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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 9, 2017
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 9, 2017 A fancy simulation from FootballOutsiders yields the top 15 candidates to make the postseason: The following table shows the 15 teams with the strongest odds of making the postseason based on the simulation of the season run for Football Outsiders Almanac 2017. These odds will be updated…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, August 7, 2017
The Daily Briefing Monday, August 7, 2017 Former Niners GM Trent Baalke scores a nebulous NFL pay check. Josh Alper at ProFootballTalk.com: Former 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke has landed a new job. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Baalke has been hired by the NFL as a football operations consultant. Baalke is…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, August 6, 2017
NASCAR Information Sunday, August 6, 2017 2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 4 Martin Truex Jr. Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 7 Kyle Larson (2 Wins) Most top 3 finishes this season: 9 Kyle Larson Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Brad Keselowski Most top 10 finishes this season: 15…
Read MoreNASCAR Michigan Sunday, August 6, 2017
NASCAR Michigan Sunday, August 6, 2017 NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS Kyle Larson won last 2 Michigan races – Only 2 had Michigan win streaks of 3 races or longer Dale Jarrett: First career MENCS win: Michigan 8/18/91 Parker Kligerman won Michigan ARCA race 6/12/09 Jeff Burton won Michigan NXS race 8/15/98 &…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, August 4, 2017
The Daily Briefing Friday, August 4, 2017 There are three teams in the NFL, all AFC actually, where the starting QB position has become shaky due to injuries, which is causing COLIN KAEPERNICK coverage. Besides what is below, check out Baltimore, Indianapolis and Miami for that latest. Here’s CB RICHARD SHERMAN of the Seahawks…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, August 3, 2017
The Daily Briefing Thursday, August 3, 2017 NFC NORTH CHICAGO Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com grills Bears GM Ryan Pace on moving up one spot to draft QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY: Ryan Pace knows how stunned you were. And the Bears GM is aware of how Chicago fans reacted to his trade of third-round and…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 2, 2017
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 2, 2017 LT RYAN CLADY, currently unsigned after ending 2016 on the Jets’ IR list with a shoulder injury, has announced his retirement. He said there were several teams interested in signing him. – – – Ara Parseghian, a great coach and better man, passed away today at age 94. …
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The Daily Briefing Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Visiting the Jets on his training camp tour, The Commish says there is no such thing as “tanking” in the NFL, unlike the NBA. Rich Cimini of ESPN.com: There’s no tanking in football, according to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. “I don’t think any team tanks, I really…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, July 31, 2017
The Daily Briefing Monday, July 31, 2017 The study that showed a 99% rate of CTE in NFL football players made an impression with its headlines the DB has learned in lunchtime conversations the last week. But Ben Volin of the Boston Globe says things aren’t as cut-and-dried as media headlines would want you to…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, July 30, 2017
NASCAR Information Sunday, July 30, 2017 2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 3 Jimmie Johnson & Martin Truex Jr. Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 7 Kyle Larson (2 Wins) Most top 3 finishes this season: 9 Kyle Larson Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Brad Keselowski Most top 10 finishes…
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