NFL Black Monday has started with two firings, plus ranking all 14 playoff teams, full wild-card schedule

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

This might be the most jam-packed newsletter of all-time, because that’s what happens when we get 24 hours of absolute craziness in the NFL.

Here’s what has happened over the past 24 hours: 

The Jaguars choked their way out of the playoffsThe Dolphins choked away the AFC East titleThe Falcons fired Arthur SmithThe Commanders fired Ron RiveraThe playoff schedule came out and it appears that Matthew Stafford will be getting an all-expense paid trip back to Detroit. 

We’ll be covering all of those things, plus plenty more in today’s newsletter, so let’s get to the rundown. 

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1. Today’s show: Biggest questions after Week 18

If I fall asleep while writing the newsletter today, it’s because I stayed up until 3:01 a.m. last night to record a podcast with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson. It was longer than usual, because we also had to cover the Arthur Smith firing, which took place at MIDNIGHT. The Falcons apparently don’t sleep. 

Anyway, the three of us touched on our 10 biggest takeaways from Week 18. Here are a few of the biggest questions that we tried to answer: 

How dangerous are the Bills? If there’s any team that could challenge the Ravens in the AFC, it feels like the Bills. By earning the No. 2 seed, that means that Bills will be guaranteed two homes games as long as they win in the wild-card round. I won’t be surprised at all if Buffalo ends up in the Super Bowl. Should the Lions have rested their starters? I have no problem with the fact that Dan Campbell decided to play his starters on Sunday, but I do think he went a little…


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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2024-01-08 18:02:11

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