The positions may change from week to week, but the hot seat remains uncomfortable for those on this list. And this week, after his team dropped a third game in a row, we have a new occupant at number one. Ben McAdoo, Head Coach, New York Giants The Giants cannot seem to buy a win at the moment. After two …
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 …
It’s telling that, even amid the hoopla of Super Bowl Week, nobody mentioned Bennie Fowler. The wide receiver, an undrafted free-agent in 2014, walked around the new-fangled Opening Night and was barely recognised. Gridiron was one of the guilty parties; his name didn’t come up once over the course of over 20 hours of interviews and podcasts. The Big …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s finally here. After months upon months of off-field controversies highlighted by the tiresome Deflategate saga, finally we’re at gameweek! Or, more pertinently, time-to-discuss-what-will-actually-happen-on-the-field week. Gridiron editor Matthew Sherry does just that in the first of a brand-new weekly column analysing the biggest talking points right now. Puttin’ Six On The Board Will Peyton Bounce Back? There was no sight more …
Peyton Manning will be back under centre for the Denver Broncos in 2015. Will he prove the end of last season was just a blip? Gridiron isn’t convinced, so much so that editor Matthew Sherry felt compelled to pen this open letter following the Broncos’ playoff heartache in January. We know what you’re thinking Peyton… that this cannot be the …
