Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter.It's a sad day for all of football due to the pa sing of , who died Monday night at the age of 61. Although Leach spent his entire coaching career in the college ranks, he did have an impact on the . His high-flying offenses produced multiple receivers who went on to have highly succe sful NFL careers, including , and .Heading into the 2022 season, Leach was -- along with Nick Saban -- who had produced at least one first-round pick at three different
Chimezie Metu Jersey college stops. coach Kliff Kingsbury had a prolific college career while playing for Mike Leach at Texas Tech. Kingsbury went on to use Leach's concepts during his own stint at Texas Tech, where he coached . Basically, Leach's Air Raid offense helped usher in a new way of playing football, and even though he used it at the college level, those concepts found their way to the NFL over the years.For more on Leach's life, .Here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the Pick Six newsletter. To get them to sign up, all you have to do is with them. Alright, let's get to the rundown. 1. Today's show: keep playoff hopes alive in game where suffers serious injuryThe Patriots needed a win in the worst kind of way Monday night, and although they were trailing at halftime, they steamrolled the Cardinals in the second half of what ended up being a 27-13 win.Here are four key things from the game that
Manu Ginobili Jersey Ryan Wilson, Will Brinson and I covered during our postgame podcast: Kyler Murray goes down with injury. This game got off to an unfortunate start for the Cardinals, who lost Kyler Murray to . On the play, Murray took off scrambling and then suffered a non-contact injury to his knee (you ). The early prognosis is that Murray has a torn ACL and will be out of the season. This injury doesn't just have ramifications for this year, but it could also impact next season for Arizona. With the injury happening in December, it's unlikely Murray will be back in time for Week 1. The Cardinals have a lot to figure out this offseason -- like whether they're going to bring back Kliff Kingsbury and/or Steve Keim -- and now they're going to have to worry about how much time Murray could mi s in 2023.Patriots ride their defense to win.The Patriots owe this win to their defense, which absolutely beat up on the Cardinals. Not only did the Patriots rack up six sacks -- with 5.5 of those coming from (three) and Matthew Judon (1.5) -- but they also forced two turnovers, including a fumble recovery for a TD by in the third quarter that blew the game open. also came up with an interception in the third quarter that e sentially put the game on ice. Belichick always loves to see his defense dominate, so he probably thoroughly enjoyed this win.Patriots rookies shine. The Patriots haven't hit very many home runs in the draft over the past few years, but their 2022 cla s has looked impre sive all season, and it helped carry the team to the win Monday night. After went down with an injury, two rookie running backs -- . and -- came in to fill the void. Strong, a fourth-round pick in April, carried the ball five times for 70 yards and a TD while Harris (sixth round) rushed for 26 yards and a TD. This game marked the that two Patriots rookies both scored a TD in the same game. Not to be
Tony Parker Jersey outdone, the human Swi s Army knife, Marcus Jones, also had an impre sive game: Not only did he pick off , but he also had 47 kick return yards, 12 receiving yards and seven punt return yards to go along with 18 return yards on his interception. If this game proves anything, it's that the Patriots hit a home run with their 2022 draft.Playoff ramifications: A lo s Monday would have been devastating for the Patriots' playoff chances, but they're now firmly in the hunt thanks to this win. At 7-6, the Patriots how hold . If the Patriots can get to 10 wins, that would almost make them a lock to get in the postseason, but going 3-1 down the stretch won't be easy with a remaining schedule that includes the (away), , and (away).We talked about those four things, plus everything else you could po sibly want to know about Monday's game. If you want to listen to the rest of our recap, . You can . 2. Prisco's Power Rankings heading into Week 15It appears sending Pete Prisco five dollars every week for the past 15 weeks has finally paid off for me, because he has finally put my Bengals in the top five of his power rankings. The jump by Cincinnati was the only major change at the top as the top-four teams all stayed the exact same.With that in mind, let's check out the top five: Bills Bengals (up from No. 6 last week)Dropped out: I'm not going to spoil the rest of the power rankings here, but I am going to give you a few nuggets. Here's what has changed since last week:The biggest jump this week went to the . Following their win over the Dolphins on Sunday night, Prisco bumped them up three spots from 15th to 12th.The biggest jump in the NFC went to the , who actually tied the Chargers for the biggest overall jump. After watching the Panthers beat the
David Robinson Jersey , Prisco moved them up three spots from 28th to 25th. All four NFC South teams are ranked between 17th and 26th.The biggest drop this week went to the , who are in a total free fall right now. The Giants are now 1-4-1 in their past six games. Following their lo s to the Eagles, Prisco dropped them three spots, from 13th down to 16th.As for the bottom of the rankings, the are in the cellar this week, but just barely. If they had been able to upset the Cowboys in Week 14, Prisco might have moved them out of last place, but instead, they gave up a 98-yard TD drive in the final minutes that cost them the game, which wasn't overly surprising, because that's exactly what a team ranked last would do in that situation.If you want to know where your favorite team . If you want to argue with Prisco over his rankings, you . I argue with him all the time about everything. If you want more rankings, we also ranked the top contenders this week.. 3. Breech's Week 15 picks: Bills destroy Dolphins, upset ChargersIf it's Tuesday, that can only mean one thing: It's time for my weekly picks.Last week, I correctly predicted the would upset the and the Chargers would beat the favored Dolphins, which helped boost me to a 9-4 overall record for the week. However, I also picked the to beat the , so I can't really gloat about anything right now.Here are three of my picks for Week 15: Dolphins at Bills (-7.5) (Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET,NFL Network):The Dolphins are 0-7 since 2017 in games where the kickoff temperature is under 40 degrees, and it's supposed to be
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