The new NFL League year has seen plenty of activity, with free agents signing with new teams and a few staying put on richer contracts, but one of the biggest moves appears to be happening off the field, with ownership of the New York Giants set to change hands as the league begins to feel the effects of the worldwide …
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 …
18/1 The New York Football Giants have named John Harbaugh as the 21st head coach in franchise history, bringing in one of the most accomplished coaches of the modern NFL era as the permanent replacement for Brian Daboll. “We are proud to name John Harbaugh as the next head coach of the New York Giants,” said team president …
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 …
New York Giants stand-in head coach Mike Kafka was pushed repeatedly in the post-game press conference to explain why rookie edge rusher Abdul Carter was held out for the first quarter of the team’s 33–15 loss to the New England Patriots — but offered only the same explanation each time: it was his decision. Asked why Carter wasn’t on the …
The New York Giants’ Monday night loss to the New England Patriots was ugly on the scoreboard, but the real story was in the hits — and the player taking most of them. One early play summed up his entire, albeit brief, career, as Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart was sent sprawling by a punishing sideline blow from Patriots linebacker …
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 …
“Yeah, I do. I have a lot of confidence in Shane and his entire staff.” What a difference a few hours can make. Interim New York Giants head coach Mike Kafka appeared to be offering support to defensive coordinator Shane Bowen in the regular postgame press conference that followed another gut-punch of a loss on Sunday but, by Monday morning, …
Interim New York Giants head coach Mike Kafka has wasted little time in making his mark on the team, promoting Jameis Winston over Russell Wilson as likely starter against the Green Bay Packers this weekend. Now an 11-year veteran after being selected first overall by Tampa Bay in the 2015 NFL Draft, Winston has only served as the ‘emergency’ third …
The New York Giants have fired head coach Brian Daboll after another rocky opening to an NFL season left the G-Men 2-8 through 10 weeks. Daboll arrived in New York after successful spells as offensive coordinator around the league, most notably at Buffalo immediately preceding his hiring by the Giants. He made an immediate impact in the Big Apple, leading the …
I spent the first portion of this weekend’s 13-hour NFL grip on my attention in Berlin’s famous Olympiastadion. That ancient monolith has borne witness to some of sport’s most iconic moments, not least Jesse Owens’ defiant victory in the face of an evil regime, Usain Bolt’s record-shattering run and Zinedine Zidane’s ignominious end to a glittering career. The stakes for …
The New York Giants, head coach Brian Daboll and rookie running back Cam Skattebo have all been fined as a result of a joint NFL and NFLPA review of a potential concussion incident involving quarterback Jaxson Dart. In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the two parties looked into how the current concussion protocols were applied after the incident which …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In Italian soccer, there is a commonly held belief that ‘August is a liar’. As undercooked players and newly formed teams build towards mid-season, spectacular results or terrible performances cannot be seen as a blueprint for future performance. A similar train of thought has taken root in the NFL. September is often seen as an extension of preseason football. With …
HBO and NFL Films have confirmed that there will again be two editions of their groundbreaking Hard Knocks series during the 2025 NFL season, with both the now-familiar training camp and in-season versions airing. Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills marks the first time the iconic franchise has been selected to take part in the 19-time Sports Emmy-winning …
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 thirst for quarterbacks remains as hearty as ever, and the NFL Draft is always seen as an ideal time for teams to land a new franchise passer to help transform the fortunes of a franchise. But while 2024 was seen as a bumper crop, with six quarterbacks taken early in the first round, speaking in his annual pre …
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’ …
