Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL with a birthday present for the DB.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: The excitement of the offseason doesn’t end with the final day of the 2021 NFL Draft.   Eleven days later, the league will release its full regular-season schedule for all 32 teams. The 2021 schedule (powered by…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY After a year of JAMEIS WINSTON/TAYSOM HILL, will the Saints want QB AARON RODGERS for 2022?  Thoughts like that motivate Jason LaCanfora of CBSSports.com:   If you think teams aren’t already thinking about what it would cost to land Aaron Rodgers by early 2022, you…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing After making it all the way back from his horrific injury, QB ALEX SMITH says he is now retired.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: Alex Smith’s improbable comeback ended up being his final act in football.   The 36-year-old quarterback announced his retirement Monday via Instagram.   Smith said earlier this…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH ATLANTA A couple of weeks ago we heard that Arthur Blank, ever loyal, had sided with Coach Arthur Smith and wanted to keep QB MATT RYAN. Now, Peter King hears that Blank is fascinated by the shiny toy that quarterback #4 would provide. 4. ATLANTA. Pivot point of…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We commend you to PHILADELPHIA for some good dish on the Eagles.  And the whole thing if you subscribe to The Athletic. NFC EAST PHILADELPHIA A deep dive from three reporters of The Athletic goes behind the scenes where no coach, certainly not Doug Pederson, Four weeks into the 2019…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH   CAROLINA Coach Matt Rhule professes a belief in the skills of QB SAM DARNOLD.  Josh Alper ofProFootballTalk.com: Panthers head coach Matt Rhule spoke to the media on Monday for the first time since the team traded for quarterback Sam Darnold and that trade was the primary topic…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King on how the 2021 draft is all about the quarterbacks: There has never been an offseason like this one, which sets up a draft the likes of which we’ve never seen. Never has there been such a league-wide gold rush for quarterbacks. Never has the draft gone 1-2-3-4…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS The Falcons have indicated they are willing to trade down from #4.  There is a team that may be interested in moving up, and not for a QB.  Jeremy Layton in the New York Post: According to ESPN insider Chris Mortensen, a surprise team has an…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH   CAROLINA CB A.J. BOUYE will try to regain his mojo with the Panthers.  David Newton ofESPN.com: The Carolina Panthers on Wednesday agreed to a deal with free-agent cornerback A.J. Bouye as they attempt to improve their secondary heading into this month’s NFL draft.   Bouye, a Pro…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO The Bears apparently have no need for WR ANTHONY MILLER.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Bears wide receiver Anthony Miller may be on the way out of Chicago.   The Bears have had trade talks with multiple teams about moving Miller, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Gil Brandt, the Hall of Famer, writing at NFL.com identifies 7 teams that MUST ACE THE DRAFT: Every team wants to do well in every draft, but the event usually means more to some franchises than it does to others. Circumstances vary each year — some organizations have made a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL is still working out what the offseason programs will look like, but part-virtual, part-actual seems to be forming.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL was fully remote during 2020 offseason programs, but they do not expect that to be the case this offseason.   Earlier this week, the…