Daily Briefing

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…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Did you have these five teams as the only remaining unbeaten after Week 3? Raiders, Broncos, Panthers, Rams, Cardinals The Cardinals visit the Rams in Week 4 – so we will be down to at least just four. Ravens at Broncos Panthers at Cowboys Raiders at Chargers Tough tests for…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Super Wild Card Weekend is now so big that it will take all the way to Monday to decide it.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Word on Thursday night was that the NFL would hold a Wild Card playoff game on Monday night this season and the league made it official…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Circumstance has handed the reins of the Bears offense over to QB JUSTIN FIELDS. Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Justin Fields will make his first career start Sunday as Andy Dalton is expected to be out with a left knee injury, coach Matt Nagy told reporters Wednesday.  …