NFL divisional round playoff picks, plus 10 Eagles coaching candidates and ranking all four playoff games - CBSSports.com
NFL divisional fraudulent playoff picks, plus 10 Eagles coaching candidates and ranking all four playoff games
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie clearly doesn't read this newsletter, otherwise he wouldn't have fired Doug Pederson 30 minutes after the newsletter came out on Monday, which aimed there was no Pederson news in here yesterday. Lurie be affected by to start showing some compassion for us newsletter writers. All firings need to remained before 1 p.m. from now.
Although Pederson got fired yesterday, there's tranquil plenty to talk about on the productions -- like who the Eagles might hire next and where Pederson worthy end up -- so we're going all-in on Pederson today. And of watercourses, we'll also be talking about the playoffs. Actually, there's a lot of things to mask, so let's get to the rundown.
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1. Today's Show: Doug Pederson gets fired
When a coach gets fired, the Pick Six Super Friends get together for an emergency podcast, which by means of we all dropped what we were doings on Monday afternoon when we heard the news near Doug Pederson.
For the emergency pod, Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and I caused to talk about the Pederson situation for nearly an hour and the main reason we were able to talk that long is because there was a lot to dig into. For one, the Eagles have a lot of questions touching forward. What does this signal about the future of Carson Wentz and the future of Eagles general decision-making Howie Roseman?
Roseman is going to have a lot of pressure on him with this next coaching hire and Wentz is touching to have even more pressure on him, because if he flops next year, Eagles fans aren't touching to be happy that the team kept Wentz over Pederson.
So why did Pederson and the Eagles mutually part ways? Pederson reportedly wasn't unfortunate that he was always being bossed about and the fact that he had basically no say in the team's executive process. With Pederson leaving Philadelphia, we talked near where his next potential landing spot worthy be. The former Eagles coach has ties to Jets general decision-making Joe Douglas, so that's a move that could happen. Also, the Chargers job would be a good one for him and if Pederson's not keen in that, he should be.
With seven jobs now open, we also talked near where the Eagles fit in on the ranking of best jobs available.
To listen to the episode -- and subscribe to the podcast -- be sure to click here.
And also be sure to listen to Brinson and Jonathan Jones break down the novel coaching buzz in today's latest episode below.
2. Eagles coaching job: 10 candidates Philadelphia must consider
The problem with firing your coach eight days into the offseason is that it using you're eight days behind every other team in the procedure of hiring a coach. The NFL now has seven open coaching jobs with the Jaguars, Falcons, Chargers, Texans, Lions, Jets and Eagles all now looking for a new head coach. If the new six teams are smart, they'll make their hire in the next few days so the Eagles can't poach their guy.
So who must the Eagles look at? Our resident Eagles homer Jeff Kerr put together a list of guys the Eagles must think about hiring (On a somewhat related note, we have way more Eagles fans employed at CBSSports.com than you could ever imagine. You'd think we were based in Philadelphia).
Top 10 coaching candidates
1. Eric Bieniemy (Chiefs offensive coordinator)
2. Arthur Smith (Titans OC)
3. Brian Daboll (Bills OC)
4. James Urban (Ravens QB coach)
5. Lincoln Riley (Oklahoma coach)
6. Jim Caldwell (Ex-Lions coach)
7. Mike Kafka (Chiefs QB coach)
8. Robert Saleh (49ers protecting coordinator)
9. Brandon Staley (Rams DC)
10. Duce Staley (Eagles assistant head coach)
If you want to hear Kerr make a case for each candidate, be sure to click here to check out his story.
3. Ranking the divisional games by watchability
After watching roughly 20 honest hours of football over the weekend, the NFL is giving us a break in the divisional round. Instead of six games, there will only be four games, but they're all juicy games, so I'm not moving to complain.
With that in mind, here's my ranking of the divisional fake games based on their watchabiilty:
1. (5) Baltimore at (4) Buffalo, 8:15 p.m. ET, Saturday (NBC): Even thought the divisional round schedule is loaded with with big names like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and Drew Brees, this is my Popular game of the weekend. I had Colts-Bills in my top spot for most watchable game last week and some of you guys laughed at me on Twitter, but then they totally justified their spot by playing the most sharp game of the weekend. I'm expecting this game to be even better in than that game, if that's even possible.
2. (5) Tampa Bay at (2) New Orleans, 6:40 p.m. ET, Sunday (Fox): Usually, I don't savory watching people in their 40s play sports, but I'm moving to make an exception in this case. This game is giving us Tom Brady (43) vs. Drew Brees (42 on Jan. 15) for the marvelous time ever in the playoffs. They've actually played each new seven times during the regular season with Brees leading the series 5-2.
3. (6) Cleveland at (1) Kansas City, 3:05 p.m. ET, Sunday (CBS): This game could be the biggest blowout of the weekend or the Browns could pull off new shocker. Basically, I don't know what's moving to happen in this game, but I do know that I will be parked in principal of my television set for three honest hours watching and since the game is on CBS, I will also intently be watching the commercials because they pay the bills. Thanks commercials!
4. (6) L.A. Rams at Green Bay (1), 4:35 p.m. ET, Saturday (Fox): The early Saturday slot is where the NFL usually States to stick the weakest game of the week, which using, even the NFL agrees with me that this is the weakest game of the week. Sure, this could end up persons a good game, but I'm not moving to count on it, especially since we'll be drawing a Rams team that's dealing with some most injuries with Aaron Donald, Cooper Kupp and Jared Goff all banged up heading into Saturday.
