Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 10, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Jerry Jones is going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in a few weeks, and Jimmie Johnson will be on the program as a presenter.  Just not of Jones.    Here is the full list of enshrinees and presenters:   Jerry Jones will be…

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 7, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com endorses the proliferation of advertisements onto uniforms:   If the NFL could do it all over again, the NFL would do at least two things differently from the get-go. One, the league would set itself up as a truly single enterprise…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, July 6, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Frank Schwab of Shutdown Corner at YahooSports.com on who might be the best remaining free agents:   NFL teams do most of their free-agent shopping in March, or right after the draft when they figure out what holes still need to be filled.   Sometimes…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, July 5, 2017 AROUND THE NFL David Steele of The Sporting News is livid over the NFL’s hazy justification for its extreme punishments for marijuana usage/addiction:   The one-year suspension of Ravens tight end Darren Waller for a substance-abuse violation raised several red flags, which is not a surprise. Red flags…

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 3, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Kurt Warner uses a video here to tell you who his Hall of Fame presenter is.  The final three words are “my wife Brenda.”   NFC EAST   DALLAS Did the Cowboys strike seventh round gold with WR NOAH BROWN from The Ohio State University?  Kristi…

The Daily Briefing Friday, June 30, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL announced its 2017 roster of officials and the highlights include:   – All 17 referees return.  This is the third straight season for these 17 and quite a few of them are getting up there in age.    Ed Hochuli will be 67…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 29, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Chip Kelly showed up on Adam Schefter’s podcast and has some things to say of interest to fans of the Titans, Eagles and Colin Kaepernick.  First, on the quest for Marcus Mariota with Matt Lombardo of NJ.com:   The hypothetical about how the trajectory of…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 28, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL Players Association sees a way to make money out of the biometric data of its members.  Tom Taylor of TheMMQB.com:   When Giants linebacker Devon Kennard wakes up each morning, he checks his phone to see what the day might hold. He’ll have…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 27, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFL.com’s list of the top 100 players in the NFL (as voted by the players, or at least some of them who filled out a long ballot) is fully announced with TOM BRADY finishing first.   Here is a breakdown of their colleges:   A…

The Daily Briefing Monday, June 26, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Andy Reid, Hall of Famer?  Greg Bishop makes the case base on endurance and wins, not titles:   As noted by Pro Football Talk, Chiefs coach Andy Reid is currently tied for 11th on the all-time wins list, with 173. He needs 13 wins to…

The Daily Briefing Friday, June 23, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The headline said that Mike Freeman of the Bleacher Report was declaring that the NFL had a “Floyd Mayweather problem.”  The DBs first thought is he was talking about Patriots dominance, the second too much money.  We were wrong on both counts.   1. A…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 22, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Without comments from Colin Kaepernick to mull and chew, the voracious media is running out of fodder to make the case for him that he is being unfairly denied a contract.  Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com, believed to be more the right than many scribes, wants…