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THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL A good thought by Dan Pompei in The Athletic as the Chiefs and Cowboys navigated past horrid losses: “We should never be too concerned with almost losses. They are part of the fabric of the NFL.” – – – If The Season Ended Today in the AFC, the Patriots…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today In The NFC:                                                 W-L              Div        Conf       Playoff% x-Philadelphia       East           12-1                 1          7-1           In Minnesota             North         10-3                 1          6-3           99 San Francisco       West          9-4                  1          7-2           98 Tampa Bay           South         6-7                  1          6-3           74 Dallas                    WC1          10-3                 2          7-3          …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL We just noticed that 5-7 Detroit is a 2.5-point favorite over 10-2 Minnesota. Someone with a better database than the DB might want to see if and when a team with 5 more wins than its opponent (and a healthy starting QB) has been an underdog. NFC NORTH DETROIT…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT The Lions have played 9 of their 12 games against teams with .500 or better records.  They are 2-7 in those games with 5 of the losses by 4 or fewer points.  They are 3-0 against teams with losing records.  Nick Baumgarner of The Athletic on…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC – the rest of the conference is closer to the AFC teams:                                    W-L    HTH    Div        Conf Buffalo             East     9-3       1          1          6-2 Kansas City     West    9-3       -1         1          5-3 Baltimore         North   8-4                   1          5-3 Tennessee      South   7-5                   1          5-3…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO It looks like it will be a battle of the starting QBs on Sunday as QB AARON RODGERS practiced for the Packers and QB JUSTIN FIELDS seems good to go for the Bears.  Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times: Bears quarterback Justin Fields took a major…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   GREEN BAY QB AARON RODGERS is not necessarily resistant to the idea that he would be “shut down” while drawing a huge salary.  Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com: Aaron Rodgers is playing Sunday against the Chicago Bears despite his latest injury, this one to his ribs, and…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If The Season Ended Today in the AFC: Kansas City       West       9-2         1        5-2 Miami                East        8-3         1        6-2 Tennessee        South      7-4         1        5-3 Baltimore           North      7-4         1        4-3 Buffalo               WC1      …

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL Scott Kacsmar looks at the NFC Pro Bowl QB candidates: @ScottKacsmar Once you get over the shock that Geno Smith is a legit Pro Bowl QB this year, it is really hard to name a 3rd NFC Pro Bowl QB after Hurts and Geno.   That’s why Rodgers had…

THE DAILY BRIEFING AROUND THE NFL If the Season Ended Today in the NFC, you can go 10-deep and still not see the Packers or Rams: Philadelphia       East       10-1     1      6-1 Minnesota         North       9-2      1     6-2 San Francisco   West        7-4      1     6-2 Tampa Bay       South      …