staff in 2019."February 19th is a notable date on this year’s NFL calendar. Today is the day that NFL teams may begin to utilize the franchise and transition tags. This year’s free agent class has several candidates for those tags Ray Nitschke Jersey White , and we’ll get to them later on today. However, that will thin out the top of the free agent class, particularly for pass-rushers.In Green Bay, the Packers are unlikely to use a franchise tag on anyone this year. In fact, there are no free agents-to-be on the team remotely deserving of receiving a tag. Instead, the team spent most of its energy on Monday introducing the 2019 coaching staff. Matt LaFleur and his coordinators held press conferences while their assistants spoke to the media in scrums in the afternoon.It’s a young staff, quite a bit younger than what we have seen from the Packers in recent years. That youth manifests itself in a few specific areas, some that may be more concerning than others. But one thing that youth brings is energy, and this team appears to have plenty of that as it prepares for 2019. In today’s curds, we look at some of the new faces on the staff and get a quick primer on the franchise tag process.Five things learned from the Packers’ new coaching staff | Packers.comFrom a coach who returns home to Wisconsin to an Illinois native with family ties to the Bears, this coaching staff appears full of excitement and energy. Perhaps nobody is more excited than running backs coach Ben Sirmans, however, as he sees the Packers poised to run the ball more in 2019.Matt LaFleur's staff lacks experience in vital spots | Packersnews.comTom Silverstein is very concerned about the youth and inexperience of the Packers' offensive line and wide receivers coaches. As he notes Aaron Rodgers Jersey White , those were two areas where Mike Holmgren and Mike McCarthy hired veteran coaches rather than men like Adam Stenavich and Alvis Whitted, who have not held those positions in the NFL before.Mike Pettine, the invaluable resource for Packers coach Matt LaFleur | Packers WireMeanwhile, Pettine expects to be a great fit with LaFleur and intends to be a sounding board for his ideas as a head coach. Pettine also promised to tell LaFleur what not to do, using his own experience in Cleveland to inform that advice.The NFL’s franchise tag is a scam. It’s time to kill it - SBNation.comThe tag started in 1992 as a way for the Broncos to keep John Elway around while they negotiated a long-term deal. It was always intended to be a bridge to those types of contracts, but nowadays it seems like a way of getting one more year out of a player before he hits the market.Franchise tag primer: Teams can start tagging players - NFL.comHere's a look at the options that teams have now that the tag period is open.Father spinning gun on finger accidentally shoots self at daughter's 16th birthday party | Click 2 HoustonThe man was reportedly spinning a gun on his finger when it went off. Just a thought, but maybe he should have left the safety on? It feels like a while since Alabama-LSU has been...well...Alabama-LSU. Although each of the last 12 meetings have come with both programs in the Top 25, the two programs have not met with both in the top five since the 2012 season.That changes today, as #1 Alabama travels to Baton Rouge to play #3 LSU. Ed Orgeron has the Tigers overachieving this year, as LSU was not expected to be a significant contender. Instead, they sit at 7-1 as the highest-ranke one-loss team in the country. It helps that their one loss came to a ranked team — the Florida Gators — and they followed that loss up with a convincing win over then-number two Georgia. That was their third win over a team ranked in the top ten going into the game, and it vaulted them right back up into the top five.Both teams feature loads of NFL talent, as always. There could be as many as eight first-round draft picks on the two squads for next year’s draft alone Womens Ray Nitschke Jersey , plus any number of highly-rated underclassmen who won’t yet be eligible for the draft in 2019. So if there’s one game worth tuning in for today, make it that one tonight.Here’s your full schedule of notable games around the country today.Early GamesLouisville Cardinals at #2 Clemson Tigers12:00 Noon ETMemorial Stadium, ClemsonABCNebraska Cornhuskers at #10 Ohio State Buckeyes12:00 Noon ETOhio Stadium, Columbus, OHFOX#20 Texas A&M Aggies at Auburn Tigers11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, ALESPNRutgers Scarlet Knights at Wisconsin Badgers11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WIBTN#24 Iowa State Cyclones at Kansas Jayhawks11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KSFSN RegionalAfternoon Games#6 Georgia Bulldogs at #9 Kentucky Wildcats3:30 PM ETKroger Field, Lexington, KYCBS#13 West Virginia Mountaineers at #17 Texas Longhorns2:30 PM CT (3:30 ET)Darrell K. Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium Womens Aaron Rodgers Jersey , Austin, TXFOX#16 Iowa Hawkeyes at Purdue Boilermakers3:30 PM ETRoss-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, INESPN2Florida State Seminoles at #21 NC State Wolfpack3:30 PM ETCarter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NCABC#14 Penn State Nittany Lions at #5 Michigan Wolverines3:45 PM ETMichigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MIESPNMissouri Tigers at #11 Florida Gators4:00 PM ETBen Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FLSEC Network#15 Utah Utes at Arizona State Sun Devils2:00 PM MT (4:00 ET)Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZPac-12 NetworkPrime Time Games#4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Northwestern Wildcats6:15 PM CT (7:15 ET)Ryan Field, Evanston Antonio Morrison Jersey White , ILESPNUCLA Bruins at Oregon Ducks4:30 PM PT (7:30 ET)Autzen Stadium, Eugene, ORFOX#7 Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders7:00 PM CT (8:00 ET)Jones-AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TXABC#1 Alabama Crimson Tide at #3 LSU Tigers7:00 PM CT (8:00 ET)Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LACBS#23 Fresno State Bulldogs at UNLV Rebels7:30 PM PT (10:30 ET)Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NVCBSSNCalifornia Golden Bears at #8 Washington State Cougars7:45 PM PT (10:45 ET)Martin Stadium, Pullman, WAESPN