Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
With the Super Bowl now two days behind us, that means the NFL offseason is officially here. If you’re wondering what this newsletter will look like during the offseason, it will mostly be me writing long-form think pieces where I break down why every team with a cat mascot — Lions, Jaguars, Bengals and Panthers — is eventually destined to win a Super Bowl. JK, the NFL offseason is always loaded with news, so there will be no cat mascot breakdowns. Instead, you’ll be getting a full newsletter each and every day, starting with today.
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1. Today’s show: Deep dive into Super Bowl LVIII
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After taking 24 hours to digest everything that happened in Super Bowl LVIII, Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and I got together for the second straight day to talk about the game, but this time, we did a deep dive.
We talked about multiple topics, including how the Chiefs receivers all came up big for Patrick Mahomes. This was a group that struggled with dropped passes all year, but in the Super Bowl, they came up big.
Let’s take a quick look at how the Chiefs’ pass-catching crew did on Sunday.
- Travis Kelce: Nine catches for 93 yards. The Chiefs tight end only had one catch for ONE yard in the first half, but then he exploded in the second half with eight catches for 92 yards. Kelce’s biggest catch came when he converted a third-and-7 with a 22-yard grab with just under 20 seconds left to play in the game. That set up Harrison Butker’s game-tying field goal.
- Mecole Hardman: Three catches for 57 yards. Hardman didn’t catch a single TD pass all year, but he more than made up for that by hauling in the game-winning touchdown on a 3-yard reception in overtime.
- Justin Watson: Three catches for 54 yards. Going into the Super Bowl, Watson only had two games all season where he finished with at least 54 yards, which is the number he hit in the Super Bowl. His biggest play came on a 21-yard catch on third-and-9 near the end of the first half. The catch help set up a Butker field goal that ended up being Kansas City’s only…
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