Category : Red Zone Rumors

Will Johnson was not happy that he fell to the second round of the 2025 NFL draft. But he’s very happy with the team he fell to. Johnson, a cornerback from Michigan, was viewed for much of his college football career as a potential Top 10 pick. Instead he went

The Commanders drafted one wide receiver this April and they added two more undrafted rookies to the roster on Thursday. Ja’Corey Brooks and Jacoby Jones both signed with the team. The Commanders announced 10 undrafted free agent additions overall. Brooks played three seasons at Alabama before transferring to Louisville last

The Jaguars have gotten the ball rolling on signing their 2025 draft class. The team announced their first three signings ahead of this weekend’s rookie minicamp. Third-round cornerback Caleb Ransaw, sixth-round safety Rayuan Lane III, and seventh-round running back LeQuint Allen have all signed their four-year rookie deals. Ransaw had

Robert Saleh is back with the 49ers as their defensive coordinator and he said on Thursday that he had no interest in filling that role for any other team than the one he worked for from 2017 to 2020. While Saleh is happy to turn back the clock in terms

When the Olympics return to Los Angeles, the Coliseum will play a major role in the events. SoFi Stadium will, too. Via Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the Los Angeles Times, the two stadiums will co-host the opening ceremony. It’s the first time the opening ceremony will unfold in two separate

Free agent quarterback Desmond Ridder was expected to have a veteran tryout with the Broncos this weekend. He now won’t. Parker Gabriel of The Denver Post reports that Ridder no longer will attend the team’s three-day rookie minicamp. No reason was given for the change of plans. Ridder became a

The Bears announced 10 undrafted free agent signings on Thursday afternoon. LSU safety Major Burns, Cal defensive end Xavier Carlton, North Carolina linebacker Power Echols, Iowa long snapper Luke Elkin, Texas State running back Deion Hankins, Oregon safety Tysheem Johnson, Michigan State kicker Jonathan Kim, TCU wide receiver John Richardson,

Sean McVay couldn’t be more excited to have Davante Adams on the Rams. McVay introduced Adams to his teammates in a team meeting by showing tape of some of the best plays from Adams’ career, showing them what has made Adams an All-Pro wide receiver. “Glad to be able to

The Jaguars made wide receiver Gabe Davis’ departure official, releasing him with a failed physical designation. Davis tore the meniscus in his left knee in November and was expected to need six months to recover from the injury, which limited him to 10 games in his only season in Jacksonville.

The Jets have signed their first-round pick. They announced that offensive tackle Armand Membou agreed to terms with the team on Thursday. The seventh overall pick’s four-year pact is worth over $31.9 million and the Jets have an option for a fifth season. Membou started 30 games at right tackle

The Titans have agreed to terms with sixth-round running back Kalel Mullings, Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports. Mullings will receive a four-year, $4.385 million deal. The Titans made him the 188th overall pick, and he will join Tony Pollard, Tyjae Spears and Julius Chestnut in the running backs room. Mullings

Panthers first-round pick Tetairoa McMillan has signed his first NFL contract. The Panthers announced that McMillan is one of six draft picks who have signed ahead of this weekend’s rookie minicamp. McMillan signed a four-year deal worth over $27.93 million and the team holds an option for a fifth season.

The Raiders have their new running back under contract. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, former Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty has signed his rookie deal. He’s the highest 2025 draft pick to agree to terms. As the sixth overall selection, he will receive a slotted four-year contract, worth

The Bengals signed four of their six draft picks Thursday. The team announced that offensive guard Dylan Fairchild, linebacker Barrett Carter, offensive tackle Jalen Rivers and halfback Tahj Brooks are under contract. The Bengals made Fairchild a third-round pick (81st overall) out of Georgia. He played 34 games with 24

Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend in 2021, KPRC reports. Ware, 41, reached a deal with the prosecution in exchange for a guilty plea. Taylor Pomaski disappeared under suspicious circumstances following a party in her Houston home on April

The Cardinals signed four draft picks on the eve of their rookie minicamp. The team announced that outside linebacker Jordan Burch, cornerback Denzel Burke, offensive lineman Hayden Conner and safety Kitan Crawford all are under contract. All signed the standard four years through the 2028 season. Burch, the Cardinals’ third-rounder,

