Matt Snell, the powerful running back whose relentless performance helped power the New York Jets to their historic victory in Super Bowl III, has died, aged 84. Snell was widely regarded by team-mates and historians as the true on-field MVP of the game that legitimised the American Football League against the established NFL. A bruising fullback who wore #41, he …
The opening days of the NFL offseason have not only been defined by heavy spending in free agency, but also by a series of notable trades that have seen key playmakers swap franchises. Several teams moved aggressively to acquire established starters, while others happily accepted the chance to stockpile draft capital ahead of April’s draft. One of the most eye-catching …
In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, there are literally dozens of news reports surrounding NFL players, whether they are playing in the game or not. Often, players visiting the host city will be asked about injuries they are rehabbing from, or upcoming contract situations, or even to plug one of their sponsors. It’s usually a good time …
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 …
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 …
New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd remains in critical, life-threatening condition following a shooting early Sunday in midtown Manhattan. The 29-year-old was shot and wounded at around 2am on West 38th Street near Seventh Avenue, according to law enforcement sources. According to the New York Post, Boyd was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, a major trauma centre, where he remains in …
Through seven weeks of the NFL season, there have been 26 games with a lead change in the final two minutes of regulation, the most in NFL history. Roughly half of all NFL games are decided by a single score. The name of this column, of course, plays on the famous Bert Bell quote on the National Football League’s inherent …
The New York Jets will go into today’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals with more than their 0-7 record in mind, following the heart-breaking news that fan favourite Nick Mangold has passed away at the age of just 41. It was only a week or so ago that Mangold posted a plea on social media that detailed a battle with …
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 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 …
The 61,155 in attendance at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday were treated to a firework show before kickoff that sadly neither offense was able to replicate as the Denver Broncos squeezed past the New York Jets 13-11 in the second of London’s 2025 International Series games. The stars of the show were undoubtedly the Broncos defense, who held the Jets …
Week 5 was the week of the comeback, with five teams clawing back from double-digit points deficits to win their games. Cam Ward got his first win as a starter as the Tennessee Titans rallied from 18 points down to beat the Arizona Cardinals, making Ward the first rookie quarterback to overcome an 18-point deficit and win since Daniel Jones …
When the Minnesota Vikings take the field at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to face the Cleveland Browns this weekend, the NFL International Series will chalk off another milestone as London hosts its 40th regular season game. The phrase ‘from small acorns’ seems a particularly apt British idiom to describe the growth of the International Series initiative which, this year, extends its …
We did it! After seven long months, we’ve made it to Week 1 of the 2025 National Football League season. The opening slate of games offered plenty of narrative potential and, for the most part, it delivered. We saw the two best regular season quarterbacks in the game take lumps out of each other; another pair of signalcallers swap teams …
Nike and the NFL have unveiled eight team uniforms as part of their new joint ‘Rivalries’ initiative, as announced earlier this year. The uniforms are designed to ‘celebrate storied local traditions and unite fan communities with designs unique to select cities and teams’, with the AFC East and NFC West chosen as the first divisions to be involved in the …
New York Jets owner ‘Woody’ Johnson has moved one step closer to acquiring a substantial part of Crystal Palace FC, as his bid for a 43 percent stake in the club is now pending approval. Johnson’s interest in the Premier League club, the 2024-25 FA Cup winners, was first reported a week ago, but a brief statement on the official …
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson has expressed an interest in acquiring a stake in 2025 FA Cup winners Crystal Palace, potentially expanding NFL interest in the Premier League. Johnson’s offer was made to current Palace shareholder John Textor, according to BBC Sport, and could potentially help both Textor and the club out of a tricky situation regarding participation in …
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 …
The schedule for the 2025 NFL International Games is headlined by the Minnesota Vikings playing back-to-back games in different countries after being confirmed as the opponent for both the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin and Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Steelers-Vikings clash kicks off the overseas portion of the NFL schedule on Sunday 28th September at Croke Park as …
Nike and the National Football League used last weekend’s annual draft event in Green Bay to unveil a new uniform and fan gear collaboration entitled Rivalries. The programme is aimed at elevating NFL rivalry games over the next four seasons, with specially-designed Nike uniforms and fan gear helping to drive fan engagement by ‘celebrating storied traditions and uniting communities 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 …
It’s a position that seems only to get extremely good or bad press, but the tight end spot remains one of the most important in a modern NFL offense. You only have to look at how many NFL offensive architects have a tight end background, from a former tight end coach in Sean McVay to an actual former tight end …
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’ …
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 …
