The Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Drew Rosenhaus warns us – there is more to come.  The Spun: Longtime NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus has already seen some of his most prominent clients sign lucrative free agency deals (J.C. Jackson) and be part of blockbuster trades (Tyreek Hill).   At this afternoon’s introductory press conference for Hill,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC WEST   LOS ANGELES RAMS Will the Rams be inking former Seahawks LB BOBBY WAGNER?  Josh Alper ofProFootballTalk.com: Shortly after Bobby Wagner was released by the Seahawks earlier this month, word surfaced that other teams in the NFC West were interested in signing the veteran linebacker. Nothing materialized immediately,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Can this possibly be true?  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Once it became apparent that the current supply of potential starting quarterbacks may not meet the demand, Colin Kaepernick became more visible than he had been, as it relates to his desire to play football. Now, a trainer who has been…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS Cowboys TE DALTON SCHULTZ has signed his franchise tag. Charean Williams ofESPN.com: The sides have until July 15 to work out a long-term deal. Otherwise, he will play this season under the one-year, $10.9 million tender.   The Cowboys waived tight end Blake Jarwin with an…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA QB KIRK COUSINS is extended for a year, giving him two years now left on his deal.  Ben Goessling of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: The 2022 season will be Kirk Cousins’ fifth as the Vikings’ quarterback. He’s got a new contract that could keep him around for…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO The Bears new regime is getting rid of EDGE KHALIL MACK.  Adam Schefter of ESPN.com: The Chicago Bears are finalizing a trade that will send six-time Pro-Bowl defensive end Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles Chargers, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.   The Chargers are…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT WR JOSH REYNOLDS, a former Ram like QB JARED GOFF, is re-upping with the Lions. Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Wide receiver Josh Reynolds went through the free agency process last year and wound up signing with the Titans, but the move turned out poorly as he fell…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY The rumormongers said QB AARON RODGERS took $200 million to stay in Green Bay.  He denies the former, but confirms the latter. Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com: The beautiful mystery tour will continue. Aaron Rodgers is not done with the Green Bay Packers just yet, and…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We have a cap for 2022 – and it is more than $200 million.  Michael Baca of NFL.com: The salary cap for the 2022 season has been set, and the number signifies a return to normalcy.   The NFL’s salary cap has risen to $208.2 million per team for the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King thinks the powers that be will resist the siren call of moving the Scouting Combine, an Indianapolis institution, to a more glamorous locale: The Combine’s locale On Saturday, the day I left, I asked a major NFL operative what he’d heard about the site of the 2023 combine.…