Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO CB JAYLEN JOHNSON’s absence from OTA’s may or may not be contract related.  But he says he will be seen next week.  Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times: Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson doesn’t plan to remain away from practice for long.   He told ESPN Radio’s “Keyshawn, J-Will and…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Roger Goodell put his desires ahead of the NFL’s coaches and players – and Albert Breer of SI.com explains how the loathed kickoff rule came to be. The change in the kickoff rule happened in a way it shouldn’t have. The standard for any rules change in the NFL is a 24–8…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY It may be water under the bridge, but Matt Schneidmann of The Athletic has a long look at why QB AARON RODGERS is no longer a Packer: A little more than three years ago, Aaron Rodgers was preparing to make his second appearance of the night on…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Bill Barnwell of ESPN.com ranks the teams that had the best offseason from 1 to 16 (we had the bottom half last week).  Have to admit we didn’t see number one coming as it is one of three NFC East teams in the top 4. We have the full recap for the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING At ESPN.com, Bill Barnwell has started a lengthy look at each teams offseason, ranking them 1 to 32.  We will put some of his team recaps where appropriate and an excerpt for the others, but here is how he has the bottom half (released on Friday here).  Teams where we took the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT RB DAVID MONTGOMERY is refreshed to be with the Lions.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: Nobody likes losing. David Montgomery hated it so much, he changed teams.   After four seasons in Chicago, Montgomery walked away from a 25-42 career record with the Bears for a short move from the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING It looks like Roger Goodell will reign as commissioner until 2027.  Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post: NFL team owners discussed their pending contract extension with Commissioner Roger Goodell here Tuesday and hope to complete the deal in the coming weeks. The extension is expected to continue Goodell’s tenure…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Commish gets his Thursday flex and his San Francisco Super Bowl.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com on the Amazon Flex, as the NFL professes to make them an option of last resort: The NFL will have the capacity to flex a limited number of late-season “Thursday Night Football” games on the Amazon…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Commish is bound and determined to force the NFL to flex to Amazon.  Mike Florio has more, including what was surely a coincidence in schedule making: Whatever Roger wants, Roger gets. And Roger wants Thursday night flexing.   Commissioner Goodell came close in March. Two votes short. Twenty-two yes, eight no,…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Curious. The NFL seems determined to give the Super Bowl 60 to a site that underwhelmed 10 years previously.  Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com: At the NFL league meetings in March, the San Francisco 49ers were confident they would be bringing the Super Bowl back to Levi’s Stadium.   Barring a sudden change…

THE DAILY BRIEFING We have various questions (and answers) from ESPN’s Dan Graziano throughout the team in today’s DB. NFC NORTH DETROIT Dan Graziano: Is Jared Goff good enough to lead the Lions to playoff success? Detroit is the hot team this offseason. The Lions knocked the Packers out of the playoffs in Week 18…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC SOUTH ATLANTA FALCONS SCHEDULE THOUGHTS Every game on a Sunday – and other than the Week 4 visit to London to play the Jaguars and Week 10 at Arizona, they are all at 1:00 pm…The one possible exception is Week 15 when the game at Carolina is among the five that…