The Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING Eli Manning notes:   @EliManning All 8 starting QB’s this weekend were counselors at the Manning Passing Academy. Pretty cool. This is possible because QB TOM BRADY, whose high school and college days pre-date the Mannings and their camp is not one of the eight. In fact, not one of the Elite…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Here’s a note from Evan Kaplan: @EpKap Another AFC vs NFC trend this weekend.   The 4 remaining AFC teams have 2 Super Bowl wins (both by Chiefs) and are a combined 2-9 in the SB.   The 4 remaining NFC teams have 15 Super Bowl wins (Cowboys 5, 49ers 5, Giants…

THE DAILY BRIEFING How would you handicap the Elite Eight? It’s easy to say that the Jaguars are in 8th and most would probably have the Giants in 7th?  But after that?  Let’s check in with Vegas through Jennifer Piacenti of SI.com: Super Bowl LVII Outright Winner Odds   • Kansas City Chiefs +275 •…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Peter King sets up next week: Eight games left in the 2022 season, starting tonight in Tampa. The lineup for the NFL’s elite eight, starting with the divisional matchups next weekend:   Saturday 4:30 p.m. ET: Jacksonville (10-8, AFC 4 seed) at Kansas City (14-3, AFC 1 seed), NBC.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The NFL has decided on Atlanta for the possible neutral site Buffalo-Kansas City NFC Championship Game – taking two outdoor teams inside.  Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com is unhappy with the choice: If an AFC Championship between the Bills and Chiefs had been held in Buffalo or Kansas City, it would…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Field Yates of ESPN.com has a cheat sheet:   @FieldYates Current known vacancies:   Head coaches: Broncos, Cardinals, Colts, Panthers, Texans   GMs: Cardinals, Titans   Offensive Coordinators: Commanders, Jets, Rams, Titans   Defensive Coordinators: Browns, Falcons – – – Two more teams in the Sean Payton Derby.  Nick…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Here are the QBs drafted in 2022 – with the two who will start a playoff game this week in bold. 1          1-20     Kenny Pickett          PIT 2          3-74     Desmond Ridder     ATL 3          3-86     Malik Willis              TEN 4          3-94     Matt Corral              CAR 5          4-137   Bailey Zappe           NE 6          5-144   Sam…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio with a harsh tweet during Georgia-TCU: @ProFootballTalk This sort of feels like the eventual Vikings-49ers game in the divisional round. Nobody seems too outraged this year that the 8-9 Buccaneers are hosting the 12-5 Cowboys, but we thought we would take a look at how the seedings…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Peter King from inside the vote to change the playoff rules after the Buffalo-Cincinnati cancellation: Factoids from the one-hour virtual NFL meeting Friday, during which a one-year change to the playoffs was approved because the league did not want to make up the cancelled Buffalo-Cincinnati game last week:  …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The NFL has a plan – and we would think it should be well received. The NFL announced today that the Week 17 Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals game will not be resumed and has been cancelled.   NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell informed all clubs of his decision earlier…