The Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING ProFootballFocus.com has rankings of every NFL roster from 1 to 32.  We have select teams below.  You can find your favorite club here, NFC EAST   NEW YORK GIANTS WR DARIUS SLAYTON wants a raise, but he was at Giants OTA’s on Tuesday.  Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post: Darius Slayton…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Before we get to the NFL, we actually think we discovered something of some significance that others have missed, from looking at the Scottie Scheffler videos. UNRAVELING SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER The DB has done a little detective work with the case of Scottie Scheffler.  It doesn’t solve what happened, but we can now…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Roger Goodell does not come off as pushing an 18-game schedule hard in his owner’s meeting media availability.  Nevertheless, Mike Florio thinks we are headed well beyond 18 games: Last month, the Commissioner floated for the first time in a long time the possibility of 18 regular-season games. On Wednesday, he addressed…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The chain gang, or at least its prime function, could be imperiled, to the delight of many.  Jonathan Jones of CBSSports.com: The chain may no longer keep us together.   The NFL is moving forward this preseason with an optical tracking system for line-to-gain rulings, sources tell CBS Sports. The system had…

THE DAILY BRIEFING These are the three teams with the longest current draughts without a playoff WIN.  Three franchises with proud histories and multiple Super Bowl wins back in the day. Current playoff losing streak Seasons 23        Miami Dolphins                        0-6 in playoff games since last win 21        Las Vegas Raiders                 0-3 in playoff games…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores still is in the process of suing at least three NFL teams for their failure to hire him or keep him employed.  But two teams have hired him since the law suit was fired and he’s participating in a program to let other…

THE DAILY BRIEFING We slugged in everyone’s schedule below, although our cut and paste was from different sources.  We apologize for the different formats. This on the byes – BYE WEEKS Week 5 – (4) – DET, LAC, PHI, TEN Week 6 – (4) – KC, LAR, MIA, MIN Week 7 – (2) – CHI,…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The next shoe to drop on tomorrow’s schedule release was Cowboys at Browns late in Week 1 on FOX – with a confirmation that Tom Brady will be in the booth.  Richard Deitsch of The Athletic: Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will begin his broadcast career as Fox’s lead analyst during…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Texans and the Bengals were the favorites in many quarters to be the Opening Night opponent for the Chiefs.  But they aren’t.  Adam Teicher of ESPN.com gets the scoop. The Kansas City Chiefs will open their attempt for a three-peat when they host the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL’s annual prime-time…

THE DAILY BRIEFING From Warren Sharp: wins in last 48 divisional games (8 yrs):   41 – KC 40 39 38 37 36 35 – DAL 34 – PIT 33 32 31 – NO, NE 30 – GB 29 – PHI 28 – BUF 27 – LA, TEN 26 – SEA, HOU, MIN, BAL, MIA…