The Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Roaming the corridors and lobbies of Indy, Jeff Howe of The Athletic says the rest of the NFL thinks QB AARON RODGERS will remain a Packer. There’s a widespread belief around the league that quarterback Aaron Rodgers will remain with the Packers. Teams have inquired…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL declares COVID is over.  Sam Farmer of the LA Times: @LATimesfarmer NFL is dropping all COVID protocols. Teams just got the memo. No more mandatory testing, Kinexon devices… masking on a team-by-team basis. NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Coach Matt LaFleur is not bothering QB AARON RODGERS.  Rob…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Matt LaFleur confirms that the return of veteran coach Tom Clements happened with input from QB AARON RODGERS.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: The first sign that Aaron Rodgers was leaning toward a return to the Packers came when the team announced Tom Clements as their…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The Packers give up a home game (in a season when nine would be scheduled for the first time) to play their first international game.  Grant Gordon of NFL.com on the record five international contests: Five NFL teams will host 2022 international games in three countries — highlighted by the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com hears that the Competition Committee may not let the Bills have lost in vain:   Two Sundays ago, during the Super Bowl pregame show, we pointed out that the owners may adopt this year a simple and straightforward solution to the inherently unfair postseason overtime procedures…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY For all the talk about culture and Super Bowl windows, Diana Russini of ESPN.com went on the Rich Eisen show and said she hears that cold hard cash (and/or bitcoin) is a big factor for QB AARON RODGERS going forward.  Darrelle Lincoln of TotalProSports.com: According…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO If Bill Barnwell ran the Bears, his number one priority would be the offensive line: Get (most of) a new offensive line. New coach Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy have a huge task ahead of them. The Bears have quarterback Justin Fields, which is exciting,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS goes on Pat McAfee’s show and says a lot of nice things about Packers management, but he doesn’t say, yet, that he is back for 2022.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers isn’t saying what his future in football…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL yields to the desires of the rookies and their agents for a less cumbersome Combine.  ESPN.com: The NFL scouting combine on Monday night sent a memo to all prospective NFL players attending next month’s annual pre-draft event in Indianapolis, revising its policies and procedures regarding COVID-19 protocols.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King on the past postseason, forgetting the Wild Card round:   Apples to apples, this was the most competitive playoff season in modern NFL history.   I measured it in two ways: one-score games (games decided by eight points or fewer) in the final seven playoff games per season,…