Hello football friends, and welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! We had some big news drop here at CBS Sports today: JJ Watt has signed a new deal that officially makes him the lead analyst in our No. 1 NFL booth with Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson. The new deal means that Watt will be in the announcer's booth for Super Bowl LXII next season.
For those of you scoring at home, that is only 479 days away. Watt has been with CBS Sports since 2023, when he was hired as a studio analyst on "The NFL Today." In 2025, he made the move to the announcer's booth, where he teamed up with Ian Eagle and Evan Washburn. And now, he's in the top booth.
Not only does he crush it in the broadcast booth, but Watt is also an extremely entertaining guy to follow on social media, so I'd suggest you follow him on Instagram or even X. And now, let's get back to our normal newsletter business. As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all of your friends to .
To get them signed up, just click here. Let's get to the rundown. The Bears only have one Super Bowl win in franchise history, and it came over the Patriots back in 1985.
The reason I'm bringing that up now is that the Bears will be honoring Mike Ditka tonight, and he was the coach of that 1985 team. This is the team's first home game since Ditka's passing on Oct. 9, so the Bears will be celebrating his life. On the injury front, the Patriots are banged up going into this game, especially on the offensive line.
They'll be down two starters with starting guards Alijah Vera-Tucker and Ben Brown both ruled out. As for the Bears, they'll be missing Kyle Monangai for the third straight game. Now that we've got that out of the way, here's one reason why each team should be feeling confident going into the game: You can get a full preview of the game from Jared Dubin by clicking here.
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