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Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!I hope everyone watched Titans-Steelers last night and I hope you enjoyed it because next Thursday, we're getting vs. . And no, I am not talking about actual bears vs. actual panthers, which would probably be more entertaining than what we're going to get.Speaking of entertaining, last night's game definitely falls into that category. The ' 20-16 win over the wasn't decided until picked off deep in Pittsburgh territory with just six seconds left to play (You can ). We'll be handing out some grades for that game today, plus we have some bold predictions for Week 9.Finally, don't forget to mark your calendar: As of today, we are exactly 100 DAYS AWAY from LVIII, which will be airing on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. If you need a refresher on all our Super Bowl predictions, . My preseason pick was Cowboy-Bengals and I still feel oddly good about that.As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. To get them signed up, all you have to do is. Let's get to the rundown. If you're a regular listener of the "Pick Six " podcast or a regular reader of this newsletter, then you know what we do on Fridays: We make picks. And then just when you think we're done making picks, we make more picks.For today's show, Will Brinson was joined by R.J. White and Alex "PropStarz" Selelnick -- two of our gambling gurus -- and the three of them offered some of their best bets for Week 9.The crew spent an entire hour handing out picks, and we're going Dejan Vasiljevic Jersey to go over a few of their best bets here: Will Brinson(2-1 in picks we shared here last week, 12-11-1 on the season) (-8.5) to cover against Bears (-1.5) to cover against (-1.5) to cover against R.J. White(2-1 in picks we shared here last week, 10-14 on the season) (+3) to cover against (+5.5) to cover against (+3) to cover against Katie Mox(Was out for Week 8, 8-13 on the season) (-1.5) to cover against anytime TD (-115) at Panthers OVER 43.5 total points As for PropStarz, he handed out a few of his favorite props for the weekend, because when your nickname is PropStarz, that's what the people expect.Cowboys at Eagles: OVER 56.5 rushing yardsBills at Bengals: OVER 49.5 receiving yards at Titans: OVER 26.5 rushing yardsPropStarz went 3-0 last week and is now 13-11 on the season, including 12-6 over the past six weeks.To hear what the rest of the best bets are for Week 9 -- and there are quite a few -- be . You . It's almost impo sible for a rookie QB to beat Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh and Will Levis found that out the hard way on Thursday night. Thanks to the Steelers' 20-16 win, Tomlin is now 14-1 all time at home against rookie quarterbacks. With the win, the Steelers improve to 5-3 on the season while the Titans fall to 3-5.Here are our grades from the game:TITANS GRADE: B-It's only been two games, but Will Levis looks like he might actually be the real deal. He wasn't perfect against the Steelers, but considering he was making his first career road start and doing it with just three days of preparation, it was a solid showing (22 of 39 for 262 yards). Levis did throw a pick on Tenne see's final offensive play, but that only came after he dramatically drove Reggie Wayne Jersey his team 66 yards to Pittsburgh's 19-yard line in the final minute. With Levis running the show, the Titans did struggle on third down (they were just 3 of 13) and in the red zone (they scored just one TD on four trips), but those are numbers that should improve as Levis continues to get more experience. Defensively, the Titans got steamrolled by a Steelers rushing attack that piled up 166 yards and to make things worse, they didn't record a single sack. The Titans now have 10 days until their next game and the big question is whether Levis has done enough to keep the starting QB job once gets healthy. Titans noteWe're not in Nashville anymore. Whenever the Titans leave Nashville, disaster seems to strike. Including their game in London, the Titans have now played five games away from home and they've gone 0-5 in those games while averaging just 13.2 point per game in those lo ses. On the other hand, in the three games they've played at home this year, they're 3-0 while averaging 27.3 point per game.STEELERS GRADE: BThe Steelers might have finally figured out how to fix their offense: Run the ball early and run the ball often. Pittsburgh topped 325 total yards for just the second time this season and a big reason that happened is because (11 carries for 88 yards) and (16 carries for 69 yards) were nearly unstoppable. It's a good thing the Steelers were able to run the ball, because only threw for 160 yards. However, he did come up with several big throws, including a TD pa s to with four minutes left that ended up being the game-winner. On