Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Seth Wickersham of ESPN.com seems to have had a microphone inside the secret NFL conclave.  And the big issue wasn’t the insensitive WFT culture, it was the bill that could come due for the Rams move and who pays it. – Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke might be trying…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing With the New Orleans win over Seattle, here is how If The Season Ended Today looks in the NFC.  Five teams are clearly above the rest, the Saints are within shouting distance and the rest of the conference except Detroit is playing for the 7th spot. Arizona            West          7-0            …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It is time for our AFC version of If The Season Ended Today – where the Bengals and Raiders – yes, the Bengals and Raiders – have moved to the top of the conference.  The Patriots, Steelers and Chiefs all remain outside the playoffs: W-L   Div Seed      Conf W-L Cincinnati       …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   NEW YORK GIANTS Give Coach Joe Judge credit – no equivocation on taking the blame.  Jordan Raanan ofESPN.com: New York Giants coach Joe Judge isn’t putting the blame elsewhere for his team’s 1-5 start — he’s looking right in the mirror.   “There’s your answer. I’m the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The Texans have blinked on compensation and the Dolphins have backed away from TUA TAGOVAILOA if John McClain of the Houston Chronicle has correct sources (and he usually does: The Texans could finally be getting closer to trading quarterback Deshaun Watson to the Miami Dolphins — a team they play…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the AFC                                       W-L   Div      Conf Baltimore         North      5-1      1        4-1 LA Chargers    West       4-2      1        3-1 Tennessee      South      4-2      1        3-1 Buffalo             East       4-2      1        3-2       Cincinnati        WC1       4-2      2        2-0 Las Vegas      …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The 6th Sunday of the NFL season was largely boom or bust.  Four more games were added to the NFL’s count of games decided in the last minute, three of them nationally televised.  We’re up to 23 games decided late in six weeks. More from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: That’s…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We just realized we never put If The Season Ended Today up for the AFC on Tuesday.  Since Thursday night was an NFC game, this is still good on Friday – with the Bills only 3rd in the current hierarchy and the biggest brands – Chiefs, Patriots and Steelers –…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA Robert Mays of The Athletic on what makes WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON unique:   “I think that’s what makes it so difficult for guys to get a bead on him,” said Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson. “Because his body can lie to you.”   As a rookie in…

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…