Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Draft picks were untouched in the quest for employment justice, but the NFL did make some other changes designed to enhance the hiring of minorities.  Here is the official NFL story at NFL.com: The NFL announced Tuesday new policies designed to increase employment opportunities and advancement for minorities and women…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Even a vote looms to allow the manipulation of draft picks in the name of employment justice, the NFL is imposing more requirements for a team to be deemed Rooney Rule compliant.  Kevin Patra of NFL.com: In advance of Tuesday’s virtual owners’ meetings, the NFL will expand the Rooney Rule,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Maturely, QB AARON RODGERS says he is able to separate his feelings towards training his replacement QB JORDAN LOVE and those towards GM Brian Gutenkist who drafted Love. “He didn’t ask to be drafted by the Packers. He’s not to blame at all … I’m…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing An amazing NFL crime story, with a recent number one pick among two active NFL players being sought by Florida police.  Charean Williams of NFL.com: The Miramar, Florida, police department announced on social media it has issued arrest warrants for Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Should a LockDown Governor, in California or elsewhere, dictate the banishment of the NFL for 2020, Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, harshly criticized by Peter King, wants the world to know any and all of those teams can find safe haven in his state.  ESPN.com: Florida’s Ron DeSantis…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Desperate times call for desperate advertising measures.  Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: As the NFL stares at the possibility of games played with no one staring at the field from the stands, the league is looking at the loss of significant revenue. The challenge becomes replacing it.   Deep in an item…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing MVP odds for 2020 courtesy of David Purdham of ESPN.com: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the consensus favorite to win the 2020 NFL MVP award, with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson on his heels.   At Caesars Sportsbook, Mahomes is 4-1 to win what would be his second…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If the LockDown Governor of California persists in dictating no sporting events in his state, will the Governor of Nevada (who has been LockDown so far) allow a safe haven for California’s banished teams?  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: After the release of the 2020 schedule, an effort was made to…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing As we now know, John Clayton was peddling FakeNews when he said the NFL would frontload the schedule with four weeks of interconference games.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Prior to the release of the 2020 NFL schedule, there were reports and rumors that the NFL planned to fill the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If you want to piece things together – you can start working on the NFL schedule at 7:30 p.m. tonight.  We will start doing so on Twitter (@NFLDB) as the returns trickle in. Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL announced this week that the schedule for the 2020 season will…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing With the schedule just over 24 hours away, we thought we might take a look at how the NFC continues to have the combination of the best teams and the best markets – which means the schedulemakers will be throwing bones to CBS. How would you rank the 2020 desirability…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL says the schedule will be announced this Thursday, the 7th, at 8 pm EST.  Stand by, for news. And adios, Mexico and England.  There will be only one nation in the National Football League in that 2020 schedule.  Here is the announcement from the NFL and its international…