Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com sees a shift of power to the AFC, freeing things up for the Buccaneers: The trade that sent receiver Julio Jones from Atlanta to Tennessee makes the Titans better. It also makes the top of the AFC more competitive. In turn, the Buccaneers won’t have to…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com says that non-vaccinated players who miss games with COVID should get hit in the wallet: In 2020, players who missed one or more games due to placement on the COVID-19 reserve list received their game checks, regardless of whether they caught the virus at work or…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT Hmmmm.  QB JARED GOFF is feeling “empowered.”  Eric Woodyard of ESPN.com: Outside of a couple of weeks of OTAs and one day of mandatory minicamp, Jared Goff doesn’t have much experience with the Detroit Lions.   Even without playing in an official regular-season — let alone preseason…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We have a lot of respect whenever former NFLer Nate Burleson talks, but especially when he is analyzing wide receiver, his old position. He recently broadcast his list of 5 breakout receivers for 2021 – and they are: #5  Kendrick Bourne, Patriots So let’s jump right into it, baby, and…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Atlanta WR JULIO JONES went to Tennessee on Sunday. After some internal debate, we put all of our coverage of the trade in ATLANTA. – – – Peter King says that taking a COVID vaccine has not been the slam dunk that you would think it might be as a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Amazon is seeking to make Al Michaels, who began Major League Baseball broadcasting 50 years ago in 1971 in Cincinnati, as the voice of Thursday Night Football in 2022.  Andrew Marchand of the New York Post seems to be on top of things: Do you believe in streaming?   NBC’s…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Even with COVID diminishing as a health threat, the NFL is going to keep the flexible practice squad and IR rules it instituted in 2020.  Kevin Patra of NFL.com: Official COVID-19 protocols for 2021 likely won’t come down until closer to the start of training camp, but two positive holdovers…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS This tweet from Jane Slater of NFL Network: @SlaterNFL Addressing the Leighton Vander Esch trade rumors, per a source informed…yes there have been other teams interested in the linebacker but I’m told the #Cowboys are not interested in a trade and he’s still very much a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King thinks that Roger Goodell is not going anywhere soon. There was a sense in recent years around NFL ownership that Goodell would shepherd the NFL through the CBA and media negotiations of 2020 and early 2021 and then, with his contract winding down at the end of the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing An NFL rule requiring the same helmet for every game (at least the same design of helmet) has hindered the NFL’s marketeers who would like to emulate college football with a stream of alternate uniforms.  The marketeers may be winning.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL has been considering the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing With COVID fears receding and lockdowns vanishing, the NFL can get back to the business of making money and increasing player pay in the process.  Nick Shook ofNFL.com: The NFL’s path back to normalcy has met a significant point on the financial side of things.   The league and the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing All but two NFL stadiums are set for full capacity in 2021 – and the two holdouts are not in noted Lockdown States and should get there soon.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com: The NFL informed clubs Tuesday of two important developments for the normalization of the league calendar.   First,…