Daily Briefing

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,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing QB PATRICK MAHOMES is an advocate for the use of microchips to aid officiating.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes wants the NFL to go high tech to improve officiating.   The NFL has a microchip in every football as part of its data tracking, and bits…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Apparently an NFL team did not think it would score enough minority hiring points if it added former player Eugene Chung to their coaching staff.  Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: The Fritz Pollard Alliance has asked for an investigation. An investigation is coming.   The NFL said Monday morning that it will…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT Mark Brunell, Detroit’s quarterbacks coach, believes in the Lions even if no one else does.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Lions quarterbacks coach Mark Brunell is aware that no one thinks his team is going to be any good this year. And he’s OK with that, because…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Two top 10 picks with the initials “PS” have agree to teams in cities starting with “D”. T PENEI SEWELL, #7, has signed with Detroit while CB PATRICK SURTAIN, #9, has agreed to a pact with Denver. Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com has Sewell’s terms: It’s a four-year deal with a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Today, we break down the AFC North schedules. NFC NORTH DETROIT We don’t know yet if Dan Campbell can coach at the head coach level, but he sure is a quote machine.  Eric Woodyard of ESPN.com: If bringing a Super Bowl to Detroit required losing an arm than new Lions…