Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Omicron and the NFL protocols are victorious in moving three games off the weekend. A surge in COVID-19 cases across the NFL and United States as a whole has resulted in the postponement of multiple Week 15 games. The league announced Friday that Saturday’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFL teams are tired of having perfectly healthy players (other than for a shadowy test result) sitting out games and collecting big checks. Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com with the data: Most of the NFL’s COVID-19 surge this week has been driven by positive test results from asymptomatic players, an important…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the NFC – the Cardinals have tumbled to 3rd in the table with their Monday Night loss, yielding the top spot and the bye to the Packers. W-L     Div     Conf. Green Bay            North         10-3       1        8-2 Tampa Bay           South         10-3      …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: New England  East     9-4       1          7-1 Tennessee      South   9-4       1          6-3 Kansas City     West    9-4       1          4-4 Baltimore         North   8-5       1          5-5 LA Chargers    WC1    8-5       2          5-3 Indianapolis     WC2    7-6       2          6-3 Buffalo             WC3    7-6       2          5-5 Cleveland                    7-6       2         …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO All hands on deck for the Bears as they head to Green Bay for Sunday Night Football, including the return of WR ALLEN ROBINSON. The AP: Wide receiver Allen Robinson said he expects to return to the Chicago Bears’ lineup when they visit the Green Bay Packers…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com points out that the 33-yard PAT continues to confound kickers in 2021: The success rate on extra points is the lowest this season that it has been since straight-on kickers were wearing single-bar facemasks.   Heading into Week 14, the league-wide extra point rate for…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing After Monday night, we are starting to think that the Super Bowl match-up America wants is becoming more and more likely, almost inevitable.  FootballOutsiders agrees with New England and Tampa Bay now favorites by the DVOA method in their respective conferences: Team   Conf App         Conf Win         SB Win NE       69.8% …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today – the Patriots rule the roost: New England  East     9-4       1          7-1 Tennessee      South   8-4       1          5-3 Baltimore         North   8-4       1          5-4 Kansas City     West    8-4       1          3-4 LA Chargers    WC1    7-5       2          5-3 Cincinnati        WC2    7-5       2          5-3 Buffalo             WC3    7-5       2          5-5…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today In the NFC: Arizona            West       10-2       1     6-2 Green Bay      North        9-3       1     7-2 Tampa Bay     South        9-3       1     6-3 Dallas              East          8-4       1     6-1 LA Rams         WC1         8-4       2     5-3 Washington     WC2        …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH   NEW ORLEANS Things did not go so well for QB TAYSOM HILL in his first start of the season.  Mike Triplett of ESPN.com: For a minute there, it looked like Taysom Hill’s legs might just inject some life into the New Orleans Saints’ flailing offense on Thursday…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Thought you might want to know these season-long trends: Favorites: 76-99-1 ATS (43%) Home teams: 78-101-1 ATS (44%) Overs: 77-97-2 ATS (44%) Home favorites: 41-64-1 ATS (39%) The year of the Road Dogs. NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com is almost sincere and nice as he notes…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS is wondering how NFL rumormongers are getting medical info on his toe and treatment options – with an eye towards his own coaching staff.  Mike Florio, as usual, does not take Rodgers’ side: Every Tuesday during football season (and on at least…