As expected, Matthew Stafford claimed the top individual award at the 15th NFL Honours, but the margin over his nearest rival was perhaps closer than many anticipated. The Los Angeles Rams veteran only narrowly pipped second-year QB Drake Maye, of the New England Patriots, in what many believe was the closest outcome since Peyton Manning and Steve McNair shared the …
The NFL has confirmed that it will return to Madrid with a multi-year commitment to play International Series games at the iconic Estadio Santiago Bernabéu from 2026. The home of Real Madrid C.F staged the league’s first-ever regular season game in the Spanish capital in 2025, and its success has now led to a partnership with the club, as well …
Analysing football is a tricky thing. To differentiate yourself from the ‘hot take artists’, you feel you have to crunch the tape and study the numbers. But sometimes, it just feels that overarching narratives are inescapable. The Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears’ recent histories have been littered with back-breaking loss after back-breaking loss. As the youngest franchise in the NFL, …
Seen by many as the best weekend of the NFL season, the Divisional Round of the Playoffs is upon us. We are down to the final eight teams, with just seven games remaining of the 2025 campaign. Wild Card weekend was, for the most part, ‘wild’, and saw the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles crash out, the Buffalo Bills …
The playoffs are here! The commonly held wisdom among the football cognoscenti is that the Divisional Round is the best weekend in football, but the remaining teams vying for a Super Bowl berth will have to go a long way to pip a slate of Wild Card fixtures that delivered four nail-biters. From the moment that underdog Carolina Panthers looked …
The regular season is in the books, and Wild Card Weekend is upon us. Twelve of the remaining 14 teams with aspirations of lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in February are in action over the weekend, with the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks enjoying their hard-earned byes. Let’s look at the six matchups in question, in order of kick-off time. …
The 2025 NFL regular season concluded Sunday, setting the stage for the playoffs with a full 14-team field ready for Wild Card Weekend. Top seeded Denver Broncos (AFC) and Seattle Seahawks (NFC) earned the first-round byes and will advance directly to the Divisional Round, and will retain home-field advantage for as long as they remain in the competition prior to …
Like the proverbial curate’s egg, Week 17 of the 2025 NFL season was ‘good in parts’. Elsewhere, the smell was quite apparent. Of the edible fare, two offensive masterminds went to battle in northern California on Sunday night, as the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers duelled over the right to play for the NFC’s #1 seed. A barnburner ensued …
The end of the season is hurtling towards us, and things are heating up nicely. The #1 seed in both conferences is still up for grabs, especially in the NFC, where three teams from the West all have paths to the bye and home field advantage throughout the postseason. Three teams — Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle — clinched a …
Teams have started punching their playoff tickets, with the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos becoming the first to secure a postseason berth in what turned out to be a wild Week 15. Six teams won last weekend after trailing by at least 10 points, tied for the most in a single week in NFL history. The Buffalo Bills were …
The Chicago Bears are having to rethink plans for a new home, and are even considering a potential move to north-west Indiana, after efforts to secure public funding for venue in Illinois stalled. In an open letter to fans, issued Wednesday (17th December), team president Kevin Warren insisted that the storied franchise still preferred to build a new stadium on …
Week 14 of the 2025 season had a little of everything as the National Football League again ran the gamut of emotions. The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers provided a scintillating game in a rivalry that has failed to live up to its billing for decades. Backbreaking drops and curious decision-making signaled the impending end of the Kansas City …
Things couldn’t be closer in the NFL as we hit Week 14, with 2025 marking just the fifth time since realignment in 2002 that at least five divisions are separated by one-or-fewer games. It’s also the fifth time since 2002 that four divisions — AFC South, AFC West, NFC North and NFC West — had three teams with a .500-or-better …
The NFL never ceases to surprise, but there are always times when the dust appears to settle and a degree of clarity emerges, causing onlookers to believe they know what happens next. Then the chaos resumes. Week 13 of the 2025 NFL season was no exception. Amidst all the Thanksgiving celebrations, the Carolina Panthers shocked the Los Angeles Rams; Ben …
Week 13 is Thanksgiving Week in the NFL, with not only the usual three games on Thursday to enjoy with the turkey, but also the ‘new traditional’ Black Friday game as well. Heading into this feast of football, Week 12 certainly provided some notable highlights. The New England Patriots recorded their ninth-consecutive win and became the first team this season …
A Season Served With All the Trimmings For American fans, the holidays aren’t measured in days off, they’re measured in downs. Sure, Thanksgiving carves the turkey, but it also carves out a day-long buffet of football, family and fierce rivalries. Then, before the leftovers are gone, December rolls in with its own frosty spectacle; snow swirling over end zones, playoff …
Each week, we round up the NFL action, picking our MVP, the best game of the week, and the winners and losers after the final whistle blows. Week 9 of the NFL 2025 season gave us a scintillating renewal of the Chiefs-Bills rivalry, a landmark Sam Darnold performance, and another heart-breaking loss for the Cincinnati Bengals and their porous defense. …
The new NFL tradition of playing a game the day after Thanksgiving will continue in 2025, with the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Chicago Bears at Lincoln Financial Field on November 28th. The NFL has since announced, however, that the occasion, known as the ‘Black Friday game’ will be broadcast on Amazon Prime Video, marking the first-ever …
I love blocked field goals. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the sudden influx of excitement from what should be a routine and process-driven exercise descending into madness. Invariably, the play is brought on by a feat of outstanding athleticism. Sometimes, when you’re really lucky, you might get a classic dose of “BIG MAN WITH FOOTBALL” on a …
And we are back! The 106th season of the NFL is finally here, with the road to Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara beginning in Philadelphia on Thursday night. The opening slate of games features eight divisional match-ups, starting with the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles against the Dallas Cowboys, marking the fifth season since 2002 with as many …
Ryan Poles has become the latest NFL general manager to receive a contract extension but, unlike those afforded to Jason Licht in Tampa and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah in Minnesota, the fanbase isn’t entirely enthused with the decision. The Bears have gone 15-36 since Poles was hired in 2022, and have finished dead last in the NFC North in the past two …
The 2025 Chicago Bears are under new management, with former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson now calling the shots in the Windy City. But while most of the offseason hype has been surrounding the offense, and how Johnson can get the best out of a unit led by 2024 first-overall pick Caleb Williams, the Bears defense seems to be …
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 …
As is their right as reigning Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles are going to feature in a lot of prime time games in the 2025 season. Having already had their opponents for the traditional kickoff game confirmed as the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL piled on three more high-profile Eagles games ahead of the full schedule release on Wednesday (14th …
