Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This from Michael David Smith: @MichaelDavSmith  It’s stupid that we still measure first downs with two sticks and a chain but the stupidest part of it is when it’s close, the referees aren’t even consistent about what constitutes the nose of the football reaching the stick. Yet Gene Steratore was…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Enjoy Wednesday afternoon football! NFC NORTH DETROIT Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com on how the coaches left behind with the departure of Coach Matt Patricia are coping: The Lions fired head coach Matt Patricia over the weekend and that’s led to questions for the team’s remaining coaches about how much will…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the NFC:                                               W-L      Conf New Orleans         South         9-2       7-1 Seattle                   West          8-3       6-2 Green Bay            North         8-3       6-2 NY Giants             East           4-7       3-6 LA Rams               WC1          7-4      7-2 Tampa Bay           WC2          7-5       4-4 Arizona                  WC3         …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Let’s do the If The Season Ended Today for the AFC, because we don’t want to wait until Wednesday morning.  If Pittsburgh wins: Pittsburgh        North   11-0     8-0 Kansas City     West    10-1     8-1 Tennessee      South     8-3     6-3 Buffalo             East       8-3     6-2 Cleveland        WC1      8-3     5-3 Miami             …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It seems clear that the reason the Ravens-Steelers game is in jeopardy lies with Baltimore.  And really, without LAMAR JACKSON would the Ravens want to go through with it, why not just take a forfeit?  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com has some thoughts: If you thought that Steelers players were upset…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Bears coach Matt Nagy wants to keep the Packers in suspense as to whether or not they will see QB NICK FOLES or QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY – but the smoke signals say it is back to Trubisky.  Tyler Sullivan of CBSSports.com:   The Chicago Bears held out…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing As we go to press – only two games on Thanksgiving as the night game in Pittsburgh gets a Covid postponement: @diannaESPN The Steelers and Ravens game which was scheduled for Thanksgiving night has been moved to Sunday per source This from Ian Rapoport:   @RapSheet The #Steelers players are…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the NFC, the Saints sit atop the conference with the equivalent of a three-game lead in the NFC South: New Orleans           South       8-2       7-1 LA Rams                 West        7-3       7-1 Green Bay              North       7-3       5-2 Philadelphia             East         3-6-1    3-3       Seattle                   …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: Pittsburgh        North   10-0     7-0 Kansas City     West      9-1     8-1 Buffalo            East       7-3     5-2 Indianapolis     South     7-3     3-3 Tennessee      WC1      7-3     5-3 Cleveland        WC2      7-3     4-3 Las Vegas       WC3      6-4     4-3 Baltimore                       6-4     4-4 Miami …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com is gloomy about what is next for the NFL as the holiday season approaches. The NFL’s COVID-19 strategy continues to hinge on the notion that players and others will get the virus, and that the league will intervene quickly and decisively by identifying those who have…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL wants every team to behave as if Covid has already slithered inside their doors.  Dan Graziano of ESPN.com: Starting this Saturday, all NFL teams must operate under the league’s intensive COVID-19 protocols for the remainder of this season, according to a league memo sent to teams Wednesday afternoon…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL is moving their officiating crews around to make some history.  Kevin Seifert ofESPN.com: The NFL has assembled an all-Black officiating crew for the first time to work Monday night’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, citing the opportunity to recognize the league’s history and…