The Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Dianna Russini of The Athletic points out one time the “experts” in the media were right: @DMRussiniBen Johnson and Mike Vrabel were the two hottest names on the coaching carousel this past offseason. After 13 weeks, the Bears and Patriots are the No. 1 seeds in their respective conferences. A data point in favor of the Patriots…

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today: NFC                                                           ConfChicago                        North      9-3          6-2LA Rams                      West       9-3          4-3Philadelphia                 East        8-4          7-3Tampa Bay                  South      7-5          5-2Seattle                          WC1       9-3         5-3Green Bay                   WC2       8-3-1      6-1-1San Francisco              WC3       9-4         8-2 Detroit                                          7-5         4-4Carolina                                       7-6          5-3Dallas                                          6-5-1       3-4-1 At this point, the Bears and Packers in the NFC North and the Big Three in…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  DETROITThe Lions lost the game and WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN on Thursday.   St. Brown’s ankle injury isn’t too bad – but will he be back next Thursday for the Cowboys?  Myles Simmons of ProFootballTalk.com: There is some relatively positive news on the injury front for one of Detroit’s key offensive players. Per Tom Pelissero…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOThe Bears are this year’s Chiefs.  They are 8-3 with a -3 point differential. They are 6-1 in one-score games, 6-0 since their Week 1 loss to Minnesota.  NFC EAST  NEW YORK GIANTSAfter his fabulous receiving TD Sunday in Detroit, is WR JAMEIS WINSTON headed to TAYSOM HILL territory?  Brian Jones of On3.com: Jameis…

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the NFC – it looks like the NFC South winner will be a couple of games below the Wild Card line: NFC                                                           ConfLA Rams                      West       9-2          4-2Philadelphia                 East        8-3          7-2Chicago                        North      8-3          5-2Tampa Bay                  South      6-5          4-2Seattle                          WC1       8-3         4-3Green Bay                   WC2       7-3-1      5-1-1San Francisco              WC3       8-4        …

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: Even with their win over the Colts, the Chiefs still sit outside the playoff line.  On the other hand, the Ravens are tied in record, and ahead on tie breakers, in the AFC North: If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: AFC                                                            ConfNew England              East        10-2          …

AROUND THE NFL The NFL goes ahead and announces a Week 14 Sunday schedule Flex a few days before they had to.  Bryan DeArdo on the fiddling with two FOX games: The NFL made has made two notable changes to its Week 14 schedule.  The league has moved the start of the Chicago Bears’ road game against…

AROUND THE NFL NFL fans are beginning to take a liking (with their viewing anyway) to the 9:30 ET/6:30 PT starts from across the pond.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Many NFL fans would prefer for their teams not to give up home games to play overseas, but all indications are that the NFL thinks playing in…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  MINNESOTADan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler on the questions that have to now be racing around the Minnesota front office: What’s the buzz on J.J. McCarthy through five starts? Are the Vikings concerned? Fowler: The accuracy is a concern. There’s no hiding from that. Balls are sailing, and that affects the entire offense.…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOOn the one hand, the Bears are 7-3 – and that’s good. But enthusiasm is tempered by the fact they have played one game against a team currently with a winning record – and they lost that one to the Lions in Week 2 by a score of 52-21. On the other…