Daily Briefing

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…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, October 23, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC EAST   DALLAS The consensus is that WR AMARI COOPER is not worth the first round pick (likely to be in the teens) that the Cowboys sent to the Raiders.  Terez Paylor of YahooSports.com:   It has become routine week after week for the Dallas…

The Daily Briefing Monday, October 22, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The Patriots and Chiefs continue to dominate the AFC in our If The Season Ended Today after Week 7:   If The Season Ended Today in the AFC:                                                                    Div            Conf Kansas City                 West    6-1            2-0             5-1 New England               East     5-2            1-0             4-1 Pittsburgh                    North…

The Daily Briefing Friday, October 19, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  You think 2018 is big?  You ain’t seen nothing yet as the NFL gets ready to pull out all the stops for its 100th season next year.   The NFL will be celebrating its 100th season in 2019, and the league officially revealed the logo that…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, October 18, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Chris Wesseling of NFL.com with a list of players making a push for big contracts.  The whole thing is here.    Edited version below:   Striking gold in the free-agent market can accelerate — or even eliminate — the rebuilding process for NFL franchises.   The Chicago…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, October 17, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL’s Fall Meeting does not have as much angst as last year according to Jenny Vrentas of TheMMQB.com:   At this time last year, the NFL’s fall league meetings were chaotic and controversial. When owners and club representatives gathered in lower Manhattan in October 2017,…