Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It was great to have a live event to watch and the telecast was fine for the most part. But not much happened early in a draft which followed the script of the first Mock Drafts from back in January.  Burrow to Cincy, Young to the Skins, the Lions couldn’t…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS A scary thought from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: When the Cowboys’ football staff is gathered together in one draft room, owner and General Manager Jerry Jones has final say — but sometimes Jones would get talked out of making a splashy move, most famously when…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY GM Brian Gutenkist signals he is open for business – up or down.  Jim Owczarski of the Green Bay Press-Gazette: Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst conducted a conference call Monday afternoon in advance of the NFL draft, the first time he or any…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL had a mock draft on Monday to work out the kinks on the on-line, virtual draft system.  There were plenty of kinks to be worked out according to early tweets. @AdamSchefter Text from a participant on the NFL’s mock draft that started at 1 pm EST. “Mock draft…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King is hopeful: In the last 10 days, I have not heard a coach or GM, even off the record while gathering informational chum for my mock, complain about the inconvenience of drafting alone and from home. Veach shares his home with a wife, four kids and two Australian…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT GM Bob Quinn admits the Lions are listening to offers for the #3 overall pick.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: One week after NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported the Lions were listening to offers for the No. 3 pick, the team’s general manager confirmed it.   Detroit…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing While hoping to stay on schedule, the NFL knows that there are public authorities that want to shut down everything for as long as possible.  They tell the Washington Post that they are making contingency plans.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s official position is that it’s planning to…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This from Dr. Anthony Fauci per Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com:   Dr. Anthony Fauci believes American sports can return sooner than some are expecting, but only if strict protocols are in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.   Fauci said in a Snapchat interview that sports can…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   DETROIT Add DT DAMON HARRISON to the list of ex-Lions who were miserable under the current regime in Detroit.  Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press:   Damon Harrison spent the first three weeks of training camp on the non-football injury list last summer, when he said…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King with some draft mechanics:   NFL HQ. Each year, the NFL’s VP of player personnel, Ken Fiore, is at the head table of the draft, on site, supervising the mechanics of the draft and accepting and confirming trades between the teams. This year, Fiore will do it from…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Are sports fans really waiting on a vaccine before they go back to a game?  A poll wants you to believe that.  Kelly Cohen of ESPN.com:   The sports world has been at a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic for roughly a month, and despite the widespread eagerness to…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFLers are balking at invading fellow employees homes/having fellow employees invade their homes in preparation for the virtual draft.  Adam Schefter is fear rumormongering as reported by Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   It’s not quite carnage in the streets, but there’s a concern regarding the presence of IT workers in…