Oliver Connolly

The NFL season kicks off on Thursday night in Buffalo. Which rookies will impress? Will Aaron Rodgers make it out of the first quarter? And who will win it all?

It isn’t a stretch, even at this very early stage, to think this could be the best Chiefs team of the Mahomes-Reid era

It was only last season that Sean Payton rocked up in Denver and set a blowtorch to everything that came before, labelling Nathaniel Hackett's spell

The head coach was supposed to bring a wave of fresh thinking to Denver. But he is losing games and confusing his young quarterback

It’s still early in the season but alarm bells are already ringing for a number of players and teams. Some problems are more grave than others though

The All-Pro receiver wants out of Las Vegas. And there is no shortage of teams who could improve their Super Bowl chances by trading for him

Woody Johnson fired Robert Saleh just five weeks into the season. But there are plenty of other teams whose futures look bleak

oliver connolly Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy contemplate another heavy loss. Photograph: LM Otero/AP

Dallas were humiliated at home against the Lions, and the blame should be laid at the feet of the team’s misfiring general manager/owner

The 30-year-old is dominating offenses at an age when most of his peers have long retired. But he is also a symbol of the resurgence of the ground game