The Denver Broncos have rewarded Sean Payton’s franchise turnaround with a new five-year contract that keeps the veteran head coach in Denver through the 2030 season. Owner and CEO Greg Penner announced the agreement on Thursday, replacing the final two years of Payton’s previous deal and ensuring that both the head coach and general manager George Paton are now under …
Days after reports emerged linking the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback with a role on CBS Sports’ NFL coverage, and somewhat overshadowed by the A.J. Brown and Myles Garrett trades, Russell Wilson has formally embraced life in broadcasting while stopping short of announcing his retirement from football. The move follows speculation earlier this week that Wilson was weighing opportunities both on …
The NFL did not feel the need to hide its headline acts when revealing its full 2026 schedule. The new campaign opens, in line with recent rumours, with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl LX rematch, features nine international games and closes, as usual, with a full Week 18 divisional slate designed …
The NFL’s annual grip on the Thanksgiving holiday is set to become even stronger in 2026 after the league unveiled an expanded five-game slate stretching from Wednesday night through Black Friday as part of its latest schedule release. For the first time in league history, the NFL will stage a standalone Thanksgiving Eve game, with the Los Angeles Rams hosting …
The NFL’s drip-feed approach to schedule release week has delivered another early primetime reveal, with the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos reportedly set to open the 2026 Monday Night Football slate in a high-profile AFC West showdown. Multiple US reports on Monday indicated that the divisional rivals will meet on ESPN in Week 1 on September 14, giving the …
Justin Simmons has brought the curtain down on one of the most consistent defensive careers of the past decade, announcing his retirement from the NFL on his own terms. The two-time All-Pro safety confirmed he is stepping away from the game at 32, — exactly ten years to the day he was drafted — by signing a one-day contract to …
Sean Payton has never been afraid of a decisive call. In January, that instinct arguably cost the Denver Broncos a shot at Super Bowl LX. Early in the AFC Championship Game against New England, Payton bypassed a makeable field goal, opting instead to press for a touchdown. Denver came away empty-handed. In a tight contest ultimately played without starting quarterback …
The 2026 NFL offseason coaching cycle (and in some cases, recycle) is in full swing, with teams across the league announcing a flurry of coordinator hires in the past few days. From seasoned NFL play-callers returning to coordinator roles to rising assistants getting their first big opportunity, a full breakdown of the latest moves as teams build around new and …
Championship Sunday gave us a brutal snowstorm in Denver, the return of the NFL’s ‘evil empire’ to the big game, the latest installment of a pulsating three-game series between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams, as well as a crowning moment in Sam Darnold’s redemption story. Here are the winners and losers from the 2025 Conference Championships… CONFERENCE …
We are down to the final four teams as we hit the Conference Championship round of the 2025 NFL Playoffs. For the first time since 2011, none of these four teams played in the respective title games a season ago — just the 11th time this has occurred since 1970 — guaranteeing a fresh set of opponents in Super Bowl …
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, …
The Denver Broncos emphasised their right to the top seed in the AFC playoffs by beating the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night, but saw their chances of making the Super Bowl take a massive hit after quarterback Bo Nix suffered a season-ending injury. The second-year QB suffered a fracture in his right ankle late on the penultimate play of overtime, …
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 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 …
Week 15 of the 2025 National Football League season promised much in the way of high-profile matchups, and did not disappoint when toe met ball on Sunday. The Buffalo Bills, facing a threat to their recent AFC East dominance, came from behind to remind the upstart New England Patriots of their place in the hierarchy; the Denver Broncos bested the …
The season is getting shorter, the stakes are getting higher, and the on-field deeds are getting even more heroic for some. Last week, Josh Allen passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns with another 78 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in the Bills’ 39-34 victory against the Bengals. He’s the first player in NFL history with at least 250 …
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 …
The meeting between the Seattle Seahawks and hometown Rams in Los Angeles promised a shootout for the NFC West crown, as well as the MVP crown, but it was the defenses that showed out. It was a similar story elsewhere, where the Denver Broncos tightened their grip on the AFC West, and the Philadelphia Eagles D continued its dominance by …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 10 power ranking, where ongoing unpredictability in the NFL means ongoing unpredictability in Nicholas McGee’s mind. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 10 1. Los Angeles Rams (7-2) +4 The most complete team in football? There’s some questions about the secondary, but it’s tough to pick many other holes ahead of a blockbuster clash with the Seahawks. …
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 …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 8 power ranking, where bye-mageddon appears to have provided some rare stability at the top of the tree. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 8 1. Indianapolis Colts (7-1) = The Colts predictably had no problem sweeping aside Tennessee, and it’s tough to see them having too many issues in Pittsburgh this week. 2. Detroit …
We are approaching the halfway mark of the 2025 NFL season, and are still unable to say for definite who the elite teams truly are, outside of a couple of obvious contenders. Most teams look capable of beating, and equally losing to, any other team in the league. But there were signs last week that some offenses were finally picking …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 7 power ranking, where top teams playing each other has reshuffled the order of things once again. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 7 1. Indianapolis Colts (6-1) +2 The Colts have the best record in football and, right now, they undeniably pass the eye test as the best team in football. 2. Detroit Lions …
Children, please…. Russell Wilson and Sean Payton have history, extending back to their ill-fated association in Denver during the 2023 NFL season, but both saw fit to throw shade on the other following the clash between their current teams on Sunday. With Wilson no longer under center for the New York Giants, who lost to Payton’s Broncos in dramatic fashion …
