Daily Briefing

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…

THE DAILY BRIEFING It will be a happy birthday for some! The National Football League announced today that the 2022 NFL Schedule powered by AWS will be released on NFL Network, NFL.com and the NFL app on Thursday, May 12 at 8 p.m. ET.   Ahead of the release of the full 2022 NFL regular…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC SOUTH ATLANTA D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on how the Falcons are working the QB market: Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral, one of the top prospects at his position, visited the Falcons on Wednesday, the last day for teams to host top 30 visits before the upcoming NFL draft,…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO QB JUSTIN FIELDS professes a changed mind-set.  Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields acknowledged feeling different at the start of his second NFL offseason given the uncertainty he isn’t facing with his status as the team’s starting quarterback.   “It feels good just having that mindset,”…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Colin Kaepernick says he doesn’t have to start right away when someone signs him. ESPN.com: Colin Kaepernick is serious about wanting to return to the NFL, and he’s willing to be a backup quarterback if that’s what it takes to get back into the league.   “I know I have to find…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Peter King hears from a reader in New Jersey: The Titans did nothing wrong. From Frank Bifulco, of Pomona, N.Y.: “Amy Strunk Adams gets to hire who SHE wants regardless of an illegal quota law like the Rooney Rule. You, [Mike] Florio, the ESPN clowns, and the rest of the leftist sportswriting…