Fancy yourself as an NFL punter? Well put your money where you mouth is and potentially win life-changing sums with Spreadex’s NFL Superchallenge. Across the UK millions of people play a variety of Premier League fantasy football or prediction competitions week-in, week-out, but what options are there for British-based NFL fans? Most gridiron aficionados will gravitate to the offerings of the …
This interview is taken from Gridiron Issue XXX, available from here. Six years after Obi Melifonwu’s mum was swayed to sign his Pop Warner form, fellow Brit Jermaine Eluemunor was making his own compelling case. At 14 he and his father, John, had moved to New Jersey from London, where Jermaine’s mother and three other kids remained. “He knew for …
Liam Blackburn lifts the lid on new Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Moritz Boehringer, the NFL’s unlikeliest draft pick. Five years ago, in the German city of Aalen, a 17-year-old Moritz Boehringer stumbled upon YouTube clips of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. Much of what was occurring in the highlights was alien to the teenager – the formations, the concept of …
Drafting a quarterback in the first round is the quickest way for general managers to become a hero or zero. So what decision do you make when there is no sure thing available? Matthew Sherry looks at 2016’s best three signal-callers and assesses the challenge facing the NFL’s top personnel men. The entourage tells its own story. Only Rob Gronkowski, …
It’s telling that, even amid the hoopla of Super Bowl Week, nobody mentioned Bennie Fowler. The wide receiver, an undrafted free-agent in 2014, walked around the new-fangled Opening Night and was barely recognised. Gridiron was one of the guilty parties; his name didn’t come up once over the course of over 20 hours of interviews and podcasts. The Big …
With Von Miller’s sacks and Cam Newton’s sulking already in the rear-view mirrors, the NFL’s attention has this week shifted to the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Two years ago Paolo Bandini visited The Hoosier State, where players have to do a lot more than just run, jump and lift if they hope to land a job with one of the 32 franchises. Seeking out …
Without a job on Sunday; claimed on Monday; arrives in New York on Tuesday; flew to London on Thursday; made plays on Sunday. No, that’s not a remix of Craig David’s ‘7 Days’ but rather the “whirlwind week” in the life of safety Dion Bailey. In Week 1 the second-year undrafted defensive back out of USC got his first NFL start …
If last weekend was Christmas for those of immersed in the NFL, other oval-ball enthusiasts get their New Year’s Eve party started on Friday. That’s when the 2015 Rugby World Cup begins at Twickenham as New Zealand bid to regain the trophy they won on home soil four years ago. Those All Black jerseys are iconic – as iconic as …
Former New England Patriot and Indianapolis Colt Sergio Brown has been to the playoffs in each of his five campaigns in the NFL. This off-season, as a free agent, he elected to move to Jacksonville and try to help the Jaguars achieve their first winning record since 2007. Gridiron caught up with him to talk winning habits, Gus Bradley and keeping …
