The rivalry between ATL and NOLA was as fierce as ever this year, week 1. The first game of the season was cut throat, with a narrow win for the New Orleans Saints, 27-26 – a full recap can be read here. Players stood out on both teams, but some player spotlights were a little brighter. New Orleans Saints – Michael Thomas: The saints played their old tricks today, and they managed to net a close win. Taysom Hill played every position on the field, and Alvin Kamara ran the ball over and over. They do their jobs well, but…
Author: Julie Miller
Julie Miller
Julie Miller has been a writer at Gridiron Heroics since July of 2022. She is an Epidemiologist with a focus on the intersection between sports and science. In result, Julie writes about sports injuries. She also enjoys writing about the history of football, and football affiliated true crime.
With the NFL 2022 season about to kick off, it is interesting to look back at the history of the helmet, while preparing for the future season. Flannel and hair In the 1800’s, players grew their hair long to protect their heads from damage. Maybe that was Alex Anzalone’s thought. The first helmet created is debatable, but many attribute this title to James Naismith’s flannel helmet. The “father of Basketball,” James, had his girlfriend sew two pieces of flannel together in 1891. What made this design different from a generic flannel head wrap was the straps around the chin and top of…
Jamal Adam’s Seattle Seahawk’s 2022 Training Camp injury had me wondering, haven’t the Seahawks hands been through enough? Russell Wilson, week five, mallet finger. The official name of the scary looking finger that the camera hyper focused on. It didn’t seem broadcast friendly, and it definitely wasn’t stomach friendly. Top 3 on the queasy list. Number 2 was Dak Prescott’s 2020 ankle injury, and the winner was easily Joe Burrow’s 2020 knee injury. In recent NFL history that is. Jamal Adams has said in the past two seasons that he dislocated his left ring finger 10 times, and his left…
The Seattle Seahawks have been busy signing contracts recently – especially the one-day kind. Both K.J. Wright and J.R. Sweezy retired this week with the Seattle Seahawks, returning home after playing for other teams. Right before these ceremonial contracts, we saw RB Chris Carson get released in result of retiring with a lingering neck injury. The end of an era – Another LOB member out K.J. Wright began his career in Seattle in 2011, and 11 seasons later he is hanging up his cleats there as well. Wright was only willing to do a 12th season if he was with…
