Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
I have some great news to pass along today and that’s the fact the NFL season starts in exactly one month, so please go mark your calendar now, and if you don’t have a calendar, then please order one online. The NFL season will be kicking off on Sept. 5 with the Chiefs hosting the Ravens.
It doesn’t seem possible that the regular season is just one month away, but it is … Before we get to the regular season, though, we have to make it through the preseason, which will be kicking off on Thursday with our first full week of preseason action.
Anyway, for today’s newsletter, we’ll be recapping Saturday’s Hall of Fame ceremony, plus, we’ll be taking a look at the surprise player who landed at No. 1 on the NFL’s “Top 100” list.
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1. NFL’s Top 100 has a surprise at the top
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Every summer, the NFL unveils its ranking of the top 100 players in the league and this year’s ranking came with quite the surprise: Patrick Mahomes was NOT ranked first on the list. The NFL’s ranking is different from most rankings because the entire thing is voted on by players, which is bad news for every player, because Mahomes is probably now going to be taking names and destroying everyone on his way to a third straight Super Bowl win.
So who got the top spot if it wasn’t Mahomes? In a total surprise, that honor went to Tyreek Hill.
Here’s what the top five looked like:
1. Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill
2. Ravens QB Lamar Jackson
3. 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey
4. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes
5. Browns…
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