Bold NFL Week 12 predictions plus making
Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!As the resident homer here at CBS Sports, I was going to spend Black Friday purchasing 19 different Bengals jerseys, but I can't do that because I'm simply not functional right now due to the fact that I still haven't recovered from Thursday. Not only did I eat 11 slices of pumpkin pie, plus an entire turkey, but I'm still not emotionally recovered from one of the wildest
Bol Bol Jersey days of Thanksgiving football in history. This year marked the first time since 2002 that every game played on Thanksgiving finished with a one-score margin and there were only two games that year, so this year was definitely better.There were seven different points yesterday where I thought I was going to take a nap, but I'm glad I didn't because all three games ended up being pretty crazy and I would have mi sed them if I had napped. We'll be covering all three games in today's newsletter, plus making some bold predictions for Week 12. So let's get to the rundown. As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the Pick Six newsletter. To get your friends to sign up, all you have to do is with them.After spending Thanksgiving Day with my family, I moved on and spent Thanksgiving night with my podcasting family aka Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson. The three of us stayed up extra late last night so that we could recap all three games that were played on Thursday. Here are a few key aspects of each game that we touched on: use their stars to beat .It's fitting that the Cowboys have a star on their helmet because their stars came up big on Thursday during Dallas' 28-20 win. averaged an impre sive 5.75 yards per carry on a day where he ran for a season-high 92 yards (Zeke also added a rushing TD). also rushed for 60 yards in a game where the Cowboys totaled 169 yards on the ground. also came up big with six catches for 106 yards. Finally, there was . Although he got off to a slow start with two interceptions in the first half, he rebounded with two touchdown pa ses in the second half, which both went to . Overall, Prescott went 11 of 14 for 145 yards during a nearly perfect second half (He finished 21 of 30 for 261 yards in the game). I should note that this game also gave us the best Thanksgiving TD celebration of all time -- a game of whack-a-mole in the Salvation Army kettle -- and . miscues help out . In the biggest surprise of the day, the 9.5-point underdog Lions went toe to toe with the Bills and probably would have won if not for
Jerami Grant Jersey several ugly mistakes during their 28-25 lo s. The three biggest mistakes? The Lions lost a fumble in the first half after driving into Buffalo territory only to watch the Bills score a TD off the turnover a few plays later. The second mistake was taking a safety in the third quarter after getting sacked in the end zone on a third-and-15 play from his own 3-yard line (The safety gave Buffalo a 19-14 lead). The third mistake was Lions kicker Michael Badgley mi sing a 29-yard field goal in the third quarter, which was shocking because kickers almost never mi s from that close when playing indoors. The Lions went toe to toe with the Bills and if they wouldn't have made so many mistakes, they might have won. comes up big in prime time. Over the course of his career, Cousins has built a reputation for flopping in prime time, but he might have shed that reputation on Thursday night by feasting on New England's defense during a 33-26 win. Cousins finished 30 of 37 for 299 yards and three touchdowns and his only bad throw came in the second quarter when he got picked off by . One reason Cousins was so good is because caught nearly every ball that was thrown his way. The star caught nine pa ses for 139 yards and a touchdown and during the win, he pa sed Randy Mo s for the .If you want to hear our entire recap of each game, . You . You can also check out our takeaways from each game by
JaMychal Green Jersey for Bills-Lions, Giants-Cowboys and Patriots-Vikings.The NFL has been playing three Thanksgiving games since 2006 and for the first time ever, all THREE games on Thanksgiving were decided by one score, so there was a lot to cover from each game and since there are always leftovers on Thanksgiving, I decided to offer some leftovers in today's newsletter.Here's a look at a few other things from the three games that we also talked about on the podcast: Bill Belichick not happy about TD being overturned. One of the key plays in New England's lo s came in the third quarter when appeared to catch a 6-yard TD on third-and-goal. However, after
Zeke Nnaji Jersey reviewing the play, the officiating crew overturned the call on the field and ruled that that pa s was incomplete. Henry says he caught it and Bill Belichick . You can .Officials also mi sed another key penalty in Patriots-Vikings. Belichick is probably going to be writing a lengthy letter of complaint to the NFL after this game, because the officiating crew also botched another call against the Patriots. On a third-and-1 in the fourth quarter, threw an incomplete pa s to Henry and just after he threw the ball, Minnesota's got him with a facemask. This wasn't just any facemask, either, it was one of those plays where Jones' head got completely twisted (You ). If the flag had been thrown, the Patriots would have gotten a first down at their own 49 while trailing 33-26 with eight minutes left to play, but instead, they punted on fourth-and-1 and the rest is history.Special teams meltdown for Patriots. Bad calls happen in every game, so you can't blame the officials for New England's lo s, but the Patriots can blame their own special teams. The Patriots are usually one of the most disciplined teams in the NFL, but their special teams had a meltdown on Thursday night. First, they gave up a 97-yard kickoff return TD to (You )
Nikola Jokic Jersey . They also got called for running into the punter on a fourth-and-3 in the fourth quarter that gave the Vikings a free first down after New England's defense had forced a three-and-out (That drive ended with the Vikings scoring the game-winning TD). Speaking of punting, Patriots punter also had two punts of 36 yards or le s. Those would have been fine if they pinned the Vikings inside their 20-yard line, but neither kick did that. also caught a punt at the 1-yard line at the end of the game -- the rule of thumb is that you don't catch it inside the 10 -- and I would label that part of the meltdown, but Belichick said after the game that he was OK with Jones trying to create a spark considering what he did against the in Week 11.Mac attack is back. Although the Patriots didn't win, Jones still had one of the best games of his career. The second-year quarterback threw for 382 yards and two touchdowns. His pa sing total was a career-high by more than 60 yards and marked just the fourth time ever that he's hit the 300-yar