Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Big news on Tuesday morning –  Jaclyn Hendricks in the New York Post: Tom Brady’s life after football just got a little clearer.   Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced on Tuesday that Brady agreed to a long-term deal with the network and will be Fox Sports’ lead NFL analyst…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL ESPN/ABC’s Monday Night doubleheader, this year in Week 2, is now known.  Jenna Lemoncelli of the New York Post: ESPN’s new “Monday Night Football” broadcast team in Joe Buck and Troy Aikman dropped a surprise announcement on Monday’s episode of “Good Morning America.”   The former Fox broadcasters, who…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT In general, Mike Sando’s anonymous execs like what Detroit did in the draft: Would you trade the 34th pick for the right to move up 20 spots twice, including from 32 to 12 and 66 to 46? The Lions would, and did, landing the 12th and…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO It looks like elite members of the media have got a Bears scouting executive fired for making what he thought was a compliment about the team’s second round pick.  Gabe Angieri of OnwardState.com: The same night the Chicago Bears selected Penn State safety Jaquan Brisker in…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The NFL has announced its European games.  NFL.com: The first-ever NFL regular-season game in Germany is set.   The Seattle Seahawks will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 9:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 13 at Allianz Arena — home of FC Bayern Munich — in Munich, the league announced…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Out of 32 first round picks in 2019 – 19 are rewarded by having their fifth year option exercised.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Monday was the deadline for teams to exercise their fifth-year options on the contracts of 2019 first-round picks and 19 of those options wound up being…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO QB NICK FOLES is on the street.  ESPN.com: The Chicago Bears have released quarterback Nick Foles, the team announced Sunday.   The Bears originally acquired Foles two seasons ago in a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars for a fourth-round draft pick.   After starting seven games…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL A record nine teams had multiple picks in the first round of Thursday’s draft, and, with the Jets having three, we think that means 10 teams did not have any. More from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The high quantity of trades in the first round of the 2022…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL It’s Draft Day! @AdamSchefter This will be the fifth time in the past 16 drafts that a QB doesn’t go No. 1 overall. The others: Myles Garrett to the Browns in 2017, Jadeveon Clowney to the Texans in 2014, Eric Fisher to the Chiefs in 2013 and Jake Long…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL When the NFL’s lawyers are fending off the legal challenges of disgruntled coach Brian Flores, it says it isn’t in charge of hiring – but when it is justifying its role in making Jon Gruden unemployable it says it is in charge of hiring.  Legal eagle Daniel Wallach has…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   DALLAS Jerry Jones with some hints of unusual Dallas draft strategy.  Josh Alper ofProFootballTalk.com: One of the talking points about this year’s draft has been that there isn’t a great deal of high-end talent available and the Cowboys appear to subscribe to that theory.   Executive…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Jeff Howe of The Athletic gets some anonymous insider quotes on the QBs in the draft: It’s dangerous to get quarterback-desperate in the NFL Draft.   Based on the opinions of some key decision-makers around the league, teams are facing an increasingly high risk of chasing the position this…