Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Peter King with a Fantasy tip: I saw somewhere that Green Bay rookie WR Romeo Doubs was a “super sleeper,” and that’s nuts to me. Doubs, barring injury, could be on the field for 700 snaps this year, and his quarterback is Aaron Rodgers,…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The president of the NFL Players Association is a player no more.  The Athletic: J.C. Tretter, a former center with the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns, is retiring from the NFL after nine seasons, he announced Thursday. Tretter has also served as president of the NFL Players Association…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL It looks like Don Coryell is finally heading to the Hall of Fame.  The Athletic: Don Coryell has been named a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023.   He spent 14 seasons as an NFL head coach with the San Diego Chargers and St.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT Dan Pompei of The Athletic profiles Lions Coach Dan Campbell.  Excerpts below:   When he was introduced as Detroit’s head coach in January 2021, Campbell described the kind of team he wanted to lead.   “We’re going to kick you in the teeth,” he said. “And…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO The Bears say they will go hard with their starters this week.  Michael David Smith ofProFootballTalk.com: While some NFL head coaches keep their key starters on the sideline in the preseason, Bears head coach Matt Eberflus is giving his starters plenty of work.   Eberflus said…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO The Bears won their Thursday night ESPN preseason game in Seattle.  Josh Schrock ofNBCSports.com: Break up the (preseason) Bears.S   For the second time in five days, Matt Eberflus’ team came away victorious in the preseason, beating the Seattle Seahawks 27-11 on Thursday at Lumen Field.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The senior committee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame considered 12 candidates for enshrinement and came away with three Finalists. In case you wondered why it is three and not 1 – the Hall’s Board of Trustees approved a change earlier this year to enlarge the number of…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT The DB’s gut has been saying that Dan Campbell and the Lions will be more than lovable losers this season.  Warren Sharp offers more tangible reasons to love the Lions. The Lions are predicted to win 6.5 games in 2022, based on Vegas Odds.   Why…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The power of the NFL. A Tweet from Anthony Crupi: @crupicrupicrupi NFL Network’s telecast of Saturday night’s SEA-PIT scrimmage averaged 2.16M viewers, beating Fox’s MLB coverage (NYY vs. BOS/SEA vs. TEX, 2.08M) in the same window. Worth noting: Fox reaches ~40M more homes than NFL Net. NFC NORTH CHICAGO…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Week 1 of the preseason is in the books – and it seemed like the games were a bit more entertaining than usual.  Tyler Sullivan of CBSSports.com notes four rookie quarterbacks who did well: It was a fantastic first showing for rookie quarterbacks all the way around. At every…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA QB KIRK COUSINS has symptoms and was sent home.  Charean Williams ofProFootballTalk.com: The Vikings sent quarterback Kirk Cousins home after he reported feeling ill, Kevin O’Connell said in his news conference Thursday.   Cousins did not participate in the walk-through practice.   O’Connell said the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Even as the NFL frustrates defenses by emphasizing illegal contact penalties in 2022, there may be some relief from phantom roughing the passer penalties.  Jonathan Jones of CBSSports.com:   The NFL is yet again cracking down on roughing the passer calls this 2022 season. Except, this time, it should…