Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season left fans excited as playoff battles intensified. The Kansas City Chiefs secured another AFC West title with a dominant win, while the Philadelphia Eagles dramatically clinched their spot in the postseason. On the flip side, the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos stumbled, putting their playoff hopes on shaky ground. Now, all eyes are …
Jacksonville Jaguars’ commitment to growing the game of American football in the UK will come with added impact this summer. The club’s popular ‘Jaguars Academy’ initiative returns for a third season in 2018, but takes another step up with the introduction of pads and controlled contact throughout the three days of coaching. The Academy, already renowned for giving British amateur …
With the 2018 It’s A Penalty campaign to tackle child abuse and exploitation due to kick off at next month’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis, Gridiron caught up with the organisation’s driving force, CEO Sarah de Carvalho, to learn more… Q: Give us a little of the background to It’s A Penalty and explain what the campaign hopes to achieve? SdC: …
An SEC Championship game without Alabama would have been unthinkable for much of the season, but here we are. A revenge game for another former No. 1-ranked squad against the team that dumped both it and the Tide from top spot. Georgia and Auburn, both 7-1 in conference, stand on the brink of a place in the College Football Playoff, …
The Iron Bowl is rarely without consequence, carrying as it does the hopes and bragging rights of two of the SEC’s most fervent fanbases, but the 2017 edition has a little more riding on it than the ability to crow for 12 months… Auburn might just be the kingmakers in the SEC right now – and stand a chance of …
How quickly things can change in college football. After blowing out Florida in the ‘World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’, Georgia moved up to number two in the rankings – and even had some claiming they should actually be ahead of Alabama. One week later, following a 40-17 blowout by Auburn, the Bulldogs can’t even afford another loss if they still …
If the CFP battle looks like it’s Alabama versus everyone else, that goes double for the SEC, where inconsistency reigns just about everywhere outside of Tuscaloosa and half the coaches in the conference find themselves on the hot seat. But before Crimson Tide fans get too cocky, this might actually be bad news for Nick Saban’s team. Given the five-into-four-doesn’t-go …
Nine weeks into the NFL season and there will be more than a few GMs with an itchy trigger finger… Neil Reynolds lists the most likely targets in the firing line…
Neil Reynolds considers his latest candidates for NFL MVP honours after another interesting week on the gridiron.
As NFL 2017’s regular season rolls into its second half, Neil Reynolds picks out the studs and duds in Week 9, including the best players on offense, defense and special teams – and a familiar Goat of the Week… “>
Bedlam is one of college football’s biggest rivalries, but when the post-season is on the line, and two strong teams face each other, expect things to be even more insane. The showdown between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, more often than not, provides a Big 12 season finale of note but, this time around – for only the second time in …
Another International Series in the books, and another UK fan converted, as Ryan Peacock admits he was wrong about NFL games on this side of ‘the pond’… Well that’s it… The 2017 London games are complete and, while the quality on the field didn’t always live up to what could have been, they were, without doubt, a success. This year …
A better start for Neil this week as he stands 1-for-1 after correctly picking the winner of Thursday night’s Houston-Cincinnati clash in The Jungle, but how will he fare over the remaining games?
It’s that time of year again, when six remaining teams attempt to battle their way to the biggest game of the football year, Super Bowl LI in Houston, but, on this side of the pond, it’s also the signal for Gridiron to start the build-up to one of its legendary socials – the Super Bowl party with Houston, Texas. This …
With coaching casualties littering the field after the final weekend of the regular season, Week 17’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown takes a look at the NFL’s situations vacant column… Puttin’ Six On The Board BUFFALO BILLS General manager Doug Whaley kept his job while Rex Ryan walked the plank in Buffalo, despite their biggest issue being an absence of players who …
Having seen its regular slot hijacked by the announcement of next year’s London games, the Gridiron team give a belated take on Week 14 for the latest Tuesday (Wednesday?) Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board They shoot horses don’t they? If ever there was a microcosm of why the Indianapolis Colts have been so bad under Chuck Pagano …
With playoff places (and Draft slots!) on the line, Betway’s NFL expert Jack Green has put together a wondrous winter foursome for Week 14. Miami Dolphins to beat Arizona Cardinals – 11/10 Miami’s run of six straight wins was brought to a shuddering halt by the Baltimore Ravens last weekend, with neither offense or defense living up to expectation, but …
As the playoff picture begins to shape up, the Gridiron team’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown thoughts consider some of the haves and have-nots after Week 13… Puttin’ Six On The Board Bowles’d over Exactly four weeks before the most ruthless day of the year for NFL head coaches, the Jets – and HC Todd Bowles – were embarrassed on a …
Betway’s NFL expert Jack Green has rolled the dice on a Week 13 foursome he reckons will be anything but unlucky. Kansas City Chiefs to beat Atlanta Falcons – 17/20 The Falcons are a formidable offensive team. They have scored the most points in the NFL, and also rank first in yards per play. However, their opponents on Sunday have …
Having polished off the last vestiges of Thanksgiving turkey, the Gridiron team turn their thoughts to Week 12 of the NFL season for a fresh helping of Tuesday Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board Brees block? What a game Drew Brees had on Sunday! In putting 49 points on a previously stingy Rams defense, he tallied up his …
Betway’s NFL expert Jack Green has plucked another four-game boost to help get the most from the Week 12 football slate. Atlanta Falcons to beat Arizona Cardinals The Falcons are comfortably the NFL’s best offensive team. For all the talk about the juggernaut Cowboys and AFC powerhouse Patriots, Atlanta’s 6.7 yards per play, 32 points per game and 36 total …
Another four weeks into the 2016 NFL season and things are slowly beginning to take shape with regard to the post-season but, before we get into that, the latest issue of Gridiron brings you another #embracedebate edition… After initiating discussion about Movers & Shakers and Cool Dudes in previous issues, this time around we home in on the wideout spot, …
The Gridiron team find plenty of talking points from another weird NFL weekend for this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board Strangers in a strange town The Rams are homeless and it shows. They are tenants at USC Trojans’ iconic stadium, where the 1984 LA Olympics were held, and that shows too. The bowels and changing …
Betway NFL expert Jack Green has found another four games worthy of inclusion on your slip for Week 11 of the NFL season. Dallas Cowboys to beat Baltimore Ravens – 5/16 Winners of eight consecutive games, including on the road in Green Bay, Pittsburgh and Washington, the NFC-leading Cowboys look nigh-on unstoppable at the moment. They came through a difficult …
