Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!It has been almost 24 hours since the Jets-Giants game ended and I’m still trying to process what happened. In what might go down as the best bad game in NFL history, there were more punts (24) than points (23), someone named Tommy DeVito was playing QB for the Giants and Zach Wilson led a miracle comeback. Also, Tommy DeVito is not related to Danny DeVito. I checked.We’ll be talking about that game today, plus the other 13 that went on around the NFL on Sunday. Also, whatever you do, make sure you don’t sleep at all over the next 24 hours, because things could get crazy. Not only do we have a Monday game tonight, but the trade deadline will be coming at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. If you want to keep tabs on all the latest rumors and possible trades, be sure to follow our live blog here. As always, here’s your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. To get them signed up, all you have to do is click here. Let’s get to the rundown. 1. Today’s Show: Biggest questions after Week 8 Getty Images If I sound tired right now, it’s because I stayed up until 2:17 a.m. last night recording a podcast with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson. And the best part is that I was dressed up like Bruno from “Encanto.”The three of us touched on our 10 biggest takeaways from Week 8 and here are a few of the biggest questions that we tried to answer: What should the Vikings do at QB? With Kirk Cousins now out for the season after tearing his Achilles on Sunday, the Vikings are in serious need of a quarterback. The team’s backup QB is rookie Jaren Hall, but if they don’t want to roll with him, they have roughly 24 hours until the trade deadline to make a move. We threw out several names that they should look at. Two options in free agency are Carson Wentz and Colts McCoy. If the Vikings want to try to make a trade, they could make a call about Andy Dalton, Jameis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater or Case Keenum. Whatever the Vikings do, they’re going to need to do it soon. Should 49ers fans be panicking? The 49ers started the season 5-0, but they’re now 5-3 after losing their third straight game on Sunday. The 49ers have struggled with the biggest problem being Brock Purdy, who has thrown five interceptions over the past three games after throwing just two picks during his first 10 starts. The 49ers have been banged up — Deebo Samuel and Trent Williams both sat out Sunday — but they’ll have a bye in Week 9 to heal. If they’re still struggling in Week 10, then I’d be concerned, but right now, I wouldn’t start panicking just yet. Should the Titans stick with Will Levis going forward? The Titans’ rookie QB had more touchdown passes on Sunday (four) than Ryan Tannehill has had all season (two). It was quite the debut for Levis, who threw for 238 yards in a 28-23 win over the Falcons. Levis will almost certainly be the starter on Thursday against the Steelers, and if he plays well there, then I think Mike Vrabel should just go ahead and name him the starter for the rest of the season. Even if he doesn’t play well, Vrabel should still give the idea some serious thought. To check out the rest of our takeaways from Week 8, be sure to click here so you can listen to the entire episode of the podcast. You can also watch the episode on YouTube here, which you’ll want to do if you want to see my sad Bruno costum. 2. Week 8 grades: Chiefs get a ‘D’ after blowout loss to BroncosEvery week I team up with four of my colleagues here at CBSSports.com to hand out grades, and this week, the Chiefs nearly failed out of our imaginary football school. Here’s a look at the grades from two notable games that were played Sunday:Jets 13-10 over Giants in OT (Click here for full game stats)Jets takeaway: The Jets defense pulled off one of the most impressive performances of the season, holding the Giants to NEGATIVE passing yards. Even with the defense playing well, the Jets needed an offensive miracle to win and they actually got it. Zach Wilson, who struggled for most of the game, led a wild 58-yard drive with 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter to set up Greg Zuerlein’s game-tying field goal (Zuerlein also hit the game winner in overtime). Garrett Wilson had 40 of his 100 receiving yards on the two key drives. The Jets have mastered the art of winning ugly this year, which isn’t a bad thing to master. They’ve now won three in a row and they’re now over .500 for the first time this season. Grade: C+Giants takeaway: It’s nearly impossible to win in the NFL when you finish with negative passing yards and that’s what happened with the Giants, who had -9 passing yards against the Jets, which was the lowest by any NFL team since 2000. Despite that ugly showing, the Giants still almost won this game, thanks to a defense that forced the Jets to punt 11 times. Unfortunately, the Giants just made too many big errors: Graham Gano missed two field goals and the Giants got flagged for two pass interference penalties on the Jets’ game-winning drive in overtime. Quite simply, the Giants lost a game they probably should have won. Grade: C Broncos 24-9 over Chiefs (Click here for full game stats, analysis)Chiefs takeaway: Patrick Mahomes apparently had the flu going into this game, which makes sense, because he played like he had the flu. The Chiefs QB, who was constantly flustered by the Broncos defense, was inaccurate on a day where Kansas City’s offense turned the ball over five times. The nine points scored by the Chiefs was the team’s second-lowest total since Mahomes took over as the starter in 2018. The Chiefs defense did its best to keep this close — they had six sacks of Russell Wilson while also forcing a turnover — but it wasn’t enough in a game where Kansas City’s offense was simply broken. The Chiefs probably shouldn’t be too worried about this performance considering Mahomes had the flu, but if they play like this next week against the Dolphins, it might be time to start panicking. Grade: DBroncos takeaway: The curse is finally over. The Broncos have finally beaten Patrick Mahomes and for that, they get an “A.” Going into Sunday, the Broncos were 0-12 against Mahomes, but the streak finally ended and it was mostly thanks to a nearly perfect performance from Denver’s defense. The Broncos forced five turnovers and Denver was able to score 17 points off of those and that was the difference in the game. Offensively, Russell Wilson only completed 12 passes for 114 yards, but he made the most of those completions with three TD passes. The Broncos now have some positive momentum with two straight wins as they head into their bye. Grade: AAs for all the other grades that we handed out on Sunday, you can check those out by clicking here. 3. 14 crazy facts from Week 8: Cowboys are crushing everyone Getty Images Every Sunday night, I get an email from our research department here at CBS Sports, and every Sunday, that email always includes some amazingly wild facts about the games that were just played. With that in mind, here are 14 crazy facts about Week 8: First 43-20 final score in NFL history. The Cowboys beat the Rams 43-20, which was notable because that marked the first time an NFL game has ever ended with that final score. That’s known as a scorigami, and you can read more about it here. Cowboys are crushing teams at home. The Cowboys are 3-0 at home this season and they’ve won all three games by at least 20 points. They’re now the first team since the 2007 Steelers to win their first three home games of the season by at least 20 points. Cowboys hit the triple crown. The Cowboys became the first team with a defensive TD, a blocked punt and a safety in the first half of a game since 2007 when the…
Analysis of NFL Week 8: Assessing the Victors and Vanquished, Team Grades, and Top Predictions for the Monday Night Football Matchup between Raiders and Lions.
