Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY The Packers have secured CB JAIRE ALEXANDER.  Tom Silverstein of PackersNews.com crunches the numbers:   The four-year, $84 million contract extension cornerback Jaire Alexander signed Wednesday will give the Green Bay Packers $6.218 million in salary-cap relief this year, but his cap number will…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT Dan Campbell is looking for commitment.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL wasn’t happy that the Lions moved quickly to pick Aidan Hutchinson with the second overall pick in this year’s draft, but head coach Dan Campbell said he wasn’t concerned with that opinion because the…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC SOUTH ATLANTA Falcons schedule 2022 (all times Eastern) Week 1: 9/11                 Saints                    1 PM, Fox Week 2: 9/18                 at Rams                 4:05 PM, Fox Week 3: 9/25                 at Seahawks          4:25 PM, Fox Week 4: 10/2                 Browns                   1 PM, CBS Week 5: 10/9                 at Buccaneers        1 PM, Fox Week 6:…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL We start our review of NFL schedules with the NFC North and NFC East today. One of the obstacles thrown up over the years about an expansion team in London has been the perceived unbearable strain of flying a couple more hours to cross the pond. But we note…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The schedule is out – and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com has a good overview. The NFL will open its 2022 season where the final game of last season kicked off — in SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, as the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The day we have all been waiting for – Schedule Release Day. The teams know their schedules now, so there may be some leaks beyond the select announcements by the NFL. It’s not the first Sunday Night game of the year, but it’s a good one.  NFL.com: One of…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Through NFL.com, the NFL leaks a random, albeit important, game from the FOX schedule as Mike McCarthy will return to Lambeau Field on November 13. One of the NFL’s most storied rivalries and two of the game’s most celebrated quarterbacks will be featured in a Week 10 clash on…

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…