Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 23, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If the Giants are any indication, players will be able to protest on the sideline without fear of having anything taken out of their paycheck, even if the NFL’s new rule sticks in its battle with the NFLPA.  Matt Lombardo of NJAdvanceMedia.com:   Giants co-owner Steve…

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 20, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFLPA seems to have realized that suing the NFL to allow their members to disrespect/protest during the Anthem might not be a great way to grow the game or enhance their members reputations with the bulk of NFL fans.  Austin Knoblach of NFL.com:   The…

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 13, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  At least as far as Twitter is concerned, Ray Lewis is a fraud.  Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com:   Hall of Fame linebacker turned television commentator Ray Lewis was one of the celebrities named in a New York Times exposé about buying Twitter followers, and now…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, July 12, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Earlier this week, we had the list of five teams that Will Brinson of CBSSports.com thinks will fall out of the playoffs in 2018 after making it in ’17 (the Eagles were the most surprising, also Bills, Titans, Chiefs and Panthers).   Now he replaces them:…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, July 11, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Can Matt Nagy do for the Bears offense what Sean McVay did for the Rams in 2017?  Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com:   The only thing worse than being bad is being bad and boring. The John Fox Chicago Bears were bad and…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 10, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFLPA is going all-in to regain the right to have its members protest on the field during the National Anthem.  NFL Draft Scout:   The NFL Players Association filed a grievance on Tuesday against the league’s new national anthem policy.   NFL commissioner Roger Goodell…

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The RedZone.org points out that there are four unsigned franchise players with the deadline a week away:   The Cowboys, Lions, Rams and Steelers are apprroaching a deadline to sign their franchise tagged players to a long-term contract.   Those players are Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus…

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 6, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If the NFL’s new anthem policy, which stirred the ire of the social justice crowd of players and media, was designed to placate Donald Trump – it failed.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The President has continued to periodically slam the NFL over the anthem issue.…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, July 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Mike Florio on how a four-game suspension can become a two-game suspension for PED usage:   While reviewing the PED policy earlier today in connection with the Julian Edelman suspension, I noticed a provision I’ve either never seen before or at some point knew about and…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 3, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL is tired of dancing to the tune of Colin Kaepernick and his lawyer.  Charles Robinson of YahooSports.com:   The NFL is attempting to force Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the league to a close, sources familiar with the proceedings have told Yahoo Sports.  …

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Albert Breer says the NFL is going to allow alternate jerseys to be worn more often this year.   Want some uniform news? The NFL is relaxing its policy so that teams will now be able to wear their alternates/throwbacks or color rush jerseys on three occasions…

The Daily Briefing Friday, June 29, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Count Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report among those worried about the impact of the NFL’s new helmet rule:   It’s the 2018 season, December in Carolina, and the Panthers are in the postseason hunt. They are playing the division-leading Saints, and quarterback Cam Newton is scrambling.…