NFL Week 15 picks plus Priscos Power Rankings and recapping

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Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six Newsletter!With just four weeks left to play in the season, you'd think that the NFL playoff picture would be clearing up at this point, but instead, it's somehow gotten more confusing. The had a chance to become the first team to clinch a playoff berth Monday night, but they blew it, which means exactly zero teams have clinched a berth through 14 weeks.If that sounds crazy, that's because it is. This year marks just the that we haven't seen a single team clinch a playoff berth through 14 weeks. CAN SOMEONE JUST CLINCH A PLAYOFF SPOT ALREADY? I can't handle any more drama.Anyway, we'll be covering all the details from the ' 30-23 win in today's newsletter, plus we'll be taking a look at Prisco's latest power rankings T. J. Leaf Jersey and my Week 15 picks, 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 iswith them. A Pick Six subscription makes an excellent and also inexpensive holiday gift. 1. Today's show: Recapping the Rams' wild win over ArizonaThe Rams are right back in the race for the NFC West title after upsetting the Cardinals in Arizona on Monday night. The Rams offense we expected to see all season finally showed up in their 30-23 win.The only thing more exciting than the Rams' offensive fireworks was the podcast Ryan Wilson, Will Brinson and I recorded after the game. Here are three key things from the game that we touched on during the podcast:Rams offense gets its groove back. was nearly unstoppable in this game, and most importantly for the Rams, he didn't turn the ball over. On a night where he threw for 287 yards, Stafford got everyone involved as , and all had at least one catch of 40 or more yards AND a touchdown. On Kupp's end, no one has been able to cover him all season and that didn't change in this game with the receiver hauling in 13 pa ses for 123 yards and a touchdown.Murray meltdown. made plenty of huge plays in this game, but those were overshadowed by big mistakes, the two biggest of which came in the form of ugly interceptions. In the first quarter, Murray threw an interception on the goal line after driving Arizona 63 yards. His second miscue came when he threw an interception in his own territory in the third quarter that eventually set up a Rams touchdown. Murray also inexplicably took a sack on the final play of the game when he simply should have spiked the ball, which would have given the Cardinals a few seconds to come up with a final play that might have actually worked. It was a bad night for a player who hasn't had many bad nights this year. The NFC West race tightens.With their win Monday, not only did the Rams take one big step toward clinching a wild-card berth, but they've now become a serious contender to win the NFC West. With just four weeks left to play, the Rams are only one game behind Arizona, which means if the Cardinals slip up at all in their final four games, Los Angeles could be there to steal the division title away.Besides those three things, we also spent some serious time trying to figure out who's going to make the playoffs out of the NFC. To listen to today's episode -- and to subscribe to the best daily NFL podcast out there --. You . 2. Prisco's Power Rankings heading into Week 15The Cardinals' lo s on Monday night meant Pete Prisco had to re-shuffle the top of his power rankings and that's because Arizona was at the top last week. The top-five teams are actually the exact same as last week, but they're now in a different order. With that in mind, here's a look at Prisco's top-five teams heading into Week 15:CardinalsI won't spoil the rest of the Power Rankings here, but I will give you a few nuggets. Here's what has changed since last week: The biggest jump this week went to the three different T. J. Warren Jersey teams as the , and all moved up three spots. All three are now on the cusp of cracking the top five with the Chargers at eighth, the Cowboys at seventh and the Titans at sixth. For the second straight week, the biggest drop in the AFC went to the . Every year, the Raiders seem to melt down around this time and this year is no different. Following their blowout lo s to the Chiefs, Prisco dropped them three spots from 17th to 20th.The biggest overall tumble in the rankings went to Washington. After watching WFT lose to the Cowboys, Prisco punished the team by dropping it four spots from 15th to 19th. The most inexplicable move in the rankings went to the Rams, who DROPPED three spots even though they beat the Cardinals. I'm not sure if Pete knows how power rankings work, but when a team beats the No. 1 team, you usually don't drop them any spots, let alone three.In news that probably won't come as a surprise to anyone: the are dead last for the second straight week. I'm starting to think Prisco might be the guy leaking all those negative reports about Urban Meyer.If you want to know where . If you want to T.J. McConnell Jersey argue with Prisco over his rankings, especially his ranking of the Rams, you. I argue with him all the time about everything. 