Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL The 32 NFL teams have been valued for 2025 by Sportico.  Dan Shanoff of The Athletic with some highlights: Proving that on-field success doesn’t always correlate with off-field financial realities, the Dallas Cowboys once again sat atop Sportico’s 2025 NFL Franchise Valuations Ranking. The ranking, now in its sixth year, compiles and estimates a…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOThoughts from the panel of experts assembled by Mike Sando of The Athletic on QB CALEB WILLIAMS, a resident of Tier 3: Williams entered the 2024 draft as the consensus No. 1 quarterback. He enters his second season facing questions about his ability to process and play quickly after taking 68 sacks, third-most…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOThe DB admits to not being sold on QB CALEB WILLIAMS as worthy of the first overall pick in the 2024 draft.  Seems like Sean Payton had the same doubts.  Eva Geitheim of SI.com: Heading into a 2024 NFL draft that saw a record six quarterbacks get taken in the first 12…

AROUND THE NFL The QB Tiers are in for 2025, as Mike Sando’s annual poll of 50 NFL execs and coaches is revealed at The Athletic Quarterback Tiers results are in for 2025, with 50 NFL coaches and executives coronating two first-time Tier 1 QBs — including, finally, Lamar Jackson. The panel combined to confer 46 top-tier votes…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL record for longest field goal remains 66 yards – but PK CAM LITTLE of the Jaguars nailed one from 70 on Saturday in a preseason game.  John Breech ofCBSSports.com with an impressive recounting of where Little’s field goal ranks from all levels: Cam Little won’t be getting his name in the NFL…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  DETROITThe Lions can’t block teammate DE AIDAN HUTCHINSON.  Jordan Dajani of CBSSports.com: Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson is back on the practice field after breaking his tibia and fibula in Week 6 last season, but it sounds like he’s back to 100%. In fact, Hutchinson sounds like he’s dominating. According to the…

AROUND THE NFL The power of the NFL: MLFootball🚨🚨THIS IS INSANE🚨🚨 MORE PEOPLE WATCHED THE #NFL HALL OF FAME PRESEASON GAME THAN THE AVERAGE NBA PLAYOFF GAME. Hall of Fame Game: 6.9 million NBA Playoffs: 4.5 million viewers THE NFL IS THE UNDISPUTED KING. And now they own 10% of ESPN as the deal for NFL Network is officially announced: ESPN, a…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  CHICAGOCourtney Cronin of ESPN.com on the Bears running backs room: DJ Moore’s locker is two stalls away from that of Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift. Over the past 16 months, since Swift signed his three-year, $24 million free agent contract with Chicago, Moore has had a bird’s-eye view of how his teammate…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  DETROITQB JARED GOFF with nice things to say about new OC John Morton.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The Lions’ success the last couple of years led to some major changes heading into the 2025 season. They had to replace two coordinators who left for head coaching jobs and quarterback Jared Goff gave an…

AROUND THE NFL The Packers finances provide a peephole into the rest of the NFL’s.  Rob Demovsky ofESPN.com: Eighteen years ago, when Mark Murphy gave his first financial report after taking over as president of the Packers, the NFL’s revenue sharing was $138 million per team. On Wednesday, just days before Murphy retires and hands over control…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH  DETROITJori Epstein of YahooSports.com on the big changes to the Lions coaching staff: As Terrion Arnold jogged out to practice Monday morning, he turned back to a coach and nodded: I know I’ve got research to do. Arnold wasn’t talking to his teammates about a conversation they had in the locker room. The Detroit…

AROUND THE NFL Former player JC Tretter, a former NFLPA president who was involved with the selection of the disastrous Lloyd Howell as executive director, is leaving the union.  Kalyn Kahler of ESPN.com: NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter is resigning from his position and has withdrawn himself from consideration for the NFLPA’s interim executive director position. “Over…