If you were surprised by Wednesday’s news that President Trump is forming a college sports commission, you weren’t alone. Amanda Christovich of FrontOfficeSports.com reports that the report of the planning commission “was met with surprise” on Capitol Hill. Per the report, a lobbyist said that the development sparked “scrambling and

The Vikings signed four of their five draft picks Thursday, the team announced. Minnesota now has third-round wide receiver Tai Felton, fifth-round defensive lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, sixth-round linebacker Kobe King and sixth-round tight end Gavin Bartholomew under contract. First-round pick Donovan Jackson, who was selected 24th overall, is unsigned. The

The Cowboys have not had a true top-flight wide receiver to pair with CeeDee Lamb since they traded Amari Cooper. Cooper had 68 receptions for 865 yards and eight touchdowns in 2021 to Lamb’s 79 catches for 1,102 yards and six touchdowns. Noah Brown was second among the team’s wide

The Raiders signed sixth-round wide receiver Tommy Mellott on Thursday, the team announced. He is the eighth of the Raiders’ 11 draft selections to sign. Second-round wide receiver Jack Bech, third-round cornerback Darien Porter and fourth-round wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. remain unsigned. Mellott was the 213th overall pick. He

When the crypto-trading platform FTX imploded, various celebrity endorsers found themselves on the wrong end of a civil action. Now, a judge has dismissed most of the claims against a group of big names, including Tom Brady. Via MacKenzie Sigalos of CNBC.com, a federal judge in Florida has found that

This year’s Week 1 Friday night game from Brazil will, like last year, be available via streaming. Unlike last year, it will reportedly stream at no charge. Previously, the candidates were YouTube, Warner Brothers Discovery, and Amazon Prime. Now, Andrew Marchand of TheAthletic.com reports that YouTube is the “heavy favorite”

The Buccaneers signed four of their six draft picks ahead of their rookie minicamp. Third-round cornerback Jacob Parrish, fourth-round outside linebacker David Walker, fifth-round defensive lineman Elijah Roberts and seventh-round wide receiver Tez Johnson now are under contract, the team announced Thursday. That leaves only first-round wide receiver Emeka Egbuka

The Jets announced the signing of four more draft picks on Thursday. Third-round cornerback Azareye’h Thomas, fourth-round safety Malachi Moore, fifth-round defensive lineman Tyler Baron, and fifth-round linebacker Francisco Mauigoa have signed their four-year rookie deals. First-round pick Armand Membou signed his deal as well. Second-round tight end Mason Taylor

Running back Ashton Jeanty, the sixth overall pick, became the highest-drafted player to sign his rookie contract. But Jeanty was not the only Raiders’ draft pick to sign his four-year deal Thursday. The Raiders announced Jeanty and six of their other 11 draft selections who signed. Third-round offensive tackle Charles

The Titans have signed five of their 2025 draft picks. Sixth-round running back Kalel Mullings’s agreement on a four-year deal was previously reported. They have also signed third-round safety Kevin Winston Jr., fourth-round wide receiver Elic Ayomanor, fifth-round guard Jackson Slater, and sixth-round cornerback Marcus Harris. Four other picks, including

The Texans signed another of their nine draft picks. Sixth-round quarterback Graham Mertz now is under contract, per Aaron Wilson of KPRC. Mertz receives a four-year, $4.934 million contract, with a $228,484 signing bonus. The Texans previously signed second-round wide receiver Jayden Higgins and third-round cornerback Jaylin Smith. Mertz, who

The Bears have their top draft pick under contract. The team announced that tight end Colston Loveland has signed his rookie deal. It’s a four-year deal with a team option for a fifth season for the 10th overall pick. Loveland’s pact is worth over $26.6 million and is fully guaranteed.

The Jets released three players Thursday, the team announced. Linebacker Jimmy Ciarlo and wide receivers Easop Winston and Marcus Riley were cut. Ciarlo originally signed with the Jets a year ago as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Army. The Jets waived him in August and re-signed him this

The Giants dropped a defensive lineman from their 90-man roster on Thursday. The team announced that they have waived Casey Rogers. His spot will likely be filled by an incoming player during this weekend’s rookie minicamp. Rogers signed with the Giants after going undrafted out of Oregon in 2024. Rogers

Edge rusher Victor Dimukeje’s first season with the Giants is off on the wrong foot. Dimukeje signed with the Giants as a free agent this offseason, but Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that he is set to miss time after tearing his pec in one of his workouts with the

