Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Those who “opt out” in 2021 will not be paid a single solitary dime.  The AP: NFL players must decide by July 2 if they plan to opt out of playing this season due to COVID-19 concerns, though players who voluntarily opt out will not be paid any stipend this…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing WR GOLDEN TATE II is trying to find a gig.  Mike Rosenstein of NJ.com” NFL training camps open in a month and Golden Tate remains a free man.   But the former New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver knows where he would like to land for the 2021…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA Not one, not two, not three, but four bullets found the body of rookie DL JAYLEN TWYMAN in DC, but he is expected to recover. Minnesota Vikings rookie defensive lineman Jaylen Twyman is expected to make a full recovery after being shot four times on Monday…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Lori Lightfoot should be gone as mayor by the time it happens, but it is becoming obvious that the Bears are planning to get out of the City of Chicago.  Jason Leiser of the Chicago Sun-Times: The possibility of the Bears leaving Soldier Field for a new…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The Saints and the Dolphins are cited as being compliant to the desires of the NFL in terms of vaccination.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Saints head coach Sean Payton said recently that he is confident that the team would reach the threshold of 85 percent of players fully vaccinated and…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Nick Shook of NFL.com on the state of vaccination: After a fairly busy run of news on the COVID-19 vaccine front in the NFL last week, an update on progress seems to have the league’s members near a milestone of sorts.   Sixteen of the NFL’s 32 teams have 51…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Team president Mark Murphy says what seems pretty obvious.  Jared Dubin ofCBSSports.com: Murphy said last week that the Rodgers situation has “divided our fan base.” He had more to say at an event at Lambeau Field on Thursday, and he drew inspiration from former Packers…

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…