With rhetoric, vitriol and voting in the rear view mirror, the Gridiron team reflects on some unfettered football for this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board Winning the numbers game That felt like the week the NFL needed. For all I believe the ratings slump this season was largely driven by the election and, most importantly, …
The Saints and Patriots’ offensive firepower places them among Betway NFL expert Jack Green‘s top selections for Week 10’s slate of games in the National Football League… New Orleans Saints (-2.5) @ Denver Broncos – 1/1 The New Orleans Saints are in the midst of a season renaissance as, having lost their first three games of the season, the black-and-gold have …
The Gridiron team peruses the points of interest as the NFL regular season moves into its second half, packing potential playoff contenders into this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board Poised for a Charge? We’re just past halfway through the campaign and the playoff race is beginning to take shape. We have a good idea of …
Once again, Betway’s NFL expert Jack Green has selected four bets that should serve you well this weekend. Dallas Cowboys (-9.5) @ Cleveland Browns – 6/5 New England Patriots aside, the Cowboys have perhaps been the NFL’s most complete side this season, and head into Week 9 with just one loss on their card and a comeback win against the Eagles …
The Gridiron team was all set to bring you the weekend’s talking points for this latest Tuesday Morning Touchdown, but Bill Belichick had other ideas… Puttin’ Six On The Board Tradin’ aces The NFL world was rocked yesterday when the New England Patriots traded star linebacker Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns for a conditional third-round pick. Collins is …
Betway’s NFL expert Jack Green has scoured the form and come up with four bets as part of a special boost that will win you a pretty penny this week… Washington (+5.5) v Cincinnati Bengals This season ‘s International Series finale should be a cracker as two teams hovering around .500 look to stay afloat in the playoff race. Washington have won seven …
It’s hard to believe that we are already six weeks into the 2016 NFL campaign but, as the season flies by, there’s still a chance to take time out with the latest issue of Gridiron… The first third of the regular season has been about quarterbacks – from veterans like Tom Brady and Sam Bradford to rookies like Carson Wentz and …
The Gridiron team looked past the low-hanging fruit of the Calamity Colts and potential QB controversy in Big D to bring you something more for your weekly Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board OBJ OMG Am I excited to see Odell Beckham Jr. in the flesh at Twickenham? You bet. Am I doubly excited after his career-best …
While Tom Brady’s return to action took centre stage in week five, there were plenty of other NFL happenings to give the Gridiron crew something to talk about in Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Foxy Falcons flying a mile high A bit like Leicester City’s title-winning challenge in the Premier League last year, everyone was waiting for …
Rex Ryan getting one over on Bill Belichick was right up there amidst several unexpected results as NFL 2016 continues to surprise into week four, but it wasn’t only the scoreline that caught the attention of the Gridiron team ahead of another Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Not Shy About PI It’s official: pass-interference penalties are out …
There were enough stand-out performances, surprise results and close calls in Week 3 of the new NFL season to give the Gridiron team something to get their teeth into for another Tuesday Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board Coach – Hell Yeah! Coaching matters in the NFL, folks. Now that is hardly breaking news, even if I have seen …
The draft is history… free-agency forgotten… training camp tossed to the kerb… NFL 2016 is go and we’re along for the ride! Just a couple of weeks into the new season and narratives are already being formed – are the Patriots Super Bowl-bound? What about the Panthers, Cardinals and Broncos? Will Cleveland ever find a way to climb out of …
Week 2 of the season is in the books and the preconceptions of opening weekend have been readdressed. Are Seattle and Green Bay really Super Bowl contenders? Can Jacksonville really rise up? The Gridiron team considers these points and more in another Tuesday Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board Jags Lose Their Roar Really, Jacksonville? A 38-14 loss against a San …
With the English Premier League and NFL now both underway for another season, fans new to either will be looking for pointers as to which team to follow in 2016-17. Our pals at Betway have come up with a handy guide for the uninitiated based on comparable team traits, while we’ve decided to offer a couple of alternative options… THREE …
In the first Tuesday Morning Touchdown of the new NFL season, the Gridiron Team give their takes on the talking points of Week 1, from the targeting of Cam Newton in Thursday night’s kickoff game to the resilience of less experienced QBs later in the weekend. Puttin’ Six On The Board New Same Old England Patriots Tom Brady. Rob Gronkowski. Dion Lewis. Nate Solder. Sebastian Vollmer. …
After an interminable off-season, the NFL is finally back with us – and so is the chance for punters to make some early returns. To celebrate that fact, Gridiron picks out our five bets of the weekend. While the season-opener between Denver and Carolina steals the headlines with last year’s Super Bowl combatants going head-to-head in a rematch in the Mile …
The long-running nonsense of Deflategate has robbed New England of Tom Brady for the first quarter of the NFL campaign. Everybody, therefore, is left to wonder whether Jimmy Garoppolo can fill the void. Was he worth the second-round pick New England invested two years ago? The answer could determine the fate of the Lombardi Trophy in 2016. It’s half-time at …
Just six months after his finest hour in Santa Clara, Denver Broncos general manager John Elway enters the 2016 campaign under scrutiny after a tumultuous offseason. Yet, as Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry learned in Santa Clara on that fateful night in Levi’s Stadium, the Hall of Fame quarterback turned personnel guru rarely gets it wrong. On April 28 2011, the …
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NFL football is back. Of all the sentences you can type, that might be the sweetest. For they say good things come to those who wait and, as a football fan, you spend half of your life doing just that… waiting. By the time the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers do battle on September 9, it will have been nearly seven …
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 …
In a special Friday Morning Touchdown column, Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry serves up his takeaways from the first round of the 2016 NFL draft. Puttin’ Six On The Board Don’t Jack Him In If I’m the Cleveland Browns, I begin Day 2 of the draft by writing ‘Myles Jack, UCLA’ on my card and don’t give it a second thought. …
With the 2016 NFL Draft just 24 hours away, Matthew Sherry runs through his mock draft… 1. Los Angeles Rams: Jared Goff, QB, Cal The days of giving up a king’s ransom to trade up for anything other than a quarterback are resigned to the annals of NFL history (see Williams, Ricky in 1999). As such, the question quickly became Goff or …
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, …
