Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We begin our breakdowns of each NFL team schedule today with the NFC North. But first, Peter King gets some inside scoop from the schedule makers: The 13th iteration of the 2021 NFL schedule was perfectly playable. It had been put through all the checks of the 70-game Key Games…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We will go through each team’s schedule in detail next week, but we felt we had to highlight this quirk to Cleveland’s 2021 slate – the Browns will play the Ravens in consecutive games (although not consecutive weeks): 11        Nov. 21           Detroit Lions                1 p.m.             FOX 12        Nov.…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY We don’t think QB AARON RODGERS is re-thinking his strategy with news that the Packers have added QB BLAKE BORTLES to the roster.  Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com: The Packers are signing veteran quarterback Blake Bortles to a one-year contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We didn’t have to wait until tonight to get the Week 1 schedule. Grant Gordon of NFL.com runs through all the Kickoff Weekend games, starting with America’s Team playing on Kickoff Thursday.  As a homer, we put the FOX games inBold. A matchup of the highest profile — featuring the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL Schedule is announced tomorrow night! Here are some predictions from @NFLScheduleLeaks: UPDATED Week 1/Thanksgiving predictions   Week 1: TNF DAL @ TB SNF: PIT @ KC MNF1: CLE @ BAL MNF2*: ARI @ LARA   Thanksgiving:   GB @ DET LV @ DAL CLE @ PIT We believe,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Is it surprising that QB TOM BRADY is a strong advocate for less off-season work?  Peter King: Ben Volin of the Boston Globe obtained a recording of the Zoom call the NFLPA had with players Friday, with strident words from Tom Brady urging players to boycott offseason workouts and non-mandatory…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Are the Bears thinking of moving from the spaceship that landed in the Colisseum?  John Breech of CBSSports.com: The Chicago Bears have been playing at Soldier Field since 1971, but that’s something that could be changing in the near future. The Bears are apparently thinking about relocating…

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.  …