3. Breech's Week 15 picksIt's Tuesday, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for my weekly picks.Last week, I managed to go 11-3, but two of those lo ses shouldn't have even counted because they came in overtime -- I picked the and to win -- so I'm going to tell myself that I actually went 13-1 for Week 14 and since I went 13-1, I have high hopes for this week.With that in mind, here are three of my picks for Week 15. New England (+2) at Indianapolis:As we know, Bill Belichick tries to take away the thing you do best and the thing Indy does best is run the ball. The are 7-0 this year when they rush for 125 yards or more and 0-6 when they rush for le s than 125 yards. Belichick is likely going to take away the run and make beat him, and based on what I've seen from Wentz this season, I don't think that's going to happen.PICK:Patriots 20-17 over Colts.Dallas (-10.5) at :If there's one team has absolutely owned in his career, it's the New York Giants. Since 2017, he's 8-0 against the Giants and the Cowboys have won those games by an average of 13.5 points per game. During that span, he's thrown 19 touchdowns to just three interceptions against them. Also, this is arguably the best Cowboys defense he's played with over that timeframe and the defense will likely be going up against Giants backup QB . I don't like New York's chances.PICK:Cowboys 30-17 over Giants.Green Bay (-5) at Baltimore: The offense has been an absolute disaster for five straight weeks now and I can't imagine they're going to be much better this week. If plays, he's likely going to be hobbled by his ankle, and if he doesn't play, I don't think is going to have very much succe s against the Packers defense. I know is injured, but he's been playing with a hurt toe for more than a month now and it doesn't seem to be slowing him down.PICK:Packers 31-24 over Ravens.To . 4. One thing we learned about each team in Week 14Now that all 14 games from Week 14 have been played, CBS Sports' Cody Benjamin decided to wade through the aftermath to figure out what we learned about each team. Here's a look at what we learned about five teams:Cardinals: They don't look like the NFC favorites anymore.Bengals: They seem to be losing steam.Chiefs: They seem to be back.:Big Ben still appears to have some fight in him.49ers: They feel like a lock for the playoffs.If you want to see the one thing we learned about every other team, . 5. NFL hit hard by COVIDThe NFL hasn't had to reschedule any games this year due to COVID, but the ongoing pandemic could still have an impact on the playoff race. If you need proof of that, just check out what happened Monday.The NFL announced that 37 players have been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, which are the most during any single week this season. Here's a look several key players who could mi s action in Week 15 due to a positive COVID test. Chargers LT . The Chargers might not have their starting left tackle for Thursday's showdown with the Chiefs. According , Slater is vaccinated, so if he records two negative tests taken at least 24 hours apart Justin Holiday Jersey , he would have a chance to play this week. But with the Chargers playing Thursday, that seems highly unlikely. Rams CB . The Rams star corner actually mi sed last night's game after testing positive Monday morning, and he could also end up mi sing their Week 15 game against the .Washington DT . The defensive tackle, who is arguably having the best season of his career, likely won't be able to play this week in Washington's NFC East showdown against the . However, Allen , so there's at least a chance he could suit up. have no running backs. was placed on the COVID list, which is notable because Miami running backs and are already on the list, which means the Dolphins don't have a lot depth right now at the position. Safety was also added to the COVID list Monday.Chiefs WR . Although he hasn't made a huge impact this year, Gordon did catch a touchdown pa s in Week 14. Like Slater, it's unlikely Gordon will be able to play this week with his game being Thursday. RB . It's a good thing has returned from injury, because the Vikings might not have Mattison for Monday's big game against the after he was placed on the COVID list.Due to the rapid spread of COVID, the Goga Bitadze Jersey letting teams know that any player who wants to keep their vaccination status will have to get a COVID booster shot by Dec. 27. 6. Rapid-fire roundupIt's been a busy 24 hours in the NFL, and since it's nearly impo sible to keep track of everything that happened, I went ahead and put together a roundup for you.Super Bowl headed for Las Vegas.The NFL owners are going to reveal the location of Super Bowl LVIII on Wednesday and the host city is expected to be Las Vegas. That Super Bowl will be played in February 2024 and will air on CBS. For more details why Vegas will likely be getting the NFL's biggest game, . If you need me, I'll be booking my hotel now.Urban Meyer expected to survive the season. Jaguars owner Shad Khan made it pretty clear that he won't be making an in-season move with Meyer. Khan did an interview Monday night and . could be back before end of season.The Titans got some good news this week. According , Henry's rehab is going so well that he could potentially return in Week 18 if Tenne see is facing a do-or-die situation. If the Titans have already clinched a playoff spot, then Henry will almost certainly be ready to return in the playoffs. likely out Week 15. The Giants QB didn't play in Week 14 due to a neck injury, and it appears that injury is going to keep him out for at least one more week. According , Jones is likely going to mi s Sunday's game against the Cowboys, which would pave the way for Mike Glennon to make his third consecutive start. The Giants have been outscored 57-30 in Glennon's two starts, which were both lo ses.Cowboys won't have left tackle on field in Week 15. The Cowboys won't have left tackle this week. Smith injured his ankle against Washington on Sunday, and the injury was bad enough that. the Cowboys ruled him out for their Week 15 battle with the Giants a full six days before the game.Ex-Bears receiver sentenced to three years in jail.Former Bears receiver , who spent eight years in the NFL, will be spending the next three years of his life behind bars. Bellamy was for defrauding the government out of $1.2 million in COVID relief funds.