The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Monday, August 14, 2017 Peter King breaks down the big trades made by the Rams, Eagles and Bills:   “We researched trades at this time of year,” Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said Sunday afternoon, “and there’s aren’t many like this.” Trades for picks, the Bills’ GM meant. There was Sam Bradford…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, August 10, 2017 After negotiations with the official’s union, the NFL has an agreement to hire 24 “full-time” officials.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com:   The NFL and NFL Referees Association agreed Wednesday to convert up to 24 of its game officials to full-time status for the 2017 season, an important step…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 9, 2017 A fancy simulation from FootballOutsiders yields the top 15 candidates to make the postseason:   The following table shows the 15 teams with the strongest odds of making the postseason based on the simulation of the season run for Football Outsiders Almanac 2017. These odds will be updated…

The Daily Briefing Monday, August 7, 2017 Former Niners GM Trent Baalke scores a nebulous NFL pay check.  Josh Alper at ProFootballTalk.com:   Former 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke has landed a new job.   Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Baalke has been hired by the NFL as a football operations consultant. Baalke is…

The Daily Briefing Friday, August 4, 2017 There are three teams in the NFL, all AFC actually, where the starting QB position has become shaky due to injuries, which is causing COLIN KAEPERNICK coverage.  Besides what is below, check out Baltimore, Indianapolis and Miami for that latest.   Here’s CB RICHARD SHERMAN of the Seahawks…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, August 3, 2017 NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com grills Bears GM Ryan Pace on moving up one spot to draft QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY:   Ryan Pace knows how stunned you were. And the Bears GM is aware of how Chicago fans reacted to his trade of third-round and…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 2, 2017 LT RYAN CLADY, currently unsigned after ending 2016 on the Jets’ IR list with a shoulder injury, has announced his retirement.  He said there were several teams interested in signing him. – – – Ara Parseghian, a great coach and better man, passed away today at age 94. …

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Visiting the Jets on his training camp tour, The Commish says there is no such thing as “tanking” in the NFL, unlike the NBA.  Rich Cimini of ESPN.com:   There’s no tanking in football, according to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.   “I don’t think any team tanks, I really…

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 31, 2017 The study that showed a 99% rate of CTE in NFL football players made an impression with its headlines the DB has learned in lunchtime conversations the last week.  But Ben Volin of the Boston Globe says things aren’t as cut-and-dried as media headlines would want you to…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 28, 2017 As the Ravens contemplate making a controversial addition to their roster, a J.D. Power survey finds out that Colin Kaepernick had more to do with the NFL’s television ratings issues in 2016 than any other single factor.  Darren Rovell at ESPN.com:   National anthem protests were the top…