The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 25, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT RB DAVID MONTGOMERY is refreshed to be with the Lions.  Nick Shook of NFL.com: Nobody likes losing. David Montgomery hated it so much, he changed teams.   After four seasons in Chicago, Montgomery walked away from a 25-42 career record with the Bears for a short move from the…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 24, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING It looks like Roger Goodell will reign as commissioner until 2027.  Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post: NFL team owners discussed their pending contract extension with Commissioner Roger Goodell here Tuesday and hope to complete the deal in the coming weeks. The extension is expected to continue Goodell’s tenure…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 23, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Commish gets his Thursday flex and his San Francisco Super Bowl.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com on the Amazon Flex, as the NFL professes to make them an option of last resort: The NFL will have the capacity to flex a limited number of late-season “Thursday Night Football” games on the Amazon…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, May 22, 2023

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Commish is bound and determined to force the NFL to flex to Amazon.  Mike Florio has more, including what was surely a coincidence in schedule making: Whatever Roger wants, Roger gets. And Roger wants Thursday night flexing.   Commissioner Goodell came close in March. Two votes short. Twenty-two yes, eight no,…

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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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