Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
With just three weeks left to play in the season, the NFL playoff chase should get pretty wild down the stretch and I fully expect that to start tonight with the Saints heading to Los Angeles for a showdown with the Rams. At this point, both teams fully control their own postseason fate: If they win out, they’ll make the playoffs, but as we know, both teams can’t win tonight, so they’re both not going to win out.
The loser of tonight’s game will be in a lot of trouble and if you’re wondering who that loser is going to be, we have some picks for you in today’s newsletter. We’ll also take a look at the MVP race, plus we’ll be going over the details of all the Pro Bowl games that the NFL announced this week.
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1. Today’s show: Two former NFL players break down the latest NFL news
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 Will Brinson joined them during Thursday’s show, and the three of them had an interesting conversation about Arthur Smith’s future in Atlanta. Falcons owner Arthur Blank was asked about Smith this week and he didn’t exactly give his coach a vote of confidence.
Blank said he’ll “let the season play out and go from there” when asked if Smith will be sticking around.
Based on Blank’s comments, Douzable thinks Smith will almost certainly be gone after the season.
“Usually, as a coach, you want that vote of confidence in that last couple of weeks,” Douzable said. “I think Arthur Blank sits back and looks at the talent on this team and realizes that Arthur Smith is not getting the best out of the…
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