Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH MINNESOTAWR JUSTIN JEFFERSON seems to admit he’s become a bit adrift.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Three years ago today, Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson made the catch of his life in a f—kin’ nutty upset of the Bills. He used the anniversary of that unforgettable moment to commit to rediscovering the magic of 2022. Via…

AROUND THE NFL Would the NFL have flexed out of Dallas at Las Vegas on Monday night?  They usually don’t touch the mighty Cowboys, but in 2025, Seattle at Rams and/or Tampa Bay at Buffalo would seem to have been better options and probably unprotected. But as Mike Florio explains, by rule, the NFL could not…

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: AFC                                                            ConfIndianapolis                South      8-2           6-1Denver                        West       8-2           5-2New England              East        8-2           4-2Pittsburgh                   North       5-4           4-2LA Chargers               WC1       7-3           6-1Buffalo                        WC2       6-3           4-2Jacksonville                WC3       5-4           3-3Kansas City                               5-4            2-3Houston                                     4-5           3-2Baltimore                                   4-5           2-3 Even though they both won, Denver moved ahead of New England in Week 10…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  DETROITFor the first half of the season, the Lions are giving up too many sacks.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Lions quarterback Jared Goff is at risk of taking more sacks this season than he ever has in his career. He says he and the offensive line know that needs to get…

AROUND THE NFL The ratings are in for Bills-Chiefs on CBS,  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Every network wants to televise the now-annual regular-season game between the Chiefs and the Bills. And for good reason. The game delivers. Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, 30.8 million on average watched the late-afternoon Sunday game on CBS. It’s the fifth-highest audience for…

AROUND THE NFL The biggest trade of deadline day so far is the Jets sending CB SAUCE GARDNER to the Colts.  We’ll get the DB out now, and cover any upcoming deals in the morning.- – -If The Season Ended Today in the NFC – In the highly competitive NFC, the 49ers loss at Houston proved…

AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today, the team the oddsmakers continue to proclaim as the favorite to hoist Lombardi in February, is not even in the playoffs and multiple games outside it division lead.   The Chiefs have fallen to eighth in the AFC after Jacksonville’s win at Las Vegas. AFC                                                            ConfIndianapolis                South      7-2           6-1New England             …

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  DETROITLions DC KELVIN SHEPPARD might be a sneaky good candidate to replace the departed Brian Kelly as head coach at LSU.  He certainly has greater familiarity with the intricacies of the job than Kelly did upon leaving Notre Dame and heading to the bayou.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL won the annual Monday Night in late October head-to-head with the biggest event in MLB.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL went head-to-head with the World Series and came out with more viewers on Monday night. ESPN announced that the Monday Night Football game between the Chiefs and the Commanders drew 17.6…

AROUND THE NFL Josh Edwards of CBSSports.com updates us on the current draft order – with the Jets out of the number one spot: As a reminder, there are three teams without a first-round pick in 2026 as a result of draft day trades, plus the Micah Parsons deal: Atlanta, Green Bay and Jacksonville.  Here is the current 2026…

AROUND THE NFL Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season will not be one the League’s PR folks will be extolling for the tightness of the competition. With 12 games in the books, only one, the Jets 39-38 comeback win at Cincinnati, was decided by fewer than 10 points.   And only two other games were decided by…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL does not accept the conventional wisdom that Vikings PK WILL REICHARD missed a field goal in London because it hit a Sky Cam cable – and it doesn’t want its announcers saying that.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: During the first half of Thursday night’s Vikings-Chargers game, Prime Video’s Al Michaels said the…