The Los Angeles Chargers have, as widely anticipated, named Mike McDaniel as the team’s new offensive coordinator. McDaniel joins the Chargers after four seasons as head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2022 through 2025, where his offenses consistently ranked among the league’s most productive, finished eighth overall in both passing offense and total offense. Despite falling short this past …
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 …
The Los Angeles Chargers moved a step closer towards clinching a playoff berth following their beat down of the Dallas Cowboys in Week 16, and were confirmed in the postseason when the Indianapolis Colts lost to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night — a convenient turn of events given the loss of a defensive lynchpin for the remainder of …
The NFL has finalised its late-season broadcast plans, unveiling a holiday-heavy Week 17 schedule while also announcing a key flex for Week 16 that reshapes the prime-time slate. Week 17 will open with a Christmas Day triple-header spread across three streaming platforms. The day begins with an NFC East rivalry as the Dallas Cowboys visit the Washington Commanders (1pm ET, …
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is to have an operation to repair the broken bone in his left hand he suffered during Sunday’s 31–14 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, head coach Jim Harbaugh has confirmed. Harbaugh described the injury as ‘a break in the back of the hand’ and admitted that the team will ‘see where the week …
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. …
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 …
It’s all change through six weeks of the 2025 NFL season, with six of the eight divisions having a team in first place or tied for first place that did not win its division last season. The New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts lead their respective AFC divisions, with the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers tied for …
Week 6 of the NFL season was a bit of a bummer. A third of the way through the season, it’s inevitable that injuries will rear their ugly head, but it feels like the football gods really do not want us to have nice things in 2025. Here’s an incomplete list of the stars we’ve lost along the way, including …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 4 power ranking, where the reshuffle continues apace as teams continue to defy expectation. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 3 1. Buffalo Bills (4-0) = The Saints hung around for a little while, but there’s still no reason to believe this isn’t the best team in football through four weeks. 2. Philadelphia Eagles (4-0) …
Week 4 of the 2025 season saw the NFL’s first regular season game in Ireland. This is the best time of the year for fans on this side of the Atlantic, as we look ahead to the three London games, the league’s entry into Spain and a match-up in Berlin. It’s also when narratives become believable. The 2025 season has …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 3 power ranking, where there are some interesting changes in the order — both risers and fallers — following Sunday’s array of results. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 3 1. Buffalo Bills (3-0) = It was closer than expected against Miami. That likely won’t be the case against the Saints. 2. Los Angeles Chargers …
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 …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 2 power ranking as the 2025 NFL regular season gets into its stride. Who has got out of their blocks quickest and who has catching up to do? GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 2 1. Buffalo Bills (2-0) After a dramatic comeback came a dominant sweeping aside of the Jets. The best quarterback in football looks …
If the first two weeks of the new NFL season are anything to go by, we should be in for close, yet still high-scoring encounters as we head into Week 3. There have already been 17 games decided by six points or less, and last week saw a ridiculous 797 points scored — the most for a single week since …
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell missed Thursday night’s Hall of Fame Game in Canton in order to pay his respects to one of the victims of Monday’s shooting in Manhattan. Didarul Islam, a retired NYPD officer, was working a private security detail at 345 Park Avenue, the office complex that houses the NFL’s headquarters, when Shane Tamura walked into the lobby …
Philip Rivers is returning to the Los Angeles Chargers — but only to officially retire from a lengthy NFL career in the colours of the team he spent 16 of his 17 active seasons playing for. Although he has not taken a competitive snap since leaving the Indianapolis Colts at the end of the 2020 campaign, Rivers found it hard …
Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams will not be making a return to California after all, having decided it is time to end his NFL career. A first-round selection by the Chargers back in 2017, the Clemson product had rejoined the team ahead of training camp in preparation for the 2025 campaign, but informed the front office of his …
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 NFL Draft is all about the future, with teams selecting players they hope will contribute to their fortunes in 2025 and for years to come. But, while the draft is the first opportunity for teams and fan bases to cast their eyes on the next generation of players, some already familiar faces are also set to appear. The NFL …
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, …
