for division winners, college football took away guaranteed high seeds for conference champions. Via multiple reports, the College Football Playoff will use a straight seeding model in 2025. The decision was the result of a unanimous

Joe Thuney hasn’t been with the Bears for very long. But the versatile offensive lineman nevertheless agreed to an extension with Chicago, putting him under contract with Chicago through 2027. The four-time Super Bowl champion said this week that he “couldn’t be happier” than to be with the Bears. “As

The Giants signed first-round edge rusher Abdul Carter to a four-year, $45.3 million fully guaranteed contract. But to get it done, they needed to make room. The team had less than $2 million in cap space before restructuring Brian Burns’ contract. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Giants converted

The Saints took an offensive tackle in the first round of the draft for the third time in the last four years when they selected Kelvin Banks with the ninth overall pick in April, so someone is going to be shifting positions in order for all three players to get

The Giants have their top draft pick in the fold. Giants pass rusher Abdul Carter, the third overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, has signed his rookie contract, his agents told reporters. It’s a four-year, $45.255 million contract, as determined by the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players’

Steelers owner Art Rooney II said at the start of April that the team would not wait forever for Aaron Rodgers to sign and he had a chance to address where things stand with the still unsigned quarterback at the end of this week’s league meetings. Rooney said late last

While it seemed at times that receiver Tyreek Hill could be headed elsewhere in 2025, it now appears he will be with the club in the coming season. Hill is still recovering from offseason wrist surgery. But he has been present and engaged during the team’s offseason program, a couple

Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson said something during his Thursday press conference that should create a lot of smiles around the Detroit area. Hutchinson has been recovering from last year’s broken tibia and fibula for some time and there have been plenty of good reports on his progress, including a

Eagles fans are in a mood to celebrate after the attempt to ban the tush push failed, and the team is capitalizing with a sale of new marchandise. The top item at the Eagles’ Pro Shop today is a T-shirt with an image of quarterback Jalen Hurts prepared to take

The true and accurate details of the new Brock Purdy deal have been revealed. One detail that came to light in the aftermath of the announcement of the contract was the fact that Purdy has a no-trade clause. During the press conference announcing the contract, Purdy was asked whether it

As a member of a four-win Jacksonville team, receiver Brian Thomas Jr. quietly had a very strong rookie season in 2024. He led all first-year players with 1,282 receiving yards and 10 receiving touchdowns, ending up as a Pro Bowler and No. 4 in offensive rookie of the year voting.

The Dolphins have not traded cornerback Jalen Ramsey yet, but they aren’t letting that stop them from talking about him in the past tense. Defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver said on Wednesday that Ramsey “played very good ball for us” and that he’s not expecting any “sympathy cards” from others regarding

Colts owner Jim Irsay died on Wednesday at 65. He was many things — authentic, unique, and passionate about the game and his team. He was flawed (aren’t we all?), but he owned it. And he found ways to use his own challenges to help others fighting the same or

Colts coach Shane Steichen and Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon parlayed the Eagles’ tush-push-fueled Super Bowl run into their current gigs. Their teams nevertheless voted in favor of banning the play. Indianapolis and Arizona were among the 22 teams that voted to prohibit all pushing of the runner. Steichen previously was

There has been a development in New Orleans’ quarterback competition. Jake Haener is likely to be sidelined for the rest of the offseason program by an oblique strain, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Part of the three-way competition that also includes Spencer Rattler and rookie Tyler Shough, Haener suffered the

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy saw “a lot of changes and turnover” around the team early in the offseason, but his desire to sign a contract extension never wavered. Purdy’s push paid off this week with a five-year contract extension that will pay him an average of $45 million a season

Wide receiver Garrett Wilson is in the market for a contract extension and head coach Aaron Glenn’s plans for the wideout are unlikely to have him scaling back his demands at the negotiating table. Glenn said on Wednesday that the lesson he’s learned about Wilson since being hired in January

Cornerback Kaiir Elam is hoping his second NFL stop proves to be better than his first and he’s already noticed one big difference with the Cowboys. Elam was a Bills first-round pick in 2022 and Buffalo traded him to the Cowboys this offseason after three seasons that fell short of

It’s fitting, we suppose, that the debate regarding an awkwardly-named play included an awkwardly-worded comment. And the Eagles tell PFT they have no comment at all on the thing owner Jeffrey Lurie said while addressing the room in support of keeping the “tush push” in the rule book. Seth Wickersham

This week, ESPN’s Around The Horn goes dark, after more than 22 years. The move has been coming for months, and ESPN will be filling the time slot with, well, something. Andrew Marchand of TheAthletic.com reports that, before Shannon Sharpe took a hiatus after being sued for sexual assault and

There’s a new award coming to the NFL. NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent announced at the league meetings on Wednesday that the league will introduce the Protector of the Year Award this year. The award will be given to the player chosen as the league’s top

