Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFL players have billions of reasons to hope that those in power allow them to play.  Matt Johnson of Sportsnaut.com:   The COVID-19 pandemic has largely brought professional sports to a halt with the NBA and MLB suspending their seasons. As the NFL weighs the potential impact the ongoing crisis…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It’s been just three and a half weeks since the powers that be deemed a national lockdown was required to battle CoVid.    Now, even as the plague is falling far, far short of “expert” models in most states and the curve may be bending, the NFL is among those…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, a hardline wait for Dr. Fauci’s vaccine guy, seems to take the side that a lockdown is harder to end than it was to impose.   The President conducted a conference call with sports commissioners on Saturday, and as to one sport in particular he expressed…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The population of the United Kingdom is 66 million.  So far, about 3,000 people have perished there from CoVid19.  There have been about 35,000 reported cases.   So, 0.05%, that’s 1/20th of 1 percent of the total population have had a case of CoVid19.  0.004% of the population has died. …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL is counting on victory in the war against CoVID19/Wuhan Virus.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com seems less convinced:   At a time when the entire American sports industry is shut down (with very limited exceptions) due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL intends to not lose 2020 regular-season games…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King on the remote NFL Draft:   The other day, I was told that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell could kick off the 2020 NFL Draft in 24 days from a remote-controlled camera in his home in Bronxville, N.Y., a village 15 miles north of NFL headquarters in Manhattan. But,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio offers this scary thought.   As the reality of life amid the coronavirus pandemic continues to sink in, the NFL needs to be sinking its teeth into the reality that a normal football season won’t happen this year.   Given the predictions and projections for the ongoing spread…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing As other events are cancelled or postponed, the NFL is adamant that there will be a draft on April 23. The NFL Draft will take place as scheduled, April 23-25, the league revealed on Thursday in a memo sent to all 32 teams.   In response to general managers calling…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing So, on March 26, here is how we see the state of play at QB.   JAMEIS WINSTON and CAM NEWTON, are first overall draft picks who are unrestricted free agents who cannot find work.   JOE BURROW, TUA TAGIALOVA and JUSTIN HERBERT are first round QBs in waiting, maybe…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Per the orders of the NFL, team offices are shuttering for up to two weeks.  Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times:   Due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wrote a memo Tuesday telling teams their facilities must close for at least two weeks…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS The Cowboys need a new center.  Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News:   Travis Frederick is one of the best players at his position.   The Cowboys center was selected to his fifth Pro Bowl in 2019, returning from the effects of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   CHICAGO A new team for LB BARKEVIOUS MINGO.  NFL.com:   The Bears added depth on defense with a pair of moves, signing safety Jordan Lucas and outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo to one-year deals, per Rapoport. Lucas, who played for the Chiefs the past two seasons, is set…