Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 21, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Andrew Brandt of SI.com thinks QB KIRK COUSINS will fall short of a mega-contract.   As NFL free agency approaches, we have a rare sight to behold: a true, unrestricted free agent quarterback with experience, productivity and relative youth at the game’s most important and valuable…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, February 20, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  It’s time to play tag and Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com is all over it.   It’s that time of year when the NFL reminds you its calendar rarely slows and never stops. Less than three weeks after Super Bowl LII, the first window of player movement…

The Daily Briefing Monday, February 19, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Clip and save – Peter King guesses where the QBs, rookie and veteran, will end up:   It’s amazing, really. We could see four quarterbacks (Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield) picked in the top 10 in the April draft. By the end of…

The Daily Briefing Friday, February 16, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL has announced the five cities from which the next two communities to host the draft will be selected.      The NFL Draft might be coming to your city.   The finalists to host the 2019 or 2020 draft, as announced on Thursday, are…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, February 15, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com puts forth the offseason priorities of the NFL office regarding its product:   The NFL is in full offseason mode, a time that can challenge the most dramatic parts of the regular season for news and pace. While teams prepare for roster…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 14, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  There was a time that the NFL had a rotation of teams for the Hall of Fame Game published years in advance.  Now, they wait until they see who makes the Hall – and this year there are linebackers from the Bears and Ravens.  The AP:…

The Daily Briefing Friday, February 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   DETROIT Having endured the wait to officially land a coach off a Super Bowl team, Bob Quinn blasts the rule that he can’t announce and formalize what the world already knows.  Or in the case of Indianapolis, thought it knew but for the…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 7, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Daniel Jeremiah at NFL.com asks the opinion of some execs as to who is the most chaseable QB available:   Now that Super Bowl LII is in the rearview mirror, we have officially reached the NFL’s offseason.   As much as I love the regular season…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, February 6, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Kevin Clark in The Ringer with a personal summation of the NFL after Super Bowl 52:   Something happened on Sunday that before then I’d seen only in movies. Tom Brady’s Hail Mary pass sailed through the air and into a sea of jumping, diving players,…

The Daily Briefing Monday, February 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  It’s funny, we had a tight game with some close plays, but Gene Steratore gave us the confidence it was well officiated.  The big play in that regard was the ZACH ERTZ go-ahead TD that the NBC announcers were heading down the wrong road on (until someone…

The Daily Briefing Friday, January 26, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  A rare double is possible.  From ESPN Stats & Info:   Bill Belichick and Nick Saban have dominated their professions of late. But since Saban won his first national title at Alabama in 2009, they’ve never won a championship in the same season.   The only…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, January 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The DB heard yesterday that if you had blindly bet the underdog so far in the playoffs, you would have won 9 out of 10 (or maybe, depending on your odds, 8 of 9 with a push on Minnesota’s 5-point 29-24 win over New Orleans).  The…