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’ …
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 National Football League and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomed His Majesty King Charles III to north London in a celebration of the work being conducted by The Huddle Project in the local community. The initiative was launched in 2023 as a dual sports programme for boys and girls aged 11-18, and is jointly funded by Tottenham Hotspur, the NFL …
The season-long debate over who had done enough to earn recognition as the NFL’s Most Valuable Player was finally answered on a glitzy night in New Orleans, as Buffalo’s Josh Allen landed his first title by edging the man many expected to win, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, into second place by just four first place votes, 27-23, and by 383 total …
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has capped off an incredible first year in the NFL by being named the league’s Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season. “I want to thank my family and friends for their love and support,” said Daniels, who recorded the highest completion percentage by a qualified rookie quarterback ever, the most rushing yards by …
Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders’ remarkable season ended in Philadelphia on Sunday. Washington fell to the Eagles 55-23 in the NFC Championship Game, and while disappointment was evident on the sideline, there’s plenty of reason for optimism about the franchise’s future. Daniels is the frontrunner for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, while Dan Quinn is a strong Coach …
We have our Super Bowl matchup. In two weeks time, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of Super Bowl LVII. Hardly a matchup for the neutral, it seems many analysts, pundits and prognosticators lost their perspective when predicting (wishing) for a Commanders-Bills Super Bowl. The Eagles proved their dominant run game was too …
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 …
And so, here we are. The penultimate weekend of NFL action hasn’t so much as crept up on us as arrived like a full-on Myles Garrett pass rush. Two games to decide this year’s Super Bowl combatants. Repeat or reprise? Too close to call? *** NFC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP Washington Commanders (12-5) @ Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) The NFC Championship game will …
The best weekend of the NFL season promised a quarterback matchup for the ages, a pitched battle in inclement weather, a potential shootout in the Motor City and the chance for a young quarterback to upstage the league’s reigning champ. While some of those expectations were met, others fell a little flat. In Detroit, Jayden Daniels took the football intelligentsia’s …
While there was just one Wild Card game that went the distance with its result in the balance — thank you Commanders and Buccaneers — the outcomes of the opening round of the NFL playoffs have combined to produce some intriguing matchups amongst the final eight teams. Detroit and Kansas City enter the postseason fray this weekend, but neither will …
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 …
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 …
With just two rounds of games remaining in the 2024 NFL regular season, there is still plenty to be sorted out with regard to the playoff positions and draft order. Neither conference has a top seed locked in, and several division titles remain wide open — with ‘all or nothing’ scenarios and no wildcard safety net looming for those involved. …
Just as our waistlines prepare to expand thanks to the excessive consumption of festive fare, the NFL is entering its trimming down stage. In Week 16, the Cardinals, Cowboys and 49ers were all eliminated from postseason consideration, while the picture at the top of the standings also became clearer. Wins for Detroit and Minnesota put even greater scrutiny on their …
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 …
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 …
Week 12 of the NFL season should have come with a health warning. Blocked punts, missed extra points, botched holds, onside kicks returned for touchdowns, muffed kickoffs recovered and housed, overtime and game-winning field goals. Not suitable for the faint of heart. The beady-eyed among you will note most of those pulse-raising plays happened in one game. In fact, in …
