NFL Week 7 predictions: Caleb Williams to outplay Drake Maye, Steelers to win NFL’s first Paris game
The weather is getting colder, the NFL is reaching its halfway point, we are well and truly into football season now.
Week seven starts with a tasty match-up between the New England Patriots and Chicago Bears. Expect a great duel between Drake Maye and Caleb Williams!
The NFL ventures to France for the first time, where Aaron Rodgers will be looking to continue his impressive season against the Saints.
All eyes will be on Sunday night when the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs face the defending Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks.
Here, Sports News Blitz’s Josiah Burdsall makes his predictions for four big games this week.
NFL news: Nick Sirianni backs Tanner McKee to step up as Philadelphia Eagles lose Jalen Hurts for season
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has backed Tanner McKee to rise to the challenge after Jalen Hurts was ruled out for the remainder of the 2026 NFL season with blood clots in both lungs.
McKee is now expected to lead the Eagles' offence following the serious health setback for Hurts, with Sirianni expressing confidence in the back-up quarterback despite the scale of the challenge facing Philadelphia.
“I have the utmost confidence in Tanner [McKee],” Sirianni said.
NFL news: San Francisco 49ers vs Washington Commanders preview – Brock Purdy to make history
The undefeated San Francisco 49ers host the struggling Washington Commanders in week six’s edition of Monday Night Football. Both sides have battled with key injuries of late, but the 49ers seem more used to it and are coping better.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and NFL fan Luca Salmasi takes a look at Monday’s much-anticipated match-up.
New York Giants Odds: Biggest Remaining Games That Could Change the Picture
The New York Giants are facing a tough stretch of games as they head into the second half of the NFL season in 2026.
Giants’ games will include a number of East division games, challenging opponents with stingy defenses as well as a long, difficult trip to the West coast.
Examining each of the Giants’ remaining games can help provide greater insight into their struggles and identify areas in which they will be tested.
Understanding the challenges ahead will provide further insight to how their season could shift in the final weeks of the regular season.
NFL news: Five takeaways from San Francisco 49ers’ win over the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne
The first week of the 2026/27 NFL season included a trip to the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for an NFC West divisional rivalry between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and Niners fan Luca Salmasi takes a look at the 49ers’ 27-7 win in the league’s inaugural southern hemisphere game.
NFL 2026: September fixtures and start times as Los Angeles Rams tipped for Super Bowl LXI glory
The NFL is back – and bookmakers are backing the Los Angeles Rams to go all the way and win Super Bowl LXI.
And from the Super Bowl LX rematch in Seattle to the first NFL regular-season game in Australia and a blockbuster Baltimore Ravens–Dallas Cowboys clash in Rio de Janeiro, September promises a fast start to the 2026 campaign.
NFL news: Aaron Donald rejoins Los Angeles Rams in shock comeback ahead of 2026/27 season
Aaron Donald, arguably one of the greatest defensive linemen in NFL history, has decided, after just over two years of retirement and spending time with family, to make a comeback and rejoin the Los Angeles Rams.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and NFL fan Luca Salmasi looks at Donald’s shock return ahead of the 2026/27 season.
Dallas & Houston Preseason: What The Roster Battles Reveal About Texas Football
August in Texas means two-a-days, sweat-soaked jerseys, and a fresh round of quarterback speculation nobody asked for but everybody reads anyway.
CBS Sports dropped its ranking of every rookie QB from Week 1 of the preseason this week, and Texas fans in two very different fanbases are paying close attention for two very different reasons.
Dallas wants proof its offensive identity survives another rebuild season. Houston wants confirmation that last year's flashes weren't a fluke. Neither city is short on opinions.
Both are short on patience.
A Beginner's Guide to NFL Same Game Parlays
An NFL matchup can be viewed in more than one way.
Some fans follow the final score while others pay closer attention to how a quarterback performs or how a running game develops or even which players may have a bigger role. It’s this sort of complexity that makes football one of the most exciting sports to follow.
Getting familiar with how those components work together can make the process of understanding same game parlays easier before exploring different NFL betting options.
Why NFL Betting Starts Long Before Kick-off
NFL betting is rarely decided by what happens on Sunday alone. By the time the first game begins, the smartest readers have usually spent the week looking at much more than headline form. They are checking travel spots, rest differences, matchup style, injury updates, and how certain teams perform in specific situations rather than simply backing the better-known side.
One of the best starting points each week is the official NFL schedule. It sounds obvious, but the structure of the slate often tells a deeper story than the table or win-loss records alone. Prime-time games, travel demands, bye-week placement, and divisional matchups all shape how teams prepare and how the market reacts.
