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Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
We’re going to start things off today with some absolutely unbelievable news: The NFL regular season will be kicking off exactly ONE WEEK from tonight. That’s right, this is your last Thursday night without NFL football until January. Please plan accordingly.
As if that news isn’t big enough, there’s some even bigger news today: The Patriots finally named a starting quarterback! Honestly, I didn’t think it was going to happen. I thought they had forgotten to give someone the job and they were just going to into the season without a starting quarterback.
We’ll be covering the Patriots’ QB decision in today’s newsletter, plus we’ll be taking a look at the Steelers decision to start Russell Wilson.
As always, here’s your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter or you can tell people you run into at the bank. That also works. To get them signed up, all you have to do is click here. Let’s get to the rundown.
1. Patriots finally name a starting quarterback
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With just 10 days to go until their season opener, the New England Patriots finally have a starting quarterback. Coach Jerod Mayo announced on Thursday that Jacoby Brissett will be the starter for the Patriots’ Week 1 game in Cincinnati.
Here’s what you need to know:
Mayo actually thought Maye outplayed Brissett during the preseason. Earlier this week, the Patriots coach admitted that the rookie QB had ‘outplayed’ Brissett during the preseason, so this decision essentially came down to the fact that Mayo didn’t want to throw his rookie “to the wolves,” which are the exact words he used during an interview on Monday. Mayo isn’t going to be second-guessing himself. Mayo made it clear that although Maye…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-08-29 16:59:11
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