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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…

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            …