NFL Week 11 picks plus Antonio Browns vaccination controversy and recapping Patriots blowout win in Atlanta
NFL Week 11 picks plus Antonio Browns vaccination controversy and recapping Patriots blowout win in Atlanta
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Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!We are now officially le s than one week away from Thanksgiving, which I'm only noting because I feel like the are feeling very thankful today that they don't have to face the again for another four years. If you mi sed Thursday night's game, the Falcons got absolutely hammered, 25-0. On the bright side, they didn't blow a 28-3 lead, but I'm not even sure that counts as a bright side since they lost by 25, which means everyone still got to use their 28-3 jokes since 28 minus three equals 25. Also, Thanksgiving is on Nov. 25th, so this entire paragraph has now officially come full circle.For today's newsletter, we'll be giving all the details on how the Patriots won, plus we'll be taking a look at the vaccination controversy involving . I thought for sure the time he froze his feet in a cryotherapy chamber would be the weirdest controversy involving him, but I thought wrong. Alright, let's get to the rundown.Remember, your job this weekend is to get as many people you know to sign up for the newsletter. To get your friends to sign up, all you have to do iswith them. 1. Today's show: Recapping the Patriots' blowout win over AtlantaIf defense wins championships, then I'm going to go ahead and a sume that the Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl this year because their defense looked unbeatable Thursday night. The Patriots didn't come back from a 25-point deficit to beat the Falcons like they did in Super Bowl LI, but they did win by 25 and that was mostly thanks to a defense that shut out the Falcons, . The only thing more impre sive than the Patriots defense Thursday night was the podcast that Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and I recorded afterward. Here are a few key aspects of the game that we touched on:Patriots defense smothers Falcons.The Falcons' lo s Thursday marked the first time they had been shut out at home in 33 years, and a big reason that happened is because Atlanta got smothered by New England's defense. Not only did the Patriots force four turnovers (all interceptions), but they also sacked four times while holding the Falcons to just 165 total yards. Ryan was drafted in 2008 and this was just the second time in his career he was held under 170 total yards. Although almost Paul Goldschmidt Jersey every Patriots defensive player played well, the star of the game was probably , who had a pick-six to go along with two sacks and eight tackles. might win Rookie of the Year.One month ago, it seemed like was a lock to win rookie of the year, but then Mac Jones happened. The Patriots are now on a five-game winning streak, and a big reason for that is the play of their rookie quarterback. Jones has been on a roll and that roll continued in Atlanta. Jones started the game hot (14 of 15 for 136 yards and a TD in the first half) and never really cooled down on a night where he finished with 207 yards. Jones' numbers probably could have been bigger, but the Patriots were more than content to run the ball in the second half while leading by double-digits. Falcons have a QB meltdown in second half. It's not often you see three DIFFERENT quarterbacks throw an interception for the same team in a game, but that's exactly what happened Thursday night. After watching Matt Ryan throw two picks in the second half, Falcons coach Arthur Smith decided to remove his starting QB from the blowout lo s. Following Ryan's exit, came in and immediately threw a pick-six, which led to his benching. The next QB in the game for Atlanta, , threw an interception on his first po se sion. The QB meltdown marked the first time that three different players threw an interception in a game for one team since 2009, when the had two quarterbacks and a running back throw an interception. It also marked the first time three different quarterbacks threw a pick in the same game since 2000 ().Folk hero. had a huge game on a night where he scored 13 of New England's 25 points. The Patriots kicker drilled four field goals against the Falcons with makes from 32, 33, 44 and 53. The 53-yarder actually hit a cameraman in the face and you can see that poor cameraman's .To listen to or watch today's episode on YouTube, . (Seriously, you can WATCH the podcast.) You can . 