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AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS A scary thought from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: When the Cowboys’ football staff is gathered together in one draft room, owner and General Manager Jerry Jones has final say — but sometimes Jones would get talked out of making a splashy move, most famously when…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY GM Brian Gutenkist signals he is open for business – up or down.  Jim Owczarski of the Green Bay Press-Gazette: Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst conducted a conference call Monday afternoon in advance of the NFL draft, the first time he or any…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL had a mock draft on Monday to work out the kinks on the on-line, virtual draft system.  There were plenty of kinks to be worked out according to early tweets. @AdamSchefter Text from a participant on the NFL’s mock draft that started at 1 pm EST. “Mock draft…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King is hopeful: In the last 10 days, I have not heard a coach or GM, even off the record while gathering informational chum for my mock, complain about the inconvenience of drafting alone and from home. Veach shares his home with a wife, four kids and two Australian…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT GM Bob Quinn admits the Lions are listening to offers for the #3 overall pick.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: One week after NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported the Lions were listening to offers for the No. 3 pick, the team’s general manager confirmed it.   Detroit…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing While hoping to stay on schedule, the NFL knows that there are public authorities that want to shut down everything for as long as possible.  They tell the Washington Post that they are making contingency plans.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s official position is that it’s planning to…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This from Dr. Anthony Fauci per Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com:   Dr. Anthony Fauci believes American sports can return sooner than some are expecting, but only if strict protocols are in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.   Fauci said in a Snapchat interview that sports can…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   DETROIT Add DT DAMON HARRISON to the list of ex-Lions who were miserable under the current regime in Detroit.  Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press:   Damon Harrison spent the first three weeks of training camp on the non-football injury list last summer, when he said…