Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!If you're the type of person who likes a good countdown, then I have some big news for you: As of today, there are just 50 days until the start of the NFL season, which means you can officially start counting down now.The NFL season is so close that I can taste it. Actually, that might just be the waffles I had for breakfast, but who knows. If you read this newsletter regularly, then you probably know that the Wednesday newsletter is usually written by Cody Benjamin, but he's taking the day off to celebrate the fact that we're just 50 days away from actual football. Cody is also celebrating the fact that the veterans are reporting to training camp today, which will make them the first team with all their players in camp. Cody loves to celebrate things. I'm actually surprised he doesn't take more days off.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is . Let's get to the rundown. 1. Today's show: Predicting five teams that will take a step back in 2022The start of training camp is usually a time of hope for every fan base in the NFL, but don't tell that to Ryan Wilson and Will Brinson, who spent today's episode of the Pick Six podcast trying to destroy any and all hope for five different NFL fan bases heading into the 2022 season. If there's one guarantee in the NFL every season, it's that some teams are going to be worse than they were last year, so Wilson and Brinson spent today's show trying to pinpoint who those teams will be.Here's their list of teams they expect to take a step back in 2022: (2021 record: 13-4) (2021 record: 12-5) (2021 record: 12-5) (2021 record: 11-6) (2021 record: Luka Samanic Jersey 8-9)Remember, just because a team is on this list doesn't nece sarily mean the team is going to be bad; it just means Brinson and Wilson expect them to be worse than they were last year.If you're wondering why the Buccaneers are on the list, you can thank Wilson."I'm going all-in on the Buccaneers as a team that regre ses. I mean, it has to happen at some point," Wilson said. Wilson then went on to list several things to help prove his point: is gone, their starting running back is currently 30 pounds overweight (), and one of their best receivers is coming off ACL surgery (). Not to mention, they also lost both of their starting guards from last season, and is going Patty Mills Jersey to be 45 (he has to get worse at some point).Personally, I do think the Buccaneers will make the playoffs, but I don't think Wilson's take is completely crazy. If they only win 11 games in 2022, that would be considered taking a step back and I could easily see that happen.If you want to listen to the rest of today's show,. You can . 2. Three questions each AFC East team must answer before the start of the seasonWith rookies from the , , and all now in training camp, the AFC East has officially become the first division in the NFL where all four teams have at least one group of players at camp. So what does this mean? It means that now is the perfect time to take a look at a few key questions each AFC East team needs to answer during camp.CBSSports.com's Tyler Sullivan came up with three questions for each team, but I don't want to spoil his entire article, so we're only going to cover one of his questions for each team here.Bills:How will going from Brian Daboll to Ken Dorsey change the offense?Patriots: Do they have enough at corner?Dolphins:Isready to lead this high-speed offense?Jets: Can take a leap in Year 2?To check out all three questions for each team, be sure to click here so . 3. Three training camp battles to watch for the Between now and July 26, all 32 teams will be reporting for training camp, which means between now and July 26, you better get mentally ready to read a lot about training camp battles because we're going to be spending a lot time talking about them.Today, we're going take a look at three battles that will be taking place at Eagles training camp this year.Here's the list of battles, which was put together by CBSSports LaMarcus Aldridge Jersey .com's Jeff Kerr.Linebacker: vs. . Right guard: vs. /. No. 3 receiver and WR depth: vs. ///. To check out Kerr's full take on each of these battles, . 4. to wear throwback helmet and uniform in 2022It's been more than 10 years since the New York Giants have won a playoff game, so they're trying to jumpstart things this year by bringing back a blast from their past. The Giants for two games this season. If you'd like to see what this new throwback combination looks like, you .Here are a few details on the throwback look:Giants going with a cla sic look.The Giants will be bringing back the uniform they wore from 1980 to 1999, which seems to be the uniform that fans in New York love the most. The cla sic look will also include a a throwback helmet. When the Giants wore their cla sic uniform, the look included a navy helmet, and that same navy color will be making a return this year. The helmet will also say "GIANTS" on the side instead of "NY," which is what the team currently wears. The cla sic look will be worn twice.The Giants will be breaking out their throwback uniform for two games this year. The first time will come in Week 4 when they wear the uniform in a game against the (Oct. 2). The Giants will also wear the uniform in a Week 13 game against the (Dec. 4), so be sure to mark your calendar now.The Giants are the seventh team to announce an alternate helmet.Now that the NFL is allowing teams to wear an alternate helmet, everyone seems to be taking advantage of it. Besides the Giants, the other six teams with a new helmet are the (), (), (), Patriots (), () and ().According, there could be as many as 15 teams that end up wearing an alternate helmet for at least one game in 2022, so don't be surprised if we hear a few more announcements over the next few weeks.5. Major NFL milestones that can be reached in 2022: Tom Brady and among players on brink of historyAfter more than 20 years in the NFL, it doesn't seem like there are any records for Tom Brady left to break, but after doing some digging this week, CBSSports.com's Jeff Kerr found out that there are actually plenty of records left for Brady to break. Kerr came up with a list of multiple milestones that can be reached this year by several players, and that list starts with Brady.Milestones Tom Brady can reachNeeds at least 5,000 pa sing yards to join Drew Brees (2011-2013) as the only players in NFL history to record 5,000 pa sing yards in consecutive seasons and can Dominique Wilkins Jersey join Brees (five seasons) as the only players with at least 5,000 pa sing yards in three different seasons.Needs at least 4,000 pa sing yards to tie (14 seasons) for the most such seasons in NFL history.Needs 2,431 pa sing yards to become the first player in NFL history with 100,000 career pa sing yards, including the postseason. Brady enters the season with 97,569 career pa sing yards.Needs at least 40 touchdown pa ses to become the first player in NFL history to record 40 touchdown pa ses in three consecutive seasons and can become the first player with at least 40 touchdown pa ses in four different seasons.Milestones can reachNeeds 40 touchdown pa ses to become the first player ever with at least 40 touchdown pa ses in four different seasons.Needs 35 touchdown pa ses to become the first player ever with at least 35 touchdown pa ses in seven different seasons.Winning MVP would give him five MVP awards, which would tie Peyton Manning for the most in NFL history.Milestones can reachNeeds 30 touchdown pa ses to surpa s Dan Marino (9 for the most by a player through his first three seasons in NFL history.Needs 3,608 pa sing yards to surpa s Andrew Luck (12,957) for the most by a player through his first three seasons in NFL history. Herbert has 9,350 pa sing yards in his first two seasons.Needs 4,000 pa sing yards to become the first player ever to record at least 4,000 pa sing yards in each of his first three seasons.Milestones can reachNeeds 1,148 receiving yards to surpa s Randy Mo s (4,163) for the most receiving yards by a player through his first three seasons in NFL history. Jefferson has 3,016 receiving yards in his first two seasons.Needs 1,400 receiving yards to become the first player ever to accomplish the feat in each of his first three seasons.Kerr actually took a look at milestones that can be reached by TWENTY different players this year, and you can check out . 6. Rapid-fire roundup: Sean Payton sounds pretty sure that he'll return to coaching at some pointIt's been a wild 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. Sean Payton confirms that he'll likely return to coaching.Last week, there was a report that Payton would be interested in coaching the Dolphins, Chargers and Cowboys. This week, Payton actually got interviewed about a po sible return to coaching, and although he didn't confirm his interest in any specific team, he did say that he would more than likely "get back" into coaching at some point. You can .Raiders led NFL in ticket revenue. The Raiders' move to Las Vegas definitely paid off last season. According , the Raiders in 2021. Although it was their second season in Vegas, it marked the first year that fans were allowed to attend games. George Gervin Jersey Getting drunk in Vegas and spending money will always go hand and hand. On the other end of the spectrum, the had the lowest ticket revenue of any team in the league.Bengals expand Ring of Honor. The Bengals created a Ring of Honor for the first time last year, and now that Ring has two more members. The team announced Wednesday that Isaac Curtis and Willie Anderson will both be inducted later this year.Falcons defensive lineman retires after just 14 days with team. didn't last long with the Falcons. Le s than two weeks after signing with Atlanta, the former Bears defensive lineman won't actually end up playing a snap with them because . Goldman spent his entire six-year playing career with the Bears after Chicago made him a second-round pick in 2015. |