Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO As Jay Cuda has pointed out there is only one team that has not won a game since Elon Musk bought X/Twitter last October.  And the same QB has started every game.  Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore was open, and not just slightly open.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING A spring merger?  Tim Baysinger, Dan Primack, Sara Fischer of Axios: Pro football leagues the XFL and USFL are in advanced talks to merge, three sources familiar with the situation tell Axios.   Why it matters: Combining the two may be the smartest path forward for the leagues given the challenges and…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Mike Sando: The eight 2-0 teams: We all could have seen Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami and Baltimore starting 2-0, but Tampa Bay, Washington and Atlanta as well? The Cowboys’ 40-0 and 30-10 victories give them the second-largest average victory margin through two weeks since 2000. Only the 2019 Patriots (36.5) and…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Did artificial turf cause the injury to QB AARON RODGERS?  Getting grass fields in all 30 stadiums is the mission of new NFLPA head Lloyd Howell.  ESPN.com: The NFL Players Association’s new executive director has called for the league to change all of its field surfaces to natural grass in the wake…

THE DAILY BRIEFING So the Chiefs, Bengals and Bills are all 0-1, scoring a total of 3 TDs in Week 1. The Raiders lead the AFC West by themselves at 1-0, Cleveland and Baltimore get the 1-0 start in the AFC North and it’s the Jets and Dolphins at 1-0 in the AFC East. The…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Week 1 in a nutshell: Road teams went 10-5. Dallas and San Francisco lived up to the hype with crushing road wins.  The Eagles weren’t quite up to that standard in New England. Cleveland and the Rams with surprisingly dominant wins that cast doubt on the makeup of Cincinnati and Seattle. The…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT Dan Campbell wasn’t surprised by the outcome Thursday night at Arrowhead.  Eric Woodyard of ESPN.com: While the football world might have been stunned by the Detroit Lions’ 21-20 win over the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, there was one person who wasn’t: Dan Campbell.   The third-year…

THE DAILY BRIEFING It starts tonight in Kansas City.  Let’s enjoy the ride to SB58. Some “predictions”: We can’t say we’re rooting for it – but we see the Eagles hoisting Lombardi in Vegas.  They will beat the Bengals. Teams that will exceed general expectations per the DB – Steelers, Texans, Seahawks, Falcons Teams we…

THE DAILY BRIEFING After one FBS win, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com thinks Coach Prime should be first for any NFL opening next year. Twenty years ago, two years after retiring from the NFL and then trying during the 2002 season to slip through waivers and join the Raiders, Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders made…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA TE T.J. HOCKENSON is collecting part of the Wilf fortune.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com: T.J. Hockenson was back on the Minnesota Vikings’ practice field Thursday, having seemingly put a summer’s worth of injuries and illness behind him. Thursday’s sudden infusion into his bank account surely helped the healing…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO Could QB JUSTIN FIELDS lead the NFL in rushing in 2023?  Dan Graziano ofESPN.com: Don’t be surprised if … quarterback Justin Fields keeps running.   What I’m hearing: I asked a Bears official if the team wanted Fields to run less this season to avoid putting himself in harm’s…

THE DAILY BRIEFING If these are the seven biggest surprise cuts of Tuesday, there weren’t too many huge shockers (some will be discussed further with the teams involved below).  Mike Jones of The Athletic: There were a number of proven players who didn’t survive cutdown day, but they likely will resurface elsewhere. Here are seven…