Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today –   Pittsburgh fell from the 2nd seed to 4th in Week 12.  Big wins for the Ravens and Colts, now the leading contenders for the final playoff spot with Denver and Cleveland now part of the conversation.                                                                 Div            Conf Kansas City                 West    9-2           3-0             7-1…

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today In the NFC –   The Panthers, losers of 3 straight, have fallen all the way out of the playoffs.  They will be behind the eight-ball in any matchup with Seattle now.    And the Packers?  They have to make up the equivalent of three games on…

AROUND THE NFL Tale of two states.   After Week 3 of the 2018 season, the three Florida teams were a combined 7-2, since then they have gone 4-14.   After Week 3 of the 2018 season, the two Texas teams were a combined 1-5, since then they have gone 12-3.  Actually, it is 11-2…

AROUND THE NFL Well, that was a pretty epic weekend.  Ten of the 12 games were decided by five points or less.    – – –   If The Season Ended Today –   In the AFC, Week 11 tightened everything with losses by the Chiefs, the two Wild Card teams thru Week 10 (Chargers,…

AROUND THE NFL  The venue wasn’t the only thing the NFL changed at the last minute for tonight’s big game.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com:   The NFL took the unusual step this week of assigning an “all-star” officiating crew to the most highly anticipated game of the season, adding to the playofflike frenzy for Monday…

Jeff Legwold of ESPN.com has some ideas if you think the NFL’s emphasis on offense has gone too far.   The video of this NFL season might as well be called: Quarterbacks Gone Wild.   The touchdowns have piled up as the concepts and innovations are celebrated along with the newest generation of golden-armed passers…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, November 15, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NBC has FLEXed its muscles for the 3rd and 4th time this year, taking one from CBS and one from FOX.  FOX gets both games back.  Herbie Teope of NFL.com:   The league moved the Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers game in Week 13 from…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, November 13, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Ay, caramba. This from Adam Schefter:   @AdamSchefter Discussions continue about whether Monday night’s Chiefs-Rams game will be played in Mexico City, LA or postponed, per sources. NFL determined to play it Monday night in Mexico City, but the field is “a mess” and might not…

The Daily Briefing Monday, November 12, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today in the AFC:   Pittsburgh jumps New England after the Patriots fail to show up in Nashville.  That would be huge if it stands up.  The last time the Patriots did not get a bye and appeared on Wild Card weekend…

The Daily Briefing Friday, November 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  This record Thursday night:   The Steelers and Panthers in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game did something no two teams had done in the Super Bowl era.   They combined for three touchdowns in 23 seconds, a record for the shortest span, according to…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, November 8, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Bill Barnwell of ESPN.com on the Bears:   FPI feels quite confident that the Lions, who have a 1.7 percent shot of winning the division, are out of the NFC North race. Otherwise, it’s open. The 5-3 Bears are unsurprisingly the FPI…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, November 7, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Jason Lisk of The Big Lead on the battle between Oakland and others for the first overall pick.   With the contenders and pretenders sorting themselves out as we have hit the midway point of the season, the race for the worst record is clearing up…