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AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL schedule will be released one week from today on May 12.  The first 17-game schedule in NFL history, sure to be full of tasty nuggets for schedule junkies. Questions include – how all-in will the schedule makers go with the Packers who could be one of the best…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing This will be the final season of Thursday Night Football on FOX as the new platform of Amazon Prime takes over in 2022. Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com: Thursday Night Football will move to a digital-only format with Amazon Prime Video in 2022, a year earlier than originally announced, the NFL…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFL execs chafed at the League’s over-the-top restrictions on their draft preparations. Even noted COVID alarmist Peter King thinks so: I think there were two things that had seasoned NFL people very frustrated over the weekend:   • The continued insistence on virtual instruction, and limited capacity in draft rooms.…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing An NFL Draft first round record is now partly the property of Alabama. Six former University of Alabama players were selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday, tying a modern record for a single school.   The University of Miami originally set the record in 2004.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing We usually don’t publish at all during Valspar Championship Week, but in 2021 we’ve only missed one day.  Today’s will be brief, before the world changes tonight with the Draft. NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY On Draft Day comes word that QB AARON RODGERS’ career as a Packer is in…

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   WASHINGTON OL ERECK FLOWERS is returning to Washington.  Will left the team that must not be named and returns to WFT.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: Ereck Flowers‘ tumultuous NFL career appears to have achieved some stability, and he’s heading back to where he first found it.  …

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL Draft is a vastly bigger cultural phenomenon in 2021 than the Oscars.  The Academy Awards just drew under 10 million viewers.  Peter King with this on the NFL stage: Last year, with Roger Goodell announcing picks from his basement and coaches and prospects all with in-home cams and…