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, …
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 …
The Los Angeles Chargers will play as the designated team at Corinthians Arena to open the 2025 NFL International Series, after the league confirmed that Brazil will return to the schedule following a successful inaugural game in 2024. The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers faced off in São Paulo as the second game of the 2024 campaign and, with …
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 …
The opening week of the 2024-25 NFL playoffs did not provide the close battles many were anticipating, with just one outcome in the balance as the final seconds played out. In the end, four of the expected winners — based on home advantage — came out victorious, while another played up to their superior regular season numbers to down a …
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 …
For all the action that takes place over the first 18 weeks of a new NFL campaign, nothing hits quite as hard as playoff football, where everything is on the line every weekend. There can be no quit from here on in, with elimination from the Super Bowl race potentially around the corner for each and every team. Six games …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 18 power ranking as the 2024 NFL regular season heads into its final throes. Who earns the accolade of being top dog through the long slog since September, and who is positioning themselves nicely to mount an assault through the playoffs? GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 18 1. Buffalo Bills (13-3) = With the likely MVP …
The NFL’s decision to save division matchups for the final weeks of the regular season continues to pay off with the biggest games of Week 16 all featuring rivals looking to deny each other more than just bragging rights. If there is no crown to be fought over, there is at least a spot in the playoffs, so everything will …
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 …
Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 14 power ranking where the run-in to the end of the regular season starts with changes throughout a volatile top ten. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 14 1. Buffalo Bills (10-2) +1 Returning from their bye week and putting up another 30-point effort to squash San Fran in the snow looked good, both on TV and in …
Five weeks remain in the 2024 NFL regular season and the playoff spots are slowly filling up, but whether there’s a lot of football still to be played remains a subjective argument with some teams probably needing more time to ensure that they can join Kansas City and Buffalo in the postseason. Week 14 is the latest point at which …
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. …
Thirty-two players have been nominated for the eleventh annual Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, the winner of which will be determined in the build-up to this year’s NFL Pro Bowl. Created in 2014, the award honours the late Art Rooney Sr., founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers and now resident in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Each NFL team nominates a …
The unexpectedly good form of AFC West rivals Denver and Los Angeles has prompted the NFL to make their Week 16 clash a major alteration to the schedule. The league has confirmed that the game, due to take place at SoFi Stadium with the Chargers hosting the Broncos will now be played on Thursday night as part of Amazon’s The …
For only the second time since 1970, six teams enter Week 12 on a winning streak of four-or-more games, although some of the names might be a little different from 2017. Detroit (eight consecutive wins), Buffalo (six), Philadelphia (six), Pittsburgh (five), Arizona (four) and the Los Angeles Chargers (four) are all on a run that hints at playoff potential and, …
There’s an old adage in professional wrestling: ‘send them home happy’. That typically means the good guy wins, but it also speaks to the quality of your star attractions, your main events. A certain boxing card from this past weekend certainly failed to deliver on that promise. But the NFL doesn’t pit washed up legends against celebrity wannabees, it’s the …
