The NFL’s coaching cycle continued full swing this week as several franchises wrapped up pivotal coordinator hires ahead of the 2026 season. In Las Vegas, the Raiders — now under new head coach Klint Kubiak — have begun assembling the staff that will support their ongoing rebuild after a 3–14 campaign. Kubiak, who departed the Seattle Seahawks as offensive coordinator …
The Las Vegas Raiders have finally been able to name Klint Kubiak as the franchise’s next head coach, having been denied the opportunity prior to the Super Bowl. The announcement, however, brings one of the league’s rising offensive architects to Sin City following Seattle’s 2025 championship season, and marks the second Raiders HC hiring from the Pacific Northwest following the …
The National Football League have announced the six finalists for the 2025 Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year award, with the winner to be determined by a fan vote. Fans can cast their ballots at nfl.com/rookies through to end of day Friday 30th January, before the winner is recognised during Super Bowl Week in the Bay Area. The …
Black Monday came and went as the NFL regular season reached its conclusion, with four teams waving farewell to their head coach and joining the two that made changes midseason. Here’s a quick look at the six teams looking for new leadership as they turn their attention towards 2026. ALREADY LOOKING Tennessee Titans The Titans fired Brian Callahan after six …
The final week of the 2025 NFL regular season finalised much of the top half of the draft order ahead of the league’s annual selection process in April. Those teams not making the playoffs now know where they will line up to take top collegiate talent in a class headlined by elite prospects at quarterback. At the top of the …
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 …
In a weekend headlined by quarterbacks, Matthew Stafford continues to show out in a rampant Los Angeles offense as the Rams emerge from a tight NFC West scrap, but Jameis Winston reminded us why, even in defeat, he is a must-watch signal caller. Dak Prescott broke Tony Romo’s record as the leading Dallas Cowboys QB and Patrick Mahomes again showed …
The Las Vegas Raiders have decided to move on from offensive coordinator Chip Kelly as their disastrous start to the 2025 NFL season reaches Thanksgiving week. The move comes after the Raiders’ latest poor showing, this time against fellow strugglers Cleveland, at the weekend. The loss drops Vegas to 2–9 in Carroll’s first season, and is the latest in a …
What’s the greatest comeback in the history of the National Football League? Well, the Eagles fan in me would point towards both iterations of the ‘Miracle of the Meadowlands’, but it’s hard to argue against a Super Bowl victory so famous that any fan of the gridiron knows what I’m talking about when I say ‘28-3’. In terms of sheer …
Perhaps it sounded too good to be true, but Amari Cooper’s decision to return to the team that drafted him, in all likelihood to see out what remained of his career, proved to be just that — just around 51 weeks earlier than anyone expected. Cooper surprised the Las Vegas Raiders, and much of the wider NFL world, by announcing …
Quarterback Kenny Pickett and wide receiver Amari Cooper are now members of the Las Vegas Raiders amid roster concerns approaching cutdown day. With Aidan O’Connell sidelined by a fractured wrist suffered in the Raiders’ final preseason game, the franchise sought a backup to QB1 Geno Smith and plumped for Pickett, whose future in Cleveland appeared uncertain as the Browns juggled …
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 …
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’ …
A total of 35 compensatory draft selections in the 2025 NFL Draft, to be held over April 24-26th in Green Bay, have been awarded to 15 teams, the NFL has announced. Under the rules for compensatory draft selections, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents (CFA) than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory …
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 …
The NFL and The Associated Press have announced the finalists for their annual awards, with winners to be revealed at the NFL Honours ceremony in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl LIX. This year’s awards, are to be hosted by Snoop Dogg, will also feature the presenttion of the prestigious Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year accolade along with …
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 …
Week 17 of the National Football League’s 2024 regular season served as a perfect festive host, providing some tasty fare of its own while whetting the appetite for what is to come in the New Year. While the Philadelphia Eagles ensured that the NFC East title would change hands for the 20-somethingth time by pounding the hapless Dallas Cowboys, and …
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 …
The annual Thanksgiving weekend is a big event for the National Football League, but even the schedule planners would be surprised at a Week 13 lineup featuring only three games between teams with winning records. The standout matchup amid such a dearth of highlights is clearly that between the 8-4 Baltimore Ravens and 9-2 Philadelphia Eagles at M&T Bank Stadium. …
Contrary to popular belief, playing football on Thanksgiving Day is not an NFL invention. The league may be credited with bringing a lot of innovations to the sport, but the origin of games being played as part of festivities celebrating a successful harvest predate the formation of the National Football League by nearly 50 years, when the college teams from …
