Daily Briefing

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…

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…