The Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Commish will indeed be The Commish for the forseeable future.  Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: Sorry, haters. You’ll have to deal with Roger Goodell through 2027.   Daniel Kaplan reports that the long-expected extension is finally done. The long-time Commissioner will be on the job for three years beyond the expiration of his…

THE DAILY BRIEFING After Week 6, no one is undefeated with five one-loss teams.  Here is how they stack up, If The Season Ended Today: W-L                 Conf 1  Kansas City       West         5-1                   3-0 2  Miami                 East          5-1                   3-1 3  Baltimore           North        4-2                  4-2 4  Jacksonville       South        4-2                   3-2 5  Buffalo               WC1         4-2                   2-2 6 …

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO It’s a dislocated thumb for QB JUSTIN FIELDS. Bears quarterback Justin Fields has a dislocated right thumb and is doubtful to play against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7, coach Matt Eberflus said Monday.   Fields suffered the injury in the third quarter of the Bears’ 19-13 loss…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Today’s baseball nugget – There were five teams that won more than 90 games this year in MLB.  None made the Final Four (TM by another organization). Those 5 teams  – Atlanta, LA Dodgers, Baltimore, Tampa Bay and Milwaukee – were a collective 1-13 in postseason play. This from Katie Sharp: @ktsharp…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO Was the win over Washington, fueled by a pass rush against a very sackable team, a one off or have the Bears turned the corner on defense?  Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: Hours after his team celebrated its first win in 364 days, Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus was in…

THE DAILY BRIEFING A baseball nugget – The AL East was the best division in baseball throughout the 2023 regular season. The two team with the best records in the AL were in the AL East.  Baltimore won 101 games and runner-up Tampa Bay with 99 had 9 more wins than the third-best AL team.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING After Week 5, our first edition for 2023 of If The Season Ended Today: W-L                 Conf 1  Kansas City       West         4-1                   2-0 2  Miami                 East          4-1                   3-1 3  Pittsburgh          North        3-2                   3-1 4  Jacksonville       South        3-2                   2-2 5  Indianapolis       WC1         3-2                  3-1 6  Baltimore           WC2         3-2                  3-2 7  Buffalo               WC3        …

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT Colton Pouncy of The Athletic on the Lions growing confidence: There’s nothing Dan Campbell loves more than when his football team indirectly tells him everything’s going to be OK.   Of course, that responsibility usually falls on Campbell. Coaches are supposed to be the calm amid chaos. We saw…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO The 14-game losing streak is over. Is it a turning point – or an aberration spurred by a lax Commanders effort? The DB knows that the longest losing streak in NFL history ended late in 1977.  Two years and a month later, the Buccaneers were in the NFC Championship…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO Is Matt Eberflus coaching for his job tonight?  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com has his eyes on President Kevin Warren: Bears coach Matt Eberflus has a record of 3-18 as a head coach, with 14 straight losses.   Tonight, it could be 3-19 — and consecutive loss No. 15. Some…