Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing Friday, February 23, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY New turf at Lambeau Field and you may not have known that it was a combination of real grass and synthetic turf.  Richard Ryman of USA TODAY-Wisconsin:   The Green Bay Packers are replacing the turf at Lambeau Field.   Replacement…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, February 22, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Carlos Ruiz of USA TODAY’s For The Win looks at which teams have the capital and positioning to improve the most heading into 2018.   With the NFL offseason set to kick off in a few weeks (March 14, to be exact), let’s take a look…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 21, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Andrew Brandt of SI.com thinks QB KIRK COUSINS will fall short of a mega-contract.   As NFL free agency approaches, we have a rare sight to behold: a true, unrestricted free agent quarterback with experience, productivity and relative youth at the game’s most important and valuable…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, February 20, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  It’s time to play tag and Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com is all over it.   It’s that time of year when the NFL reminds you its calendar rarely slows and never stops. Less than three weeks after Super Bowl LII, the first window of player movement…

The Daily Briefing Monday, February 19, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Clip and save – Peter King guesses where the QBs, rookie and veteran, will end up:   It’s amazing, really. We could see four quarterbacks (Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield) picked in the top 10 in the April draft. By the end of…

The Daily Briefing Friday, February 16, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL has announced the five cities from which the next two communities to host the draft will be selected.      The NFL Draft might be coming to your city.   The finalists to host the 2019 or 2020 draft, as announced on Thursday, are…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, February 15, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com puts forth the offseason priorities of the NFL office regarding its product:   The NFL is in full offseason mode, a time that can challenge the most dramatic parts of the regular season for news and pace. While teams prepare for roster…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 14, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  There was a time that the NFL had a rotation of teams for the Hall of Fame Game published years in advance.  Now, they wait until they see who makes the Hall – and this year there are linebackers from the Bears and Ravens.  The AP:…

The Daily Briefing Friday, February 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   DETROIT Having endured the wait to officially land a coach off a Super Bowl team, Bob Quinn blasts the rule that he can’t announce and formalize what the world already knows.  Or in the case of Indianapolis, thought it knew but for the…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 7, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Daniel Jeremiah at NFL.com asks the opinion of some execs as to who is the most chaseable QB available:   Now that Super Bowl LII is in the rearview mirror, we have officially reached the NFL’s offseason.   As much as I love the regular season…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, February 6, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Kevin Clark in The Ringer with a personal summation of the NFL after Super Bowl 52:   Something happened on Sunday that before then I’d seen only in movies. Tom Brady’s Hail Mary pass sailed through the air and into a sea of jumping, diving players,…

The Daily Briefing Monday, February 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  It’s funny, we had a tight game with some close plays, but Gene Steratore gave us the confidence it was well officiated.  The big play in that regard was the ZACH ERTZ go-ahead TD that the NBC announcers were heading down the wrong road on (until someone…