The NFL has announced its full 18-week, 272-game, regular season schedule for the coming season via the now-familiar television marathon, despite several ‘highlight’ games and the six-sevenths of the International Series having already been revealed. The new season kicks off on Thursday 4th September in Philadelphia and concludes with a full slate of 16 divisional games in Week 18, with …
Day one of the 2025 NFL Draft is in the books, and we now know the destination of the first 32 rookies coming into the league. Here’s a breakdown of the picks, sorted by moves we expected, the outcomes of trades, and the few selections that, even at this early stage, have us scratching our heads. PAR FOR THE COURSE …
PICK #1 TENNESSEE TITANS The Titans begin a new era at QB with Cam Ward stepping in behind a retooled offensive line. Biggest Needs: QB, WR, LB, EDGE, CB DUTS’ MOCK DRAFT 1st Round Selection: CAM WARD, QB, Miami PICK #2 CLEVELAND BROWNS The Browns add another game-wrecker across from Myles Garrett and put off finding …
The NFL Draft is all about the future, with teams selecting players they hope will contribute to their fortunes in 2025 and for years to come. But, while the draft is the first opportunity for teams and fan bases to cast their eyes on the next generation of players, some already familiar faces are also set to appear. The NFL …
The National Football League has announced an expansion of its Global Markets Programme (GMP) ahead of the 2025 season, with four new clubs set to participate and two new markets added. Launched in 2022, the GMP awards franchises the right to market themselves internationally, in a bid to build brand awareness and fandom beyond the USA through fan engagement, events, …
With the NFL’s annual ‘free agent frenzy’ well underway, it is easy to have missed crucial deals involving your favourite team and/or players. The following tables, the first based on PFF‘s Top 50 free agents as featured in Issue #85 of Gridiron magazine, should hopefully fill in the gaps in what happened over the opening days of the ‘legal tampering’ …
The 2025 NFL salary cap has been set (at a cool $279.2m) giving teams a little extra headroom to ply with when it comes to re-signing key components of their roster and adding new faces that they hope will be the key to winning a Super Bowl. With the big game now in the rear view, and the NFL Scouting …
Four new names were added to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s all-time roster during the NFL Honours ceremonies on Thursday night as defensive back Eric Allen, defensive end Jared Allen (no relation), tight end Antonio Gates and wide receiver Sterling Sharpe were voted into footballing immortality. The four-man class is the smallest since 2005, but inducting a quartet is …
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 …
The 2024 NFL season is in the books. A season that was characterised by nip-and-tuck results — 141 games were decided by less than one score, tied with 2022 for the most in league history — ultimately ended with blowouts in some of the most high-profile spots. Detroit cemented their status as Super Bowl favourites in Sunday night’s game against …
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 …
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 …
Week 12 of the NFL season should have come with a health warning. Blocked punts, missed extra points, botched holds, onside kicks returned for touchdowns, muffed kickoffs recovered and housed, overtime and game-winning field goals. Not suitable for the faint of heart. The beady-eyed among you will note most of those pulse-raising plays happened in one game. In fact, in …
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 …
A jubilant Dave Canales praised the fight of his Carolina Panthers’ players as they survived a ten-point comeback by the New York Giants to win 20-17 in overtime. The Panthers leave Munich the victors thanks to a key fumble recovery in overtime. “What a win, what a great finish,” Canales raved. “It got really interesting there a couple times in …
New York Giants Head Coach Brian Daboll attributed his team’s 20-17 overtime loss in Munich to the turnover differential. Two interceptions from Danny Jones and a fumble from running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. on the first play from scrimmage in overtime ultimately cost the G-Men, who had done well to fight back from a ten-point deficit at half time. “It …
The Carolina Panthers survived a second-half comeback by the New York Giants, eking out a 20-17 win in overtime in Munich. A Tyrone Tracy fumble on the first play in overtime would give Carolina a chip shot field goal to take the win back to Charlotte. Eddie Pineiro duly obliged, knocking over a 36-yarder in sudden death. After a dominant …
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 …
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 …
If Week 2 of the new NFL season didn’t provide enough surprises, Week 3 added to the haul as six teams — the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants — all earned their first win of the season, with two more — the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals — hoping to …
“This is a unique time in our history to advance our growth, particularly internationally. It may be the single-most important growth moment in our history.” Those were the comments made to me when I sat down with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in Frankfurt last November. The league has certainly backed up that bold statement by announcing that five regular season …
The National Football League has announced the schedule of the 2024 International Games that will be played across London, Munich and São Paulo as the league’s global footprint continues to expand. The Minnesota Vikings will kick off the league’s return to Europe on Sunday, October 6th, as they play the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The following — …
Eight NFL franchises opted to make use of the franchise tag — and one more the lesser-used transition tag — as the league hurtles towards the start of another new year. Player designations had to be confirmed by Tuesday, ahead of the 2024 NFL free agency signing period, which begins at 4pm ET next Wednesday (March 13). Each club can …
This article, from Issue XXI of Gridiron, originally appeared in 2016. For individual editions or subscriptions, click HERE The Super Bowl quite rightly holds a very special place in the hearts of NFL fans. And it takes up permanent residence in our memory banks with iconic images living with us for decades. Think about it for a moment — which …
