Daily Briefing

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…

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 16, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  QB MARK SANCHEZ receives a four-game suspension.  Thomas Lott of The Sporting News:   Mark Sanchez wasn’t exactly a hot commodity on the free-agent block, but after Friday, he will be even less sought-after.   The veteran quarterback has been suspended for the first four games…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 13, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC EAST   DALLAS Todd Archer of ESPN.com on the choices facing the Cowboys vis a vis WR DEZ BRYANT:   At some point Friday, Dez Bryant is expected to meet with Jerry Jones at The Star with the future of the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time leader…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 12, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Tim McManus of ESPN.com with the highlights of the 2018 preseason schedule released by the NFL on Wednesday:   The NFL released its preseason schedule Wednesday night and among the highlights is a Week 2 matchup between the two participants in Super Bowl LII, the Philadelphia…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 11, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Steve Gardiner of USA TODAY on the future of the NFL’s Color Rush uniforms in a FOX-dominated Thursday night landscape.   Love ’em or hate ’em, the NFL’s polarizing Color Rush uniforms aren’t going away.   The Thursday Night Football staple may not be seen every…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 10, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  This from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com:   Former Falcons cornerback Jalen Collins is not currently on an NFL roster, and today’s news makes it less likely he ever will be.   Collins has been suspended for the first 10 games of the 2018 NFL season,…

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Peter King on the recent trend of teams seeming to choose fonts for their uniform numbers based on how hard to read they are:   I think I don’t understand why uniform numbers can’t be simple. Just like I never understood why the Bucs made the…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 6, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC WEST   ARIZONA The DB thought he knew every QB in the NFL.  The Cardinals have proven that not to be true with their latest two acquisitions, both waiver claims.  Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic:   The Cardinals have been awarded waiver claims on…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Patriots WR JULIAN EDELMAN acted responsibly to a threat posted on his Instagram account – as did authorities in Port Huron, Michigan (key fact) – and a school shooting may have been prevented.  Mike Reiss at ESPN.com:   New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is…