Happy midweek, everyone! John Breech is still busy basking in Jake Browning’s prime-time win for the Bengals, so he’s off today. In the meantime, you’ve got me, Cody Benjamin, to deliver all the latest from around the NFL.
This is the Pick Six Newsletter. Now let’s get to it. (And please, do yourself a favor and make sure you’re signed up to receive this newsletter every day! You don’t want to miss our daily offerings of everything you need to know around the NFL.)
We’ve got Prisco’s Week 14 picks, backup quarterback grades, key injury updates and much more:
1. Today’s show: Debating Prisco’s Power Rankings
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Pete Prisco joined Will Brinson on the latest “Pick Six NFL Podcast” to dissect and debate Prisco’s latest Power Rankings, where the 49ers now reign supreme, the Chiefs are out of the top five and the Packers are surging.
Some highlights:
- Even after Monday’s upset of the Jaguars, Prisco isn’t buying the Bengals, who sit at No. 20 in his latest rankings, and Brinson agrees: “They’re gonna need to score 30 points a game with Jake Browning,” he argued, to offset their defense.
- Why are the Packers approaching the top 10 in the Power Rankings? “Everybody’s growing together,” Prisco said, including quarterback Jordan Love. “That team is dangerous. And they will be a playoff team. Their schedule’s a joke.”
- Which 6-6 team has the talent to get out of the logjam of .500 teams? Prisco likes the Bills, calling them a “team that nobody wants in the postseason.” He believes they’re already better than the Browns, Colts and Steelers in the playoff race.
Catch the full episode (and subscribe for all kinds of daily NFL talk) right here.
2. Prisco’s Picks: Cowboys get revenge, Chiefs edge Bills
Senior columnist Pete Prisco is 116-77 making straight-up picks this year. Now he’s back looking to improve that record with predictions for every single Week 14 contest. Here are a couple of his most notable projections:
- Browns 20, Jaguars 14: The Jaguars will likely start C.J. Beathard for the injured Trevor Lawrence, while Joe Flacco could start again for the Browns. The Cleveland defense is the better of the two, which will really challenge the Jacksonville offense. This will be a low-scoring game, but Cleveland will win it late.
- Chiefs 34, Bills…
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