ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS NO ONE IS ASKING:

● Shot:

Credibility figures to be the word of the day when Roger Goodell holds his annual state of the NFL news conference on Wednesday.

The issues are numerous: Ensuring that the league’s concussion protocol is followed, enforcing the spirit and letter of the law with the Rooney Rule designed to boost diversity in the head coaching and executive ranks, explaining just how in the world Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have a job as the NFL conceivably supports the players’ right to protest, and knowing exactly what does or should constitute a catch. It all reinforces that Goodell’s NFL clearly needs an upgrade in the credibility department.

—“Roger Goodell and the NFL have a credibility problem”, Jarrett Bell, USA Today, Tuesday.

● Chaser: Kaepernick raises $20K in celebrity donations for group honoring convicted cop-killer. “Colin Kaepernick said Friday he has raised $20,000 for Assata’s Daughters, named after convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur, through matching donations from his celebrity friends as part of his Million Dollar Pledge.”

—The Washington Times, today.