The Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL So 15 games have been played this week – and all but three were one-score games. Four of them were decided by points scored after the clock went to zero in regulation  – 3 in OT, the Raiders win over New England in extraordinary fashion covered elsewhere. Of the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL With the loss by the Seahawks on Thursday, here is how the NFC’s final two Wild Card spots shape up.  The winner of Sunday night’s Giants-Commanders game will have a leg up on the 2nd spot. Dallas              WC1                10-3                 2          7-3 Washington     WC2                 7-5-1               3          4-4-1…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The NFL will talk about making roughing the passer calls reviewable.  NFL.com: The NFL has been no stranger to controversial roughing the passer penalties this season, but the league could be on the verge of a seismic adjustment to officiating that play and others.   NFL executive vice president…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Warren Sharp says you are correct if you think there have been more 4th quarter comebacks than usual:   @SharpFootball wins when losing entering the 4th quarter*   2022:  45 2021:  26 2020:  30 2019:  29 2018:  33 2017:  27 2016:  31   *thru wk 14   45 wins…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL A good thought by Dan Pompei in The Athletic as the Chiefs and Cowboys navigated past horrid losses: “We should never be too concerned with almost losses. They are part of the fabric of the NFL.” – – – If The Season Ended Today in the AFC, the Patriots…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today In The NFC:                                                 W-L              Div        Conf       Playoff% x-Philadelphia       East           12-1                 1          7-1           In Minnesota             North         10-3                 1          6-3           99 San Francisco       West          9-4                  1          7-2           98 Tampa Bay           South         6-7                  1          6-3           74 Dallas                    WC1          10-3                 2          7-3          …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL We just noticed that 5-7 Detroit is a 2.5-point favorite over 10-2 Minnesota. Someone with a better database than the DB might want to see if and when a team with 5 more wins than its opponent (and a healthy starting QB) has been an underdog. NFC NORTH DETROIT…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT The Lions have played 9 of their 12 games against teams with .500 or better records.  They are 2-7 in those games with 5 of the losses by 4 or fewer points.  They are 3-0 against teams with losing records.  Nick Baumgarner of The Athletic on…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC – the rest of the conference is closer to the AFC teams:                                    W-L    HTH    Div        Conf Buffalo             East     9-3       1          1          6-2 Kansas City     West    9-3       -1         1          5-3 Baltimore         North   8-4                   1          5-3 Tennessee      South   7-5                   1          5-3…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO It looks like it will be a battle of the starting QBs on Sunday as QB AARON RODGERS practiced for the Packers and QB JUSTIN FIELDS seems good to go for the Bears.  Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times: Bears quarterback Justin Fields took a major…