The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 30, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Two big topics today – more feedback on Green Bay’s decision, as an NFC Championship Game participant, to play for the future and the possibility that the Buccaneers slipped TE ROB GRONKOWSKI their playbook while he was contracted to (but retired from) the Patriots. – – – The NFL hasn’t…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 29, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY Is this the real scoop about the Packers and QB AARON RODGERS?  Longtime Packers scribe Bob McGinn, now of The Athletic, on the fracturing relationship between Rodgers and the Packers. The Packers have had some puzzling drafts in their history but seldom has there been…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 27, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing So there were 270 million Americans who didn’t watch the NFL Draft?  We don’t believe it.  NFL.com: The 2020 NFL Draft was unique and historic in more ways than one. Not only was this year’s version of the annual Player Selection Meeting the first completely virtual operation, it was the…

Read More

NASCAR Dover Sunday, April 26, 2020

NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS 2019 Dover Same Top 4 Each Race May Oct. Alex Bowman 2nd 3rd Kevin Harvick 4th 4th Kyle Larson 3rd 1st Martin Truex Jr. 1st 2nd Same top 4 finishers in each 2019 Dover race – Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr. 6 Finished top…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Friday, April 24, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It was great to have a live event to watch and the telecast was fine for the most part. But not much happened early in a draft which followed the script of the first Mock Drafts from back in January.  Burrow to Cincy, Young to the Skins, the Lions couldn’t…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 23, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS A scary thought from Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: When the Cowboys’ football staff is gathered together in one draft room, owner and General Manager Jerry Jones has final say — but sometimes Jones would get talked out of making a splashy move, most famously when…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 22, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY GM Brian Gutenkist signals he is open for business – up or down.  Jim Owczarski of the Green Bay Press-Gazette: Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst conducted a conference call Monday afternoon in advance of the NFL draft, the first time he or any…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 21, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL had a mock draft on Monday to work out the kinks on the on-line, virtual draft system.  There were plenty of kinks to be worked out according to early tweets. @AdamSchefter Text from a participant on the NFL’s mock draft that started at 1 pm EST. “Mock draft…

Read More

NASCAR Talladega Sunday, April 19, 2020

NASCAR CUP SERIES TALLADEGA STATS HIGHLIGHTS Active Talladega Leaders Wins: 5 Brad Keselowski Most Talladega top 3 finishes: 6 Clint Bowyer Most Talladega top 10 finishes: 20 Kurt Busch (Winless) Most Talladega laps led: 472 Jimmie Johnson Most Talladega DNFs: 13 Martin Truex Jr. 3 Finished top 10 in each Talladega race last season: Aric…

Read More

The Daily Briefing Monday, April 20, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Peter King is hopeful: In the last 10 days, I have not heard a coach or GM, even off the record while gathering informational chum for my mock, complain about the inconvenience of drafting alone and from home. Veach shares his home with a wife, four kids and two Australian…

Read More