GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: THE FULL 32

Nicholas McGee NFL

Welcome to Gridiron’s final power ranking of the 2024 NFL regular season, featuring — for the first time — all 32 teams. Who comes out on top after 18 weeks of competition? Is the worst team in the league the one that will be picking first in April’s Draft? And how are the 14 playoff teams stacking up?   GRIDIRON POWER …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 17

Neil Dutton NFL

With just two rounds of games remaining in the 2024 NFL regular season, there is still plenty to be sorted out with regard to the playoff positions and draft order. Neither conference has a top seed locked in, and several division titles remain wide open — with ‘all or nothing’ scenarios and no wildcard safety net looming for those involved. …

This Given Sunday: NFC East battle takes centre stage

Thomas Ritchie NFL

Just as our waistlines prepare to expand thanks to the excessive consumption of festive fare, the NFL is entering its trimming down stage. In Week 16, the Cardinals, Cowboys and 49ers were all eliminated from postseason consideration, while the picture at the top of the standings also became clearer. Wins for Detroit and Minnesota put even greater scrutiny on their …

This Given Sunday: Allen heroics can’t deny Rams

Craig Llewellyn NFL

The NFL world widely expected the game of the week to be over long before Sunday’s slate got under way, with nothing on the weekend to match up. The NFL world was wrong. For all the thrills and tension that Thursday night’s Lions-Packers encounter engendered, there was at least one better spectacle at the weekend, and several others that at …

Walter Payton Award nominees unveiled

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The NFL has announced the 32 nominees for this year’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide, reflecting the off-the-field endeavours of those better known for their performances between the lines. The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award has become the league’s most revered honour, recognising players who excel on the field and demonstrate …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 14

Craig Llewellyn NFL

Five weeks remain in the 2024 NFL regular season and the playoff spots are slowly filling up, but whether there’s a lot of football still to be played remains a subjective argument with some teams probably needing more time to ensure that they can join Kansas City and Buffalo in the postseason. Week 14 is the latest point at which …

This Given Sunday: Josh Allen strengthens MVP case

Thomas Ritchie NFL

Bill Parcells used to say the NFL season doesn’t start until Thanksgiving. With snow on the ground, MVP cases being made and playoff seeding starting to take shape, it does feel like we’ve entered the regular season’s end game. Week 13 of the NFL season saw heroics from a superstar quarterback, the battle of the two best running backs in …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 13

Neil Dutton NFL

The annual Thanksgiving weekend is a big event for the National Football League, but even the schedule planners would be surprised at a Week 13 lineup featuring only three games between teams with winning records. The standout matchup amid such a dearth of highlights is clearly that between the 8-4 Baltimore Ravens and 9-2 Philadelphia Eagles at M&T Bank Stadium. …

Rooney Award nominees out as Pro Bowl vote opens

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Thirty-two players have been nominated for the eleventh annual Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, the winner of which will be determined in the build-up to this year’s NFL Pro Bowl. Created in 2014, the award honours the late Art Rooney Sr., founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers and now resident in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Each NFL team nominates a …

NFL Weekend Preview: Week 11

Craig Llewellyn NFL

Week 10 was one of the worst weeks of the 2024 season in terms of offensive output. Teams averaged 1.86 points per drive and threw interceptions at a 2.9% rate, both “good” for the second-worst weeks of the season. But while Week 11 can’t guarantee more explosive play on offense, it promises to be a fascinating week with several key …

This Given Sunday: Kickers take headlines in Week 10

Thomas Ritchie NFL

In a league season characterised by close games, it’s only inevitable that kickers would take centre stage more and more frequently. There have been 82 games decided by seven-or-fewer points and 72 games decided by six-or-fewer points this season, both the most such games through Week 10 in NFL history. That said, rarely would you see so many games decided …

NFL Weekend Preview: Week 10

Craig Llewellyn NFL

With nine of 18 weeks — and 138 of 272 games completed — the 2024 NFL regular season has edged past its halfway point with the Kansas City Chiefs still clinging the league’s last unbeaten record, having moved to 8-0 with a hard-fought overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football. With the win, the Chiefs became …

NFL Weekend Preview: Week 9

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Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season was a riot of scoring, with 777 points scored across the 16 games. But the theme of the season, namely close games, continued, with 13 of the games within eight points heading into the fourth quarter. Through the first eight weeks of the season, 67 games have been decided by seven points or …

This Given Sunday: Commanders produce magic moment

Thomas Ritchie NFL

While the league’s best tight ends tried to take the headlines on their special day, it was Jayden Daniels who delivered the lasting image of Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season.  The Commanders’ last second Hail Mary was one of five game winning scores in the final two minutes of action on Sunday. With one game left to play …

This Given Sunday: Rookies struggle in Week 1

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Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels became the eighth quarterback pairing taken with the first two picks of the NFL Draft to start on the opening weekend of their rookie season, but both learned that life in the pro game is vastly different from the college game they graced in 2023. Along with 12th overall selection Bo Nix, who got the …

Eight live games to close NFL preseason coverage

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NFL Network will wrap up its preseason schedule by showing no fewer than eight live games this week, including a double-header on Friday (August 23rd) and a quadruple-header on Saturday (August 24th) as well as re-airs of every game played over the three-day period. The schedule kicks off in the early hours of Friday when the reigning Super Bowl champion …

From Takedowns to TV

Simon Clancy NFL

This article originally appeared in Issue XXVII of Gridiron magazine back in 2016 – for individual editions or subscriptions, click HERE The studios where the BBC’s NFL presenter, Mark Chapman, hosts his 5 Live Sport radio programmes from are shrouded in dim light. It’s his ‘thing’. There’s rain in the air in Manchester on this evening which adds to the …

Best of Enemies

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What constitutes a great sporting rivalry? I’d define it as a situation where games between the teams involved are so important that winning can mitigate against an otherwise unsuccessful season. Those kinds of rivalries are defined by tradition, competitiveness and longevity. The NFL is full of great short-term rivalries, but many peter out when teams decline; think Raiders/Steelers in the …

Draft Analysis 2020: NFC

Simon Clancy NFL

As the smoke clears on the first ever virtual NFL Player Selection Meeting, we grade each NFC team on the strength of their acquisitions. NFC EAST Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy got outstanding value all the way through this draft. CeeDee Lamb was just too good to pass up in R1, whilst Trevon Diggs and Reggie Robinson should …

Fantasy Focus: Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em – Week 14

Graham Barfield Fantasy Football, NFL

Courtesy of NFL Fantasy, the Gridiron Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em is your weekly guide to how real-life match-ups influence your fantasy football squads. Players like Antonio Brown, Todd Gurley, and Rob Gronkowski will never be featured in this article because they should be in your line-up every week, regardless of match-up. Instead, we’ll touch on some borderline fantasy start-sit decisions …

Pick Six: Week 13

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Heading into Thursday Night Football, all the talk was of a Saints offence scoring at an unprecedented rate. By the end of the evening, they no longer even occupied first place for points per game this season. The absurdity of the Saints offense in one graphic. Here's the % of drives that ended with a score vs the average length …

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Pick Six Video – Week 13

Paolo Bandini NFL

With everything still to play for, Paolo talks us through the latest selections in the SkyBet Pick Six contest… For regular video content from Paolo and the rest of the Gridiron team, subscribe to our YouTube channel