Posts Tagged ‘June’

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, July 11, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   CHICAGO Can Matt Nagy do for the Bears offense what Sean McVay did for the Rams in 2017?  Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com:   The only thing worse than being bad is being bad and boring. The John Fox Chicago Bears were bad and…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 10, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFLPA is going all-in to regain the right to have its members protest on the field during the National Anthem.  NFL Draft Scout:   The NFL Players Association filed a grievance on Tuesday against the league’s new national anthem policy.   NFL commissioner Roger Goodell…

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 9, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The RedZone.org points out that there are four unsigned franchise players with the deadline a week away:   The Cowboys, Lions, Rams and Steelers are apprroaching a deadline to sign their franchise tagged players to a long-term contract.   Those players are Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus…

The Daily Briefing Friday, July 6, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  If the NFL’s new anthem policy, which stirred the ire of the social justice crowd of players and media, was designed to placate Donald Trump – it failed.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The President has continued to periodically slam the NFL over the anthem issue.…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, July 5, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Mike Florio on how a four-game suspension can become a two-game suspension for PED usage:   While reviewing the PED policy earlier today in connection with the Julian Edelman suspension, I noticed a provision I’ve either never seen before or at some point knew about and…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 3, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  The NFL is tired of dancing to the tune of Colin Kaepernick and his lawyer.  Charles Robinson of YahooSports.com:   The NFL is attempting to force Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the league to a close, sources familiar with the proceedings have told Yahoo Sports.  …

The Daily Briefing Monday, July 2, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Albert Breer says the NFL is going to allow alternate jerseys to be worn more often this year.   Want some uniform news? The NFL is relaxing its policy so that teams will now be able to wear their alternates/throwbacks or color rush jerseys on three occasions…

The Daily Briefing Friday, June 29, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Count Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report among those worried about the impact of the NFL’s new helmet rule:   It’s the 2018 season, December in Carolina, and the Panthers are in the postseason hunt. They are playing the division-leading Saints, and quarterback Cam Newton is scrambling.…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 28, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA A big money extension for Vikings DL DANIELLE HUNTER.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com:   Danielle Hunter‘s five-year extension will pay him $72 million, with $40 million in guarantees, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The defensive end gets a $15 million signing…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 27, 2018 AROUND THE NFL  Joe Lockhart’s reign as NFL Executive VP for Communications was somewhere between so-so and disastrous depending on who you talk to.  Those who saw shortcomings faulted a combative style honed by years of fights in the political world or a lack of understanding of the business…