Thanksgiving is about family, food and football. Not necessarily in that order, either. Especially if the viewing figures for the Turkey Day slate of games is anything to go by. The average viewership across all three games — Green Bay Packers versus Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs versus Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals versus Baltimore Ravens — was 44.7 million, …
A place in Canton has got a whole lot closer for some contenders, but they will still face a daunting road before they can take their spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Blue-Ribbon Committees make selections in the Coach, Contributor and Seniors categories, with five finalists across these categories named today [3rd December]. To gain enshrinement, the …
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 …
Despite advice to the contrary, the Cincinnati Bengals made it official on Wednesday: Joe Burrow is back! Activated from injured reserve after Tuesday night’s final practice ahead of Thursday’s Thanksgiving matchup with Baltimore, Burrow will start the Bengals’ first holiday appearance in 15 years as he makes his return after 75 days sidelined by a turf toe injury. With Cincy’s …
The 2025 season is not one that the Cincinnati Bengals will look back on with any real degree of fondness. The campaign has left a nasty taste in the mouth for all connected to the team and the upcoming matchup with the New England Patriots has another factor that could make things tough to swallow. Star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, …
Thanksgiving has become synonymous with food, family and football over the years. The NFL have added to this mix with the addition of musical acts to enhance the half-time, and pre-game, experience at their three Thursday games on the holiday slate and 2025 is no exception. The Green Bay Packers -Detroit Lions tilt, the ‘Jerra World’ clash between the Dallas …
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey has accused Cincinnati Bengals star receiver Ja’Marr Chase of spitting on him during a fiery second-half clash during Sunday’s 34-12 Steelers win. It was an incident that escalated into a physical altercation and resulted in Ramsey’s ejection from the game, despite his protests that something had provoked a reaction that led to him striking Chase’s …
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. …
Through seven weeks of the NFL season, there have been 26 games with a lead change in the final two minutes of regulation, the most in NFL history. Roughly half of all NFL games are decided by a single score. The name of this column, of course, plays on the famous Bert Bell quote on the National Football League’s inherent …
Following consecutive blowout losses to the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in Weeks 3 and 4, Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was grilled in a mid-week press conference as to whether he still had confidence in Joe Burrow back-up Jake Browning. Taylor’s response was definitive, describing his support of Browning as “unwavering”. However, after Browning lobbed the ugliest of …
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 …
On Sunday afternoon in southern Ohio, the Cincinnati Bengals pulled out an improbable 31-27 win over Jacksonville, grabbing the lead with 18 seconds left on the clock — the only time they had led in the game. They were 2-0, a first in the Zac Taylor era, but the touchdown in the dying seconds was not from face of the …
In Italian soccer, there is a commonly held belief that ‘August is a liar’. As undercooked players and newly formed teams build towards mid-season, spectacular results or terrible performances cannot be seen as a blueprint for future performance. A similar train of thought has taken root in the NFL. September is often seen as an extension of preseason football. With …
Two of the most widely-publicised ‘hold ins’ of the 2025 NFL offseason were resolved within 24 hours of each other, with Washington Commanders WR Terry McLaurin and Cincinnati Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson accepting revised contract offers. McLaurin has been nursing an injury for most of the Commanders’ training camp and was unlikely to have taken part in much, if any, …
Trey Hendrickson will not be reporting for the start of the Cincinnati Bengals’ preseason preparations this week as he continues to press for a lucrative new contract. With the bar continually being raised in terms of pass rusher paydays, Hendrickson sees contemporaries like AFC North rivals T.J. Watt and Myles Garrett resetting expectations for elite players at the position — …
Ohio and the AFC North could look very different in a few years, with both the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns updating their respective stadium situations. The Bengals announced Thursday that they have agreed terms with Hamilton County on a new lease for Paycor Stadium, a move which ensures the team will remain at its long-time home through June 2036, …
The National Football League finally has all 32 franchises involved in its Global Markets Programme, with the three outstanding clubs set to join their rivals this year. Before 2025, the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans had not prioritised involvement in the programme — where clubs have to apply for a five-year term of rights to international markets — …
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 …
With wide receivers Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase given big contracts that lock them up until the end of the decade, and QB Joe Burrow there to throw to them, are the Cincinnati Bengals poised to focus their entire 2025 NFL Draft on the opposite side of the ball? The Bengals’ situation is further complicated by the fact that league-leading …
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 …
The season-long debate over who had done enough to earn recognition as the NFL’s Most Valuable Player was finally answered on a glitzy night in New Orleans, as Buffalo’s Josh Allen landed his first title by edging the man many expected to win, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, into second place by just four first place votes, 27-23, and by 383 total …