Super Bowl LXI contenders: Who is likely to be on top according to recent odds
The Super Bowl has always been viewed as the most influential societal and economic sporting event in America, with an average of 125 million viewers each year.
The Seattle Seahawks were presumed not to be victorious in Super Bowl LX. Not really.
Even as the season progressed, Mike Macdonald's defence tightened its grip on the league with 14 regular-season wins, finishing with a +191 point differential. There lingered a perception that Seattle were merely on a winning streak rather than the inevitable champion.
And yet, by the end, their 28-13 victory over the New England Patriots felt almost rational.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Francesca O’Callaghan dives into why the Seattle Seahawks may be entering a new era of dominance - and which franchises are best positioned to knock them off their throne for Super Bowl LXI.
NFL Draft 2026: Seydou Traore’s Miami Dolphins signing marks milestone for league’s UK Academy
Seydou Traore’s NFL journey began in a place few Americans ever imagine their careers starting: on the muddy battlefields that are football pitches in south London, writes Sports News Blitz’s Francesca O’Callaghan.
Like most British teenagers, Traore’s first sporting aspirations revolved around football. Yet, on April 25 in Pittsburgh, that all changed as the 23-year-old Londoner became the first graduate of the NFL Academy in the UK to be selected in the NFL Draft when the Miami Dolphins chose him with the 180th overall pick.
NFL news: Fernando Mendoza - From no-name prospect to number-one draft pick
Fernando Mendoza’s selection as the No. 1 overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders didn’t happen overnight; he started as an unknown high school prospect and is now one of the brightest quarterbacks in the NFL.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and NFL fan Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at how Fernando Mendoza became a star of college football and made his way to the NFL.
NFL news: Diego Pavia - From Heisman finalist to NFL Draft snub
Diego Pavia was one of the quarterbacks in the 2026 NFL draft with a lot of buzz around his name; however, the draft has been and gone, and Pavia has not been selected by any of the 32 teams, despite being a finalist for the iconic Heisman trophy.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and NFL fan Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at Diego Pavia’s NFL Draft snub and where the quarterback can go from here.
NFL news: San Francisco 49ers welcome eight new additions from the 2026 NFL Draft
After trading away their only 1st round pick this year, the 49ers' draft really began from round two onwards and saw them pick up eight new players for their roster, with four additions on each side of the ball.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and San Francisco 49ers fan Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at the latest members to join the Santa Clara franchise and what they bring to the table ahead of the start of the 2026 season.
NFL news: Seydou Traore’s path from South London to NFL Draft reaches defining stage
Seydou Traore first discovered football whilst watching Jason Bell and Osi Umenyiora’s weekly NFL show, and this week will proudly represent South London as he enters the 2025 NFL Draft as the latest face of international talent on the verge of making the NFL.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and NFL fan Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at Seydou Traore’s journey to the NFL Draft.
NFL news: Cincinnati Bengals sign Dexter Lawrence from New York Giants in blockbuster $28m trade
Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has finally gotten his wish to leave the New York Giants and will play for the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2026 season.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and NFL fan Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at the trade and what it means for both teams.
NFL news: San Francisco 49ers willing to make Trent Williams one of the NFL’s highest-paid left tackles
Trent Williams was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 2020 as a suitable replacement for 49ers legend Joe Staley, and in his five years in Santa Clara has become a solid part of the furniture, becoming one of the team's most vocal and influential players in the dressing room.
Ahead of the 2026 season, the 49ers are willing to make Williams the seventh-highest-paid left tackle in the NFL.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and San Francisco 49er fan Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at the potential deal to secure Trent Williams along with one of the most lucrative deals for a left tackle.
NFL news: Nick Sirianni and Howie Roseman on A.J. Brown’s future: ‘Nothing’s changed there’
The height of NFL free agency has come and gone, and A.J. Brown still finds himself as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Head coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman are in a rut over how to approach the questions raised around Brown’s future with the franchise.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at Nick Sirianni and Howie Roseman’s comments on A.J. Brown and what this means for the Philadelphia Eagles moving forward.
NFL news: John Lynch rejects substation theory, claims San Francisco 49ers are in a ‘safe place’
After the San Francisco 49ers’ season ended, general manager John Lynch made it his mission to investigate all possibilities that could have contributed to the team's long list of injuries during the 2025 campaign.
Lynch ruled out the substation theory at the NFL’s annual meeting on Sunday and outlined steps he plans to take to reduce injuries in the future. Here, Sports News Blitz writer Luca Salmasi rounds up the GM’s comments.