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The Daily Briefing Friday, March 19, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL announced its new TV deals, carrying all the way until 2033, on Thursday. John Breech of CBSSports.com spots some interesting developments: The NFL’s new television deal won’t kick in until 2023, but when that happens, there will be some big changes coming around the league. If you…
Read More The Daily Briefing Thursday, March 18, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH GREEN BAY Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com looks at the contract that retained the services of RB AARON JONES: Without using the franchise tag, the Green Bay Packers essentially paid running back Aaron Jones the same as if they had used the tag on him this year and…
Read More The Daily Briefing Wednesday, March 17, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO QB ANDY DALTON lands a one-year deal with the Bears. ESPN.com: The Chicago Bears and quarterback Andy Dalton have agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal, with the chance for the quarterback to earn another $3 million in incentives, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Chicago…
Read More The Daily Briefing Tuesday, March 16, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH GREEN BAY What will the Packers do with C COREY LINSLEY now a Charger? Brandon Carwile of USA TODAY: Now that Corey Linsley has a new home with the Los Angeles Chargers, the Green Bay Packers have to find a new starting center for the 2021 season.…
Read More The Daily Briefing Monday, March 15, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com runs a want ad for Lions LB JARRAD DAVIS as free agency gears up: He was a first-round pick in 2017, but he hasn’t fully lived up to that billing. As his first shot at free agency arrives, Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis could…
Read More The Daily Briefing Friday, March 12, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The shutdowns due to Covid 19 cost the NFL $4 billion. Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: Even though the NFL managed to play all 256 regular-season games and all 13 postseason games, the league lost a large chunk of money due to the pandemic. According to Ben Fischer of Sports Business…
Read More The Daily Briefing Wednesday, March 10, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio on where the salary cap is going to finally land: From the moment the minimum salary cap for 2021 increased from $175 million to $180 million, we’d heard that the final number will be in the range of $182 million to $183 million. Although the final number still…
Read More The Daily Briefing Tuesday, March 9, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH GREEN BAY Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com makes the case that is premature to purchase a ticket to Bustville for QB JORDAN LOVE. Jordan Love needs a preseason. For that matter, he needs an offseason. An actual offseason — not one the quarterback spent in front of an iPad…
Read More The Daily Briefing Monday, March 8, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Chris Simms has ZACH WILSON of BYU as the top QB in the draft, ahead of the anointed TREVOR LAWRENCE. Peter King on his track record: Never mind that Simms, the former Bucs quarterback and current NBC Sports NFL analyst, rated Justin Herbert ahead of Tua Tagovailoa last year, and…
Read More The Daily Briefing Friday, March 5, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing One of the best days of the year will be later than ever. Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: Last year, the NFL released the regular-season schedule on May 7. This year, it’ll happen even later than that. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the NFL says that it currently is…
Read More The Daily Briefing Thursday, March 4, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It is time for the NFL to discuss rules changes and ProFootballTalk.com has a string of posts on what may be in store. First the Eric Bienemy Rule that would put assistant coaches on playoff teams in the same position as assistant coaches on losers. Michael David Smith: NFL teams…
Read More The Daily Briefing Wednesday, March 3, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO GM Ryan Pace will not foreclose any method as a possible means for the Bears improving their QB situation. Bears General Manager Ryan Pace is leaving no stone unturned in identifying his starting quarterback. Pace wouldn’t rule out anything today, including Nick Foles or Mitchell Trubisky…
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