Various things can get a player removed from a team’s draft board. In Tampa Bay, there’s one category of prospect that isn’t automatically excluded. The “d-bags and assholes.” Via JoeBucsFan.com, Buccaneers G.M. Jason Licht recently explained his willingness to tolerate certain antisocial personality traits during an appearance on The JP

The full schedule for the 2025 NFL season will be unveiled at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 14, but some of the dates in the calendar will be filled in ahead of that point. The league announced that the league’s six broadcast partners will each announce select games from

As a time when the federal government is looking for more and more ways to make cuts, one agency will devote millions in search of an important breakthrough. The National Institutes of Health announced on Thursday that it has awarded a $15.3 million grant to fund research for the diagnosis

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Carolina running back Jonathon Brooks will not be on the field for the 2025 season. As part of a bevy of moves on Thursday, the Panthers placed Brooks on the physically unable to perform list. By making the move now, Brooks will not play in the coming season. After recovering

The Panthers are moving on from one of their veteran defenders. According to multiple reports, Carolina is releasing edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney. The No. 1 overall pick of the 2014 draft, Clowney had signed a two-year deal with the Panthers last offseason. He recorded 5.5 sacks with nine tackles for

The Panthers are continuing to trim their roster ahead of this weekend’s rookie minicamp. Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer reports that they are waiving center Andrew Raym and wide receiver Dax Milne. Word that they are also parting ways with tight ends Jordan Matthews and Colin Granger came earlier

The Dolphins cleared four spots on their 90-man roster Thursday. They announced that they have released long snapper Blake Ferguson and waived three others. Cornerback Ryan Cooper Jr., defensive tackle Neil Farrell, and offensive lineman Chasen Hines are also out in Miami. Ferguson played in 72 regular-season games and two

The Chargers brought Mike Williams back as a free agent this offseason and they drafted Tre Brown in the second round, but General Manager Joe Hortiz may not be done adding receivers to the roster ahead of the 2025 season. Hortiz, who also drafted KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the fifth round,

Colts defensive lineman DeForest Buckner wasn’t shy about sharing his feelings about the team’s defense at the end of the 2024 season. Buckner said that “everybody needs to check their egos at the door” because the unit played as a “bunch of individuals” rather than a cohesive group. Buckner didn’t

Over the past 10 or 15 years, a clear trend has emerged throughout the nation — don’t use public money to pay for football stadiums. In the nation’s capital, the pendulum is apparently swinging in the opposite direction. In a Washington Post-Schar School poll conducted from April 22 through May

Throughout the offseason, several members of the Colts have said that the QB competition between 2023 No. 4 overall pick Anthony Richardson and recent free-agent signee Daniel Jones should bring the best out of everyone. While the Colts have not formalized a timeline for when they’ll decide on a starter,

Tom Brady isn’t afraid to admit that he feared certain opponents. Asked on Logan Paul’s podcast which players he feared hitting him most, Brady named a few. “Ray Lewis was at the top,” Brady said, via Boston.com. “Ndamukong Suh, I didn’t like getting hit by him. J.J. [Watt] wasn’t very

The Falcons defense has finished at or near the bottom of the league in sacks in three of the last four years and there are a couple of fronts to their plan to generate more pass rush in 2025. They signed Leonard Floyd as a free agent and drafted Jalon

Whether the Ravens made a football decision with Justin Tucker or not, the end result is the same in Baltimore. Tucker is gone and sixth-round pick Tyler Loop has the inside track on the kicking job for the AFC North team. Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta said that the team

The NFL may soon ban the Eagles’ tush push with a broad rule that makes it illegal for any ball carrier to be pushed by a teammate. Saquon Barkley doesn’t like it. Barkley, the Eagles running back whose job is to push quarterback Jalen Hurts forward on the tush push,

The Texans have brought back one of their key defensive players. Per Jonathan M Alexander of the Houston Chronicle, defensive tackle Foley Fatukasi has re-signed with Houston. Fatukasi, 30, started 11 games for the Texans last season. He registered 24 total tackles with four tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, and

The Jets declared Justin Fields their starter shortly after signing him, and backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor says he can live with that. Taylor declined to say whether he expected to get a chance to compete for the starting job but told Rich Cimini of ESPN that whether he is in

After much talk this offseason that Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert could be on the way out of Philadelphia, he’s now set to stay put. The Eagles and Goedert are close to an agreement on a new contract that will keep him in Philadelphia, according to Jeff McLane of the