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AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The AP explains how the NFL enters a time when government health experts are preventing some people from congregating en masse.  Schuyler Dixon reports: Timing favored the NFL over other major pro sports leagues in trying to figure out how to keep the coronavirus pandemic from wrecking the 2020 season.…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH   NEW ORLEANS NASCAR won over RB ALVIN KAMARA with its shift away from racially insensitive images.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: Alvin Kamara knew little about NASCAR before Wednesday, but as soon as NASCAR announced its decision to ban the Confederate flag, the Saints running back tweeted his…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Don’t count on four preseason games in 2020.  Paul Schwartz of the New York Post on rumors emanating from the NFL Office. Everyone is hankering for real, live NFL football and salivating at the thought of the season kicking off as scheduled in September. Fans are almost universally in agreement…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA Terez Paylor of YahooSports.com on how the Vikings, who as a sports team need security, are trying to navigate the demands of players and activists with their relationship with the Minneapolis police department (not yet defunded or disbanded). On Tuesday, Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Frank Schwab of YahooSports.com points out that this is not the first time NFL players have not been on the field under the inspection of their coaches in an offseason.  And we don’t remember 2011 as deficient: Football coaches are micromanagers. If you gave them 23 hours and 50 minutes…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Will the NFLPA let the NFL start training camps a bit earlier this year due to the way the offseason programs were shut down?  Albert Breer of SI.com: • So could some players return to team facilities before June 26? The answer is yes, it’s possible, though maybe not likely.…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing On Friday afternoon, without consulting with the owners, Roger Goodell put the NFL squarely on the side of its militant players in the battle against improper policing specifically and systemic racial injustice in general.  The NFL, said Goodell, had been wrong not to listen to its players and accept what…