Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 24, 2017 AROUND THE NFL We take an in-depth look at all the NFC schedules today (all times Eastern) with the AFC coming up tomorrow.   You may want to print this out from FootballPerspective.com   NFC NORTH   CHICAGO   SCHEDULE NOTES The Bears get back-to-back primetime games in…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 21, 2017 AROUND THE NFL In the old days, the NFL’s Val Pinchbeck laboriously and manually slotted out each NFL game on a big board in a conference room while hand-crafting a schedule.  Now, a team of NFL employees waits for a computer to spit out a palatable option.  They…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 20, 2017 AROUND THE NFL We get the 2017 schedule tonight.  Eliott Harrison of NFL.com has a list of games fans will be excited to see (Harrison apparently hasn’t got the memo that Atlanta at New England will not open the 2017 season):   Ah, the Super Bowl rematch.  …

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 19, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL announced on Tuesday that it will announce its 2017 schedule at 8 p.m. on Thursday. – – – Even in a league with vast sums of money available to all and a salary cap, Brent Schrotenboer at USA TODAY says income inequality is…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 18, 2017 AROUND THE NFL John Breech of CBSSports.com has 10 things we already know about the 2017 NFL schedule – and some of those you already know if you’ve been paying attention (Patriots open at home probably against Chiefs being one of them).  But a few are a bit…

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 17, 2017 AROUND THE NFL If you read one thing today, make it the story on Konrad Reuland and Rod Carew in BALTIMORE. – – – The 2017 NFL schedule is likely to be announced this week, perhaps on Thursday.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com with some thoughts:   The schedule…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 13, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The City of St. Louis has filed a law suit against the NFL and the Rams for last year’s re-accommodation to Los Angeles.  The case starts out in a hometown court.  Ken Belson of the New York Times:   St. Louis and several groups in…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 11, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL was making some announcements on Monday.   First, there will be an NFL game, at least one, that starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Eastern U.S.  John Breech of CBSSports.com:   After spending the past five months mulling over the possibility of whether…

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 10, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The preseason schedule is all grown up and just like big brother the regular season schedule it has its own NFL Network special.  Today.  5 p.m.  Opponents will be revealed.   NFC EAST   DALLAS Here is a stunt involving Tony Romo.  Max Mayer at…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 7, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY The first thought in the DB’s head after reading this was “Will Aaron Rodgers be repairing his relationship with his family now?”   This from People Magazine:   Olivia Munn and Aaron Rodgers have split.   “They have amicably ended…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 6, 2017 AROUND THE NFL More money for NFL owners as Amazon ponies up big time for streaming rights:   Last year, the National Football League experimented by letting Twitter livestream 10 Thursday night games.   This year, pro football will continue the test, but will switch it up: Amazon…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 5, 2017 AROUND THE NFL ROMO Charean Williams in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram on the big decision:   While everyone was waiting on the Dallas Cowboys to make a decision on Tony Romo, Romo was trying to make up his mind. To play, or not to play: that was the…