Category : Red Zone Rumors

The NFL has cleared the path for active players to participate in the 2028 Olympic games. The real game has yet to begin. With the league limiting participation in the flag football tournament to be held three years from now to one player per franchise, the team must be picked

NFL business keeps on booming. And the value of NFL franchise equity keeps on escalating. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the sale of a slice of the 49ers, approved by NFL owners on Tuesday, carries a total franchise valuation of $8.6 billion. That breaks the record set last

The Panthers have made a couple of changes to their wide receiver group. The team announced the signing of T.J. Luther on Tuesday. Moose Muhammad III was waived with an injury designation in a corresponding move. Luther signed with the Jets after going undrafted in 2023. He landed on Carolina’s

Hall of Famer Charles Woodson has been approved as a limited partner in the Browns ownership group, the franchise announced on Tuesday. An Ohio native and the state’s “Mr. Football” in 1994, Woodson is the first minority owner added since Jimmy and Dee Haslam became the team’s controlling owners in

The Cardinals will do more than play a preseason game in Denver this summer. They and the Broncos announced that the two teams will hold a joint practice before they play on Saturday, August 16. The practice session will take place two days before the game. It’s the third time

Last week, Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson showed up in street clothes for Cincinnati’s voluntary workout and told reporters that things had become “personal” in his contract dispute. Speaking to the media as the team’s Phase II session was ongoing, Hendrickson cited a text he received from head coach Zac

The Cowboys held their first organized team activities of the spring this week and head coach Brian Schottenheimer was happy to see defensive end Micah Parsons in attendance. Schottenheimer did not say at a Tuesday press conference how much work Parsons has been doing or how often he has attended

Bengals first-round pick Shemar Stewart remains unsigned and on the sidelines during the club’s on-field work. The rookie edge rusher has been embroiled in a contract dispute with the club and has not been participating during Cincinnati’s voluntary workouts — though he has been in the building. Kelsey Conway of

The Patriots are planning joint practices before each of their first two preseason games this summer. Head coach Mike Vrabel was asked about plans for such practices during a Tuesday press conference from the team’s facility. Vrabel said that the plan is for the team to work out with Washington

Miami has reached out to another veteran cornerback. Per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins called to inquire about cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. Samuel is still recovering from neck surgery and has not received an offer from Miami. He also has not been in for a visit. But

The NFL is about to kill the tush push. Regardless of whether it will keep the Eagles from running the most consistently effective quarterback sneak the NFL has ever seen. Everyone knows it’s happening because someone decided he doesn’t like it. Whether it was the catalyst or the straw that

Count Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown among those who think the Cowboys made a good move by trading for wide receiver George Pickens. The move gives CeeDee Lamb a talented partner in the Dallas receiving corps and should make Dallas a tougher opponent than the one that lost two games

The Bears are planning on having Joe Thuney around for the next few years. Agent Mike McCartney announced on Tuesday morning that Chicago and Thuney have agreed to a two-year contract extension. Thuney was entering the last year of his contract, which is part of why the Chiefs traded him

As potentially unbreakable NFL records go, the all-time rushing mark seems to be one of the most untouchable. If any current player has a chance to get close enough to make things interesting, it’s Ravens running back Derrick Henry. He’s the active leading rusher, with 11,423 yards. That puts him

The Commissioner wants the playoff tree to be reconfigured to tie seeding to record, without regard to whether a team won its division. The goal isn’t to promote equity when it comes to who’s at home and who’s on the road in the playoffs; the objective is to make late-season

The Lions have signed another member of their draft class. Wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa posted a picture of himself signing his four-year rookie deal on Tuesday morning. The third-round pick is the fifth of seven Lions picks to agree to terms on his first NFL contract. The Lions traded two

Rams General Manager Les Snead said in March that the team would like to “engineer a long-term partnership” with running back Kyren Williams, but made no promises that it would come before the start of Williams’s fourth NFL season. While there have been talks about such a deal since Snead’s

Plenty of NFL players have used perceived draft day slides as motivation when they get into the league and Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III is jumping into that ring. Burden was the 39th player selected in April after a run at Missouri that ended with back-to-back All-SEC selections. He

Rule changes in recent years have made onside kicks extremely difficult to recover, but a proposed rule change to be voted on at this week’s league meeting may help give the kicking team a chance. The league is considering changing onside kick rules to make it easier for the kicking

The push to have NFL players participate in flag football during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles is reportedly set for a big step forward on Tuesday. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that a resolution allowing players to participate is expected to pass a vote of team owners during

When the NFL schedule was released last week, one thing that stood out was that the Jaguars are set to play just one prime time game during the 2025 season. That was notable because they added Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter after trading up in the first round of the

Simeon Rice has been announced as the next member of the Buccaneers’ Ring of Honor, but Buccaneers co-owner Bryan Glazer is lobbying for Rice to get an even greater recognition. Glazer called Rice “the missing piece to make our defense one of the greatest of all time” and said that

The Patriots liked former Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson enough that they drafted him with the No. 38 pick and in the process turned down trade offers from two other teams. In the first episode of the Patriots’ Forged in Foxboro video series, cameras inside the draft room showed

In any other year, we wouldn’t do much if anything with the press release announcing the roster of the U.S. men’s national flag football team. With the 2025 names being released on the first day of a week that will feature owners potentially paving the way for active NFL players

Membership in the small club of active Super Bowl-winning coaches has its privileges. The Eagles have announced that Nick Sirianni has signed a multi-year extension. He had been under contract through 2025. “As an organization, we have always strived to create a championship culture of sustained success,” team owner Jeffrey

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