Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL We just noticed that 5-7 Detroit is a 2.5-point favorite over 10-2 Minnesota. Someone with a better database than the DB might want to see if and when a team with 5 more wins than its opponent (and a healthy starting QB) has been an underdog. NFC NORTH DETROIT…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT The Lions have played 9 of their 12 games against teams with .500 or better records.  They are 2-7 in those games with 5 of the losses by 4 or fewer points.  They are 3-0 against teams with losing records.  Nick Baumgarner of The Athletic on…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC – the rest of the conference is closer to the AFC teams:                                    W-L    HTH    Div        Conf Buffalo             East     9-3       1          1          6-2 Kansas City     West    9-3       -1         1          5-3 Baltimore         North   8-4                   1          5-3 Tennessee      South   7-5                   1          5-3…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO It looks like it will be a battle of the starting QBs on Sunday as QB AARON RODGERS practiced for the Packers and QB JUSTIN FIELDS seems good to go for the Bears.  Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times: Bears quarterback Justin Fields took a major…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS is not necessarily resistant to the idea that he would be “shut down” while drawing a huge salary.  Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com: Aaron Rodgers is playing Sunday against the Chicago Bears despite his latest injury, this one to his ribs, and…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: Kansas City       West       9-2         1        5-2 Miami                East        8-3         1        6-2 Tennessee        South      7-4         1        5-3 Baltimore           North      7-4         1        4-3 Buffalo               WC1      …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Scott Kacsmar looks at the NFC Pro Bowl QB candidates: @ScottKacsmar Once you get over the shock that Geno Smith is a legit Pro Bowl QB this year, it is really hard to name a 3rd NFC Pro Bowl QB after Hurts and Geno.   That’s why Rodgers had…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If the Season Ended Today in the NFC, you can go 10-deep and still not see the Packers or Rams: Philadelphia       East       10-1     1      6-1 Minnesota         North       9-2      1     6-2 San Francisco   West        7-4      1     6-2 Tampa Bay       South      …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Hopefully, all of you had a good Thanksgiving. Certainly, the NFL did with three competitive, one-score games in which all 6 teams scored more than 20 points. NFC NORTH CHICAGO It was a Thanksgiving Day for NFC Central QB injuries.  QB JUSTIN FIELDS hopes to play with a separated…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Sean Payton seems to be putting out the word to a pair of teams that he has interest in a 2023 coaching gig.  Jeff Kerr of CBSSports.com: The NFL has already seen two head coaching vacancies open up this season — and plenty more appear to be on the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the NFC – Philadelphia         East             9-1       1          5-1 Minnesota           North           8-2       1          6-2 San Francisco     West            6-4       1          5-2 Tampa Bay         South           5-5       1          5-2 Dallas                 WC1            7-3       2          6-3 NY Giants           WC2            7-3       3          3-3 Seattle                …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC as New England and Cincinnati move up – Div Seed    Conf Kansas City     West            8-2           1          5-2 Miami              East             7-3           1          5-2 Tennessee      South           7-3           1          5-2 Baltimore         North           7-3           1          4-2 Buffalo            WC1            7-3          …