Posts Tagged ‘June’

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 8, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   Be safe, Florida. – – – Time for 10 DB fearless picks –   1 – EZEKIEL ELLIOTT will only play 10 games this year.  Eventually, the suspension will stick.   2 – The 49ers will win more games than the Broncos.   3…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, September 7, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   James Jones, a nine-year receiver with the Packers and Raiders, has announced his retirement.  He is taking a job as an analyst with NFL Network. – – – The NFL now has 21 new “full-time” officials – although some, like Pete Morelli, are senior…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 6, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   The finest minds of the NFL, Dolphins and Buccaneers could only agree that the game between the two teams will not be played in Miami at 1 p.m. on Sunday.   With Hurricane Irma barreling towards Florida this weekend, the game between the Dolphins…

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 4, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com on the rise of trades:   The Patriots acquired more veterans via trade in 2016 (five) than any other organization. The team has already surpassed that total in 2017, dealing for seven players since the league year began. New England…

The Daily Briefing Friday, September 1, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   Maybe it is just what lawyers do, but the NFL never seems to have a consistent, opaque and trustworthy process in arriving at disciplinary decisions.   The big bombshell emerging on Thursday in the matter of RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT is that the only NFL…

The Daily Briefing Thursday, August 31, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   The Commish may be serious about shortening preseason without demanding something back from the players association.   We’ll have a test as Houston is only playing three games this year.  Sarah Barshop of ESPN.com:   The NFL opted Wednesday to cancel Thursday’s preseason game…

The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 30, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   Michael Salfino of The538.com has the stats to back up his contention that this has been a particularly bad preseason.   For journeyman players and NFL rookies, the final week of preseason is the last live-action audition. For veteran starters, it’s the last chance…

The Daily Briefing Tuesday, August 29, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   NFC NORTH   DETROIT All hail QB MATTHEW STAFFORD, for now the Highest Paid Player in the NFL.  Dave Birkett in the Detroit Free Press:   Matthew Stafford’s deal is done, and the Detroit Lions quarterback is – for now, at least – the…

The Daily Briefing Monday, August 28, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   Peter King:   I think, regardless of the flippancy of the comment, this is another one that could, and should, haunt NFLPA president Eric Winston, the Cincinnati tackle. WCPO TV in Cincinnati, in an interview with Winston, quoted him saying about the future of…

The Daily Briefing Friday, August 25, 2017 AROUND THE NFL   With the focus on oft-injured Washington TE JORDAN REED, Greg Bishop of SI.com studies the proposition that NFL players are now too big and too fast but just as vulnerable.  Excerpts below, the whole thing is here:   (After a description of a workout)…