Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
It took 12 weeks, but the NFL is finally forcing the Cleveland Browns on us. Through the first 11 weeks of the season, the Browns didn’t play a single prime-time game, but that will be changing tonight when they play host to the Steelers.
The Browns have been a train wreck this season and the NFL will clearly be hoping over the next few weeks that we all love watching train wrecks because Cleveland has a total of four prime-time games scheduled over the next six weeks. Although two of those could end up being flexed, it won’t be easy. For instance, the Browns play the Bengals on Thursday night in Week 16 and if the NFL wants to flex that game, the deadline is TODAY (The league has to give 28 days notice to flex a Thursday game, which is a big reason why we’ve still never seen a Thursday night game get flexed).
Anyway, we’ll be handing out picks and best bets for tonight’s game, plus we’ll be taking a look at which coaches are currently sitting on the hottest seat.
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1. Thursday night preview: Picks and best bets for Steelers at Browns
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If the Steelers (8-2) are going to beat the Browns (2-8) tonight, they’re going to have to do something they’ve never done before: Beat a divisional opponent on the road in a Thursday game. Since Mike Tomlin took over as coach in 2007, the Steelers have faced that situation five times and they’ve gone 0-5. In franchise history, they’re 0-7 in that situation.
The Steelers are also 1-4 in their past five Thursday night games….
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