Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT The Lions are making C FRANK RAGNOW the NFL’s highest-paid at his position. The Detroit Lions and Frank Ragnow have agreed to a four-year contract extension that makes him the highest-paid center in the NFL, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.   Ragnow had been under contract…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL schedule will be released one week from today on May 12.  The first 17-game schedule in NFL history, sure to be full of tasty nuggets for schedule junkies. Questions include – how all-in will the schedule makers go with the Packers who could be one of the best…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This will be the final season of Thursday Night Football on FOX as the new platform of Amazon Prime takes over in 2022. Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com: Thursday Night Football will move to a digital-only format with Amazon Prime Video in 2022, a year earlier than originally announced, the NFL…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFL execs chafed at the League’s over-the-top restrictions on their draft preparations. Even noted COVID alarmist Peter King thinks so: I think there were two things that had seasoned NFL people very frustrated over the weekend:   • The continued insistence on virtual instruction, and limited capacity in draft rooms.…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing An NFL Draft first round record is now partly the property of Alabama. Six former University of Alabama players were selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday, tying a modern record for a single school.   The University of Miami originally set the record in 2004.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We usually don’t publish at all during Valspar Championship Week, but in 2021 we’ve only missed one day.  Today’s will be brief, before the world changes tonight with the Draft. NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY On Draft Day comes word that QB AARON RODGERS’ career as a Packer is in…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   WASHINGTON OL ERECK FLOWERS is returning to Washington.  Will left the team that must not be named and returns to WFT.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: Ereck Flowers‘ tumultuous NFL career appears to have achieved some stability, and he’s heading back to where he first found it.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL Draft is a vastly bigger cultural phenomenon in 2021 than the Oscars.  The Academy Awards just drew under 10 million viewers.  Peter King with this on the NFL stage: Last year, with Roger Goodell announcing picks from his basement and coaches and prospects all with in-home cams and…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing QB TOM BRADY, who will continue to wear #12, goes off on the NFL’s new rule that heads toward college football’s anarchy.  Jenna Laine of ESPN.com: While several NFL players expressed excitement this week over a newly adopted rule that allows more flexibility when it comes to the numbers worn…

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…