Category : Red Zone Rumors

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

The Chiefs drafted Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals in the fourth round thinking he could have a similar role in their offense to Rashee Rice. Chiefs director of player personnel Ryne Nutt said Royals shows a lot of the same traits that Rice showed when the Chiefs made him

The league office wants to send active players to the flag-football competition in the 2028 Olympics. The owners, if focused on the interests of their teams, should not want to do it. The question is whether the interests of the whole will overcome the interests of the individual. And that

When the 2025 NFL schedule came out, Bears coach Ben Johnson find out that his team gets its bye in Week Five, the earliest bye week this year. And Johnson is pleased about that. Johnson said on The Herd that assessing his team for a month and then getting a

The ESPN.com item regarding quarterback Caleb Williams generated the biggest headlines regarding his interest in avoiding the Bears. There’s another headline lurking in one of the later paragraphs of the article regarding his experience with the Bears in 2024. Here’s the relevant paragraph from the story, derived from Seth Wickersham’s

The Titans used the No. 1 overall pick on quarterback Cam Ward. Yet, the Titans are one of only three teams not to have a primetime game. NFL Vice President of Broadcast Planning and Scheduling Mike North explained the league’s reasoning for shutting out the Titans. “We kind of have

The Ravens agreed to terms with veteran nose tackle John Jenkins, the team announced Friday. Jenkins, 35, will replace Michael Pierce, who retired. Jenkins is joining his seventh different team as he enters his 13th NFL season. He spent the past two seasons with the Raiders, starting every game and

The Bills are going away for training camp again this summer. The team announced on Friday that they will be returning to St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York for this year’s camp. It will be the 25th time that the Bills have held training camp on the campus.

To put a twist on Sam Wyche’s legendary quote, “You don’t work for Cleveland! You work for Cincinnati!” The in-state rivalry has taken an off-field turn, with the Bengals claiming that Hamilton County is using a consultant who is also trying to help the Browns get a new stadium paid

The 49ers said they would bring in competition for their kicking job, and they have. Agent Brett Tessler announced that free agent kicker Greg Joseph has agreed to terms with San Francisco on a one-year deal. The 49ers made Jake Moody a third-round pick in 2023, and he went 21-of-25

The contract song remains the same. The agent supplies a number that puts the deal in the best possible light, with the biggest possible numbers. Reality arrives later. For 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, his new contract — leaked at 5:00 p.m. ET on a Friday, where bad news usually goes

The Chiefs signed offensive guard Tremayne Anchrum on Friday, according to the NFL’s transactions report. The Texans cut Anchrum on April 21. Anchrum, 26, joined Houston last November, signing with the team’s practice squad. He did not appear in a game for Houston last season but returned on a futures

The Jets brought back one of their former defensive backs this offseason when they hired Aaron Glenn as their head coach and another one is angling for a return to the team as well. Safety Jamal Adams was a 2017 first-round pick of the team and was a first-team All-Pro

The Falcons have added a piece to their offensive line. Atlanta announced on Friday that the club has signed undrafted free agent center Michael Gonzalez. Gonzalez played his college ball at Louisville, appearing in 51 games for the Cardinals. He was a starter at left guard for the last two

At long last, 49ers Brock Purdy is going to be paid a market rate for his services. According to multiple reports, Purdy and San Francisco have agreed to a five-year, $265 million extension, making the final pick of the 2022 draft one of the highest-paid players in league history. NFL

The Seahawks brought in Sam Darnold to be their starter at quarterback for the time being. But the club does see promise in third-round pick Jalen Milroe. General Manager John Schneider just knows that, particularly for a quarterback, it’s not all that easy to come in and play right away.

A social-media dustup (not the Del Rio kind) broke out on Thursday regarding the question of whether the Cowboys and linebacker Micah Parsons have a “handshake deal” on a new contract. Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of All City DLLS reports that a handshake deal exists. However, Parsons disputes it. It

The NFL’s owners will vote next week on a resolution to allow active players to participate in the 2028 Olympics. It’s all part of the broader effort to globalize the game by, as the resolution explains, “increasing fan and public interest in flag football.” The resolution has several interesting components.

The Bears are once again shifting their focus for where they’d like to build their next stadium. According to a new report from the Chicago Tribune, the franchise is once again planning to build a stadium complex in Arlington Heights after a project at the current downtown site of Soldier

Derek Carr retired from the NFL last week but apparently not before he looked for an exit out of New Orleans to continue his career. Katherine Terrell and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN report that a Carr “representative” spoke to at least two teams about potential interest in the veteran quarterback.

The Jets released punter Thomas Morstead earlier this month and they parted ways with another veteran kicking specialist on Friday. The team announced that they have released kicker Greg Zuerlein. They also signed defensive end Michael Fletcher. Zuerlein was limited to eight games by a knee injury last season and

The Jaguars announced the addition of three coaching fellows to their staff on Friday. Ari Confesor, Anthony Gaitor, and Dawson Odoms have joined the team under the NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. They will work with the team for the remainder of the offseason program. Gaitor played 12

The Broncos are promoting from within to fill a vacancy and bringing back someone to the front office who previously worked for the club. Per Albert Breer of SI.com, Denver’s Reed Burckhardt is moving up from director of player personnel to assistant General Manager. Mike Klis of 9News Denver also

Buccaneers rookie safety Shilo Sanders has often been overshadowed by his brother and teammate Shedeur, and his father and coach Deion. But as he competes to make a roster spot in Tampa Bay, Shilo Sanders is saying he’s confident he’ll show he belongs in the NFL. Shilo Sanders was not

Raiders minority owner Tom Brady is having a significant impact on the team’s football operations, even as he operates from afar. Head coach Pete Carroll said he is in “pretty regular” touch with Brady but that Brady does not work at the team facility. “We’re phone buddies. He hasn’t been