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Gaffney Mat Chronicles Volume 5: The Art of Tag Team Wrestling
This marked the end of Condry and Eaton's only NWA World Tag Title reign and the last time they'd hold gold together for nearly two decades, losing in what was their 18th (!!!) 2-out-of-3 falls encounter against Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton in under 200 days.
Jack Gaffney
Apr 26 min read


2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Sonny Styles
There are physical specimens on defense, and then there are guys like Sonny Styles.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 296 min read


2026 St. Louis Cardinals Season Primer
This is a rebuild. This team won’t shock the world by any means, but there are plenty of pieces on this team that’ll make it fun to watch, and young and scrappy, who will want to prove they should be a vocal part of this team's future success!

Sy Ingersoll
Mar 255 min read


New England Patriots 2026 Team Mock Draft 1.0
He's a bit of an interesting case in that it appears Cincinnati utalized Golday as a big nickel defender which is fascinating, but he's the kind of atheltic, rangey linebacker, with more traditional size and the ability to play the run at a high level, that I think the Patriots should be all over.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 254 min read


Gaffney Mat Chronicles Volume 4: New Japan Double Dip
It's one thing to hear about matches with crazy reputations that go in either direction; it's another to see them for yourselves. That perfectly describes the only ever encounter between Andre the Giant and the infamous Akira Maeda, one of the godfathers of Japanese shootfighting and a man who...well...to put this bluntly, has a reputation for himself in the wrestling realm.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 227 min read


Gaffney's 2026 NFL Mock Draft 2.0
He might not be a better runner than Ashton Jeanty, but he's unequivocally the most dynamic back to enter the league since Bijan Robinson. He has a background at WR, and there's absolutely a scenario where he will be used like Sean McVay used Todd Gurley before he fell off the cliff.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 2016 min read


2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Akheem Mesidor
Taking advantage of a fifth and sixth year of eligibility, Mesidor ultimately played his best ball in year six, earning his Second-Team All-American and First-Team All-ACC honors last year to go along with some secondary Big 12 honors in his second and third year at WVU.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 165 min read


Patriots Start Free Agency Hot for the Second Year in a Row
Doubs is cheaper than Diggs was last year, only 25 years old at the moment, can realistically do a lot of what Diggs did, was very good as a red zone target last year, and, by all accounts, was a good player for the Green Bay Packers.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 125 min read


Gaffney's Best of 2026 NFL Free Agency Day 1
Hard to ask for a better guy to both anchor a line that's almost certainly going to be in front of a rookie QB come the fall (Fernando Mendoza), but to be the centerpiece of a line that's going to be doing a ton of zone blocking under Klint Kubiak.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 94 min read


Baltimore Strikes Big: Ravens Acquire Maxx Crosby in Major Deal
For Baltimore, the addition of Crosby signals a clear push toward championship contention. His ability to consistently pressure quarterbacks, set the edge against the run, and play with nonstop intensity fits perfectly with the Ravens’ defensive philosophy.

Connor Gioffreda
Mar 73 min read


2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Fernando Mendoza
His rise has been a fascinating journey, and it feels now like a forgone conclusion that Mendoza will be the first named called in the NFL Draft to the now Klint Kubiak-led Las Vegas Raiders.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 55 min read


2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Rueben Bain
If you've watched a University of Miami Football game at any point over the last year or so, there's a very good chance you're aware of who Rueben Bain is: One of the most dominant defensive chess pieces in College Football in 2025, with 9.5 sacks, five of which came in Miami's College Football playoff run.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 36 min read


Gaffney Mat Chronicles Volume 3: The New Beginning USA '26
Over the weekend, New Japan Pro Wrestling ran one of their two shows in the United States this year, The New Beginning USA, in Trenton, New Jersey's Cure Center; headlined by IWGP Heavweight and Global Champion Yota Tsuji defending the latter title against AEW's Andrade El Idolo, but there were a couple of other matches on this card that piqued my interest.
Jack Gaffney
Mar 14 min read


2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Denzel Boston
Wide receiver is a pretty fun position to dissect in the NFL Draft cycle once again in 2026, and among this class, you may not find a bigger physical specimen among the top end of prospects than Washington's Denzel Boston. Buried on the depth chart his first two years as a Huskie with Rome Odunze, Ja'Lynn Polk, and Jalen McMillan above him, Boston is a case of someone who had to wait a couple of years before he really got his opportunities. Once that happened, he became a dep
Jack Gaffney
Feb 256 min read


Gaffney Mat Chronicles Volume 2: All Aboard the Ark
Hard to talk about Pro Wrestling's arc since the turn of the millennium without mentioning Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Jack Gaffney
Feb 235 min read


2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Mansoor Delane
Now in mid-February and nearing the combine, the consensus is that Delane is this year's top cornerback option in the NFL Draft, but I wanted to find out myself for sure, and well...here's what I have on the Silver Spring, Maryland native.
Jack Gaffney
Feb 186 min read


Gaffney Mat Chronicles Volume 1: Pilot
It would've been malpractice if the first retro match wasn't a Nitro outing, given the logo of this series, and we're going to the second ever episode, held in Miami, Florida, where the Macho Man Randy Savage collided with a man who unfortunately never hit the highs in the U.S as he did in Japan, former two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Scott Norton.
Jack Gaffney
Feb 165 min read


The State of the New England Patriots: 2026 Edition
As much of an improvement as it was year over year for this team, the Super Bowl certainly showed there's still a way to go if the Patriots want to win another title
Jack Gaffney
Feb 136 min read


Gaffney's 2026 NFL Mock Draft 1.0
A no-brainer pick for the Raiders as they kick off the Klint Kubiak era in 2026. Mendoza is the big-body passer that most teams would kill to get as a prospect.
Jack Gaffney
Feb 1218 min read


Drake Maye and Patriots Offense Meet Their Match in the Seattle Defense; Losing Super Bowl LX 29-13
You feel for guys like Christian Gonzalez, Milton Williams, and even Craig Woodson, who left it all out there for nothing.
Jack Gaffney
Feb 95 min read
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