Why Cowboys are keeping Mike McCarthy, plus QB rankings and Super Bowl national anthem singer revealed

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

For everyone hoping that I’d be singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl this year, I have some bad news: The NFL has decided to go in another direction. I’m guessing it’s because they saw me do karaoke once, which led them to quickly realize that I don’t have a single shred of singing talent. Although I won’t be singing the national anthem, the NFL revealed today who will be and we’ll be covering that in today’s newsletter. 

We’ll also be taking a look at why the Cowboys decided to keep Mike McCarthy plus, we’ll be ranking the divisional playoff games from most watchable to least watchable. 

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. Let’s get to the rundown. 

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: Brady Quinn and Leger Douzable.

Host Ryan Wilson joined them during Thursday’s show, and the three of them had an interesting conversation about how important experience is for a quarterback in the playoffs. On one hand, you have Patrick Mahomes, who has more playoff wins (12) than every other quarterback in the divisional round combined (11).

On the other hand, you also have two quarterbacks with almost zero playoff experience as both C.J. Stroud and Jordan Love both made their first career postseason start last week. 

Quinn said it can help to be a veteran quarterback in this situation, because you’re almost certainly going to be playing with more desperation, knowing how difficult it is to get to the divisional…


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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2024-01-18 17:59:36

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