Happy midweek, everyone, and happy Valentine’s day! What a fitting holiday, coming right after the Super Bowl, now that we can all appreciate our love for the NFL season. John Breech is busy celebrating with some Joe Burrow-themed valentines, we think, so you’ve got me, Cody Benjamin, to deliver all the latest from around the league.
This is the Pick Six Newsletter. Now let’s get to it. (And please, do yourself a favor and make sure you’re signed up to receive this newsletter every day! You don’t want to miss our daily offerings of everything you need to know around the NFL.)
We’ve got Prisco’s first edition of 2024 power rankings, lessons from the Super Bowl, offseason predictions and more:
1. Prisco’s Power Rankings: Chiefs enter 2024 up top
Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
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Before hopping on the “Pick Six NFL Podcast” to forecast the upcoming offseason (listen and subscribe here), Pete Prisco has reassessed all 32 NFL teams now that the 2023 season is officially complete. You can probably guess where he has the Super Bowl contenders in his first edition of 2024 power rankings following their overtime showdown on Sunday:
This Chiefs team was certainly beatable this season, yet here they are again as champions. They need to do some offseason work, mostly notably finding a big-play receiver, adding tackle help, re-signing Chris Jones and L’Jarius Sneed, and hoping Andy Reid doesn’t walk away. But with Mahomes they will be right back in the thick of it again.
The Chiefs end the season as the top team in my Power Rankings, which seemed a long shot when they lost to the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Day. But that just shows you the value of having that guy under center.
The 49ers are in the second spot, with the top spot…
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Author : Cody Benjamin
Publish date : 2024-02-14 17:59:02
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