Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 9, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Heading to the booth, Jay Cutler has some advice for the Bears regarding QB MITCH TRUBISKY.   “If it’s going downhill, I don’t really see any reason to play the kid,” Cutler said, via CSN Chicago. “I’m sure there’s going to…

The Daily Briefing Monday, May 8, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Peter King, who recently spent time with Kyle Shanahan in the 49ers War Room, now says that the reason ROBERT GRIFFIN III is unemployed is that he revolted against the hard coaching of the Shanahans – father and son:   He’s been unemployed for two…

The Daily Briefing Friday, May 5, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   DETROIT Brian Xanders, a longtime NFL operative who was a Martin Mayhew hire, is moving on.  Nate Atkins at MLive.com:   The NFL Draft is less than a week gone, and the Detroit Lions are experiencing a front-office change.   Senior personnel…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 4, 2017 AROUND THE NFL On the day that health care reform may pass on a second try, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com hears that we may still get 10-minute overtime despite its failure to garner enough support at the owner’s meeting.   In March, the Competition Committee recommended that owners…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 2, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO We don’t blame QB MIKE GLENNON for feeling like the Bears punched him in the gut.  Rich Campbell in the Chicago Tribune:   Mike Glennon was, of all places, at Soldier Field on Thursday night when the Bears changed the course…

The Daily Briefing Monday, May 1, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Peter King:   I think I must ask (and I am not the first): Is it really necessary for Roger Goodell to announce all the picks on day one, and a host of them on day two, while boos rain down on him like a summer…

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 28, 2017 AROUND THE NFL A couple of tweets from Thursday night from ESPN:   @ESPNStatsInfo  This is the 1st time that 3 different teams traded up to get a QB in the first round on draft day   @ESPNStatsInfo   This marks the first time in the Common Draft Era…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 27, 2017 AROUND THE NFL It’s going to take two people to replace Dean Blandino.  Darin Gantt at ProFootballTalk.com:   Almost-former NFL senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino is leaving just as the league was about to give final say on real-time replay from every game.   And after…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 26, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL passed out a pair of conditional reinstatements on Tuesday.  WR MARTAVIS BRYANT and LB DARYL WASHINGTON.  First, Bryant from Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Press-Gazette:   The Steelers might not have to worry about taking a wide receiver in the early rounds of…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 25, 2017 AROUND THE NFL We have added the commentary on the Eagles’ schedule that was missing yesterday (and boy did they get a lot of primetime love).  The Andy Reid Duo, Philadelphia and Kansas City, show up a lot more than you might expect this year.   We still…

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…