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The Daily Briefing Friday, October 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Not everyone will keep up the pace or even play all 16 games, but 10 franchise season passing records are in danger of falling.  This ESPN graphic:   Ten quarterbacks are on pace to break their franchise single-season passing yards record. Four are on pace to…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, October 4, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com breaks down six reasons the NFL is an Offensive Fiesta in 2018:   When Jared Goff’s plant foot hit grass at the bottom of his drop with 1:30 left in the first half last Thursday, there were eight Viking defenders within 10…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, October 3, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA NFL Justice has fined a pair of Vikings for plays in the big loss to the Bills.  Chris Thomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press:   Vikings defensive stalwarts Anthony Barr and Linval Joseph both have been fined by the NFL.   Barr,…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, October 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today, Kansas City sits atop the AFC with Cincinnati, yes Cincinnati, getting the other bye.                                                                   Div            Conf Kansas City                 West    4-0            2-0             3-0 Cincinnati                    North   3-1            1-0             2-0 Miami                          East     3-1            1-1             3-1 Tennessee     …

The Daily Briefing Monday, October 1, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Is four weeks too early to start, If The Season Ended Today?  Maybe…   NFC                                                                                                                                                                                                        Div             Conf Los Angeles Rams      West      4-0          1-0              2-0                                                       Chicago                       North     3-1           0-1             3-1                                                       New Orleans               South     3-1           1-1             2-1                                                       Washington                …

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 28, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The former Governor’s Cup match-up won’t be played in Missouri this year.  Or in California.  Or in the U S of A.  No, Mike Florio is looking ahead to a scoreboard-busting match-up in Mexico.   The Governor’s Cup used to ride on the outcome of games…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, September 27, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The Competition Committee “clarifies” the new roughing the passer rule.  Herbie Teope of NFL.com:   Recent controversy over the NFL’s point of emphasis on a defender avoiding the placement of body weight on a quarterback prompted the NFL competition committee to meet Wednesday night via teleconference.…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 26, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Competition committee member Sean Payton says someone up the NFL chain of command seems to have deleted the words “intentionally” from their instructions about body weight on the quarterback sowing confusion among the rank and file officials.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s Competition Committee…