Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Union president J.C. TRETTER disputes the contention that the NFLPA advocated for the “emphasis” on taunting that is to come.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Rich McKay, the chair of the NFL’s Competition Committee, recently explained that the league made the taunting rule a point of emphasis at the request of…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST PHILADELPHIA An update on TE DALLAS GOEDERT and his contract.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: Zach Ertz is happy again in Philadelphia. The Eagles might need to overachieve to keep his running mate content.   Dallas Goedert is entering a contract year in 2021, his fourth and final season…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Bill Belichick said the Patriots have had vaccinated players get COVID.  His comments drew the ire of the NFL’s Chief Medical Officer.  Matt Votour of MassLive.com: After Bill Belichick told the media the reason he cut Cam Newton wasn’t related to the quarterback’s decision not to be vaccinated, the New…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com has his eye on the NFL’s vaccination rate – and he hypothesizes that those who still resist are almost exclusively starting level players: Rosters have dropped to 53, and vaccination rates reportedly have not.   Via Mark Maske of the Washington Post, the vaccination “has remained…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This from the AP: NFL players can wear social justice messages on their helmets again this season and “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” will be stenciled in end zones for the second straight year as part of the league’s Inspire Change platform.   The league will also…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The consensus of the pro-Vax media is not that Jaguars coach Urban Meyer may have denied deserving players a job because of their anti-vax principles, but that he truthfully said anything about it.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Officially, NFL teams are not supposed to hold a player’s vaccination status…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The vast majority of NFL players, those vaccinated, will be tested once a week now, not every two weeks.  Coach Bruce Arians of the Buccaneers is unimpressed with the change of policy.  Jenna Laine of ESPN.com: Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Sunday that despite his team’s recent uptick…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This is interesting – more than 3,000 college football players this fall are playing as graduate students. The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame today released a list of 3,284 student-athletes who have already earned their undergraduate degrees and will be playing college football this fall while…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing An update on the NFL and its state of COVID reaction from Chase Goodbread ofNFL.com as the NFL pushes with the NFLPA for a vaccine mandate: The NFL has reached a vaccination rate of nearly 93 percent among its players and above 99 percent among staff members, according to NFL…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Per FootballOutsiders.com and its DVOA methodology, here, by percentage, are the 15 teams most likely to win the Super Bowl: Odds to Win Super Bowl LVI 1          TB       17.7% 2          BAL     13.3% 3          KC       11.3% 4          GB       9.1% 5          BUF     7.6% 6          SEA     5.0% 7          NE       4.0% 8          SF       3.9%…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT Coach Dan Campbell calls himself a name for cutting popular long-snapper Don Muhlbach.  Eric Woodyard of ESPN.com: “No doubt. There’s no way to sugarcoat that,” Campbell said. “I’m an a——. So, that’s about the best way to put it and I hate it. There was no way…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The DB doesn’t think that fans have been clamoring for more taunting penalties, but here we are.  NFL.com: Taunting penalties will have bigger repercussions in the NFL going forward.   NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Tuesday that two taunting violations will result in an automatic ejection with fines and suspensions…