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Daily Briefing Chris Myers around the NFL. Covering all NFL games, pre-games and post-games. Keep up to date with all the daily briefings below.
The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL Sad news with the passing of former 49ers WR Dwight Clark at the age of 61. His wife took to Clark’s Twitter page to make the announcement: @DwightC87 I’m heartbroken to tell you that today I lost my best friend and husband. He passed peacefully…
Read More The Daily Briefing Monday, June 4, 2018
The Daily Briefing Monday, June 4, 2018 AROUND THE NFL This from Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL is going to show some pride. According to Cyd Zeigler of Outsports.com, the NFL is sponsoring a float in the New York City Pride March on June 24, the first time the league has participated in…
Read More The Daily Briefing Friday, June 1, 2018
The Daily Briefing Friday, June 1, 2018 AROUND THE NFL NFC SOUTH ATLANTA Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com with an interesting number on the INTs of QB MATT RYAN who was bedeviled by “skipping stone” picks last year: Atlanta’s Matt Ryan threw 12 interceptions last season, which is not an inordinately high number for a…
Read More The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 31, 2018
The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 31, 2018 AROUND THE NFL Not everything on Twitter is awful. This tweet started with a young Arizona State graduate/student and aspiring media type named Delilah Cassidy trying to board an American Airlines flight (we’re guessing Dallas to Phoenix, but it’s not clear). Take it away Delilah: @Delilah_Cassidy WOW okay…
Read More The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 30, 2018
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 30, 2018 AROUND THE NFL The Senior Bowl has a new executive director per Chase Goodbread of NFL.com: The Reese’s Senior Bowl has hired Jim Nagy as its new executive director. Nagy comes from the Seattle Seahawks, where he served for five years as the club’s scout for the Southeast region.…
Read More The Daily Briefing Friday, May 25, 2018
The Daily Briefing Friday, May 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL John Harbaugh of the Ravens, the coach with PK JUSTIN TUCKER, has a vested interest in making the kickoff more exciting. Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: As the NFL continues to discuss ways to change the kickoff and reduce the number of collisions that take…
Read More The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 24, 2018
The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 24, 2018 AROUND THE NFL The NFL with approval of the new safety initiatives: NFL owners voted Tuesday to adopt a revamped kickoff play for the 2018 season. The changes will make kickoffs more like punts and limit full-speed collisions. The adjustments were made in conjunction with special teams…
Read More The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 23, 2018 AROUND THE NFL The NFL with approval of the new safety initiatives: NFL owners voted Tuesday to adopt a revamped kickoff play for the 2018 season. The changes will make kickoffs more like punts and limit full-speed collisions. The adjustments were made in conjunction with special teams…
Read More The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 10, 2018
The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 10, 2018 AROUND THE NFL Phil Savage was a great face for the Senior Bowl for the last six years, but no more. Curtis Crabtree of ProFootballTalk.com: The Senior Bowl and Phil Savage are “mutually parting ways” after six years with Savage serving as the event’s director. “The national…
Read More The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 9, 2018
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL OverTheCap.com theorizes that these are the teams that have “earned” compensatory 3rd round draft picks next year by letting outgoing free agents sign for big money (APY is Average Per Year of the new contract): Team Round Compensated Free Agent APY WAS 3 Kirk Cousins …
Read More The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 8, 2018
The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 8, 2018 AROUND THE NFL With the Sedins of hockey fame retiring, fans of twins can turn to the NFL. Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The Seahawks made news at the NFL draft when they selected Shaquem Griffin, the twin brother of Seattle’s second-year player Shaquill Griffin. But the Patriots…
Read More The Daily Briefing Monday, May 7, 2018
The Daily Briefing Monday, May 7, 2018 AROUND THE NFL Mark Maske of the Washington Post says the NFL owners are hopelessly divided about whether to require conventional standing for the National Anthem. NFL owners are considering a compromise solution to the sport’s national anthem policy that would make it a team-by-team decision whether to…
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