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THE DAILY BRIEFING Despite impressive numbers, Roger Goodell will continue his quest to further diversify the NFL beyond the player pool.  Tashan Reed of The Athletic: Last week, the NFL announced that a majority of club personnel — 51 percent — is made up of people of color and/or women for the first time in…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO A season-ending injury for the Bears.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Defensive end Yannick Ngakoue’s 2023 season is over.   Bears head coach Matt Eberflus announced at a Wednesday press conference that Ngakoue broke his ankle late in last Sunday’s win over the Lions. He will be placed on injured…

THE DAILY BRIEFING If The Season Ended Today: The NFC – where the Niners go to the top spot as the Eagles fall (for now) to WC1                                        W-L                Conf San Francisco*  West     10-3                 8-1 Dallas                East      10-3                 7-3 Detroit               North       9-4                 6-3 Tampa Bay       South       6-7                5-4 Philadelphia      WC1      10-3                6-2 Minnesota         WC2        7-6              …

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO If the Bears decide to bail on QB JUSTIN FIELDS, Dan Graziano of ESPN.com believes they will have suitors for his services: Justin Fields will be a starting quarterback in 2024 … somewhere Fields led the Bears to their second win in a row Sunday, a 28-13 victory over…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC EAST   NEW YORK GIANTS DC Wink Martindale on his relationship with Coach Brian Daboll. Michael David Smith ofProFootballTalk.com: Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has reportedly had tensions with head coach Brian Daboll, but Martindale says the primary cause of the tension is that both of them want to win.  …

THE DAILY BRIEFING The DB will be re-charging the rest of this week.  We hope to have a special edition on Sunday. So here is If The Season Ended Today for both conferences, without the results of the Monday night Cincinnati at Jacksonville tilt. In the NFC, the Eagles are losers but still in first…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Seahawks gave their all on Thursday night, but in the end the Cowboys prevailed 41-35.  Some fun facts, first from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The Cowboys and Seahawks pulled off a rare feat on Thursday night, playing an entire game without a punt.   It was just the sixth time…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT QB JARED GOFF knows what he has to do after one game filled with his interceptions, then another filled with his fumbles.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Lions coach Dan Campbell said early this week that the team was going to do more than talk about ways that quarterback Jared…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH CHICAGO People doing sorts: @OptaSTATS The Bears are the only NFL team in the Super Bowl era to win a road game despite scoring no TDs, having 75+ penalty yards and losing multiple fumbles.   Road teams were a combined 0-46 in the Super Bowl era when doing all that…

THE DAILY BRIEFING If The Season Ended Today in the NFC – things are closer at the edge of the Wild Card than they were a week ago.  A big week for Green Bay and the Rams are their wins brought them closer to division rivals Minnesota and Seattle who lost.  And remember, the Rams…