Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY was a passing hero and the Bears are 1-0.  But WR ALLEN ROBINSON is fuming. Nick Shook of NFL.com: Allen Robinson’s lack of a contract extension in Chicago has left him frustrated.   So frustrated, in fact, he’s wiped his social media of all…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Jason LaCanfora of CBSSports.com posits that Dome Defenses are the big losers with no fans and a constant level of noise: For what it’s worth, keep an eye on dome teams, now with no fans, having their defenses struggle mightily. There were notable collapses by the defenses of the Lions,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We salute the NFL on this achievement: Seems almost too good to be true. The NFL tested approximately 120 players, staff and essential team personnel on 30 teams Saturday morning (all but the Thursday night teams), plus about 90 stadium workers (officiating crew, chain gang, locker room attendants, stadium security)…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Here is to a successful Week 1 for the NFL, its fans and broadcast partners. – – – The NFL opener left Coach Andy Reid blind.  Kevin Patra of NFL.com: As Thursday night’s season-opener pressed on, Andy Reid’s team pulled away from the Houston Texans en route to a 34-20…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Darren Rovell has lived a very cautious life in the last six months and been something of a Negative Nelly.  But this: @darrenrovell The NFL made the bet that Covid-19 would be somewhat stabilized by the time the season started.   They won that bet. The NFL has also made…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS Patrik Walker of CBSSports.com says the Cowboys are clearing cap space for a DAK PRESCOTT deal: There’s some creative bookkeeping going on with the Dallas Cowboys, and for good read reason. The team recently restructured the contract on All-Pro left tackle Tyron Smith, converting $8.9 million…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If you are interested in a weekly survivor pool with an element of picking the Super Bowl champion, hit us up with a return email and we will send you an invite ($20 total entry).  It’s the 19th year for Last Man Standing. With that as a segue way, we…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Who is your MVP bet?  Here are some current odds for selected players that we found at CBSSports.com: Key MVP odds Patrick Mahomes +350 Lamar Jackson +600 Russell Wilson +800 Deshaun Watson +1400 Dak Prescott +1500 Tom Brady +1600 Drew Brees +1800 Kyler Murray +2000 Carson Wentz +2500 Aaron Rodgers…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing STATE OF FANS Mike Florio has been leading the charge that all teams should ban fans until authority in the most timid jurisdiction is finally convinced that it is safe.  The Commish pushes back. During a Tuesday conference call with reporters, Commissioner Roger Goodell said that he and the Competition…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing STATE OF PROTEST Jaguars TE TYLER EIFERT would like to offer a counter-point to the NFL’s preferred/mandated mantra that our nation is awash in racism, systemic and otherwise, that has led to an epidemic of bad policing. This popped up Tuesday night on Twitter: “Got some very good news from…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Within nine days, we will know the name of the Bears starting quarterback!  Jason Leiser of the Chicago Sun-Times: Don’t worry, everyone. Bears coach Matt Nagy won’t wait till kickoff of the season opener to name a starting quarterback.   After indicating he would keep that a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing STATE OF ATTENDANCE The Cowboys have become the 4th NFL team, joining Miami, Jacksonville and Kansas City, to say there will be some fans in attendance for all home games in 2020 as the Covid-19 virus recedes across the country. The two Ohio teams seem hopeful that they can soon…