The Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING If you care about NFL officiating, be sure to read the long piece at the bottom of today’s Briefing from Kalyn Kahler of The Athletic. Among the revelations: 1 – If officials haven’t looked to be working as hard (i.e. running) the last few years, don’t blame them.  Walt Anderson, now out…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Colts C RYAN KELLY, a Pro Bowler and union rep, is ready to stand in the way of Roger Goodell’s push for 18 games.  Jason Owens of YahooSports.com: The NFL has been testing the public-relations waters in floating an 18-game schedule.   Ryan Kelly is here for the counterpoint. The Pro Bowl…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Jacob Robinson and Diana Russini of The Athletic with this update on the rookie QBs: Here’s what they are saying about this year’s first-round quarterbacks at OTAs and minicamps (keeping in mind that it is still June).   Chicago: When Matt Eberflus was asked about Keenan Allen’s history with talented quarterbacks, the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC EAST   DALLAS Todd Archer of ESPN.com looks at RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT and his diminished role upon returning to Dallas. The Dallas Cowboys’ past is littered with some of the best running backs in NFL history, or at least runners with historical seasons.   Emmitt Smith is the NFL’s all-time leading…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Sadiq Khan, Lord Mayor of London, is angling for a Super Bowl.  The Athletic: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has reiterated his ambition to bring the Super Bowl, WrestleMania, and potential boxing events like Anthony Joshua against Daniel Dubois to London as he strives to make the UK capital the global destination…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY RB JOSH JACOBS has made the move from the glamor of Las Vegas to the wilds of Green Bay.  And he seems to be trying to get WR DAVANTE ADAMS to return.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: After speculation that he might want to be traded this offseason,…

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…