Max,
Let me see if I have this right. I need to brief the destination and call sign (among other things) in case I come across an unprofessional pilot who cannot bother to retrieve this info from the paperwork on his own. Now that is covering for the lowest common denominator.
I think briefings are meant to cover anything dumb, different, or potentially dangerous. Flying 872 to SFO with standard ERAs, alternates, wx, and notams does not qualify. I'm sure the RQ had plenty of opportunity to figure everything out by the time he was responsible for any decision making. If he chose not to, that is another (far worse) problem altogether.