Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
The news you’ve been waiting for all season is finally here: The 2024 Pro Bowl rosters have been revealed!
OK, so that’s not actually that exciting, but we do have some exciting stuff in the newsletter today. Not only do we have results of our latest MVP poll, but we also decided to rank the top wild card games that we want to see in the opening round of the playoffs. And yes, we will be taking a look at the Pro Bowl rosters, because it is kind of exciting.
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1. Today’s show: Two former NFL players break down the latest NFL news
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For today’s episode of the “Pick Six NFL” podcast, we brought on two former NFL players to break down all of the latest NFL news: Leger Douzable and two-time Super Bowl champion Bryant McFadden.
Host Ryan Wilson joined them during Thursday’s show, and the three of them had an interesting conversation about whether it’s smart to bench your starters in the final week of the season when you’ve already clinched a playoff spot. The 49ers and Ravens are two of the many teams around the NFL that have decided to rest their starting quarterbacks this week.
The decision by those two teams means that Brock Purdy and Lamar Jackson will be going three weeks without playing in a game before they suit up again in the divisional round of the playoffs.
On the Ravens’ end, Jackson won’t be playing, but Douzable thinks Baltimore will still go for the win with most of their other starters out there against the Steelers. The Ravens were in the same situation in 2019 and they benched their starters and that…
Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-pro-bowl-rosters-revealed-plus-ranking-the-best-possible-wild-card-games-and-our-latest-vote-for-mvp/
Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-01-04 17:57:54
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