Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Albert Breer of SI.com on the changes to the schedule: And at this point, the schedule grid feels like a Jenga tower one pulled piece away from collapsing, particularly now that six teams are through their bye weeks, be they scheduled or forced by the virus. Here’s the fallout from…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Jeff Kerr of CBSSports.com on the havoc being wreaked on the NFL schedule by positive tests for the dreaded Covid-19: Week 5 of the NFL season has gone topsy turvy as there have been multiple schedule changes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that’s sweeping the league. The Tennessee…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL announces recent Covid-19 results: The National Football League and NFL Players Association today announced the COVID-19 monitoring testing results for September 20-October 3.   During this period, players and Tier 1 and 2 personnel were tested daily. Tier 3 individuals were tested weekly. Individuals who test positive for…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com notes disapprovingly that teams are still greeting each other after games. Much was made in July about the ban on post-game jersey swaps and then, eventually, a sponsorship-opportunity workaround. The document preventing players from lingering on the field to remove their jerseys, sign them, and trade…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It’s never too early for If The Season Ended Today. The AFC                                                W-L                Conf 1          Kansas City     West    4-0                   4-0 2          Buffalo             East     4-0                   3-0 3          Tennessee      South   3-0                  2-0 4          Pittsburgh        North   3-0                   2-0       5          Baltimore         WC1    3-1                   2-1 6          Indianapolis     WC2    3-1                   1-1 7          Cleveland        WC3   …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King on the TV considerations that are promoting the game being played in Kansas City tonight and other Covid thoughts: Why rush the Patriots-Chiefs game to tonight and have the league override its rule about not traveling on the day of a game? Three reasons. The league didn’t want…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The Titans-Steelers game is re-scheduled.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL has juggled the schedule to allow the Steelers and Titans to play this season after their game scheduled for Sunday had to be postponed.   The league announced today that the Steelers-Titans game that was postponed because of…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing A trickle of positive tests among the Titans has moved the Steelers-Titans game out of Week 4.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com sees a way forward to get the game played without undue distress: We learned on Wednesday that the Titans and Steelers would not be playing as scheduled on Sunday.…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing One more positive test for the Titans.  None for the Vikings. And on Wednesday, the NFL announces that the game will not be played on Sunday.  They are hoping for Monday. Sunday’s Titans-Steelers game has been postponed as a result of the multiple positive COVID-19 cases affecting the Titans, a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We don’t know who the NFL is going to put on the halftime stage at Super Bowl 55 in Tampa, but the naming of the producer gives us a hint that it won’t be a country music show.  Cassandra Negley of YahooSports.com: The Super Bowl halftime show will have a…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Observations on the state of New Jersey/New York football: Peter King – Of the NFL’s 32 teams, the Giants are 31 and the Jets 32. Though I’d say the Jets are 32 by a lot. Michael Lombardi – @mlombardiNFL There is no professional football in NY since 2017.  Both teams,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing There were fans in JAX last night – and some teams are letting in friends and family.  This from NBCSports.com (no fans for games not listed): The Washington Football Team at Cleveland Browns – FirstEnergy Stadium The Browns will allow up to 6,000 fans for the team’s first two home…