Posts Tagged ‘2018’

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, October 3, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA NFL Justice has fined a pair of Vikings for plays in the big loss to the Bills.  Chris Thomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press:   Vikings defensive stalwarts Anthony Barr and Linval Joseph both have been fined by the NFL.   Barr,…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, October 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If The Season Ended Today, Kansas City sits atop the AFC with Cincinnati, yes Cincinnati, getting the other bye.                                                                   Div            Conf Kansas City                 West    4-0            2-0             3-0 Cincinnati                    North   3-1            1-0             2-0 Miami                          East     3-1            1-1             3-1 Tennessee     …

The Daily Briefing Monday, October 1, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Is four weeks too early to start, If The Season Ended Today?  Maybe…   NFC                                                                                                                                                                                                        Div             Conf Los Angeles Rams      West      4-0          1-0              2-0                                                       Chicago                       North     3-1           0-1             3-1                                                       New Orleans               South     3-1           1-1             2-1                                                       Washington                …

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 28, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The former Governor’s Cup match-up won’t be played in Missouri this year.  Or in California.  Or in the U S of A.  No, Mike Florio is looking ahead to a scoreboard-busting match-up in Mexico.   The Governor’s Cup used to ride on the outcome of games…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, September 27, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The Competition Committee “clarifies” the new roughing the passer rule.  Herbie Teope of NFL.com:   Recent controversy over the NFL’s point of emphasis on a defender avoiding the placement of body weight on a quarterback prompted the NFL competition committee to meet Wednesday night via teleconference.…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 26, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Competition committee member Sean Payton says someone up the NFL chain of command seems to have deleted the words “intentionally” from their instructions about body weight on the quarterback sowing confusion among the rank and file officials.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com:   The NFL’s Competition Committee…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, September 25, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The helmet rule was supposed to change/ruin the game, but it has been relatively benign through the first three weeks. But the addenda to roughing the passer that seems to defy the laws of physics is confounding everyone. Jerry Jones is part of the pushback against…

The Daily Briefing Monday, September 24, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  It seems like a simple task, pick the winner, straight up of one measly NFL game each week.  But three weeks in, your typical survivor pool is a massacre.   The DB has a familiarity with one that started the year with 340 entrants.  In Week…