Gridiron

Gridiron is a UK-based magazine that takes its readers inside America’s game. We bring you exclusive interviews with players and coaches, sharing the thoughts and opinions from all of your favourite pundits and keeping you up-to-date with all the latest news from the NFL, college football and Britain’s domestic American football scene.

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Gridiron

PICK SIX • Interim editor Craig Llewellyn takes a tour through the latest edition of Gridiron, which celebrates some of the biggest cult figures in NFL history.

IN FOCUS

Five Stories of the Month

MAN-TO-MAN • Our man Neil Reynolds chats with one of the most dynamic and explosive players in NFL history in Dante Hall – a game-changing talent who got his big break in NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores.

THE PLAYBOOK

NUMBERS TO NOTE

MONEYBALL • A year ago, the MVP conversation centred around whether Derrick Henry’s 2,000-yard rushing season merited consideration and, twelve months later, there is the same debate about Jonathan Taylor’s 2021 performance. No matter how much we hear that running backs don’t matter and production is down to linemen and coordinators, there’s just a visceral thrill about watching someone run with the ball in his hands, and our numbers man examines the three factors that go into creating stand-out seasons for tailbacks — and why they’re nowhere near as stable as it seems.

THE RETURN OF TWO-HIGH SAFETY DEFENSES • Sometimes, the best way to move forward and progress is often to look back and, with the recent proliferation of two-high safety defenses in the NFL, we got Jeff Reinebold to explain why ‘a new old thing’ is proving to be an answer to the modern dual-threat quarterback.

THE NFL’S BIGGEST CULT HEROES • Football fans will always have their favourite players, the ones whose jerseys they buy to wear on Sunday, but some gridiron greats are bigger than the game, as Iron Mike explains.

THE REAL NUMBER ONE NFL CULT • JOHN MADDEN, AL DAVIS AND THE 1970S RAIDERS

NO ORDINARY JOE • From Beaver Falls to Broadway, Joe Namath transcended existing football benchmarks to become the biggest name in the game. And he wasn’t even in the NFL.

LIFE IN FOUR QUARTERS

TASK STEVE TASKER MASTER • Punts. Field Goals. Kickoffs. Steve Tasker destroyed every facet of his opponents’ special teams units for over a decade. Does this Buffalo Bills legend deserve his place in the Hall of Fame?

THE CATCH • Forty years on from Joe Montana and Dwight Clark’s link-up in the 1981 NFC Championship Game, Gridiron remembers one of the most memorable moments in NFL history.

BLACK FLIP • Any high school player switching their college commitment is newsworthy but, when the country’s number one talent swaps a blue riband institution for an HBCU? That’s headline material.

The DENVER BRONCOS • Michael McQuaid, co-founder and host of The Irish NFL Show and co-host of Dublin To Denver on Mile High Report, relives the highs and lows of being a Broncos fan.