As Black Bart once said, “OK, Ralphie. You win this time, but we’ll be back.” The anti-tush push forces inevitably will return with another effort to remove the Eagles’ signature play from the rulebook. Wednesday’s effort failed, by only two votes. With 24 required, the final tally was 22-10. Multiple

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones voted in favor of the rule that would have banned the Eagles’ tush push, but he admitted that he’s not sure himself whether he really thinks the play should be taken out of the game, or whether he just doesn’t want the Eagles to have such

The Packers will hold joint practices with the Colts and the Seahawks this summer, Matt Schneidman of TheAthletic.com reports. The joint practices will come before Green Bay plays those teams in the preseason. The Packers play the Colts in Indianapolis on Aug. 16 and host the Seahawks on Aug. 23.

Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones may or may not have a handshake deal. But the Cowboys edge rusher has not signed a contract extension, and by the sound of it, nothing is imminent. The Cowboys owner said Wednesday it’s been awhile since he’s talked to Parsons. “I haven’t talked with

The NFL appears to be on a path toward extending the regular season to 18 games, but that was not a topic of discussion at this week’s owners’ meeting. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the conclusion of the meeting that there was no discussion of shifting the schedule from

The Jets have had every player at their voluntary offseason workouts this week, coach Aaron Glenn said Wednesday. Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson, who is looking for a contract extension, has participated in every session. “I want to be part of something special,” Wilson said, via Zack Rosenblatt of TheAthletic.com.

Cornerback Myles Bryant is set to be back in Houston for the 2025 season. Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports that the Texans are going to re-sign Bryant. No terms of the deal were included in the report. Bryant joined the Texans on a one-year contract last year and appeared in

The Steelers have made an addition to their offensive line. The team announced the signing of guard Nick Broeker on Wednesday afternoon. It’s a one-year deal with no other terms announced. Broeker was a 2023 seventh-round pick in Buffalo who moved onto the Texans after being waived during his rookie

Last week, an excerpt from a new book caused a stir with details from Caleb Williams’ pre-draft process that noted his reluctance to play for the Bears. While Ben Johnson wasn’t with the organization at that time, he is Williams’ head coach now and addressed the topic to open his

Linebacker J.J. Russell has found a new home. The Cardinals announced Russell’s signing on Wednesday afternoon. Linebacker Milo Eifler was waived in a corresponding move. Russell, who signed a one-year contract, spent the last three seasons in Tampa and appeared in 30 regular season games. He was a core special

Quinnen Williams was not happy when the Jets released Aaron Rodgers, and the Jets weren’t happy when the defensive tackle tweeted his displeasure. Williams wrote “another rebuild year for me I guess” after the news broke, before deleting it and posting only a thumbs down emoji. New Jets coach Aaron

The Texans confirmed the signing of cornerback Myles Bryant on Wednesday afternoon and they also announced several other moves. They waived defensive lineman Kingsley Jonathan and guard Jerome Carvin off of the 90-man roster. They also signed rookie free agent cornerback Keydrain Calligan. Jonathan signed with the Texans in February

Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden is out of the team’s voluntary offseason workouts because of injury, coach Ben Johnson said Wednesday. “Yeah, he wasn’t there today,” Johnson said, via Adam Jahns of TheAthletic.com. “We’re working through a little soft-tissue deal with him right now, and remains to be seen

The Raiders reunited head coach Pete Carroll with Geno Smith by acquiring the quarterback via trade earlier this offseason. Now that Las Vegas’ offseason program has advanced to OTA practices, Carroll has gotten to see plenty of Smith in the building in the last two months. On Wednesday, the 73-year-old

Many tributes will emerge in the aftermath of the stunning passing of Colts owner Jim Irsay at the age of 65. His most important draft pick, quarterback Peyton Manning, has issued a statement remembering the man who made him the first overall pick in 1998. “I am heartbroken to hear

Falcons defensive coordinator’s Jeff Ulbrich return to Atlanta has been a bumpy one, but he hasn’t sensed any misgivings from the team about bringing him back. Ulbrich’s son Jax made a prank call to Shedeur Sanders during the draft after getting the quarterback’s number — which was distributed by the

Commissioner Roger Goodell has issued a statement regarding the passing of Colts owner Jim Irsay at the age of 65. “We were deeply saddened to learn of Jim Irsay’s passing today. Jim was a friend, and a man deeply committed to his family, the game, the Colts, and the Indianapolis

Colts owner Jim Irsay has died. He was 65. An announcement from the team explains that Irsay “passed away peacefully in his sleep this afternoon.” Irsay assumed day-to-day management of the team in 1995, when his father, Robert, suffered a stroke. When the elder Irsay died in 1997, Jim became

Five days after the initial, best-case numbers were leaked at five o’clock on a Friday, the details are out. The Brock Purdy contract has been signed. The contract has been filed with the league and the NFL Players Association. Which means that the truth is now available. We’ve obtained the