Daily Briefing

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…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, November 6, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today in the AFC –   All four division leaders won, as did the Chargers, Dolphins and Titans.  So that was bad news for the byed Bengals and losing Ravens.  The conventional wisdom would be that we have our four division winners…

The Daily Briefing Monday, November 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  One thing you can say about the 2018 NFL so far (knock on wood) is that whether it is the new rules or good luck, the NFL’s quarterbacks are staying healthy.  Of the three QBs who have been hurt, only JIMMY GAROPPOLO would count as a…

The Daily Briefing Friday, November 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Earlier this week, we noted that the 2015 draft was nothing special.  Michael David Smith looks at the coaching class of 2016 hires:   In 2016, seven NFL teams hired new head coaches. Most of those coaches have now been fired.   When the Browns fired…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, November 1, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Bill Barnwell has a look at the two-year futures of all 32 teams here.   Here is his explanation of what he did:   Recently, I was talking to Lindsay Jones of The Athletic on my podcast, and we started wondering what the 2020 Raiders’ roster might…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, October 31, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  A tweet from Andrew Siciliano:   Over 1/3 of 1st round of 2015 @NFL Draft now traded or released.   #3 Dante Fowler, Jr. #4 Amari Cooper #9 Ereck Flowers #12 Danny Shelton #18 Marcus Peters #19 Cameron Erving #26 Breshad Perriman #28 Laken Tomlinson #29…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, October 30, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today in the AFC –                                                                 Div            Conf Kansas City                 West    7-1           3-0             6-1 New England               East    6-2            2-0             5-1  Pittsburgh                    North   4-2-1         2-1-1         2-2-1 Houston                       South  5-3            2-1             4-2 LA Chargers                WC      5-2            1-1             4-1 Cincinnati                    WC   …

The Daily Briefing Monday, October 29, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today – it was a big week for the Bears as everyone else in the NFC North lost.  The Redskins also were the lone winners in the East.   NFC                                                          Div             Conf Los Angeles Rams      West      8-0          3-0              5-0                                                    New Orleans              …

The Daily Briefing Friday, October 26, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Matthew Berry says the top QB in Fantasy Football – at this snapshot moment in time – is, of all people, QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY of the Bears:   Mahomes, Shmahomes … As great as young Patrick is, there’s not a hotter QB…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, October 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The DB expresses our sorrow at the passing of Anna Pompei, daughter of Dan Pompei, a longtime writer for the Chicago Tribune, now with The Athletic.     NFC NORTH   DETROIT Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com reminds us how the pick the 49ers sent to…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, October 24, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Up until today, parts of the NFL’s Week 15 and Week 16 schedule were up in the air.  Now we know which two games will go to Saturday in Week 16 and when they will kickoff.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The broadcast antitrust exception that…