Category : Red Zone Rumors

The Eagles are moving fast to get their rookie class signed. Today the Eagles announced that they have signed fifth-round cornerback Mac McWilliams from UCF, which means they now have five of their 10 draft picks under contract. The Eagles were the first team to sign a draft pick when

When the Browns selected quarterback Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the 2025 draft, they added a fifth player to their quarterback depth chart. When will Sanders become QB1? It’s a question that will hover over the franchise — and will be raised repeatedly in questions posed to coaches,

President Trump signed 141 executive orders in the first 100 days of his second term. There’s another one in the pipeline that could provide a boost for most if not all of the NCAA’s 134 FBS schools. The Wall Street Journal reports that the President is considering an executive order

Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori showed off his knowledge of his new team’s history when asked about the jersey number he’ll be wearing in Seattle. Emmanwori wore the No. 7 at South Carolina, but edge rusher Uchenna Nwosu wears that with the Seahawks so Emmanwori will be wearing No. 3.

The week started with the 49ers working on new contracts for two key players: tight end George Kittle and quarterback Brock Purdy. Kittle’s deal is done. The details can be reviewed here. Given that the contract was finalized at a time when the 49ers are actively negotiating with Purdy, there

In most normal weeks, the flow of NFL news slows down just enough on a Saturday morning to allow us to catch up on some of the things we may have missed. This has not been a normal week. From Shedeur Sanders to Jeff Ulbrich to the aftermath of the

In late March, the Titans announced that their “Titans blue” alternate jersey will become part of their new home uniform. In early May, Oilers/Titans (never played for the Titans) legend Warren Moon said the Titans will be unveiling new uniforms. This year. “The Tennessee Titans have new uniforms coming,” Moon

The Texans did something in the 2025 NFL draft that no other team did: They traded all their original picks, and used only picks that they had acquired in trades. Houston drafted nine players, and all nine of those picks were acquired in trades. Houston traded its original pick in

Seahawks rookie quarterback Jalen Milroe will arrive in training camp at No. 3 on the depth chart behind Sam Darnold and Drew Lock, and before he can compete for a starting job, he wants the players above him to know that he respects what they’ve already done in the league.

The Eagles are getting on the field for rookie minicamp this weekend. But before they do, one of their first-year players has put pen to paper. Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Philadelphia fifth-round linebacker Smael Mondon has signed his rookie deal. He is the first known 2025 draftee to sign

The Packers have signed one of their draft picks to his rookie contract. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports fifth-round defensive lineman Collin Oliver has put pen to paper. Green Bay selected Oliver with the No. 159 overall pick out of Oklahoma State. He was a two-time, second-team All-Big 12 selection in

Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen is in the final year of his contract and it may also be the last year that he plays football. Thielen is entering his 12th NFL season and he’ll turn 35 before the Panthers play their first game of the year, so it’s not surprising

The Browns are keeping one of their veteran running backs around with a pay cut, which could decrease the likelihood of re-signing another at the position. Via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Jerome Ford has accepted a salary reduction from $3.486 million to a guaranteed $1.75 million in 2025 on

Thirty-one of the 32 first-round picks from the 2022 draft class were eligible for the fifth-year option. Nineteen were exercised, including Texans cornerback Derek Stingley. Stingley, the third overall pick in 2022, had his fifth-year option picked up when he signed a three-year, $90 million extension in March. It puts

Phil Simms was willing to let Abdul Carter wear No. 11 for the Giants. Those closest to Simms were not. Simms told Gary Myers on Friday night that he was “outvoted by his family” on the question of whether his retired jersey should be unretired. During a Friday appearance on

Before the draft, Rams coach Sean McVay said he’d never eliminate the possibility of bringing back cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Now that the draft has come and gone, McVay says that a trade for Ramsey remains possible. Appearing with Adam Schein of SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio, McVay initially said there’s no

Last Friday night, while quarterback Shedeur Sanders continued to slide down the draft board, we raised the question of whether, at some point, it would make more sense for him to try to go back to college for another year. It ended up being the most-read story in the 23.5-year

A report this week indicated that the Packers and cornerback Jaire Alexander are talking about a possible reconciliation that would keep Alexander on the team for the 2025 season, but those conversations haven’t progressed to a point that Alexander has chosen to join the team’s voluntary workouts. Packers head coach

Mark Levin, the NFL Player Association’s director of salary cap and agent administration, has ended his 37-year run with the union. Levin’s last day was Friday, May 2. The union sent an email to all agents alerting them to the fact that Levin has retired. He has been the primary

Tight end Ross Dwelley is back with the 49ers. Dwelley spent six seasons with the team before signing with the Falcons last year. The 49ers announced on Friday that Dwelley has returned to the team on a one-year deal. Dwelley appeared in every game for the Falcons last season and

The prank call phenomenon can, and does, happen after a player is drafted. We reported on Sunday that one player received a phony phone call roughly 30 minutes after he’d been picked. He was told he’d been traded to another team. It happened to more than one player. Raiders running

Giants rookie edge rusher Abdul Carter wanted to wear No. 56. Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor had a very clear and direct response. “Get another number.” Carter is currently eyeing the number he wore at Penn State. Unfortunately, No. 11 has been retired for quarterback Phil Simms. Appearing Friday morning

Isaiah Simmons signed with the Packers on Monday. He can play linebacker, safety or the nickel, and he played 370 special teams snaps the past two seasons with the Giants. That begs the question: Which position group will Simmons be in with the Packers? Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Friday

The Cowboys did not draft any wide receivers this year, but they have added a pair of undrafted rookies to the position group. The team announced on Friday that they have signed Traeshon Holden and Josh Kelly to their 90-man roster. The Cowboys are holding their rookie minicamp this weekend.

The Chargers drafted running back Omarion Hampton in the first round and wide receiver Tre Harris in the second round, and head coach Jim Harbaugh says those picks are largely about helping quarterback Justin Herbert reach his full potential. Harbaugh told Rich Eisen that he has a vision for Herbert

The Rams have Matthew Stafford back for this season. Stafford, now 37, is year-to-year. The Rams don’t have a heir apparent on the roster. But they do have two first-round picks for 2026, having acquired the Falcons’ top selection for next year. That gives them ammunition to trade up for

The Cowboys have signed seven of their nine draft picks, the team announced Friday. Offensive guard Tyler Booker, the 12th overall pick, became the first-round selection to agree to his rookie deal. He will receive a four-year, $22.5 million deal with $13 million guaranteed. “We were both on the same

The Packers have most of their draft class under contract. Six of the team’s eight draft picks signed with the team at the start of rookie minicamp on Friday. That group includes third-round wideout Savion Williams, who joined first-rounder Matthew Golden as new additions to the receiving corps. Williams may

The criminal case against former Ravens and Michigan assistant Matt Weiss is moving toward a November 2025 trial. The victims of his alleged hacking of thousands of accounts of female athletes know little or nothing about what he saw. “I feel like we are kind of being held in the

The Seahawks will have 17 undrafted rookies on their roster for this weekend’s rookie minicamp. Eleven of the new additions are on the defensive side, which helps balance things out after the Seahawks used nine of their 11 draft picks on offensive players. The defensive signings are LSU cornerback Zy

Running back Ashton Jeanty wore No. 2 while putting up huge numbers at Boise State and he’ll be wearing the same number while trying to do the same thing for the Raiders. The Raiders announced the jersey numbers for all of this year’s draft picks on Friday and Jeanty will

The Eagles drafted cornerback Quinyon Mitchell in the first round of the 2024 draft and they announced the signing of one of his former college teammates on Friday. Defensive back Maxen Hook was one of nine undrafted rookies to sign with the team. He made three All-MAC teams at Toledo

Cowboys first-round draft pick Tyler Booker has his rookie contract done. Booker and the Cowboys have agreed to the deal today, according to Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports. It’s a four-year, $22.52 million guaranteed contract, and Booker gets a little over $13 million of that as a signing bonus. The

Before trading out of the first round of the 2025 NFL draft, the Texans tried to trade up. Texans General Manager Nick Caserio said the Texans were initially attempting to move up in the first round, but when they couldn’t find a team in the top half of the first

