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Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six Newsletter!Happy Valentine's Day to Adrian Killins Jr. Jersey those who celebrate. I usually do, but I'm not sure I will this year because I'm not even sure my wife remembers me considering I spent the past nine days in a different state.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 make the case that any coach who loses a game by three or more touchdowns during the season has to coach in his team's mascot outfit the following week. JK, the NFL offseason is always loaded with news, so you'll be getting a full newsletter each and every day, starting with today.We'll be starting today's newsletter off with Pete Prisco's final power rankings of the season, plus we'll be taking a look at who the Super Bowl favorites are for next season. Not to mention, I solved the mystery of who has the football from game-winning kick, which is worth an estimate $350,000.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is. Alright, let's get to the rundown. For his final power rankings of the season, Pete Prisco had to totally reshuffle things and that's because he didn't have the in the top spot at the end of the regular season. Also, he didn't even have the in his top three. Those two teams are now at the top of the power rankings and to make that work, Pete had to stay up late and do some major reshuffling, and let me just tell you that Pete hates staying up late. With that in mind, here's a look at how the top five turned out in Prisco's final rankings of the season:Chiefs (Previously No. 2)Eagles (Previously No. 4) (Previously No. 5) (Previously No. 1) (Previously No. 3)Dropped out:No oneI'm not going to spoil the rest of the power rankings here, but I am going to give you a few nuggets: The biggest drop in the rankings went to the . Going into the playoffs, they were ranked seventh overall, but they fell all the way to 11th after losing at home to the in the wild card round. The Rod Smith Jersey made the biggest jump in Prisco's final Power Rankings, moving up four spots from 11th to seventh. If you need a quick refresher of what the Jaguars did in the postseason: They beat the in a game where they once trailed 27-0 and they also kept it close with the Chiefs, losing just 27-20. The didn't make the playoffs, but Prisco still had them ranked AHEAD of one playoff team. The Lions checked in at 14th, which was ahead of the , who ended the season as the 17th-ranked team after flaming out at home in the wild card round. Finally, Pete made no changes to the bottom of the rankings, which means that the will end the year in the cellar. Last year, the ended the season as the 32nd-ranked team, but this year, the Bears will take the honor. If you want to know where your favorite team team . If you want to argue with Prisco over his rankings, you. I argue with him all the time about everything.The Colts finally have a head coach. I repeat, the Colts finally have a head coach. The Colts fired Frank Reich Nov. 7, which means they've gone more than three months without anyone holding the official title of head coach. However, that changed on Tuesday with the hiring of Steichen. Here's what you need to know about Steichen:He's been a star on the rise. Steichen got his start in the NFL in 2011 with the Chargers and was actually on their staff for three years with Frank Reich (2014-16). Steichen was an offensive quality control coach as recently as 2015 with the Chargers, but after that, he shot up the coaching ladder, going from QB coach for L.A. (2016-19) to offensive coordinator in 2020. In 2021, the Eagles hired him as offensive coordinator and that's where he's been for the past two seasons.Steichen led one of the best offenses in football. Although the Eagles lost, Steichen will surely be pointing to Super Bowl LVII on his resume and that's because Philadelphia's offense was nothing short of magnificent with 35 points scored and 417 total yards. During the 2022 season, the Eagles had the third-highest scoring offense in the NFL while also ranking third in yards per game. Steichen called plays for the Eagles in 2022 and was clearly good at his job.Why Steichen might be the perfect guy for the Colts. If you've watched the Colts over the past few seasons, then you know that their QB situation has been a nightmare. If anyone can fix that, it might be Steichen. Not only did he help turn into a star this year, but he has also served as the offensive coordinator or QB coach for both and . Basically, quarterbacks have had a lot of succe s with him. Also, he was a college QB at UNLV, so he has a great P.J. Locke III Jersey understanding of the position.The Colts hired Steichen after talking to a total of 14 candidates since the end of the season. For more on Steichen's hiring, . There's no doubt that the Kansas City Chiefs were the biggest winners on Super Bowl Sunday, but if you're wondering who the second-biggest winner was, that answer would probably be Eamonn Dixon, the lucky fan who caught Harrison Butker's game-winning field goal.What you may not have noticed if you were watching at home is that Butker blasted the field goal OVER the kicking net, which sent the football into the crowd and that's how Dixon came up with it, and that's just one of several crazy parts to the story.Dixon wasn't even supposed to be attending the game. In , Dixon, who works for an advertising agency, said he was literally offered a ticket on the morning of the game. "I didn't have a ticket to the game, but one of my incredible Doritos clients called me up in the morning and said that a spare ticket had become available."Dixon didn't arrive at the game until the national anthem. Dixon, who lives in San Francisco, said he got the call about the ticket around 7 a.m. PT and then chaos ensued, "I got a flight at 12 p.m. and got to the game just as the national anthem was being sung."Dixon took video of himself catching the ball. Not only did he end up with the football, but he filmed the entire thing, which . "I didn't drop the phone and luckily I wasn't holding a beer as well, that would have been a bit awkward," Dixon said, .He quickly left the game at the suggestion of a security guard. "Everyone was asking for photos with me Frank Tripucka Jersey and giving me high-fives, and then the security guard tapped me on the shoulder, and he said, 'I think you should get out of here pretty quickly with that thing before some other people try to grab it.'"Dixon, who is a native Australian, is now the proud owner of a football that's worth an estimate $350,000. If you want more details on this story, . In news that likely won't surprise anyone, the team that just won Super Bowl LVII has opened as the favorite to win Super Bowl LVIII. And yes, this means that you can already bet on the winner of next year's Super Bowl and that's because the oddsmakers never sleep, just like no one's going to sleep at the Super Bowl next year because it's being played in Las Vegas (and televised by CBS).Let's check out the Super Bowl odds for the 2023 season (For a full list, )1. Chiefs +550 (Bet $100 to win $550)2. 49ers +6003. Bills +6504. Eagles +8005. Bengals +9006. +16007. Chargers +22008. Jaguars +28009. Lions +3000T-10. +3500T-10. +3500T-10. +3500T-10. +3500T-10. Giants +3500T-10. +3500 Worst odds:Texans at +12500 (Bet $100 to win $12,500)Breech's best bet:Bengals or EaglesBest Value: Vikings (+5000)If I had to make a Super Bowl bet right now, I'd probably put some money on the Bengals or Eagles. The Bengals are absolutely loaded and they have almost every starter coming back for the 2023 season. As for the Eagles, the NFC feels wide open and although I think the 49ers could give them some trouble, I can't bet on a team if I don't know who their Week 1 quarterback is going to be and I don't know that with the 49ers right now.Jordan Dajani covered five teams that could be a solid value bet, and . One team Dajani likes is the Vikings. Their defense was definitely the team's biggest weakne s last season, but with Brian Flores now running things on that side of the ball, that unit should be able to take a big step forward in 2023. The drama between Derek Carr and Andrew Beck Jersey the Raiders should be finally coming to an end today with the expectation that Las Vegas is going to dump its longtime QB today. We mentioned this briefly in yesterday's newsletter, but here are a few more details:Why the move has to happen today. If Carr is still on the roster on Feb. 15, that will trigger a clause in his contract that will give him $40.4 million in |
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