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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 27, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Joe Lockhart’s reign as NFL Executive VP for Communications was somewhere between so-so and disastrous depending on who you talk to.  Those who saw shortcomings faulted a combative style honed by years of fights in the political world or a lack of understanding of the business…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 26, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL Network revealed its top 10 of its top 100 – and Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com says the guy at the top is no surprise:   The NFL Network built up the final 10 spots of its top 100 with a two-hour show that lacked…

The Daily Briefing Monday, June 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  JAMEIS When we left you, there were rumblings that Buccaneers QB JAMEIS WINSTON was going to get a hefty 2018 suspension from the NFL for an incident in a 2016 Arizona Uber ride that only surfaced in 2017.  An incident that did not result in any…

The Daily Briefing Friday, June 15, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Mike Pereira on the future of the kickoff.  Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s new rules designed to reduce the impacts on kickoffs represent a last-gasp effort to keep the play in the sport.   That’s the word from former head of officiating Mike…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 14, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA The World’s Oldest Cornerback may be moving to safety.  Herbie Teope of NFL.com:   Terence Newman has accomplished a lot in the defensive secondary during his career since entering the league out of Kansas State as the fifth overall pick in the…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 13, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC EAST   DALLAS Cowboys G ZACH MARTIN will soon be the highest paid guard in NFL history.  Darin Gantt at ProFootballTalk.com:   Not only are the Cowboys on the verge of giving guard Zack Martin a contract, they’re going to give him a huge one.…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 12, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com points out that Anthem protester S ERIC REID is not the only veteran safety without a contract:   A slow-developing safety market has been a part of the Eric Reid storyline. And we’re still where we’ve been on that. On Thursday, Reid,…