offGrid NFL Top 50 of 2025: 10-1
Here we are. The top ten, the best of the best, the ten players the offGrid writers judged the finest in football across the 2025 season. Argue with the order all you like; there is not a bad name among…
Month August 2026
Vita Vea signs $30M Buccaneers extension, ending trade standoff
Vita Vea has signed a one-year extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers worth $30m fully guaranteed, ending a training-camp standoff that had, only weeks earlier, produced a formal trade request. The deal, first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday…
Jayden Higgins torn ACL: What it means for the Texans’ 2026 Offense
Texans wide receiver Jayden Higgins has torn his ACL and will miss the entire 2026 season, the club confirmed on Wednesday, a day after the second-year starter went down during Houston’s joint practice with the Raiders. Higgins was hurt on…
offGrid NFL Top 50 of 2025: 20-11
The top twenty. From here every name is a genuine star, and the gaps between them are measured in fractions. Numbers 20 to 11, as the offGrid writers saw the 2025 season. 20. George Pickens – WR, Dallas Cowboys (AVP:…
offGrid NFL Top 50 2025: 30-21
We reach the top thirty, and from here the names need little introduction. These are players who shape games and, in several cases, whole seasons. Numbers 30 to 21, as voted by the offGrid writers. 30. Christian McCaffrey – RB,…
Von Miller signs one-year deal with Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys have agreed to terms with veteran pass rusher Von Miller on a one-year contract, the team announced Sunday night. Miller, entering his 15th season, has more sacks (138.5) than any other active player. He spent the 2025…
offGrid NFL Top 50 2025: 40-31
After opening with numbers 50 to 41, the countdown of our best players from 2025 continues and we move into the back half of the list. As ever, this is the average vote of offGrid’s writers across the 2025 season,…
Six rookies who stood out in NFL Preseason Week 1
Preseason football might not count for much, but the first weekend of full exhibition ball still hands you one thing the regular season rarely does, which is an unhurried look at players nobody has scouted against live NFL competition yet.…
offGrid NFL Top 50 2025: 50-41
The NFL is back for 2026! With preseason well underway, we turn, as we do every year, to the business of looking back before we look forward. After the run of previous editions, the offGrid Top 50 returns, our annual…
Devon Witherspoon signs record $132M Seahawks extension
The Seattle Seahawks have locked up another of their young cornerstones, agreeing a four-year, $132 million extension on Saturday with cornerback Devon Witherspoon, according to league sources with knowledge of the deal who were not authorised to speak publicly. The…
Jayden Daniels is fighting LSU over a jersey number. Should he let it go?
If your timeline has been cluttered this week with a squabble over a college jersey number, and you’ve found yourself wondering why a Washington Commanders quarterback is trading legal letters with a university in Louisiana, here is the short version:…
NFL Hall of Fame Game returns for 2026 to kick off new season
Football is back. For the first time since February, the NFL switches the lights back on, and as ever the new season start in Canton, Ohio with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. It is the unofficial start of…