Posts Tagged ‘Daily Briefing’

AROUND THE NFL LENTY OF NFC ASSESSMENTS BELOW FROM MIKE SANDO OF THE ATHLETIC  NFC NORTH  GREEN BAYAdam Stenavich is the Packers OC – and he has his eyes on last year’s number one WR MATTHEW GOLDEN.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: The Packers broke with tradition by selecting wide receiver Matthew Golden in the first round of the…

AROUND THE NFL A schedule update from Mike North of the NFL, by way of Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com.  One thing is, there are five games that still do not have an assigned network: If recent history means anything, the NFL’s full, 272-game regular-season schedule will be released during the week of May 11, most likely on…

AROUND THE NFL An update on the host site of the 2028 NFL Draft from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: Next year’s draft will happen in D.C. The location of the draft after that has yet to be determined. Signs are pointing to the Twin Cities. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports that Minnesota is the “clear favorite” to…

AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio on the known and unknown of the schedule and its release date: Now that the NFL draft has come and gone, there’s one key date left on the league’s offseason schedule. Even if we don’t know what that date will be. The schedule release is coming. In May. When in May, we…

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST  PHILADELPHIAThe Eagles exercise a pair of fifth year options.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: The Eagles are exercising the fifth-year options on the contracts of defensive tackle Jalen Carter and edge rusher Nolan Smith, the team announced. Carter’s will pay him around $27 million for 2027 and Smith’s is worth around $13.7 million for…

AROUND THE NFL When you take players the collective does not approve of, you get bad draft grades and in 2026 those teams were San Francisco and Jacksonville.  The consensus also says the New York teams took advantage of having lots of early picks.   We have Mel Kiper, Jr.’s grades for all 32 teams below and…

AROUND THE NFL Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com with a good recap of what went on in Thursday’s first round: Half of the picks in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft changed hands before the selection was made. Of the 32 picks, 16 of them were traded, resulting in eight teams having no first-round pick, six teams…

AROUND THE NFL As we head to the draft tonight, this from Jay Glazer, who may have trained with his source: NFL_DovKleimanFireworks: NFL insider Jay Glazer says a source told him something extremely “juicy” will happen on draft night in the first round. “I know something is happening, I just can’t say it yet. I was told…

AROUND THE NFL A draft note about the Steelers-Ravens rivalry.  Michael David Smith ofProFootballTalk.com: Steelers owner Art Rooney II persuaded the NFL to move Ravens fans behind Steelers fans at the 2026 NFL draft in Pittsburgh. Rooney said on WDVE that when he saw the initial layout for where each of the 32 teams’ fans would be…

AROUND THE NFL The NFL has tightened up the timing of the first round, even though they often wait a few minutes to actually announce the selection.  Some GMs are feeling rushed.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL changed the rules for this year’s draft, limiting teams to eight minutes between first-round picks. Some NFL general…