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 …
Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season sees all 32 teams in action, and all back on American soil with the London leg of the International Series in the books. A rarity in being a full house during bye weeks, there is also no shortage of fascinating matchups, with legends chasing history, historic powerhouses looking to kickstart their season and …
In a season that had been characterised by tight, low-scoring affairs, Week 6 of the new NFL campaign brought a barrage of points as a number of teams signposted their status as contenders with statement wins. The 622 points scored in the 12 completed matches so far, for an average of 51.8 points per game, would be the highest average …
The 2024 NFL season moves onto the quarter pole this week — at least it would if they didn’t play 17 regular season games — and five teams remain unbeaten, while three teams have still to taste victory. Since the divisions were realigned in 2002, only two seasons have seen more teams register a win in the first three weeks …
Ahead of the Monday night matchup between Philadelphia and Atlanta — which, based on last week’s performances, may not be as close — 11 of the weekend’s NFL games were decided by one score, including four that featured a game-winning score in the final minute of regulation or in overtime. One that wasn’t featured two of the highest scoring teams …
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 …
The National Football League, National Football League Players Association and StatusPRO Inc. Have announced that NFL PRO ERA will move to a live service model and feature a deeper NFL gaming experience with upgrades and additions that allow players to control and compete on both sides of the ball. From 2024, fans can continue to lead their teams as a …
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 …
NFL Network’s preseason Week 2 schedule features six live games — including a quadruple-header on Saturday, August 17th — as well as re-airs of every matchup. Although the live programme kicked off on Thursday, with the New England Patriots hosting the Philadelphia Eagles, Saturday’s lineup provides the main attraction, starting at 6pm BST when the Chicago Bears welcome the Cincinnati …
This article originally appeared in Issue LI of Gridiron magazine, back in 2019 – for individual editions or subscriptions, click HERE The phenomenon that created the Dallas Cowboys’ enduring nickname was on display as Gridiron approached Ford Field. For all the subsequent mythology surrounding America’s Team, from the cheerleaders and buttoned-up face-of-the-franchise Roger Staubach in Tex Schramm’s era to Jimmy …
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 …
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 …
Former Dallas Cowboys executive Gil Brandt reflects on his role with America’s Team, and the wider impact he had on the National Football League as a whole, following his induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. You were with the Dallas Cowboys from ground zero. How did you end up getting the job? I knew [general manager] …
Despite his lofty draft status and breathtaking ability, Aldon Smith’s fifth arrest as a professional was too much for the San Francisco 49ers to endure as their 2015 off-season went from bad to worse. Cut from the roster in August, Smith spent six weeks out of work before being signed by the Raiders less than 24 hours after the start …
Looking back at Super Bowls is like reviewing my adult life. I remember the first clearly, Pete Rozelle’s NFL-AFL World Championship Game – Lamar Hunt wouldn’t christen it the Super Bowl until the second year – even though I wasn’t yet a rebellious child of the Sixties; I rooted for the Green Bay Packers’ triumph over the trash-talking Chiefs and, …
To celebrate the latest collaboration between Gridiron and Touchdown Trips, we’re taking you on a Great Lakes Tour-themed knowledge trip. Buckle up and enjoy the ride! Test yourself with the latest Gridiron Quiz Just hit the link and play! For more quizzes, competitions and games, including our weekly Pick ‘Em contest, head over to the PLAY section of the website
In 1967, with the Super Bowl – or AFL-NFL Championship Game as it was known – in its infancy, the biggest game in town was the NFL Championship Game. Everybody believed the NFL was superior and Super Bowl I had confirmed as much. So when the fans packed into Lambeau Field, they did so knowing how high the stakes were. …
On the eve of the 2019 NFL Draft, we reminisced about the experiences of the great and good… For regular video content from the Gridiron team, subscribe to our YouTube channel
DeMarcus Lawrence was just ‘five or six’ when he earned the nickname that is becoming the defining moniker of his NFL career. Ironically, the title was forged on a basketball court where, shunning the venue’s desired discipline, a young Lawrence decided to wrestle his older brother’s friends. So impressed were the bigger boys that they coined the handle, ‘Tank’. The …
Will returns with his favourite wagers from Saturday’s Divisional Playoff games in Kansas City and Los Angeles, with an enhanced four-fold to boot! For regular video content from Will and the rest of the Gridiron team, subscribe to our YouTube channel
Like a Cody Parkey field goal attempt, we were so close, but so far away. Three people managed to call three out of four games correctly here on the Pick Six column on Wild Card Weekend. But not one person managed to get all four. Meanwhile, two people failed to get a single game right. It’s been that kind of …
The Great Bandini talks you through the latest round of the SkyBet Pick Six contest, including reasoning his winners… For regular video content from Paolo and the rest of the Gridiron team, subscribe to our YouTube channel
We’re down to the elite eight, but can you pick a winner? Allow RedZone.Bet to enlighten you… GAME ODDS #6 Indianapolis Colts (+5.5) @ #1 Kansas City Chiefs (-5.5) The Colts had centre Ryan Kelly back last week and should be in a similar position this week regarding overall team health Kansas City have a range of injury concerns which …
It might be tough after a couple of late nights, but test your powers of recall following Wild Card weekend…. Test yourself with the latest Gridiron Quiz, brought to you in association with Walkabout Bars… Just hit the link and play! For more quizzes, competitions and games, including our weekly Pick ‘Em contest, head over to the PLAY section of …