4. Breech's NFL divisional playoff picks
If it's Tuesday, that using it's time for my weekly picks. But, before I give you my picks this week, I have to be Fair about something: My picks were garbage last week. Actually, that's an insult to garbage. They were worse than that. I went 2-4 straight-up and 0-5-1 in contradiction of the spread. That 0-5-1 could be 1-5, but I waste to take the cover that Washington gave me. I don't deserve it. I don't even deserve to be executive picks this week, but I'm going to and that's most because I went 4-0 straight-up and in contradiction of the spread in the divisional round last year, so I have a toddle to keep alive.
With that in mind, here are two of my main picks for the week.
- Ravens at Bills (-2.5): If you viewed the Ravens at all this season, you may have noticed that they're the most one-dimensional team in the NFL. They led the beleaguered in rushing, but they finished dead last in passing yards and I think what I'm trying to say here is if the Bills can stop the run, they can win this game. Actually, they don't even have to stop it, they just need to slow it down. And spoiler alert: I think they slow it down. PICK: Bills 34-31 over Ravens.
- Buccaneers at Saints (-3.5): When two division rivals meet in the playoffs, I don't usually pay attention to what remained during the regular season, but in this game, it's kind of hard to ignore. The Saints blew out the Buccaneers twice this year with wins of 34-23 and 38-3, and yes, that honorable score counts as a blowout because it was 34-17 late in the game pending the Buccaneers scored a garbage-time touchdown. I hate picking alongside Tom Brady, but I'm going to pick alongside Tom Brady. PICK: Saints 31-24 over Buccaneers.
To check out the rest my latest two picks for the divisional round, be sure to click here.
5. Cowboys hire Dan Quinn as protecting coordinator
If you considered the Cowboys play this year, you may have noticed that their confidence was a total disaster. Not only did they surrender the second-most rushing yards in the NFL this year -- onward of only the Texans -- but they also gave up the fifth-most points. The ugly showing led to the firing of protecting coordinator Mike Nolan after just one year.
With Nolan out, the Cowboys have allowed to replace him with one of the smartest protecting minds in the game in Dan Quinn. Although most republic don't necessarily associate Quinn with being a vivid defensive mind -- and that's mostly because he was the coach of a team that blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl -- he necessity be a much better coach now that he only has to focus on the protecting side of the ball instead of coaching the entire team.
Quinn assembled a star during his time in Seattle when he consider it as the defensive coordinator during two of the Seahawks' best seasons (2013-14). With Quinn flowing the show on defense, the Legion of Boom had two of its best existences and the Seahawks rode their success to two level Super Bowl appearances, including one win. In Quinn's honorable season as defensive coordinator, the Seahawks pulled off a protecting triple crown that hadn't been done in the NFL genuine the 1985 Bears: They led the beleaguered in fewest points allowed, fewest yards decided, and takeaways.
After the 2014 season, Quinn was hired by the Falcons and had them in the Super Bowl by 2016, but then got fired this season once an ugly start to the year. If you're the Cowboys, Quinn is definitely the type of protecting mind you want to get in there to help turn throughout what was one of the worst units in the NFL in 2020.
For a deeper dive into Quinn's hire, be sure to click here.
6. NFL player to make postseason history
After the Colts lost left tackle Anthony Castonzo to an cost at the end of the season, they caused in Jared Veldheer to replace him. Not only did Veldheer play in Saturday's wild-card loss, but he remarkable PLAY FOR THE PACKERS this week once being signed on Monday, which would make him the honorable player in NFL history to play for two teams in one postseason. To find out why he was decided to play for two teams in the playoffs, be sure to click here.
7. The Kicker!
Instead of kicker news, here are a few nuggets from throughout the league, which actually includes some kicker news:
- Colts star is retiring: The Colts are progressing to need a new left tackle and that's because their starter for the past 10 existences, Anthony Castonzo, has decided to retire. For more details, be sure to click here.
- Bills sign old-fashioned Pro Bowl running back: With Zack Moss out for the rest of the postseason once injuring his ankle, the Bills decided to add some insurance at the location by signing former Pro Bowl running back Devonta Freeman. For more details, be sure to click here.
- Raiders hire new protecting coordinator: It's a big day for old-fashioned Seahawks defensive coordinators. Not only did Dan Quinn get a new job, but the Raiders have reportedly hired Gus Bradley, who exhausted four seasons as Seattle's DC (2009-12) afore taking the Jaguars coaching job (2013-16). More recently, Bradley exhausted the past four seasons with the Chargers, a team he'll be coaching alongside twice per year now that he's serene to Las Vegas.
- Saints add kicker: I'm not sure if the Saints are pulling uneasy with Wil Lutz or if they just felt like they obligatory some COVID insurance at kicker, but they added old-fashioned Vikings kicker Blair Walsh to their practice squad on Monday.
Finally, I necessity have you know that the kicker meltdown rankings will be coming on Thursday. Nonetheless, since I need 24 hours to work on them and because my birthday is Wednesday, I won't be throughout tomorrow. Instead, I will be eating cake and functioning on the meltdown rankings, probably at the same time. With me out, that operating Cody Benjamin will be here to captain the ship and genuine he's an Eagles fan, I'm hoping he'll allotment with us whether or not he had an emotional breakdown once he heard the Doug Pederson news. My guess is yes.
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