Tom Brady finalizes divorce one day after Ravens loss plus JaMarr Chase could hit IR and NFL Week 8 picks

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Tom Brady finalizes divorce one day after Ravens loss plus JaMarr Chase could hit IR and NFL Week 8 picks

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!If you get on the internet today, there's a good chance you're going to be reading a lot about . As a matter of fact, after surfing through the entire internet this morning, I noticed that roughly 57% of all headlines in the world were about Brady.Some of those headlines were about the losing to the , 27-22, on Thursday, and there were also plenty of headlines about Brady's private life. After months of speculation, Brady and his wife, Gisele Bndchen, both announced Friday that after 13 years of marriage. You can .We won't be diving into Brady's personal life in today's newsletter, but we will be diving into his latest lo s on the field, plus we'll also be taking a look at how long might be out for the .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 iswith them. Let's get to the rundown. It's been a rough year for Tom Brady, and things got even uglier Thursday night with the Buccaneers dropping to 3-5 following their 27-22 lo s to the Ravens. The only upside for the Buccaneers is that as bad as things have been, they could still be in a tie for first place in the NFC South heading into Week 9 if the beat the on Sunday.Following the game, Ryan Wilson and I dumped Will Brinson and recorded a podcast. Here's what we talked about:Tom Brady is in the worst rut of his career.Brady's career might not have hit rock bottom Thursday night, but after 23 years, it seems to be getting close. With the Buccaneers losing, Brady is now two games under .500 (3-5) for the first time ever. The quarterback has also lost five times in a six-game span for the first time in his career. Brady is also on a three-game losing streak for Mark Scheifele Jersey the first time in TWENTY YEARS. And to add insult to injury, Brady took three sacks last night, making him in NFL history.Buccaneers offense disappears after hot start. The Buccaneers offense actually got off to a quick start last night with 10 points in the first quarter, but then it disappeared after that. After those initial points, the Bucs wouldn't score again until there was fewer than five minutes left to play in the game. Brady's final numbers weren't bad (325 yards, one touchdown), but once again, he struggled with his accuracy and got no help from a Bucs rushing attack that totaled just 44 yards. The Buccaneers are averaging just 61.9 rushing yards per game this season, which puts them on pace to be the worst rushing team in the NFL since the 1946 . shines.After completing just nine pa ses in Week 7, there was some question about whether Jackson could carry the Ravens with his right arm, and he answered those questions last night. In a game where he lost two of his favorite targets to injury -- and -- Jackson still managed to throw for 238 yards and two touchdowns. He also attempted 38 pa ses, which was the fourth-highest total of his career. If the Ravens offense continues to find succe s through the air, this team is going to be difficult to beat because they're already unstoppable on the ground. Ravens rushing attack steamrolls Buccaneers.After totaling negative-five rushing yards on their first four po se sions combined, it didn't look like the Ravens were going to be able to move the ball on the ground against the Buccaneers. But as the game wore on, two things happened: The Bucs lost Shaq Barrett to injury, and the Ravens wore down Tampa Bay's defense. The Ravens ended up rushing for 231 Mark Stuart Jersey yards, with 204 of that coming in the second half. In just his second game of the season, was a truck for the Ravens, averaging 5.9 yards per carry on a night where he finished with 65 yards on 11 rushes. Overall, the Ravens had three players rush for at least 40 yards: Edwards, Jackson (43 yards) and (seven carries for 62 yards). The Ravens are now 22-2 under John Harbaugh when rushing for at least 230 yards in a game. As for the Buccaneers, the injury to Barrett is believed to be . If that's the case, he'll likely be out for the rest of the season.If you want to hear our entire recap of the game, . You can . A quiet Thursday in the NFL got turned upside down by two big stories that came out just hours apart. The biggest one involves the health of Bengals star Ja'Marr Chase, who could be sidelined until December due to a hip injury.Here's what we know about the Chase situation Tobias Enstrom Jersey :The All-Pro could land on injured reserve. The Bengals receiver originally injured his hip in Week 6 and then aggravated it in Week 7 against the Falcons. According , Chase could be sidelined for the next four to six weeks, which might lead the Bengals to place him on injured reserve. If Chase is placed on IR, then he has to sit out at least four games, which means he wouldn't be able to return until Week 13 (Dec. 4) at the earliest. (The Bengals have a bye in Week 10, so an IR stint would keep Chase out for at least five weeks.) The upside for the Bengals is that his return would come against the Chiefs.The case against IR. The Bengals have a bye in Week 10, and that fact could be something that keeps them from placing Chase on IR. If Chase is sidelined for Week 8 () and Week 9 (Panthers), he'd also get Week 10 off, which means he'd have