Daily Briefing

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT They may have swagger, but the 2024 Detroit Lions are still working hard says Dan Graziano of ESPN.com: The last time I visited Lions training camp was 2021, the first year that coach Dan Campbell and GM Brad Holmes were in Detroit. Things were… different back then. The Lions…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The first game of the season is not really in the books – it was called off by summer weather in the third period.  Here’s a report on the new kickoff rule’s debut from Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: The first two kickoff returns under the NFL’s new rules looked a lot like…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The NFL will test technology vs. the old fashioned chain gang in determining first downs in some preseason games.  Frank Schwab of YahooSports.com on the pluses and minuses of Sony Hawk-Eye technology: The NFL’s movement toward measuring first downs with technology instead of the traditional chain gang doesn’t fix everything, but it’s…

THE DAILY BRIEFING We are a bit abbreviated today with a commitment for the rest of the day and the time spent making the Hall of Fame case for someone excluded by ESPN’s Bill Barnwell in his opus on the next 10 Hall of Fame classes (see below). Full coverage tomorrow. NFC NORTH CHICAGO No…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Charles Robinson of YahooSports.com points out that three huge contracts have recently been awarded to QBs with very incomplete resumes: The contracts of Jordan Love, Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence have some people scratching their heads.   Let’s take this one-by-one, starting with Love, who recently became the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback with…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Are these the best QBs in the NFL?  Probably not, but with QB Contract Roulette, they are now the highest paid.  This from CBSSports.com in the aftermath of new contracts for Green Bay’s JORDAN LOVE and Miami’s TUA TAGOVIALOA: Tua Tagovailoa and Jordan Love became much wealthier individuals on Friday. The Miami…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO Kalyne Kahler of ESPN.com on the personality re-boot from Bears coach Matt Eberflus: Matt Eberflus panicked. He looked down at the barber’s cape and saw several inches of his wet hair clinging to the navy fabric.   “Funk, that seems like a lot off.”   “Don’t worry about it,”…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Keep an eye out for the new-look Guardian Caps to make it into NFL games this season.  Mike Florio on some news out of Chargers camp: Last year, as the NFL touted the safety enhancements of Guardian Caps, the league wasn’t willing to allow players to wear them during games. Several months…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Watching film of the Packers in Vegas last year, RB JOSH JACOBS saw something that put the seed of signing with Green Bay in his head.  Jori Epstein of YahooSports.com: Josh Jacobs was sitting in his Las Vegas Raiders meeting when the Jordan Love film came on.…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com is pointing the finger at the Lions for an injury report violation. The Lions could end up catching flak from Receiver.   As noted recently, the Receiver series reveals that Amon-Ra St. Brown suffered an oblique injury in Week 3 against the Falcons. Although he…

THE DAILY BRIEFING With camps opening, Cody Benjamin of CBSSports.com looks at eight players anxious for new deals and opines as to what their course of action might be: Training camps are getting underway around the NFL, but several big names are still facing an uncertain future, either in search of a new contract or…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO Despite all the attempts to be innovative, including two efforts to lower his tax burden, QB CALEB WILLIAMS did sign a largely standard deal reports Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: Quarterback Caleb Williams got creative and imaginative in his effort to secure special terms in his rookie deal with the Bears.…