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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 7, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   NEW YORK GIANTS WR ODELL BECKHAM, Jr. is staying away from OTAs to try to convince the Giants to give him a raise.  ESPN.com:   Odell Beckham Jr.’s absence from the New York Giants’ organized team activities is directly related to the…

The Daily Briefing Monday, June 5, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The NFL’s master plan was to give Jerry Jones the draft in 2018 – and as outstanding as it was, Philadelphia’s fantastic job as host has apparently not swayed those desires.   It appears the Dallas Cowboys are closing in on being named the official…

The Daily Briefing Friday, June 2, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The DB is old enough to remember when the NFL abandoned Labor Day Weekend, primarily because New Yorkers needed to close up their summer homes on Long Island and at the Jersey Shore and couldn’t make Giants and Jets games that Sunday.   And we…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 1, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA DT SHARRIF FLOYD thinks he might be able to play this season after all.  Ben Gosseling from ESPN.com:   Sharrif Floyd was on the field for the Vikings’ practice on Wednesday, though he wasn’t able to do any running. Floyd, who is…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 31, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO With MIKE GLENNON and MITCHELL TRUBISKY, who knew that MARK SANCHEZ was also a QB on the Bears roster?  Now, he is an ailing QB.  Dan Wiederer in the Chicago Tribune:   Sanchez suffered an injury to his left knee during…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 30, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   DALLAS Like Tiger Woods, Cowboys CB NOLAN CARROLL gets busted for DUI in the early hours of Memorial Day.  Todd Archer at ESPN.com:   Dallas Cowboys cornerback Nolan Carroll was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Monday morning in the…

The Daily Briefing Monday, May 29, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Peter King:   I think the NFL’s decision to cut overtime from 15 to 10 minutes probably won’t result in more ties, because coaches will play more aggressively in overtime. I’m not crazy about the change, but I understand it. Alex Marvez of SiriusXM NFL…

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…