four weeks to heal if he were to return in Week 11. If his injury is able to heal in four weeks, then he'd only mi s two games. At this point for the Bengals, that's likely the best-case scenario.Can the Bengals replace Chase's production? The 2021 Offensive Rookie of the Year has been an unstoppable force this year with 47 receptions for 605 yards and six touchdowns. (He ranks in the top-six in the NFL in all three of those categories.) has thrown 27% of his pa ses (74 targets in 270 attempts) to Chase this year, and those are going to have to go somewhere else. The good news for the Bengals is that Burrow does have good chemistry with the rest of his receivers, as both and have 455 yards each this year. (They're tied for the 20th-highest total in the NFL.) has also had a strong season with 29 catches for 226 yards. The Bengals offense can probably survive without Chase, but it could be a rough ride, which is why it wouldn't be surprising to see them add a receiver before the trade deadline.Speaking of the trade deadline, the Chiefs made a surprising deal Thursday when they pulled off a trade for former first-round pick . Here's a look at the details of the trade:Chiefs receive:Kadarius Toney receive:2023 third-round pick (compensatory) and 2023 sixth-round pickAfter le s than two seasons, the Giants have decided to cut their lo ses with Toney, who was the 20th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. This trade seems like a win for both teams: The Giants were able to get two picks Alexander Burmistrov Jersey in return for a player who likely wasn't going to see the field very much this year, and the Chiefs get another weapon. During his time in the NFL, Toney has shown some flashes of being a star -- he had 189 yards in a game last year -- but injuries have derailed his career so far. If anyone can salvage Toney, it's definitely the Chiefs, and it wouldn't be surprising if he ends up thriving there. TRADE GRADESWhenever there's a trade, there's 100% chance we're going to hand out grades for that deal.The Toney trade was graded by CBSSports.com's Cody Benjamin. Here's what he came up with:Chiefs grade: B.Giants grade: C+.You can check out Cody's .The best part about Friday -- besides the fact that it's Friday -- is that you get two episodes of the Pick Six podcast in your feed. Although Brinson didn't show up to recap the Ravens' win, he did make time to record his weekly picks show with Pete Prisco and R.J. White. Those three guys spent nearly 60 minutes going over the best bets for every single game being played in Week 8, and we're going to cover three from each guy below.Pete Prisco(2-1 last week in picks covered here, 13-8 on the season) (-3) to cover against the Giants (-1.5) to cover against the at Lions OVER 51.5 pointsR.J. White(2-1 last week in picks covered here, 11-9-1 on the season)Dolphins (-3.5) to cover against the LionsPanthers at Falcons OVER 41 points at OVER 49.5 points Will Brinson(2-1 last week in picks covered here, 9-11-1 on the season) (-2.5) to cover against the (-3.5) to cover against the at UNDER 43 pointsTo hear what the rest of the best bets are for Week 8-- and there are quite a few -- be . You can also .This is the final newsletter of the week, which means we will be cramming as many Week 8 picks as humanly po sible into this space. With that in mind, we've got five more Week 8 picks coming your way, and those will be coming from NFL senior writer Pete Prisco along with Will Brinson, Jordan Dajani, Tyler Sullivan and myself.Here's how things are going to work: I'm going to give you one pick from each guy and then direct you to the rest of their picks. That way, if you like their pick, you'll be able to read the rest of them, but if they pick against your favorite team, you can ignore the rest of their picks and move on.Pete Prisco -- Saints (+2) 26-20 over Raiders.From Prisco:For the .Will Brinson --Lions (+3.5) 31-28 over Dolphins.From Brinson:For the .Tyler Sullivan -- Commanders (+3) 23-17 over .From Sullivan:For the rest of .Jordan Dajani -- Seahawks (-3) over Giants.From Dajani:For the Jansen Harkins Jersey rest of .John Breech -- 49ers (-1.5) 26-23 over Rams.The 49ers have won seven straight regular season games against the Rams and did so without . Now that they have McCaffrey, I'm going to go ahead and a sume their regular-season dominance continues. For the .There have already been over the past week, and with the NFL trade deadline right around the corner, there will likely be several more dealt over the next few days. So who might get traded? CBSSports.com's Josh Edwards made a list of 10 players who need to be dealt before the Nov. 1 deadline.Here's a look at four of the players on his list:Texans WR . Browns RB . WR . Cardinals pa s-rusher . To check out Edwards' full list of players . When you look around the NFL this year, there aren't a lot of teams that you would consider a Super Bowl contender. As a matter of fact, if you believe CBSSports.com's Jeff Kerr, there are only seven teams in the NFL who have a chance of winning the Super Bowl this year, and he unveiled his list of teams this week. Here's a look at four of the teams that made Kerr's Super Seven list: Odds to win Super Bowl LVII:+270Kerr's take: EaglesOdds to win Super Bowl LVII:+500Kerr's take: VikingsOdds to win Super Bowl LVII:+1600Kerr's take: RavensOdds to win Super Bowl LVII:+1800Kerr's take: If you want to see the .
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