Daily Briefing

AROUND THE NFL Ken Belson of the New York Times hears that the NFL will indeed aggressively push for an 18-game regular season.   After a relatively quiet off-season, N.F.L. players and coaches are back in training camp.   The league’s owners and players union, though, have been at work for most of the summer,…

AROUND THE NFL An update on the talks (or lack) concerning a new CBA.  Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com:   Monday’s collective bargaining session between the NFL and the NFL Players Association has been postponed, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Sunday.   The plan is to reschedule the session for sometime during the first week of…

AROUND THE NFL DE NICK BOSA, #2 overall, signed his rookie contract with the 49ers on Thursday.  That left #3 overall DT QUINNEN WILLIAMS of the Jets as the lone unsigned first round selection.  From ESPN:    The San Francisco 49ers have finally come to terms with No.2-overall pick Nick Bosa on a four-year contract…

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   DETROIT Coach Matt Patricia is ailing.  Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com:   There’s not a list to put him on, but Lions coach Matt Patricia isn’t physically ready for training camp.   Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Patricia was on a scooter early Thursday after having surgery…

AROUND THE NFL The Raiders have signed RB JOSH JACOBS (Alabama) to his first round rookie deal worth a reported $11.9 million.  That completes the Raiders class and leaves a total of 11 drafted rookies leaguewide who are unsigned.   Jacobs’ signing brings the list of unsigned draft picks league wide down to just 11:…

AROUND THE NFL With the NFL anxious for a deal, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com says this is the best time for the NFLPA to get a favorable deal done – if they don’t get greedy:   The NFL would like to get a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in place before the start of the 2019…

AROUND THE NFL More ominous thoughts about the Pandora’s box of the Sean Payton Rule.  Jenny Vrentas of TheMMQB.com:   The celebratory mood in Arizona after Sean Payton and Roger Goodell worked together to secure the votes needed to make pass interference reviewable has long since abated. What’s followed in the months since has been…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL plans to make up for lost time next year by flooding the Hall of Fame with members from the past.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com:   It already was known that the Pro Football Hall of Fame would have a Centennial Class for 2020. What wasn’t known was how many.  …

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com with an optimistic report on the critical merger talks between QB AARON RODGERS and new coach Matt LaFleur:   It began, the relationship between the ambitious new coach and his headstrong quarterback, over something they both love.   No, not a glass of…

AROUND THE NFL And the winner of the inaugural 40 Yards of Gold is former Olympian WR MARQUISE GOODMAN – although some of the big names who were expected did not make it to the starting block.  David Furones of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:   With so many Florida speedsters in the inaugural 40 Yards…

AROUND THE NFL Mike Triplett of ESPN.com on Saturday’s big race:   Alvin Kamara knows he doesn’t have the same level of “elite speed” as a handful of former track stars playing in the NFL.   “I’m all right, though,” the New Orleans Saints running back quickly interjected.   And he decided that he is…

AROUND THE NFL This about the NFL’s relationship with Mexico. Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL has another game in Mexico on the books this season, but the future of that market could be in question.   According to a report from the Spanish website AS.com (thanks Google Translate), future NFL games and Formula…