Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!The regular season ended on Jan. 8, which means we've now gone 18 days without a coach being hired. There are five open coaching jobs and not one has been filled yet. It's been so long that I'm starting to think that some of these teams are planning to go into 2023 without a coach, which might actually be better than what they had last year.The only reason I'm bringing up this subject is because it's starting to look like we could be on the verge of our first hire as the Panthers seem to be down to their final two candidates. We'll reveal those candidates in today's newsletter, plus, we'll take a look at Patrick Mahomes' right ankle and we'll be making some bold predictions for the conference title games.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the Pick Six newsletter. To get your friends to sign up, all you have to
Todd Frazier Jersey do is with them.For today's episode of the Pick Six Podcast, Will Brinson did the pod by himself for the first time all season. There was no Ryan Wilson. There was no Brady Quinn. There was no me. We all needed a break from Brinson. I'm not sure if Brinson got lonely or not, but if he did, he didn't show it. He spent nearly 30 minutes touching on a multitude of NFL topics, including Patrick Mahomes' ankle. The Chiefs held their first practice of the week on Wednesday, and not only was Mahomes there, but he held his regularly scheduled pre s conference (If this had been canceled, that would have been a sign that the injury might be worse than anyone was letting on).Mahomes says that he's "ready to go
Lenny Dykstra Jersey ." The Chiefs QB sounds happy with where his ankle is at. "It's doing good," Mahomes . "I've had a few days of treatment, a few days of rehab. I'm excited to go get on the practice field and test it out, see where I'm at. It's feeling good so far."Video of Mahomes ankle shows no limp. Several astute reporters managed to take a video of Mahomes as he walked down two stairs to leave the podium at his pre s conference. Mahomes doesn't appear to be favoring his ankle very much, if at all, in the video, which . NFL Network of Mahomes jogging at practice and his ankle seems to look fine in that video.Mahomes was a full participant in practice. The Chiefs QB was listed as a full participant, which means he took part in practice while having no limitations. Although that's the case, that doesn't nece sarily mean he's 100% right now. During the lead up to LV, Mahomes was dealing with , and although he was listed as a full participant in practice each day during Super Bowl week, the toe was clearly bothering him during the game. Basically, it's almost impo sible to know how Mahomes is going to look on Sunday until he gets out on the field.Brinson had two main thoughts about Mahomes being out there. First, by sending him out there, Mahomes' injury will
Steven Matz Jersey now be le s of a distraction for Kansas City this week. If Mahomes had been limping, every question this week to every coach and every player would have been about the ankle, but with Mahomes looking healthy, that likely won't be the case.Brinson also thinks the Chiefs made sure Mahomes was out there on Wednesday as a way to let the Bengals know what they'll be up against on Sunday. "I think they wanted to make a showing of this to send a me sage to the Bengals," Brinson said. "The Bengals can't go into this game thinking that Mahomes' mobility might be limited."Although it might have been a me sage to the Bengals, oddsmakers also got the me sage. After the video of Mahomes walking at his pre s conference came out, the point spread for the game dropped by a FULL TWO POINTS. The Bengals were favored by one going into Wednesday, but as of Thursday at noon, the Chiefs are now favored by one at Caesars Sportsbook.If you want to hear Brinson's full thoughts on Mahomes -- and everything else that's gone on this week -- then . You can also . With just four teams left in the playoffs, that means there are only four po sible Super Bowl matchups that could still happen and since we love ranking things around here, we had Cody Benjamin rank those four matchups based on which one would be the most exciting to watch.Let's take a look at his rankings:1. Chiefs vs. Eagles. 2. Bengals vs. 49ers. 3. Bengals vs. Eagles. 4. Chiefs vs. 49ers. If you want know why Cody ranked each game where he did, you . We love making bold predictions around here, and after giving you a few yesterday, we've got even more today. With that in mind, we're going to give you one bold prediction about each team that will be playing on Sunday.Bengals bold prediction: Cincy has two 100-yard receivers. This might not seem that bold, but it is when you consider that the Bengals only had ONE game during the 2022 season
Mike Piazza Jersey where they had multiple players hit 100 receiving yards (That came during a 35-17 win over the Falcons in Week 7). They've never done it in their postseason history and they've only done it twice ever since drafting Joe Burrow (and that includes the Week 7 game against Atlanta). Chiefs bold prediction: Mahomes throws zero touchdowns. There wasn't a single game during the 2022 season where Mahomes finished with zero touchdown pa ses, but it's not out of the realm of po sibility for Sunday due to his ankle injury. Mahomes might look fine in practice, but there's no guarantee his ankle is going to hold up once he's running around and taking hits. The only upside for the Chiefs here is that it's definitely still po sible for them to win even if Mahomes doesn't throw a TD pa s. The Chiefs have gone 2-1 the last three times Mahomes has finished with zero touchdown pa ses.Eagles bold prediction: Jalen Hurts rushes for at least 150 yards. Only one TEAM has even rushed for 150 yards on the 49ers this year and that was the Falcons, who ran for 168 yards in a 28-14 win over the Niners
Jacob DeGrom Jersey in Week 6. If this prediction pans out, Hurts will be topping 150 rushing yards by HIMSELF. If he does that, he'd become just the second QB in NFL playoff history to top that number (Colin Kaepernick rushed for 181 yards in a January 2013 playoff win over the Packers).49ers bold prediction: Brock Purdy held under 130 pa sing yards. Only four rookie quarterbacks -- Ben Roethlisberger, Shaun King, Mark Sanchez and Joe Flacco -- have ever made it to to conference title game and they all melted down. Not only did they collectively go 0-4, but they also combined to throw four touchdowns compared to nine interceptions. The gue s here is that Kyle Shanahan is going to create a game plan that takes a lot of pre sure off Purdy by running the ball often. If Purdy is held under 130 yards, that's not the worst thing for the 49ers. Since 2015, there have only been three i
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