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 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 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 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 …
By Neil Reynolds The Miami Dolphins are full of confidence heading into the 2017 season and wide receiver Kenny Stills believes the offense will be “pretty special” in a second campaign under the leadership of head coach Adam Gase. Buoyed by their playoff campaign of a year ago, the Dolphins boast an impressive array of offensive difference-makers in British running …
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry is full of confidence as his team prepares for the new NFL season – and that means getting set to take down the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. Landry told The Reynolds Report: “We are at a point where we understand that we cannot get to where we want to go without getting through …
In anticipation for one of the most exciting periods in the NFL calendar – free-agency – Gridiron picks out 10 moves and trades we think make sense… 10. MARTELLUS BENNETT TO PITTSBURGH STEELERS Concussion issues continue to plague Ladarius Green, leaving the Steelers with a gaping need at tight end. Bennett is outstanding in all facets of the game and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Cam Newton throttled the Legion of Boom (Busts?) in Seattle; the New England Patriots exacted a measure of Deflategate revenge and Denver won in spite of Peyton Manning again. Week 6 is in the books and editor Matthew Sherry’s picking the bones from it. Puttin’ Six On The Board What The Chuck? If the rumours are correct that, barring a …
One of the most exciting weeks in NFL history set pulses racing as games went down to the wire all over the USA. Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry looks back on the madness and ahead to Week 6. Puttin’ Six On The Board Handy Andy It’s official! The Red Rifle is legit. That’s the only takeaway you can have from the …
Week 4 began in Pittsburgh, kickstarted in London and ended in Seattle. In between, there were controversies, upsets and the season’s first head-coach firing. Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry picks the bones out of the action. Puttin’ Six On The Board They Quit On You, Joe There was a telling moment in the Miami Dolphins’ locker room following their demoralising showing in …
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 …
We’re calling it the Gridiron International Issue. We’ve travelled far and wide to bring you these 64 pages, from Odessa, Texas all the way to New York. The international theme, though, begins on these shores as we offer up some cracking features on the two teams heading across the pond for the opening International Series game. The first of those takes us to …
Week 3 is in the books and standings are beginning to take shape in the NFL. A Baltimore Ravens team that were many experts’ pre-season darlings are 0-3 and a Carolina Panthers team few believed in are 3-0. Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry attempts to make sense of it all in this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Jittery Joe …
