Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today, the Road to Super Bowl 55 in the NFC goes through Green Bay after the Saints were ambushed in Philly. yx-Green Bay             North        10-3            8-2 x-New Orleans            South        10-3            8-2 LA Rams                     West           9-4            8-2 Washington                 East            6-7           …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH DETROIT The Lions, still on the fringe of playoff contention, may get RB D’ANDRE SWIFT back. NFL.com: Detroit Lions interim coach Darrell Bevell said rookie running back D’Andre Swift, who’s missed the past three games in part because of an illness while also spending time in the concussion protocol,…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The oddly-time games prompted by Covid might not be so odd in the future.  Or so wonders Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Today doesn’t feel like a Wednesday.   It doesn’t feel like a Wednesday because an NFL game was played last night. And some in NFL circles would like that…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the AFC, we note that the 6-6 Patriots are two game out of the playoffs, while 6-6 is the playoff line in the NFC.  This is partly because all three NFL teams with fewer than three wins (the Jets, Cincinnati, the Chargers) are all…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We will do If The Season Ended Today for the NFC now, since the Cowboys are dead last in the conference table at the moment.  AFC tomorrow after Baltimore declares itself. As a sign of changing times, the Washington Football Team appears as a legitimate Wild Card hopeful: New Orleans  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We saw several weeks ago that there were whispers that the Texans might keep Romeo Crennel and Jack Easterby around because a virtual interview process, mandated by Covid, would prevent them from really getting to know the GM and coaching candidates. Now the NFL has issued rules on how the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Coach Matt Nagy believes that his team craves tough coaching.  Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times: Two days after coach Matt Nagy criticized his defense for a shoddy performance in a 41-25 loss to the Packers, no defensive players were available to the media Wednesday for the…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This from Michael David Smith: @MichaelDavSmith  It’s stupid that we still measure first downs with two sticks and a chain but the stupidest part of it is when it’s close, the referees aren’t even consistent about what constitutes the nose of the football reaching the stick. Yet Gene Steratore was…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Enjoy Wednesday afternoon football! NFC NORTH DETROIT Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com on how the coaches left behind with the departure of Coach Matt Patricia are coping: The Lions fired head coach Matt Patricia over the weekend and that’s led to questions for the team’s remaining coaches about how much will…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing If The Season Ended Today in the NFC:                                               W-L      Conf New Orleans         South         9-2       7-1 Seattle                   West          8-3       6-2 Green Bay            North         8-3       6-2 NY Giants             East           4-7       3-6 LA Rams               WC1          7-4      7-2 Tampa Bay           WC2          7-5       4-4 Arizona                  WC3         …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Let’s do the If The Season Ended Today for the AFC, because we don’t want to wait until Wednesday morning.  If Pittsburgh wins: Pittsburgh        North   11-0     8-0 Kansas City     West    10-1     8-1 Tennessee      South     8-3     6-3 Buffalo             East       8-3     6-2 Cleveland        WC1      8-3     5-3 Miami             …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It seems clear that the reason the Ravens-Steelers game is in jeopardy lies with Baltimore.  And really, without LAMAR JACKSON would the Ravens want to go through with it, why not just take a forfeit?  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com has some thoughts: If you thought that Steelers players were upset…