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 …
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 I’m off to the United States this week and will be attempting to visit the eight London-bound teams in eight straight days, weather and travel schedules permitting! My visit on behalf of Sky Sports and NFL UK will see me rack up an approximate 16,780 air miles on 11 flights. Just hook me up with a coffee-filled …
The Los Angeles Rams are expecting to see a more confident and prepared Jared Goff when the 2017 campaign kicks off, according to veteran punter and team leader Johnny Hekker. Goff started the final seven games of his rookie season in 2016 but failed to win a single one, throwing just five touchdowns against seven interceptions and posting a quarterback rating of …
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 …
The festive period isn’t stopping the Gridiron Team. The lads offer their unique takes on the week’s NFL action… Puttin’ Six On The Board The firing heard around the NFL The tenure of Gus Bradley was viewed with great interest around the NFL as the Jacksonville Jaguars broke the mould by giving the former Seattle defensive coordinator a long opportunity …
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 …
The fanfare of announcing the schedule for the four International Series games in London quickly died down when the teams were announced, but is the negative reaction justified? Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry makes the case for each team heading over the Atlantic in 2017. MINNESOTA VIKINGS With a viable offensive line, this Vikings team might just be the best in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
