Each week through the 2017 season I will give you my leading candidates for the NFL Most Valuable Player prize. After two rounds of games, my top five continues to show the value of having a good quarterback in the NFL. 1. Matt Ryan, quarterback, Atlanta Falcons The reigning NFL Most Valuable Player is in a rich vein of form …
With just the Monday Night Football clash between the Detroit Lions and New York Giants to come, here are my award winners for NFL Week 2. Offensive Player of the Week Tom Brady, Quarterback – New England Patriots We didn’t really think Tom Terrific was done, did we? He was sublime during New England’s comfortable 36-20 defeat of the New …
You’ll never want to be caught short in terms of stats and facts when discussing the NFL. So here’s a little something to help you out over the course of the weekend. Houston Texans (0-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-0) Texans QB DeShaun Watson will make his first NFL start on his 22nd birthday. He is the ninth different QB to start …
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?
The college football campaign continues to roll, but can the Oklahoma State Cowboys keep up their pace? They meet Pitt in a Week 3 thriller… Oklahoma State have enjoyed as good an opening two weeks as any team in college football, racking up 59 and 44 points against Tulsa and South Alabama respectively while allowing just 31 across both games. …
Introducing another regular feature throughout the 2017 season on The Reynolds Report – who is sitting somewhat uncomfortably on the hot seat. But why (as so many hot seat lists seem to do) restrict this to coaches? After all, every poor performance in the NFL should leave people looking over their shoulder, no matter whether it be a coach or …
Each week through the 2017 season I will give you my leading candidates for the NFL Most Valuable Player prize. After one round of games, my top five gives a nod to the value of the quarterback position and the fact that a passer always seems to pick up this annual award! 1. Alex Smith, quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs Smith …
The NFL campaign is finally under way – which means the clock is ticking down towards our own mini-season in London. To celebrate that fact, Gridiron is delighted to reveal that we’ll be hosting our London Games Afterparty for the second successive year! Taking place once again at our home away from home, Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes on Euston Square, this year’s …
With an apology to those four teams still yet to play in Week 1, here are my award winners from the action that has taken place so far. Offensive Player of the Week Alex Smith, Quarterback – Kansas City Chiefs You’ll have to cast your mind back to Thursday night for my offensive player of Week 1 and it could …
Neil, like the majority of our Picks Challenge players, is already 0-1 for picks after New England’s unexpected opening-night defeat to Kansas City. Can he turn it around? You decide…
Want to impress your mates with your NFL knowledge down the pub this weekend? Help is at hand with one fact or statistic relating to every Week 1 game. Enjoy the opening week of the new season! Kansas City @ New England Since 2014, Tom Brady has a QB rating of 106.9 when Julian Edelman is on the field. In nine …
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 …
The college football campaign kicks off in style this weekend as two genuine powerhouses go head-to-head in a fixture that already has College Football Playoff implications… It’s rare the No. 1 team in the country meets No. 3 at any point in the season, never mind on opening weekend. Potentially the biggest game of the campaign outside of the National …
By Neil Reynolds For a team that won just a single game in 2016, the Cleveland Browns have high hopes heading into the new regular season. Hot on the heels of positive comments from head coach Hue Jackson and guard Joel Bitonio, future Hall of Fame offensive tackle Joe Thomas is the latest Brown to offer up the prediction of …
By Neil Reynolds Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley insists the Los Angeles Rams have to bounce back in 2017. The Rams marked their long-awaited return to Los Angeles with just four wins and Gurley couldn’t get on track, rushing for just 885 yards (3.2 average) and six touchdowns one season after racking up 1,106 yards (4.8 average) on the …
By Neil Reynolds Pro Bowl tight end Kyle Rudolph insists we will see a confident Minnesota Vikings team on the field in 2017 as opposed to the squad that struggled down the stretch last year. The Vikings were the NFL’s last undefeated team in 2016 after opening the season with five straight wins, only for the wheels fell off their season as they …
By Neil Reynolds New Orleans wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. is looking forward to taking on one of his former teams when his the Saints clash with the Miami Dolphins in London. Ginn was a first-round draft pick of the Dolphins in 2007 but only lasted three seasons in South Florida. His clash with Miami is circled on his calendar …
By Neil Reynolds Pro Bowl quarterback Drew Brees has reiterated his belief that the New Orleans Saints can be a Super Bowl team in 2017. Three straight 7-9 seasons have been a disappointment in the Big Easy, with the Saints going from perennial contenders to also-rans. But those poor efforts have done little to dent Brees’ confidence, as he told The …
By Neil Reynolds Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer has no planned timetable to step away from the game. The 37-year-old is entering his 15th season in the NFL, having opted to play on amid swirling rumours of retirement. But Palmer insisted to the The Reynolds Report that he has no idea when he’ll hang up his cleats. He said: “I don’t know. …
By Neil Reynolds Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson is expecting his 2017 team to be much better than the squad that won just a single game a year ago. The Browns have continued their patient rebuild over the offseason, culminating in some rare optimism that there could soon be a rare ray of light in the Dawg Pound. Jackson …
By Neil Reynolds Even though the New England Patriots have long controlled the AFC East, Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh insists he and his teammates have no fear when it comes to the current owners of the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Suh told The Reynolds Report: “The Patriots are the team we have to get past because they won our …
By Neil Reynolds Jacksonville head coach Doug Marrone has put the Jaguars on notice that they must start winning more games in 2017. For the past couple of years, the Jags have been adding significant talent to their roster, but positive results have not been forthcoming. Last season, Jacksonville went a miserable 3-13 and saw head coach Gus Bradley get …
By Neil Reynolds As he prepares for his first season with the New Orleans Saints, future Hall of Fame rusher Adrian Peterson admits he has a point to prove. The 11th-year running back, who rushed for just 72 yards in 2016 in his final campaign as a Viking, told The Reynolds Report: “I always carry a chip on my shoulder. It …
By Neil Reynolds Quarterback Joe Flacco is eyeing a quicker-than-expected return from his preseason back injury, giving the Baltimore Ravens hope that he will be available on the opening weekend of the 2017 campaign, if not even sooner. Flacco suffered a disc injury in his back and the original media speculation suggested he could miss up to six weeks, putting …
