Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 3, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com with an update on the fate of the kickoff.   The NFL is finalizing a proposal to make significant changes to the kickoff, intensifying the tweaks of recent years in what might be a final attempt to salvage the most dangerous play…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Demand exceeds supply in London.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com:   The good news for the NFL is that its London fan base is big enough that games at Wembley Stadium sell out quickly. The bad news is there’s a growing perception among the UK fan…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 1, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Shad Khan has big plans for Wembley.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com:   Jaguars owner Shahid Khan is attempting to complete a purchase of Wembley Stadium, England’s marquee “football” field, and he wants to put the NFL’s marquee game there.   Khan told the BBC that if…

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 30, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Plenty of draft grades today – we sorted them by team and edited some of the comments for space (Rob Rang of NFL Draft Scout, Nate Davis of USA TODAY, Pete Prisco of CBS Sports).   The Bears, Buccaneers and Broncos are the killer B’s with…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 27, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Adam Stiles of SBNation singles out seven picks Thursday night that went against the grain:   Twice on Thursday night a player got picked who didn’t appear in a single one of the 97 mock drafts surveyed in our 2018 database. The first was running back…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  WR ANTONIO CALLAWAY was nothing but trouble at Florida.  Now, he’s got trouble with the NFL.  Adam Schefter of ESPN.com:   Former Florida wide receiver Antonio Callaway, whom some personnel evaluators consider as talented as any wide receiver in this week’s draft, tested positive for marijuana…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 24, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Our schedule analysis today is on the teams in the two North divisions.  Shocking, but not surprising, how little schedule respect the NFL gave the teams in the AFC North not named Pittsburgh. – – – Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com is keeping track of which…

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 23, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  We have our schedule notes on all the teams in the AFC EAST and NFC EAST.  More tomorrow. – – – Peter King says the value of this draft is on Friday:   • There will be some trades in this draft that might seem one-sided.…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 20, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The schedule is out and we will have our big look at each team’s slate on Monday.  But here are a pair of looks at how the schedule came together.  First, Judy Bautista of NFL.com:   Each year, the National Football League wades through thousands of…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 19, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFL fans in Mexico get a head start on finding out the date of their annual game.  The rest of the NFL schedule comes out tonight:   The time and date of this year’s Mexico City game is no longer a mystery.   The Kansas City…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 18, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Get ready!  We get the 2019 NFL schedule on Thursday night to answer some questions and pose others about the new FOX/NFL Network relationship – among other things.    How hard will the NFL support last year’s emerging teams?  What about teams that faltered like Dallas…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 17, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL and NFLPA have come together to ban the use of certain helmets.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com:   The NFL and NFL Players Association for the first time have banned specific helmets for use, saying those models performed poorly in its annual testing procedures or…