The Daily Briefing Friday, May 6, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT In general, Mike Sando’s anonymous execs like what Detroit did in the draft: Would you trade the 34th pick for the right to move up 20 spots twice, including from 32 to 12 and 66 to 46? The Lions would, and did, landing the 12th and…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 5, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO It looks like elite members of the media have got a Bears scouting executive fired for making what he thought was a compliment about the team’s second round pick.  Gabe Angieri of OnwardState.com: The same night the Chicago Bears selected Penn State safety Jaquan Brisker in…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 4, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL The NFL has announced its European games.  NFL.com: The first-ever NFL regular-season game in Germany is set.   The Seattle Seahawks will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 9:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 13 at Allianz Arena — home of FC Bayern Munich — in Munich, the league announced…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 3, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Out of 32 first round picks in 2019 – 19 are rewarded by having their fifth year option exercised.  Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk.com: Monday was the deadline for teams to exercise their fifth-year options on the contracts of 2019 first-round picks and 19 of those options wound up being…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, May 2, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO QB NICK FOLES is on the street.  ESPN.com: The Chicago Bears have released quarterback Nick Foles, the team announced Sunday.   The Bears originally acquired Foles two seasons ago in a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars for a fourth-round draft pick.   After starting seven games…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, May 1, 2022

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON Dover Chase Elliott Dover winner – Started 4th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, 73 laps led, avg. running pos.: 4.1 (best) Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 42, 123, 160, 191, 244, 326 (All under caution) Top 5 Stage 1 & 2:…

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NASCAR Darlington Sunday, May 1, 2022

DARLINGTON RACEWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS 122nd NASCAR Cup Series Darlington Raceway race – First race: 1950 (Johnny Mantz winner) 12th of 36 races this season – 15 Races before Playoffs – 25 Races remaining this season Season one-third complete after Darlington Darlington wins: Denny Hamlin 4 Kevin Harvick 3 Martin Truex Jr. 2…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, April 29, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL A record nine teams had multiple picks in the first round of Thursday’s draft, and, with the Jets having three, we think that means 10 teams did not have any. More from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The high quantity of trades in the first round of the 2022…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 28, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL It’s Draft Day! @AdamSchefter This will be the fifth time in the past 16 drafts that a QB doesn’t go No. 1 overall. The others: Myles Garrett to the Browns in 2017, Jadeveon Clowney to the Texans in 2014, Eric Fisher to the Chiefs in 2013 and Jake Long…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 27, 2022

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL When the NFL’s lawyers are fending off the legal challenges of disgruntled coach Brian Flores, it says it isn’t in charge of hiring – but when it is justifying its role in making Jon Gruden unemployable it says it is in charge of hiring.  Legal eagle Daniel Wallach has…

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