Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST PHILADELPHIA C JASON KELCE doesn’t think “confrontational” is the right word for his reaction to the Eagles seeming to quit with QB NATE SUDFELD.  Myles Simmons ofProFootballTalk.com: Jason Kelce made headlines a few weeks ago when he made an impassioned statement against the idea of tanking in the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing For those keeping score at home, the NFL kicked out five of the 12 teams from last year’s playoff club.  In the AFC, New England and Houston, and in the NFC, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Minnesota. With 14 teams in this year’s club, seven new teams were added, including the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The new 14-team playoff ended up putting Chicago (8-8) and Indianapolis (11-5) into the playoffs with the 12-4 Saints and 13-3 Bills losing byes. So, Chicago at New Orleans and Indianapolis at Buffalo are the creations to the playoff schedule. – – – Here, from ProFootballTalk.com, are the coaching and…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Here is some stuff from this week’s owners meeting that didn’t involve Covid and 2020 from ESPN.com: NFL owners have delayed a decision on implementing a 17-game regular season for 2021.   During a teleconference call Wednesday that replaced the usual December gathering of owners in Dallas, they opted to…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT Add deposed Atlanta GM Thomas Dmitroff to the Lions interview list.  Kevin Patra ofNFL.com: The Detroit Lions’ interview pool for their open general manager position continues to widen.   NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Thursday that Detroit plans to interview former Atlanta Falcons GM Tomas Dimitroff next…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today, the Road to Super Bowl 55 in the NFC goes through Green Bay after the Saints were ambushed in Philly. yx-Green Bay             North        10-3            8-2 x-New Orleans            South        10-3            8-2 LA Rams                     West           9-4            8-2 Washington                 East            6-7           …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT The Lions, still on the fringe of playoff contention, may get RB D’ANDRE SWIFT back. NFL.com: Detroit Lions interim coach Darrell Bevell said rookie running back D’Andre Swift, who’s missed the past three games in part because of an illness while also spending time in the concussion protocol,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The oddly-time games prompted by Covid might not be so odd in the future.  Or so wonders Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Today doesn’t feel like a Wednesday.   It doesn’t feel like a Wednesday because an NFL game was played last night. And some in NFL circles would like that…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the AFC, we note that the 6-6 Patriots are two game out of the playoffs, while 6-6 is the playoff line in the NFC.  This is partly because all three NFL teams with fewer than three wins (the Jets, Cincinnati, the Chargers) are all…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We will do If The Season Ended Today for the NFC now, since the Cowboys are dead last in the conference table at the moment.  AFC tomorrow after Baltimore declares itself. As a sign of changing times, the Washington Football Team appears as a legitimate Wild Card hopeful: New Orleans  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We saw several weeks ago that there were whispers that the Texans might keep Romeo Crennel and Jack Easterby around because a virtual interview process, mandated by Covid, would prevent them from really getting to know the GM and coaching candidates. Now the NFL has issued rules on how the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Coach Matt Nagy believes that his team craves tough coaching.  Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times: Two days after coach Matt Nagy criticized his defense for a shoddy performance in a 41-25 loss to the Packers, no defensive players were available to the media Wednesday for the…