The Eagles have signed three more 2025 draft picks as their rookie minicamp begins this weekend. Philadelphia announced quarterback Kyle McCord, offensive tackle Myles Hinton, and outside linebacker Antwuan Powell-Ryland put pen to paper on Friday. The club also announced linebacker Smael Mondon has signed his rookie deal, which was

The 2025 draft has reintroduced millions to the lost art of the prank phone call. The Jerky Boys did it. Bart Simpson has been doing it since 1989. It was one of the funniest moments in what had to have been one of Jerry Jones’s favorite ‘80s movies, Porky’s. Growing

The list of lawsuits recently filed against former NFL players continues to grow. Former Panthers and Ravens receiver Steve Smith Sr. has been sued in North Carolina under a “homewrecker” law. As explained by Julia Coin of the Charlotte Observer, Smith is accused of having an extended affair with a

The Patriots hired Mike Vrabel to be their head coach in January, giving the club one of the best candidates on the open market. So far, second-year quarterback Drake Maye has liked what Vrabel has brought to the position. “It’s been awesome. It’s been great with coach [Vrabel]. He’s come

The Browns made the highly unusual decision to draft two quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL draft, making Dillon Gabriel the fifth quarterback off the board at pick No. 94, and Shedeur Sanders the sixth quarterback off the board 50 picks later. That wasn’t what they expected to do heading into

Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers won’t be playing with quarterback Shedeur Sanders, but his comments about the rookie may lead some to revisit his team’s decision to pass on Sanders in the future. Sanders wound up going to the Browns in the fifth round and Nabers said on the 7AM

The Eagles lost a few key pieces from their Super Bowl team in March, but they held onto linebacker Zack Baun and have a lot more of their stars returning to the team than leaving when all is said and done. That will lead to a lot of talk about

When the Buccaneers signed former Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson as an undrafted rookie, the 464-pounder immediately became the heaviest player in NFL history. But Watson says he has already lost weight and might not be the heaviest player in the league if he makes the Bucs’ roster. Watson said

Texas led all states in producing players for the 2025 NFL draft. Of the 257 players drafted last week, 37 of theme played their high school football in Texas, the most of any state. That included No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward and five other first-round picks. Texas was followed

Last year, the NFL gave Aaron Rodgers and the Jets a slew of early-season prime-time and short-week games because, as NFL V.P. of broadcast planning Mike North candidly admitted, “I feel like the Jets kind of owe us one.” This year, Rodgers has yet to sign with the Steelers. If

Drake Maye had an up-and-down rookie year for the Patriots in 2024. But the organization has made significant moves to set up the 2024 No. 3 overall pick for more success in 2025 — including bringing back Josh McDaniels to be the team’s offensive coordinator under head coach Mike Vrabel.

The Patriots signed Stefon Diggs to give give Drake Maye a strong veteran target, despite the receiver coming an ACL tear suffered last October. In his Thursday press conference, Maye told reporters that he’s been watching Diggs for years and is excited to play wit him. “Shoot, Stefon, he was

When Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham weighed in at 296 pounds at the Scouting Combine, it raised some eyebrows? Graham was listed at 320 in college, and for a defensive tackle, anything under 300 is small. But Graham says he’s currently 310 pounds and that his weight fluctuations are no

Titans General Manager Mike Borgonzi said this week that the team won’t be naming a starting quarterback at this point in the offseason because he wants there to be “competition in every room” on the roster. Borgonzi also said that it will be up to head coach Brian Callahan to

The Buccaneers are making a couple of promotions in their front office. According to Albert Breer of SI.com, Tampa Bay is promoting Rob McCartney to assistant General Manager and Mike Biehl to vice president of player personnel. McCartney is entering his 15th season with the Bucs. He previously spent three

Hall of Fame tight end and media personality Shannon Sharpe stepped aside from his two-days-per-week employment with ESPN, in the aftermath of the filing of a civil complaint against him alleging sexual assault and other claims. While Sharpe didn’t step aside until Thursday, his on-air First Take partner knew it