2. Today's show Part II: Best bets for Week 11The best part about Friday -- besides the fact it's Friday -- is that you get two episodes of the podcast in your feed. After the recap of the Thursday game, Brinson politely asked me and Ryan Wilson to leave so that he could bring in Pete Prisco and R.J. White for a discu sion about their best bets for Week 11. To be honest, Brinson didn't even have to ask me to leave. I actually offered to go so I could go back and rewatch all of Nick Folk's field goals from the Thursday game. I never get tired of watching field goals.Anyway, the guys spent nearly 60 minutes going over the best bets for every single game, and we're going to cover three from each guy below. They had a pretty solid showing last week, going 6-3 overall.Pete Prisco(1-2 last week in picks featured here) (+4.5) to cover against the (+5.5) to cover against the Chargers (+6) to cover against the Will Brinson (2-1 last week in picks featured here)Texans (+10) to cover against the (-7) to cover against the (-11.5) to cover against the R.J. White (3-0 last week in picks featured here) (+2.5) to cover against the Washington (+3.5) to cover against the (-3) to cover against the The guys also have a parlay they like that pays out +1228. Steelers (+5.5) to cover against the Chargers (+1.5) to cover against the Dolphins (-3) to cover against the Jets (-2) to cover against the If it hits, that parlay would win $1,228 on a $100 bet. To hear what the rest of the best bets are for Week 11 - Kwang-hyun Kim Jersey - and there are quite a few -- be sure to click here so you. You can . 3. Antonio Brown vaccination controversy receiver Antonio Brown could be in some hot water with the NFL after he was accused of having a fake vaccination card.Here's :How we know about the fake card. The Thursday that boils down to this: Brown's former live-in chef, Steven Ruiz, claims the wide receiver asked him to obtain a fake vaccination card for him and his girlfriend. Ruiz has text me sages from Brown's girlfriend, Cydney Moreau, showing that she offered to pay $500 to Ruiz if he could get some fake vaccination cards. Although Ruiz didn't come through, Brown later bragged to him that he was able to obtain two cards. This all happened starting in July and just two months later, Brown and Ruiz had a fallout over $10,000 in unpaid services that led Ruiz to quit.Brown's lawyer responds. Shortly after the story broke, Brown's lawyer said in which Brown said he was vaccinated. "I said, 'Antonio, are you vaccinated?' He said, 'Yes, I went to a drive-through vaccination site and I'm vaccinated.'"Buccaneers offer a statement on the matter. The team is one of the few in the NFL that has 100% of its players vaccinated and they were pretty adamant that nothing was wrong with Brown's card, "All vaccination cards were reviewed by Buccaneers personnel and no irregularities were observed," the . However, the team did note that the 100% vaccination rate only happened "after an extensive educational proce s conducted throughout the organization," which means it's po sible there were players who weren't on board with the vaccine at first.NFL will review the situation. The league is as a po sible violation of the personal conduct policy, as forging a vaccine card is a federal offense.The NFL investigation will be interesting since it's po sible everyone is telling the truth here. Brown is claiming he's currently vaccinated, which could be true, but that doesn't nece sarily mean he didn't have a fake vaccine card in late July or early August. If he used one during training camp, then this becomes an NFL i sue and he could be looking at a potential punishment. The good news for the NFL is that it shouldn't be too difficult to investigate this. Each vaccine card has several key pieces of information, including the location of the vaccination, the batch number of the vaccine and the clinic site where it was administered. If Brown's information can't be verified or if his current card is different from the one he had in August, then that would be a problem for him. 4. NFL Week 11 picksThis is the final newsletter of the week, which means I feel morally obligated to cram as many picks as po sible into this space. I once crammed 41 beers into a cooler that was only supposed to fit 24, so I know I'm good at cramming. With that in mind, we've got some Week 11 picks coming your way and those will be coming from Will Brinson, Tom Fornelli and along with CBSSports.com writers Jordan Dajani and Tyler Sullivan.Here's how things are going to work: I'm going to give you one pick from each guy and then direct you to the rest of their picks. That way, if you like their pick, you'll be able to read the rest of them, but if they pick against your favorite team, you can ignore the rest of their picks and move on.Will Brinson: 21-17 over (Seattle covers +2.5).For the .Jonathan Jones: Saints over Eagles (New Orleans +110 moneyline). For .Tom Fornelli: Washington 24-17 over Carolina (Washington covers +3.5). For .Jordan Dajani: 27-24 over (Las Vegas covers +1). For , be sure to click here.Tyler Sullivan: Packers 27-24 over Vikings (Green Bay covers -2.5). For . 