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THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL This is cool.  Michael Rothstein of ESPN.com: In a homage to its namesake, the cover of the Madden NFL 23 video game will have one person on it: John Madden.   Madden, the Hall of Fame coach who died Dec. 28, will be on the cover of all three…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS has not been around to see it, but WR CHRISTIAN WATSON is turning other heads at Packers OTAs.  Jack Browne of The Score: The Green Bay Packers likely aren’t expecting Christian Watson to immediately replace departed star receiver Davante Adams, but…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC WEST ARIZONA CB JEFF GLADNEY, once a first round pick who was trying to re-start his career after legal issues, is dead at age 25.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney has died at the age of 25.   News of Gladney’s death was first…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL GREEN BAY There is a lot of pressure on FCS receiver WR CHRISTIAN WALKER to be a productive rookie, considering that he is the substitute for a “first round receiver” so desperately demanded by some Packers fans.  Matt Schneidman of The Athletic looks at the kid from Tampa’s Plant…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Bill Barnwell of ESPN.com is ranking the offseasons of all the NFL teams, going from 32 to 1.  Today, we have his list of 32 to 17.  It is immensely long, so we won’t carry all of it – but teams of note, including #32, will be included in…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The attempt by Dallas and other places to steal the Scouting Combine from Indianapolis have failed for now. The NFL scouting combine will remain in Indianapolis in 2023 and 2024, the league announced Tuesday from its spring meeting.   This marked the first time that the combine host was…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST PHILADELPHIA The signing of CB JAMES BRADBERRY to go with CB DARIUS SLAY has Reuben Frank of NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com ranking the top CB duos in Eagles history: On paper, it sure looks like the Eagles have one of the most dynamic cornerback tandems in franchise history.   James…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   WASHINGTON Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com is happy to report that some NFL owners want to kick Washington owner Daniel Snyder out of the league: There’s plenty of smoke surrounding Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder. Even in the absence of the confirmed existence of an actual fire,…