Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING Interesting question from Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com to some NFL insiders: Would you rather have Jalen Hurts (No. 3) or Joe Burrow (No. 4)? The consensus is Burrow, but this is closer than I expected. Burrow was the overwhelming No. 2 quarterback in our summer rankings from league personnel, but some favor…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Peter King points out three WR draft picks that did not work out in 2017: In the 2017 NFL draft, three receivers went in the top 10: Corey Davis (five) to Tennessee, Mike Williams (seven) to the Chargers, John Ross (nine) to the Bengals.   Davis retired Wednesday. Williams starts for the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING ESPN.com has reports on all 259 drafted rookies here.  We picked one team at random in each division to highlight, but you can check them all out at the link. NFC NORTH DETROIT Eric Woodyard of ESPN.com looks at the progress of the Lions draft class: Detroit Lions   Round 1 (No.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO Rookie WR TYLER SCOTT thought he had been stuck with a huge bill.  Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: The expression on the face of Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Tyler Scott said it all.   How am I going to pay for this?   Scott was looking at a restaurant…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC EAST PHILADELPHIA DT JALEN CARTER is a “baby rhino.”  Matt Mullin in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Anyone who has been paying attention to Eagles training camp — or has watched either of their preseason games — shouldn’t be surprised by what Jalen Carter’s teammates have to say about him. Any time you’re…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC EAST   NEW YORK GIANTS Oh my.  Could the Giants land TE Rob Gronkowski?  Michael David Smith ofProFootballTalk.com: Retired tight end Rob Gronkowski recently said that if there’s one coach who could convince him to un-retire, it would be Giants head coach Brian Daboll. But Daboll downplayed any talk that Gronkowski…

THE DAILY BRIEFING We got so used to enduring QBs – and now Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisbeger, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning and Matt Ryan are all gone. This from Peter King:   There’s only one starting quarterback in the league 36 or older: Aaron Rodgers, who turns 40 in December. Which got the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC EAST PHILADELPHIA The Eagles have turned to QB MARCUS MARIOTA as the backup to QB JALEN HURTS.  It could be going better.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Jalen Hurts missed a couple of games in the final weeks of the 2022 season and the Eagles put themselves at risk of losing the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT More bad news for WR JAMESON WILLIAMS.  Colton Pouncy of The Athletic: Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams might not touch the field again until October as there’s a “good chance” a hamstring injury will sideline him for the rest of the preseason, coach Dan Campbell said in a Thursday…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC EAST   NEW YORK GIANTS It appears that EDGE KEYVON THIBODEAUX needs some hard coaching – and he’s getting it from Wink Martindale.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux said recently that he gets “a little cringe feeling” while thinking about his rookie season and that he sees…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Two big-time running backs found homes on Monday – both in the AFC East.  RB DALVIN COOK is a Jet and RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT is a Patriot.  Both on one-year deals for pretty good money. G ZACK MARTIN got paid by the Cowboys. So who is left out there either without a…

THE DAILY BRIEFING A good question from Peter King about P MATT ARIAZA, whom the Bills abandoned at the first allegations of impropriety last year: I think Matt Araiza, cleared of all charges in a college sex-assault case, should have a job in the NFL. If we’re innocent till proven guilty, and he was one…