Hello football friends, and welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! I have been watching the NFL for my entire life, and I have to say, yesterday might have been the most bizarre day in recent league history. We'll be covering all of this and more in today's newsletter, plus we'll have some picks and best bets for tonight's game between the Bears and Seahawks.
As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all your friends to . To get them signed up, just click here. Welcome to my favorite part of the Monday newsletter, which is where I hand out grades for all 32 teams.
Actually, this week, I didn't grade all 32 teams because four were on a bye, and then we have two teams playing tonight, so you're only getting 26 grades. As for the other grades that we've handed out so far in Week 8, you can check those out here. You can't have a week of NFL action without having winners and losers, so here are some winners and losers.
I always get sad when there's a kicker on the loser's list, and yup, you guessed it, there's a kicker on the loser's list this week. Carter Bahns came up with this week's list of winners and losers, and we're going to check out his losers below. If you want to see Carter's list of winners (and a couple of other losers), be sure to click here.
Everyone on the internet loves to overreact to things, and that's especially true when we're talking about the NFL. Personally, I overreact to everything. With that in mind, Zach Pereles decided to take a look at several things that happened during Week 8, so decide for yourself if we're all overreacting.
Statement: Vikings should bench Kyler Murray.Overreaction or reality: Reality. I gave Murray a lot of grace early this year. He was on a new team and in a new system.
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