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Look, I don't want to sit here and say that we've reached the deadest point of the NFL offseason, but I think we've reached the deadest point of the NFL season. I knew we were here when I watched four straight hours of playing golf against . I was so desperate for football that I watched golf.Of course, the upside of reaching the deadest point of the offseason is it means that things are only going to get livelier from here. For one, the deadline to sign players who have been franchised to long-term deals is coming up next week (July 15), so that will add some drama to the offseason. The week after that (July 21), . Four days later (July 25), the will be reporting to training camp and then two days after that (July 27), every other team will be reporting to training camp.Also, the first game of the season kicks off exactly two months from today (Sept. 9). Basically, it's all downhill from here, you just have to make it through this weekend, which will be easy for me, since I plan on drinking as many Slurpees as po sible to celebrate 7-Eleven Day on SundayAlright,  Danny Pinter Jersey let's get to the rundown.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. To sign up, all you have to do is .     1. Today's show: Divisional Power RankingsIf you've been listening to the Pick Six Podcast over the past few weeks, you may have noticed that there's a theme: Someone gets put in the hot seat and grilled by host Will Brinson over a rankings story they wrote for the website. For today's episode, I GOT PUT IN THE HOT SEAT for my divisional power rankings, but I was fine with it because I had an ice cold Bud Light to cool me down. (On a very related note, the Pick Six Podcast is now officially sponsored by Bud Light. I knew all my beer drinking would eventually pay off). As for the show, Brinson and I were joined by Ryan Wilson and we spent nearly 40 minutes debating my rankings.Here's how my divisional power rankings broke down:1. NFC West2. AFC North3. AFC West4. AFC East5. NFC South6. NFC North7. AFC South8. NFC East  First, let me just say that we all agreed that the NFC East is hot garbage, so there wasn't really any debate for the last spot although Brinson did make an argument that maybe the AFC South should be there. The biggest debate came at the two spot. I have the AFC North there, but Wilson and Brinson both would have put the AFC West there. The AFC North sent three teams to the playoffs last season, the AFC West had three teams that didn't even finish above .500. Advantage: AFC North.BOOM. Who's on the hot seat now, BRINSON? To listen to today's entire debate -- and to follow the podcast -- . You can also check out my full story on the .Also, in news that you might not believe, we've been nominated in The People's Choice Podcast Awards for the 'Best Sports Podcast' and (You have to open a podcast awards account to vote, but it's free and easy). I'm not going to beg for votes, OK John Mackey Jersey , I'm going to beg for votes: Please vote for us!   2. general manager responds to Tom Brady rumorsIn the lead up to the 2020 NFL season, after Tom Brady when he hit free agency last year and it appears there might be some truth to that. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis made an appearance on the Adam Schein Podcast this week and during the show, he was directly asked about the team's interest in Brady."All : As soon as Drew made the decision that he was gonna play again last year, then that's the route we were going," Loomis said, via Pro Football Talk. "That's probably all I'm gonna say to that."If the Saints weren't interested in Brady, then Loomis could have just said, "We had zero interest," but instead, he gave us the comment above, which seems to indicate the team took a serious look at Brady. The Saints ended up winning the division with Brees and going 2-0 in the regular season against the Buccaneers, but they lost the game that counted in the divisional round of the playoffs. I'm gue sing they're regretting that they didn't get Brady.  In other comments from the podcastoomis had rave reviews for Jamies Winston. "Jameis has been fantastic, and you have these impre sions of guys afar, that when you get them in your building, you really ," Loomis said. "He did just fantastic -- fantastic as a teammate, fantastic representative of the organization. He's a smart Philip Rivers Jersey , smart football player. He's hard-working. Just everything you would want. So I'm excited to see how this shakes out." Jameis seems like a popular guy in New Orleans.Loomis is also high on , but with a catch. "Well look, he's ," Loomis said. "He's got a tremendous arm. He's got tremendous speed, strength. Smart football player. Look, for what he's done for us, to date, he has just been a great football player. I think he can be Michael Badgley Jersey , you know, a really top-flight tight end. He can be a top-flight H-back in our league."Based on those comments, I'm starting to think Jamies is going to win the QB competition in New Orleans and Hill is going to continue to play the Swi s Army knife role that the Saints have carved out for him. 3. Predicting the MVP for each AFC teamThe NFL only hands out one MVP award every year, but that doesn't mean we can't hand out a few more awards, so that's exactly what we're going to do right now. Our Tyler Sullivan decided to run through every team in the AFC and predict who is going to be the MVP for each team.The fun part here is that Sullivan didn't go through and pick the obvious choice for each team. For instance, the MVP isn't .  So who is the Chiefs MVP? Who made the cut for the other 15 teams in the AFC?Let's find out. :  :  :  :  :  :  : Laviska Shenault :  :  :  :  :  : Chiefs:  :  : If you want a detailed explanation for why each of the players made the cut, then you're . Coming next week, we'll pick an MVP from each NFC team. 4. Top offensive players under the age of 25Once you hit age 25 in the NFL, you're basically over the hill, which is why we decided to rank the top players in the league under the age of 25. OK, so you're probably not over the hill quite yet, but it is interesting to see all the up-and-coming stars in the NFL who haven't hit 25 yet.  This ranking, which was put together by Jordan Dajani, only has two rules: Rookies aren't on the list and to qualify, a player can't turn Rodney McLeod Jersey  25 before the start of the 2021 season (Any player who is 24 or younger on Sept. 9 qualifies).Top offensive players under the age of 25QB: Lamar Jackson, RavensRB:  , WR: ,  WR: ,  WR: , Titans TE: ,  LT: , Browns LG:  ,  C: , Saints RG: , Titans RT: , BuccaneersThe Titans were the only team that had multiple players on the list.Dajani also made a second team, which was led by at QB, and you can check out the players . Coming next week, we'll take a look at the top defensive players under the age of 25.     5. DK Metcalf wants to race  Since Tokyo doesn't seem too enthusiastic about playing host to the Olympics this year, I say we just cancel the thing and have everyone watch a race between DK Metcalf and Tyreek Hill.A race between the two receivers could actually happen at some point and that's because Metcalf after watching the Chiefs receiver destroy running back in a race. Why did Jones race Hill when there was no chance he was going to win? I have no idea, maybe he just wanted to know what losing was like since he'll probably be doing a lot of that if Aaron Rodgers doesn't return to Green Bay this year.As for
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