Daily Briefing

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…

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   …

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…

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…

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.…