Posts Tagged ‘NFL’

THE DAILY BRIEFING The Patriots have given up on accommodating EDGE MATTHEW JUDON so they ship him to the Falcons for a so-so return. Matt Judon’s contract stalemate with New England is over, and he’s on the move to Atlanta.   The Patriots are trading Judon to the Falcons in exchange for a 2025 NFL…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT Coach Dan Campbell believes that RB JAHMYR GIBBS will be good to go for most, if not all, of the regular season. Lions head coach Dan Campbell updated the status of several injured players on Wednesday and the news was positive across the board.   Running back Jahmyr Gibbs…

THE DAILY BRIEFING Colin Kaepernick has surfaced, still with his dreams.  Mike Florio weighs in: Colin Kaepernick spent six seasons in the NFL. Since he last played, the NFL has played seven seasons without him.   Kaepernick still wants back in.   “We’re still training, still pushing,” Kaepernick recently told Sky Sports when asked if…

THE DAILY BRIEFING This on the guardian cap from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: In all, five Colts wore Guardian Caps during Sunday’s playoff game against the Broncos.   The most notable was running back Jonathan Taylor. Others who used them were running back Zavier Scott, tight end Kylen Granson, safety Rodney Thomas II, and linebacker…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT Seth Walder of ESPN.com thinks the Lions should be looking for a competent back-up and envisions a deal for QB TAYLOR HEINICKE: Lions get QB insurance with Heinicke   Lions receive: QB Taylor Heinicke Falcons receive: 2025 seventh-round pick   As soon as the Falcons used the No. 8…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT CB EMMANUEL MOSELEY will be out for quite a while, maybe all season.  Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Lions cornerback Emmanuel Moseley suffered a serious injury on the practice field.   Moseley has a torn pectoral muscle and is out indefinitely, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.   A…

THE DAILY BRIEFING NFC NORTH DETROIT They may have swagger, but the 2024 Detroit Lions are still working hard says Dan Graziano of ESPN.com: The last time I visited Lions training camp was 2021, the first year that coach Dan Campbell and GM Brad Holmes were in Detroit. Things were… different back then. The Lions…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The first game of the season is not really in the books – it was called off by summer weather in the third period.  Here’s a report on the new kickoff rule’s debut from Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: The first two kickoff returns under the NFL’s new rules looked a lot like…

THE DAILY BRIEFING The NFL will test technology vs. the old fashioned chain gang in determining first downs in some preseason games.  Frank Schwab of YahooSports.com on the pluses and minuses of Sony Hawk-Eye technology: The NFL’s movement toward measuring first downs with technology instead of the traditional chain gang doesn’t fix everything, but it’s…

THE DAILY BRIEFING We are a bit abbreviated today with a commitment for the rest of the day and the time spent making the Hall of Fame case for someone excluded by ESPN’s Bill Barnwell in his opus on the next 10 Hall of Fame classes (see below). Full coverage tomorrow. NFC NORTH CHICAGO No…