SAD NEWS: Cincinnati Bengals QB found dead just now

JACKSONVILLE — Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

I’m writing to you today from the lobby of my hotel in Jacksonville where there are plenty of Jaguars and Bengals fans still floating around. The Jaguars fans keep checking their phones in hopes of getting the latest updates on Trevor Lawrence’s injury while the Bengals fans are walking around in a total daze. I’m guessing they’re still shocked that Jake Browning was somehow able to lead the Bengals to one of the biggest upsets of the NFL season.

The Bengals’ 34-31 win could end up having massive ramifications on the AFC playoff race, and that’s mostly because the Jaguars could be missing Lawrence for a period of time. We’ll take a look at the latest details on his injury, plus we’ll be breaking down Cincinnati’s win and going over Pete Prisco’s latest power rankings.

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With Week 13 officially in the books, we decided to get an early jump on Week 14 by revealing some of our best bets for the upcoming week of NFL action.

During today’s episode, Katie Mox and Will Brinson were joined by SportsLine gambling gurus Emory Hunt and Alex Selesnick.

The crew covered several of their favorite early bets for Week 14, and we’re going to look at a couple of those below.

Hunt: Steelers (-6) to cover against the Patriots. In a game that will likely set offensive football back 100 years, Hunt is comfortable taking the Steelers to cover. “I’ll lay the six points here with Pittsburgh. There’s no one on that quarterback depth chart with New England who can deal with the pressure they’re going to see (from the Steelers defense). This is going to be an ugly day for New England. They may get shut out again.”

Brinson: Chiefs (-3) to cover against Bills. The Chiefs have won 10 straight games after a loss, which is thelongest active streak in the NFL, and Brinson thinks the streak will continue Sunday. “I like the Chiefs in this spot. They’re coming off an embarrassing loss in prime time (to the Packers). You get the Bills, you need to find a way to win and Buffalo’s defense is so decimated by injury.”

If you want to hear the rest of the props and early best bets for Week 14, you can do that by listening to the show here. You can also watch today’s show on YouTube by clicking here.

The Bengals pulled off one of the biggest shockers of the season Monday night with a wild 34-31 win over the Jaguars in overtime. It was Cincinnati’s first road win in a Monday game since 1990, and it made the Bengals only the second team this year to win as a double-digit underdog. (The Cardinals were the other when they beat the Cowboys back in Week 3.)

This is where we usually hand out grades, but there’s a lot to go over here, so we’re going to break down the game and take a look at the latest on Lawrence’s injury instead

Jake Browning turns into Joe Burrow. In just his second career start, Browning had one of the most impressive games of the season by ANY quarterback. Browning completed 86.7% of his passes for 352 yards, making him just the 10th QB in NFL history with a completion percentage of at least 85% while also throwing for at least 350 yards in a game. (You can see the full list here of quarterbacks who have pulled that off.) Browning’s completion percentage was the third-highest in Bengals franchise history and the highest ever for any QB making his first or second career start. Browning was so good that the Bengals only punted once in the game. His biggest highlight was a 76-yard TD pass to Ja’Marr Chase in the second half that gave the Bengals a 21-14 lead (you can see the play here). With Browning running the show, the Bengals piled up a SEASON-HIGH 491 yards.