NFL owners meeting drama, plus new No. 1 in QB power rankings and Prisco’s Week 7 picks

Hello and happy Wednesday. With Andy Dalton potentially returning to prime time tomorrow night, John Breech has excused himself from work to mentally prepare himself. So you’ve got me, Cody Benjamin, to deliver all the latest NFL news.

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We’ve got Week 7 picks, betting trends, trade rumors and much more:

1. Today’s show: Week 7 betting trends, preview, predictions

John Breech and Tyler Sullivan joined Will Brinson on Wednesday’s “Pick Six NFL Podcast” to break down all the Week 7 matchups from a betting perspective. Some highlights:

• The guys are buying the Patriots, especially with Bailey Zappe at the helm, as New England enters a Monday night matchup with the Bears. Sully thinks Bill Belichick “genuinely likes this team” as currently constructed, and Breech sees them as potential playoff contenders, suggesting Zappe should remain under center until at least the bye week.
• Sully likes the Cardinals (-2) on the road in Thursday night’s game with the Saints, noting that Arizona has actually been worse at home. Kyler Murray’s also struggled in prime time, he added, but New Orleans is banged up with a bad defense.
• Brinson is so puzzled by the Jaguars flirting with a 3.5-point edge over the 5-1 Giants — “this line stinks out loud” — that he might end up betting Jacksonville, with “everyone and their brother” set to pick New York. Breech posited that perhaps oddsmakers expect the Jags’ solid run defense to thwart Saquon Barkley and put more on Daniel Jones‘ shoulders.

Catch the entire episode (and subscribe for all kinds of NFL content) right here.

2. Prisco’s picks: Chiefs edge 49ers, Packers survive Commanders

Pete Prisco went 9-5 with his against-the-spread expert picks in Week 6. Now he’s back with predictions for every single Week 7 game, including some upsets of red-hot contenders. Here’s a sampling:

• Jaguars 24, Giants 20: The Jaguars are favored over a 5-1 team. That seems weird. But Jacksonville could easily be 4-2 rather than 2-4. The Giants have won by running the…