NFL Week 13 winners and losers, plus grading every team and best bets for Bengals at Jaguars on ‘MNF’

JACKSONVILLE — Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

I’m writing today from a hotel in Jacksonville where I’ve been hanging out for the past 24 hours. I’ve seen more Jaguars fans in this span than I had previously seen in my entire life. I’ll be at the game tonight between the Jaguars and Bengals, but before I start talking about that, we need to cover everything that happened on Sunday, so let’s get to it. 

In today’s newsletter, we’ve got grades for every team that played on Sunday, plus, we’ve got winners and losers (You’re all winners in my book), so let’s get to the rundown. 

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1. Today’s Show: Biggest questions after Week 13

If I fall asleep while writing the newsletter today, it’s because I stayed up until 2:01 a.m. last night recording a podcast with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson. After that, I hung out with the good people of Jacksonville until 4 a.m., so it’s a miracle that I’m functioning. 

Anyway, the three of us touched on our 10 biggest takeaways from Week 13. Here are a few of the biggest questions that we tried to answer: 

• Will the Rams make the playoffs? We mentioned the Rams as a possible dark horse playoff contender after they beat the Seahawks back in Week 11. Two weeks later, I think we can officially just dump the dark horse label. The Rams feel like a legit playoff contender and with three of their next four games against the Commanders, Giants and Saints, Brinson and I feel like this team is going to end up in the playoffs. 
• Are the 49ers the best team in the NFC? When the 49ers are healthy, I feel like they’re the best team in the NFL and they’re currently healthy. It’s easy to beat up on bad teams, but that’s not what the 49ers did on Sunday. Nope, they handed a beatdown to the team that currently has the best record in the NFL. The rest of the NFC should be scared. 
• Can Gardner Minshew actually lead the Colts to the playoffs? As the president of the Gardner Minshew fan club, I am absolutely convinced that he’s going to lead the Colts to the playoffs. The Colts got a steal when they signed him back in March and following a 300-yard game…