Why Brian Callahan makes sense for Titans, 49ers wanted Tom Brady plus AFC, NFC Championship picks

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

There are only three games left in the NFL season, which makes me very sad, but two of them are on CBS, which makes me very happy. 

CBS was a popular place to be over the weekend. The TV rating for the Chiefs’ win over the Bills on Sunday was the HIGHEST EVER for a divisional playoff game in NFL history. The game had an average audience of 50.393 million, which makes it the first divisional game ever to crack the 50 million mark. It also means that 50 million people have now seen Jason Kelce shirtless. 

The Chiefs won on Sunday, but will they win again this week? Great question and I’ll be answering it today. I’ll be unveiling my conference title picks in today’s newsletter, plus we’ll be taking a look at how serious the 49ers were about acquiring Tom Brady before the season. 

As always, here’s your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. To get them signed up, all you have to do is click here. All right, let’s get to the rundown. 

1. Today’s show: Early bets for the conference title games

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With the divisional round of the playoffs officially in the books, we decided to get an early jump on the conference title games by revealing some of our best bets for the two games that will be played on Sunday. 

During today’s episode, Katie Mox was joined by Emory Hunt and Alex Selesnick, our gambling gurus from SportsLine. 

The crew covered several of their favorite early bets and we’re going to look at a couple of those below. 

Hunt: Ravens (-3.5) to cover against Chiefs. Hunt doesn’t think the Chiefs’ defense is athletic enough to slow down Baltimore’s high-powered offense. “The Ravens are going to spread these guys out and attack these guys and…


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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2024-01-23 18:01:11

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