the defensive side of things, the Steelers were nearly perfect on third down, with the Titans converting just 3 of 13 attempts. and combined to record three of Pittsburgh's four sacks. This was a huge win for a Steelers team that somehow finds a way to win every week even though the offense can't move the ball. Steelers noteCardiac kids. The Steelers now have won eight straight one-score games, which is the longest streak in team history and they're winning even though their offense continues to struggle. The Steelers were outgained on Thursday (340-326) and they've now been outgained in all eight of their games this season, which is notable, because that makes them the ONLY TEAM in the Super Bowl era to have a winning record through eight games despite being outgained every single time. This also marked the Steelers' fifth comeback win of the season, which is the most the team has had through eight games since 1997.If you want to .The start of Week 9 means that we're now officially halfway through the season Sean Taylor Jersey and because it's the midpoint of the year, we decided to honor the best rookies by creating a midseason All-Rookie team.This team was put together by Chris Trapa so, who is one of our gurus here at CBS Sports. Here's a look at the team that Traps created for the offensive side of the ball: QB: C.J. Stroud (Texans)RB: (Dolphins)WR: ()WR: ()TE: ()TE: (Bills)OT: ()OT: ()OG: (Bills)OG: (Titans)OL: (Bears)If you're wondering who had the best draft in 2023, the Lions were the only team to land three players on our All-Rookie team. Besides LaPorta, they also had two players make our defensive All-Rookie team. You can .I hope you're not tired of reading our picks yet, because we have even more of them coming at you right now. This batch will be coming from NFL senior writer Pete Prisco along with Will Brinson, Jordan Dajani, Tyler Sullivan and myself. After getting off to a hot start this season, the five of us have finally crashed back to earth. After going 16-8-1 through the first five weeks, we've gone 4-11 over the past three weeks, including 2-3 in Week 8. Heading into Week 9, we still have our head above water with a 20-19-1 record against the spread with our picks that have been featured in the newsletter.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.Pete Prisco: Ravens (-5.5) 27-18 over Seahawks.From Prisco:For the rest of Prisco's Week 9 picks, .Tyler Sullivan: Bengals (-1.5) 33-24 over Bills.From Sullivan:For the Kameron McGusty Jersey rest of Sullivan's Week 9 picks, .Will Brinson: Panthers (+2.5) to cover against the Colts.From Brinson:For .Jordan Dajani: Falcons (-5) 24-13 over Vikings.From Dajani:For the rest of Dajani's Week 9 best bets, .John Breech: Raiders (-1.5) 24-17 over Giants.situation." For the rest of my Week 9 picks, be .For more Week 9 , you can . Since you're probably tired of picks at this point, we're going to spice things up by giving out some bold predictions, which are like picks, except better. Garrett Podell has five bold predictions for Week 9, and we're going to share three of them below.Let's see what Garrett has in store for us this week.Bold predictions for Week 9: 1. Vikings win first game without Kirk Cousins.2. Cowboys end historic streak.3. Colts finally beat an NFC team. Garrett has five bold predictions for Week 9, and .It'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. Deshaun Watson will play in Week 9. Head coach Kevin Stefanski gave Browns fans some good news on Friday, announcing that Watson will start against the in Week 9. Earlier this week, Watson left his status in doubt. Watson took all the first-team reps in the early part of Browns practice on Friday which was the final hurdle for his return. appears to be OK after being carted off the field. The Titans receiver had to be carted off the field Thursday after taking a nasty spill in the fourth quarter. Although there was an ambulance ready to take him to the hospital, Burks didn't end up needing that. According , Burks was seen walking out of the locker room on his own power after the game.Giants will have a new kicker on Sunday.With set to undergo knee surgery, the Giants are expected to sign to , according to . The team is also planning to sign off of Tenne see's practice squad, . One of those two will presumably be kicking on Sunday when the Giants face the Raiders. thought it was time for some change in Las Vegas.It doesn't seem like the Raiders receiver is going to be mi sing Deng Gak Jersey Josh McDaniels. Adams was asked on Thursday about McDaniels' firing and he said the team needed a change. "We, obviously, think it was time, one way or the other, for some sort of change," Adams said. "Just to bring a little juice in and revitalize the team a little bit." It doesn't sound like he was very fond of McDaniels. You can read. | ||
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