5. owner makes threat to NFL that could cost league billionsRams owner Stan Kroenke probably isn't going to be a very popular person at the next NFL owners meeting and that's because he that could end up costing the other 31 owners billions of dollars if he follows through with it. This all came out in an email that wasthis week. As you may or may not know, the Rams -- along with the NFL and the league's 31 other teams -- are all defendants in a lawsuit that was filed by the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority all the way back in 2017. The lawsuit is currently scheduled to go to trial on Jan. 10, 2022 and things aren't looking so good for the NFL right now, so Kroenke wants to settle the case and that's where things get interesting.The po sible settlement. Kroenke's reps believe the suit can be settled for somewhere between $500 million and $750 million. At the high end, that would end up costing just under $25 million per team. However, the problem here is that the 31 other NFL owners feel that Kroenke should be on the hook for the entire settlement due to an indemnification agreement he signed when the Rams moved out of St. Louis following the 2015 season.Kroenke's threat. The Rams owner has been covering the legal fees in the case, but he doesn't believe the language in the indemnification agreement requires him to pay the entire settlement if the NFL loses or settles the case. (Pro Football Talk's Mike Florioactually has a pretty strong legal leg to stand on.) If the other teams don't agree to split the settlement, Kroenke has threatened to work out an individual settlement with the plaintiffs, which would get him off the hook but force the 31 other teams to still go to trial in January.Why that could be a disaster for the NFL. A late Octobersuggested that some owners are fearing that the judgement against them might end up being into the BILLIONS of dollars if the NFL loses the case. If Kroenke settles first for say, $200 million, the plaintiffs could use that as a jumping off point for potential damages from each team at trial (If all 32 teams had to pay $200 million, that would be $6.2 billion for the plaintiffs).Key dates to know. Kroenke has a mediation in the case scheduled for Nov. 23 and it's po sible he'll try to work out a settlement then. If that's the case, it means the NFL will have just days to respond to his legal threat. If nothing comes of mediation, then the trial will start in January.No matter what happens, it's safe to say that Kroenke isn't going to be the most popular guy around the league for the next few years. 6. Rapid-fire roundupIt's been a busy 24 hours in the NFL and since it's nearly impo sible to keep track of everything that happened, I went ahead and put together a roundup for you. activated off COVID list. The Browns running back mi sed last week's game due to being on the reserve/COVID-19 list, but now he's been , which means there's a good chance he'll be able to play Sunday against the Lions.Sean Payton calls out NFL officials.The Saints coach is not happy with the state of NFL officiating and he made that clear during an . Payton's biggest point is that everyone deserves better officiating, "We have to improve. Everyone watching and participating and involved," Payton said.Bears sign .With still banged up, the Bears went out and grabbed one of the few available defensive free agents who might be . The Bears will be the fifth team Irvin Daniel Ponce De Leon Jersey has played for since entering the NFL as a first-round draft pick of the Seahawks in 2012.Ex-NFL running back facing charges.The former Rams running back, who was caught attacking the mother of his child in a gruesome video that surface this week, has been charged with two felonies related to the video: aggravated battery and criminal mischief. According , Stacy could face up to 20 years in prison for the attack.Amazon apparently trying to land Al Michaels and Troy Aikman.Amazon will be taking over the Thursday night football package next season, and apparently, the internet behemoth wants to make a giant splash. According , Amazon is hoping to hire Michaels and Aikman to make up their Thursday night booth.. This seemed like a foregone conclusion after the Eagles traded veteran to the Cardinals in mid-October, and it became official Friday. The four-year extension, which keeps the 26-year-old in Philadelphia through 2025, is worth $57 million ($35 million guaranteed), , making him one of the highest-paid tight ends in the NFL.The new NFL season is here! Win or lose, you can shop jerseys, shirts, hats, and much more to support your favorite team. .
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