Posts Tagged ‘2018’

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 20, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFLPA seems to have realized that suing the NFL to allow their members to disrespect/protest during the Anthem might not be a great way to grow the game or enhance their members reputations with the bulk of NFL fans.  Austin Knoblach of NFL.com:   The…

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 13, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  At least as far as Twitter is concerned, Ray Lewis is a fraud.  Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com:   Hall of Fame linebacker turned television commentator Ray Lewis was one of the celebrities named in a New York Times exposé about buying Twitter followers, and now…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, July 12, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Earlier this week, we had the list of five teams that Will Brinson of CBSSports.com thinks will fall out of the playoffs in 2018 after making it in ’17 (the Eagles were the most surprising, also Bills, Titans, Chiefs and Panthers).   Now he replaces them:…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, July 11, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Can Matt Nagy do for the Bears offense what Sean McVay did for the Rams in 2017?  Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com:   The only thing worse than being bad is being bad and boring. The John Fox Chicago Bears were bad and…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 10, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFLPA is going all-in to regain the right to have its members protest on the field during the National Anthem.  NFL Draft Scout:   The NFL Players Association filed a grievance on Tuesday against the league’s new national anthem policy.   NFL commissioner Roger Goodell…

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The RedZone.org points out that there are four unsigned franchise players with the deadline a week away:   The Cowboys, Lions, Rams and Steelers are apprroaching a deadline to sign their franchise tagged players to a long-term contract.   Those players are Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus…