Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Friday, May 26, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Four writers from TheMMQB.com bat around the effect of the 10-minute overtime.   The MMQB Welcome, everyone. Let’s jump right in. The NFL’s stated reason for reducing overtime from 15 minutes to 10 is for player safety. Do you buy this? If not, what’s really…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 25, 2017 AROUND THE NFL David Steele of The Sporting News notes the biggest change wrought by the NFL’s new cutdown policy:   The NFL keeps refusing to completely get rid of, or even cut back on, the abomination that is the preseason schedule. Even the players and coaches are…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 24, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The Pro Bowl is heading back to Orlando and it will be shown on two networks, although both owned by Disney: The Pro Bowl will be played in Orlando again in 2018, with an earlier start time of 3 p.m. ET, the NFL announced Wednesday.…

The Daily Briefing Monday, May 22, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Peter King says that 40 players talked some sense into The Commish and the threshold for a celebration penalty will be significantly higher in 2017:   • Vernon Davis, you can shoot that jump shot again, without getting whacked. The NFL flagged and fined 26…

The Daily Briefing Friday, May 19, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Bill Barnwell of ESPN.com tries to puzzle out what the Bears have been trying to accomplish:   Chicago Bears   What went right   The Bears’ secondary is better. After fielding a series of truly terrifying defensive backfields since Charles Tillman…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 18, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Detroit is desperately hoping to host an NFL Draft.  Kyle Meinke at MLive.com:   The Detroit Lions appear to be long shots to host the NFL draft next year, but the club hasn’t given up, and is already preparing to make bids for 2018 and…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 17, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL is looking to expand “IR-designated for return.”  Kevin Patra of NFL.com on a report from Judy Bautista on that subject and the return of the 10-minute overtime:   NFL owners are set to pass a regulation to give teams more flexibility to teams…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 16, 2017 AROUND THE NFL John Kostko at ProFootballFocus.com has five names from which he expects the 2017 Comeback Player of the Year to emerge:   Pro Football Focus’ 2016 Comeback Player of the Year differed from the Associated Press award, as Miami Dolphins edge defender Cameron Wake was more…

The Daily Briefing Monday, May 15, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The DB has thought that current helmet technology is a mixed game with hard shells dealing out punishment even as they absorb it.  Jared Dubin of CBSSports.com with a report on a new style of helmet coming soon:   Player safety is one of the…

The Daily Briefing Friday, May 12, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Rookies are signing all across the NFL and we won’t try to keep up with every announcement with first round picks signing in Detroit (LB JARRAD DAVIS), Houston (QB DeSHAUN WATSON), Los Angeles (Chargers WR MIKE WILLIAMS), Denver (T GARRETT BOWLES),Atlanta (LB TAKKARIST McKINLEY) and…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 11, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA The Vikings have signed WR MICHAEL FLOYD, once a first round pick of the Cardinals and now an Arizona jailbird.  He’s from the Twin Cities.  Ben Gossling at ESPN.com looks at the implications:   The Minnesota Vikings’ decision Wednesday to sign…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 10, 2017 AROUND THE NFL It took three people to replace Dean Blandino, including his deputy for the last few years former referee Alberto Riveron:   The NFL announced Wednesday the league named Alberto Riveron senior vice president of officiating.   Russell Yurk was named vice president of instant replay…