The Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL The DB and Chris Myers look back at Conference Championship Weekend at FoxSports.com. – – -The Chiefs are advancing to yet another Super Bowl – and yet again they appear to have benefited from a favorable officials ruling or two. Today’s main furor is over the inexact science of exactly spotting the ball after quarterback…

AROUND THE NFL With the hiring of Brian Schottenheimer in Dallas, we thought we would do a Saturday Briefing almost exclusively devoted to that development. Our NFC Championship Game preview is up at FoxSports.com.  NFC EAST  DALLASAnd so it is Brian Schottenheimer, who watched Mike McCarthy call the plays last year, who gets the pleasure of serving Jerry Jones…

AROUND THE NFL Our NFC Championship Game preview is up at FoxSports.com. Do we agree with Sam Monson here? @SamMonsonNFLFandom aside, what’s the better story? Kansas City 3-peatBuffalo finally gets a Super Bowl win?Rookie Jayden Daniels wins a ring (I am completely uncompelled by any Eagles storyline, sue me) I have nothing against the Eagles btw, they just quite clearly don’t have a…

AROUND THE NFL Ichiro, now a near-unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame, was apparently not much of a fan of the NFL.  Manny Gomez of NJ.com: The latest addition to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki will be remembered as one of the greatest pure hitters in history. He’ll also be thought of…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOCarmen Vitali and David Helman of FoxSports.com explore how Ben Johnson will mesh with QB CALEB WILLIAMS: How do you like Ben Johnson’s fit with Caleb Williams? What will be the biggest adjustment each will need to make for each other? Vitali: From this standpoint, the hiring of Ben Johnson should be a slam…

AROUND THE NFL We’re sorry that we missed Monday, but we are back with a full report today. Our review of the Divisionals at FoxSports.com is here  NFC NORTH  CHICAGOBen Johnson chose QB CALEB WILLIAMS, a lot of money, the current Bears management, the current Bears roster and a lot of money in deciding to become the next Bears…

AROUND THE NFL The DB and Chris Myers look at the four Divisional Playoffs match-ups in our latest piece at FoxSports.com. – – -A longtime in the making, the 18-game regular season keeps getting closer to reality.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is continuing to push for extending the regular season to 18 games. Goodell said…

AROUND THE NFL At FoxSports.com, some thoughts on last week’s action with a bit of a look ahead can be found here.  NFC NORTH  CHICAGODespite the desultory end to Pittsburgh’s season, Steelers OC and former Falcons head man Arthur Smith remains on the interview dance card of the Bears and Jets.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The Bears and Jets…

AROUND THE NFL The field is set for the Elite Eight – aka the Divisional Playoffs powered by Verizonpresented by Verizon Turbo Tax. Five of the eight are returnees from last year – all four in the AFC, but only the Lions in the NFC. Seven of the eight are 2024 division champions, with only Washington representing the…

NFC NORTH  GREEN BAYRob Demovsky of ESPN.com with the biggest priority for eliminated Green Bay: Biggest offseason priority: Find more pass rush. Whether that’s on defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley to blitz more — the Packers had one of the lowest blitz rates in the NFL — or on general manager Brian Gutekunst to find better rushers, they need to…