It’s Week 6! Last week was full of upsets, as some of the top teams in the league went down and most of our staff was below .500 on their game picks. As we roll into Week 6, we’ve got Matt Verderame’s latest quarterback rankings from one to 32, Greg Bishop’s deep dive into the Eagles’ offensive evolution and Conor Orr’s conversation with *checks notes* a brain fart scientist to understand why players keep dropping the ball before crossing the goal line.
There are some big games this week, headlined by a Chiefs-Lions showdown on Sunday Night Football that many have predicted to be a Super Bowl matchup, either in the past two seasons or coming into this one. But after an uncharacteristic start, Kansas City is looking to avoid falling to 2–4. The majority of our pickers think they’ll go down in Arrowhead. Speaking of good teams falling into a hole, it’s a clean sweep with our staff unanimously picking the Rams to hand the Ravens another loss. In an NFC battle between teams with good records, Gilberto Manzano is our only staffer who envisions the 49ers topping the Buccaneers in Tampa.
