The Jacksonville Jaguars owner says it is too soon to determine whether he would move them to the London stadium but he is seen as the man to make the league’s dream come trueOn the morning Shahid Khan increased his profile in the London sports scene, he sat in the headquarters of the Jacksonville Jaguars and laughed into the phone. It was a great roaring laugh that lingered even as he began to speak.“If you know the NFL, you know you don’t choose them they choose you,” the Jaguars and Fulham owner told the Guardian on Thursday. Related: FA holds talks to sell Wembley to Fulham owner Khan in £900m deal Related: FA’s proposed sale of Wembley to Shahid Khan...
The NFL is a quarterback-driven league but three of the four teams left standing this season don’t have superstars under centerEach April at the top of the NFL draft, teams grab at quarterbacks they envision leading them to glory. But none of the four quarterbacks remaining in the NFL playoffs took that textbook path to the conference title game. The Eagles, Vikings, Patriots and Jaguars each made it to the championship round without an early pick, “franchise QB” leading the way, not the way in which it’s supposed to be done. Jacksonville’s Blake Bortles was a first-round pick, sure. But in the four seasons from the time he was taken with the No3 overall pick in the 2014 draft to...
While the eyes of the NFL are trained on Sunday’s Patriots-Steelers showdown, the once-toothless Jaguars are quietly emerging as a contender in the AFCThe NFL is focused this week on Sunday afternoon’s Steelers-Patriots matchup set for Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The 11-2 Steelers versus the 10-3 Patriots, the winner likely earning home-field advantage throughout the AFC play-offs, where many think the two sides will inevitably meet again in the conference championship game. But amid the hype over Pittsburgh and New England, there is one team being completely overlooked, a team that in fact went through both the Steelers and Patriots to reach the Super Bowl two years ago: the Denver Broncos.No, not the woeful 2017 Denver Broncos, a team that...
The Jacksonville Jaguars appear to be getting their act together after years of ineptitude. It should play well in the league’s push in EuropeIf the Jacksonville Jaguars are indeed London’s NFL franchise then how strange is it for the capital to possibly have an NFL playoff team?After years of failed attempts to win more than five games in a season, the Jags – long tipped for a move from Florida to the UK – sit at 4-3, tied for first place in the AFC South and are a legitimate threat to be playing in the post-season. And who would have figured this?Is this seat taken? pic.twitter.com/uIqnzhiIdE Continue reading...
The Broncos look to continue their flawless title defense, while the Falcons look to soar in the Superdome. Plus, take part in our tipping contestWhat a week it has been in the NFL. First we learned that the Vikings might not have been crazy to trade for Sam Bradford, then that Matt Forte does an alarmingly good Arnold Schwarzenegger impression. I would ask who could ever have predicted such a thing, but in fact I already know the answer - grafhamboy - the one and only person to call every game correctly in week two. Related: Patriots make light of Brady and Garoppolo absences to beat Texans Continue reading...