The Daily Briefing Friday, May 19, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING Curious. The NFL seems determined to give the Super Bowl 60 to a site that underwhelmed 10 years previously.  Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com: At the NFL league meetings in March, the San Francisco 49ers were confident they would be bringing the Super Bowl back to Levi’s Stadium.   Barring a sudden change…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 18, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING We have various questions (and answers) from ESPN’s Dan Graziano throughout the team in today’s DB. NFC NORTH DETROIT Dan Graziano: Is Jared Goff good enough to lead the Lions to playoff success? Detroit is the hot team this offseason. The Lions knocked the Packers out of the playoffs in Week 18…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 17, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC SOUTH ATLANTA FALCONS SCHEDULE THOUGHTS Every game on a Sunday – and other than the Week 4 visit to London to play the Jaguars and Week 10 at Arizona, they are all at 1:00 pm…The one possible exception is Week 15 when the game at Carolina is among the five that…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 16, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO BEARS SCHEDULE THOUGHTS The four NFC North teams are treated pretty equally in the DB’s SCHEDULE EXPOSURE RANKINGS – all ranking between 10th and 16th.  And that seems pretty good for a Bears team that was lousy enough to get the first overall pick and then traded it away…Sure…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, May 15, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING Today begins our analysis of the schedule as we introduce something we will call the DB NFL SCHEDULE EXPOSURE RANKINGS. We are used to seeing listings of how many “primetime” games a team received from the NFL, but besides those contests there are now a bunch of other standalone games – Thanksgiving…

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NXS Charlotte Sunday, May 21, 2023

Charlotte Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights 38 Different winners in 77 Charlotte Xfinity Series races 10 Different winners in last 10 Charlotte Xfinity Series races 3 Charlotte NXS & NCS weekend sweeps – Last: 10/95 (Mark Martin) Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs 18-years-old 5/21 JR Motorsports: 190 of 200 laps led at 2022 Charlotte…

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NCS Charlotte Sunday, May 21, 2023

Charlotte Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights 2022 Coca-Cola 600 Denny Hamlin Winner – 7 of first 9 laps led, 8 of final 9 laps led (Didn’t lead 395 laps in between – No laps led 10-404) Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin (13 Stops – All under caution) 19, 35, 62, 103, 128, 148, 188, 193,…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, May 14, 2023

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON Darlington William Byron Darlington winner – Started 4th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, only led 7 of final 8 laps Winner pit stops: William Byron – 7 Stops Lap 39, 94, 137 (G), 189, 212, 248 (G), 277 Stage 1 winner: Martin Truex…

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NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday, May 14, 2023

NASCAR All-Star Race Stats Highlights 1985 CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY 1986 ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY 1987-’19 CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY (33 YEARS) 2020 BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY 2021-’22 TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (2 YEARS) 2023 NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY 26 Different winners in 38 All-Star Races All-Star Race winner went on to win championship 12 times Daytona 500 winner won All-Star…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, May 12, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING SCHEDULE THOUGHTS There had been a lot of talk that every game was a free agent, but Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com still sees an NFC tilt to the FOX games, with CBS honing in on the AFC. So much for every Sunday afternoon NFL game being a free agent between CBS…

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