Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY And, just like QB DESHAUN WATSON, it looks like QB AARON RODGERS will be back with his team for the start of camp.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Aaron Rodgers has arrived in Green Bay to report to training camp.   Rodgers’ private plane landed…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing On Friday, the NFL was rocked when two coaches were summarily fired for refusing to take one of the experimental vaccines.  The most senior was veteran coach Rick Dennison of the Vikings.  Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: After refusing to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, Rick Dennison is out as a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com sees anti-vaxxers causing discord in the locker rooms of the NFL: Teams with high vaccination rates will have a competitive advantage. They also will minimize the potential internal turmoil.   In Buffalo, a full-blown COVID schism could be on the way, after Thursday’s memo making it…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO A tale from Chicago in 2021.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Last month a Chicago resident named Scott Morrow was walking down the street when he suddenly felt a sharp pain and collapsed to the ground. He had been shot in the back and was now in…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing A fun fact – the NFC East is the only current NFL division in which every team has won at least one Super Bowl. NFC North – not Detroit NFC South – not Carolina or Atlanta NFC West – not Arizona AFC East – not Buffalo AFC North – not…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Perhaps too slowly for some in the media and elsewhere, but the NFL players are slowly, but surely, knuckling under the immense coercive pressure to get the vaccine.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL’s vaccination rate continues to increase, with training camp fast approaching.   There are now 13…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Is QB AARON RODGERS backtracking from a split?  He doesn’t sound like a mam implementing a plan.  Adam Maya of NFL.com: Deadlines force decisions, and Aaron Rodgers has a major one impending. Whether he will play for the Packers, or at all, in 2021 has…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com with a report on player progress in complying with the NFL’s Covid dictates: Teams on which 85 percent of players are vaccinated will receive relaxed COVID-19 protocols for this season. Still, vaccination rates aren’t climbing quite as fast as the NFL and its teams likely had…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Every NFL player is defying the variants and electing not to opt out for 2021.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: The window closed on Friday. The official news as to whether anyone opted to go through it came today.   Per multiple reports, the official transaction report (which officially will be…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL would like to make July 31st one of the two biggest days in July.  Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: In four weeks and one day, it’s coming. And it has a name.   July 31 will be known as “Back Together Saturday” for the NFL, via Ben Fischer of Sports…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Mike Ditka is distraught that the Bears might abandon the City of Chicago.  Grey Papke of Larry Brown Sports: The Chicago Bears are eyeing possibilities for a new stadium which could see them leave the city of Chicago to head to the suburbs. That’s not something that…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO The momentum appears to be growing for the Bears to abandon the City of Chicago and flee to the suburbs.  Chris Emma of 730TheScore: With the Bears having formally placed a bid on the Arlington Park property, the team is exploring a potential future away from Soldier…