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For general managers, it’s a period that brings success or unemployment. For players, it’s the time years of blood and sweat finally yield unparalleled financial reward. For fans, it’s the weirdest of spectator events, with several days spent staring at people walking onto and leaving a stage. Whatever the draft means to those following it closely, its impact is unquestionable. …
Matthew Sherry relives a fantastic weekend in Denver after accompanying two Sports Travel Tours customers to Denver for last season’s AFC Championship Game. A quick look from the hotel-room window told its own story. Below the snow-topped Rocky Mountains stood our coliseum: Sports Authority Field at Mile High. From the spacious suite in downtown Denver, it looked in touching distance, …
The path to next year’s Super Bowl begins in earnest as the free-agency market opens once again. Mike Carlson assesses the landscape ahead of one of the most dramatic days on the NFL calendar. The NFL free-agency marketplace is as volatile as Wall Street’s derivatives, and just as derivative. While few teams are as committed to over-rewarding Super Bowl MVPs …
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 …
In the aftermath of Super Bowl 50 it’s hard not to think back to the significance of events that took place two years ago in New York. It was there that Denver Broncos general manager John Elway, coming off a humbling Super Bowl drumming at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks, began to plot. His team had been the toast …
If Peyton Manning-Tom Brady XVII was the final meeting of the NFL’s legendary recent leading lights then Super Bowl 50 promises to be a changing of the guard. From lining up against his fellow near-40-year-old, Manning must now drag his ailing body onto the Santa Clara turf to face his antithesis in Cam Newton. Where Manning runs like a man …
Across America, and a growing part of the UK, the outside world will soon be shut out for the holiday feast of football. But just how did such fanaticism come to pass? We’ve trawled back through the archives, deep into the annals of pro- football history, to serve up an edition so delicious it will take away that yearning for …
The MVP race is over, Denver need to resist any urges to return to Peyton Manning and why Carolina shouldn’t be resting starters but New England should. All that and more in our Christmas edition of Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board The Coronation Of Cam Colour me convinced. The MVP race is done. That Cam Newton has …
Andy Dalton’s bad luck, fool’s gold in Green Bay, plus the good and bad of rookie head coaches headline this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown as Matthew Sherry offers up his thoughts. Puttin’ Six On The Board The Unwanted Record Remains? So I guess Andy Dalton’s dreadful run of not throwing a touchdown pass in the playoffs could continue for another …
With just four weeks of the regular-season remaining, Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry takes stock of the playoff picture in this week’s one-day-late Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Plus, the surging Seahawks and an MVP race that is tighter than advertised. Puttin’ Six On The Board Steeling The Spotlight There is no team more intriguing in the playoff race right now than the …
The Carolina Panthers are the last undefeated team standing after the New England Patriots’ latest quest for 19-0 failed. Matthew Sherry discusses a week that gave us much more clarity on the playoff picture. Puttin’ Six On The Board Cam Not The Only Superman Cam Newton has received plenty of credit this year, and rightly so. A team yours truly suggested would …
Even in the midst of another fascinating season, the spectre of concussions continues to loom over the NFL. We’re just a month away from a significant moment in the growing story of this inflammatory issue as it reaches popular culture with the release of the movie Concussion, starring Will Smith. But just how did we get to the point where …
The Brockweiler’s time is nigh, why Green Bay’s win was fool’s gold and much, much more from Matthew Sherry in this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Brock > Crock That was a fine debut from Brock Osweiler, a man who hadn’t started a football game for three and a half years. The former second-round pick probably headed …
The issue Aaron Rodgers needs to fix, why Tom Brady is getting too much credit and some harsh truths for Andy Dalton and Mike Mularkey. All that and more from Matthew Sherry in this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown… that’s a day late so should be called Wednesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Rodgers, That? I’ve always acknowledged that, from …
Another stunning week of NFL action brought three overtime games, one more 0 biting the dust and much, much more. Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry discusses what caught his eye in this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Doomsday In Big D How ‘Bout ‘Em Cowboys? Having endured years of mediocrity misery, they finally became a star again last season when …
A 101-point thriller, Wembley Horror Show and battle of the unbeatens headlined Week 8. Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry assesses the best of the action in this week’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board The Chiefs Are Comin’ There has been a lot made this season about the lack of quality throughout the NFL, especially in the AFC. Yet …
The Kansas City Chiefs head to London this week ailing at 2-5, even after their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. And yet there’s hope in the form of Justin Houston, a beastly defender so good that he’s evoking memories of the great Derrick Thomas. In Issue XVII of Gridiron, we give you a rare insight into a man …
On the week Jacksonville announced they will be returning to London every year through 2020, the Jaguars finally picked up a W at Wembley! Matthew Sherry discusses the boys from Florida and the rest of the week’s action in this edition of Tuesday Morning Touchdown. Puttin’ Six On The Board Jags Gonna Jag “Jags gonna Jag because Jaggity is Jaggity and Jags gotta do …
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 …
