Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Jon Gruden’s trove of emails included one that repeated the widely-held “knowledge” that the NFL compelled the Rams to draft Missouri LB MICHAEL SAM in 2014.  Presumably, the NFL had leverage on the Rams through its support of the team’s move to Los Angeles.  But then-coach Jeff Fisher takes umbrage…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Germany is in the NFL’s future as it goes back to full international in 2022. The AP at ESPN: The NFL selected the cities of Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich on Tuesday to enter a final bidding stage to host a regular-season game in Germany.   Next season is the target…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing In this week’s NFC version of If The Season Ended Today, the Cardinals and Cowboys are atop the NFC after five weeks with the playoffs line at 3-2.  Everyone in the NFC, except Detroit (0-5) and the Giants (1-4) has two wins and is in within a game of the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS A Texas judge is willing to hear the plea from T La’EL COLLINS that the NFL lied before an arbiter to draw a harsher suspension.  Among other strategies, the NFL is trying to get the case sent to Federal court.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com notes that…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Matt Nagy played the ANDY DALTON is our starting QB line for as long as he reasonably could – and a little bit longer.  But on Wednesday, he handed over the reins to QB JUSTIN FIELDS.  Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com: The changing of the guard at quarterback…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Two big name defensive veterans were cast adrift on Tuesday as the Patriots waive CB STEPHON GILMORE (Tampa Bay needs cornerbacks) and the Cowboys dump LB JAYLON SMITH.  See NEW ENGLAND and DALLAS for more. – – – Clay Travis is puzzled: @ClayTravis I’ve probably been more critical of Urban…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Raise your hand if you had the Bengals as the 2nd seed in the AFC after four weeks – while the Chiefs are below the playoff line.  Here is our first AFC version of If The Season Ended Today: LA Chargers    West    3-1                   1          2-0 Cincinnati        North   3-1                   1          2-0…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing As we swing into October, with four weeks done.  It is time for our first If The Season Ended Today – for the NFC.  We will have the AFC after the Raiders see if they can rule the roost there as the Cardinals do today in the NFC:                                                 W-L            …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The DB confesses that last year’s Super Bowl act was the first in 55 years that we did not recognize when announced. Now, for SB56, the NFL reveals a show of five headliners – and every one is someone whose name we know.  Julius Young of FoxNews.com: The Super Bowl…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS is doing (or trying to do) a Jedi mind trick on the Steelers.  Darrelle Lincoln of Total Pro Sports: In his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers spoke about the Steelers, Mike Tomlin, and also revealed that he’s a big…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO It’s not as far as the move the San Francisco 49ers made to Santa Clara, but the Bears are ready to abandon the City of Chicago.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: The Bears have bought some property. And although they’re not saying that they intend to use that…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Will ANDY DALTON or JUSTIN FIELDS start on Sunday against the Lions?  Well, actually Coach Mike Nagy has reminded us there is a 3rd option.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: The Chicago Bears still haven’t gotten off the runway offensively, and after a disastrous outing in Cleveland on…