Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, October 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today, Kansas City sits atop the AFC with Cincinnati, yes Cincinnati, getting the other bye.                                                                   Div            Conf Kansas City                 West    4-0            2-0             3-0 Cincinnati                    North   3-1            1-0             2-0 Miami                          East     3-1            1-1             3-1 Tennessee     …

The Daily Briefing Monday, October 1, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Is four weeks too early to start, If The Season Ended Today?  Maybe…   NFC                                                                                                                                                                                                        Div             Conf Los Angeles Rams      West      4-0          1-0              2-0                                                       Chicago                       North     3-1           0-1             3-1                                                       New Orleans               South     3-1           1-1             2-1                                                       Washington                …

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 28, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The former Governor’s Cup match-up won’t be played in Missouri this year.  Or in California.  Or in the U S of A.  No, Mike Florio is looking ahead to a scoreboard-busting match-up in Mexico.   The Governor’s Cup used to ride on the outcome of games…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, September 27, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The Competition Committee “clarifies” the new roughing the passer rule.  Herbie Teope of NFL.com:   Recent controversy over the NFL’s point of emphasis on a defender avoiding the placement of body weight on a quarterback prompted the NFL competition committee to meet Wednesday night via teleconference.…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 26, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Competition committee member Sean Payton says someone up the NFL chain of command seems to have deleted the words “intentionally” from their instructions about body weight on the quarterback sowing confusion among the rank and file officials.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s Competition Committee…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, September 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The helmet rule was supposed to change/ruin the game, but it has been relatively benign through the first three weeks. But the addenda to roughing the passer that seems to defy the laws of physics is confounding everyone. Jerry Jones is part of the pushback against…

The Daily Briefing Monday, September 24, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  It seems like a simple task, pick the winner, straight up of one measly NFL game each week.  But three weeks in, your typical survivor pool is a massacre.   The DB has a familiarity with one that started the year with 340 entrants.  In Week…

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 21, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  An edited look at Bill Barnwell’s look at the chances of the 0-2 team to be relevant in 2018.  If you want to muddle through the whole thing, it is here:   The NFL season is two weeks old, and a minimum of six organizations are…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, September 20, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  An overview of the NFL so far from Bill Barnwell of ESPN.com:   The first two Sundays of the NFL season have been wildly entertaining. After an oft-frustrating 2017 season saw breakout stars Deshaun Watson and Carson Wentz suffer torn ACLs and future Hall of Famers…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 19, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Former NFL OT Joe Thomas, genetically engineered to want to see QBs safe and healthy, is still aghast at the NFL’s incredible contention, as voiced by Al Riveron, that Packers LB CLAY MATTHEWS committed an obvious crime with his textbook and timely post-pass takedown of KIRK…

The Daily Briefing Monday, September 17, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Peter King points out:   • Florida is 6-0. New York/New Jersey is 1-5.   King also spots this passage in “Big Game”, the new book by political insider Mark Leibovich:   “Goodell is clearly gifted at working the members. He makes them feel important and…

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 14, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY RealClearLife.com with some thoughts on gambling and the health of QB AARON RODGERS:   If you want to know what’s going on in NFL, follow the money … line.   As of Friday morning, BetDSI has Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron…