Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! It’s a huge day here and I Babe Herman Jersey ‘m not just saying that because I’m a homer and the Bengals won last night, I’m saying that because today is the TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of me writing this newsletter. The anniversary is actually tomorrow, but we can’t celebrate tomorrow because there’s no newsletter on Saturdays, although maybe I can introduce that for Year 3. Of course, this newsletter would be pretty boring if no one was reading it, so I’d like to thank everyone who opens this thing up every day. I’d also like to thank everyone who has emailed me or tweeted me or run me down at the grocery store to tell me they enjoy reading this thing. You guys have stuck around even though I talk way too much about the Bengals, which is slightly ironic, since we’ll be talking a lot about the Bengals today. We’ll also be taking a close look at injury situation, plus we’ll be making some picks for Week 4. As always, here’s your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the Pick Six newsletter. To get your friends to sign up, all you have to do is with them. Alright, let’s get to the rundown. 1. Today’s show: Recapping the Bengals’ win over the The Bengals knocked off the AFC’s final undefeated team on Thursday night with a 27-15 win over the Dolphins. Although the win was huge for Cincinnati, the MLB Los Angeles Dodgers Bengals win was overshadowed by the head injury suffered by Tua Tagovailoa.During our podcast for today, we spent a lot of time talking about Tua’s injury, which we’ll cover in-depth later on in the newsletter, but for now, we’re going take a look at why the Bengals won. If you mi sed the game, here’s a quick rehash of what happened and what we talked about on the podcast: Bengals offense came alive in the second half.Although made some big throws in the first half, he looked erratic for most of the first two quarters, completing just 8 of 15 pa ses for 73 yards on the Bengals’ first four po se sions of the game. However, Burrow caught fire after that and the thing that seemed to get him going was a 59-yard TD pa s to with 2:50 left to play in the second quarter (You ). Including that throw, Burrow would finish the game by going 12 of 16 for 214 yards and two touchdowns. Once Burrow came alive, the Dolphins’ banged up secondary struggled to stop the Bengals offense. Higgins ended up being Burrow’s favorite target on the night, catching seven pa ses for 124 yards. The best news for the Bengals is that Burrow’s long ball appears to be back: The quarterback completed three pa ses that went for 35 yards or more.Bengals defense steps up in big spots.The Bengals defense wasn’t perfect, but it did come up with some huge plays when the team needed it most. For instance, the Dolphins drove down inside of Cincinnati’s 5-yard line on TWO different po se sions in this game, but on both of those po se sions, the Bengals defense buckled down and forced a field goal attempt. If either of those po se sions had ended with a TD, it could have changed the game completely. Also, came up with two big interceptions with the biggest one coming in the second half when he iced the win by picking off with just 3:17 left to play. At the time of the pick, the Dolphins were only down 20-15 and they were driving to take the lead. The Dolphins had reached the Bengals’ 26-yard line before Bell came through with the clutch play. The Bengals defense also crushed the Dolphins on third down, holding them to just two conversions on 10 attempts. Teddy Bridgewater wasn’t bad. After Tua went down late in the second quarter, Bridgewater entered the game in Cody Bellinger Jersey a tough situation, but he made the most of it. Bridgwater’s first play came on a third-and-17 and he almost turned it into a first down with a 16-yard throw to . At that point, the Dolphins could have gone for it on fourth-and-1, but instead, Mike McDaniel called for a 52-yard field goal attempt and the Dolphins ended up getting zero points . On his first full po se sion of the game, Bridgewater led his team on a 75-yard scoring drive that ended with a 7-yard TD pa s to (Teddy ended the first half 6 of 7 for 71 yards and a TD). In the second half, Bridgewater connected with for a 64-yard gain that set up a field goal that would give Miami a brief 15-14 lead in the third quarter. Bridgewater also drove the Dolphins deep into Bengals territory before throwing a pick that e sentially ended the game. The Dolphins backup QB ended up throwing for 193 yards and a TD in the lo s.We talked about those three things plus more and if you want to hear our entire recap of the game, . You can . 2. Tua Tagovailoa injury update and details The excitement of this game quickly died down in the second quarter after Tua suffered an ugly injury following a sack by the Bengals that took place with just under six minutes left to play in the first half. Here’s what we know: How the injury happened. On a second-and-7 play from the Bengals’ 40-yard line Jackie Robinson Jersey , Tua took a shotgun snap and rolled left. When he couldn’t find anyone open, he started to scramble and that’s when got a hold of him. The Bengals nose tackle slammed Tua down and as as soon as the Dolphins’ QB hit the ground, it was pretty evident that something was wrong (You ). Tua was later diagnosed with a concu sion.Tua taken off the field in a stretcher and hospitalized. The Dolphins training staff tended to Tua for nearly 10 minutes before the quarterback was taken off the field in a stretcher. Just before halftime, the Dolphins that Tua had been taken to the hospital and that he was “conscious and has movement in all his extremities.”Tua travels back to Miami with the team. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel revealed after the game that Tua would be discharged from the hospital and be able to travel home with the team. “All of his teammates, myself, we’re all very concerned. The best news we can give is that everything is checked out that he didn’t have anything more serious than a concu sion. He’ll be flying back with us here on a plane.”The controversy. A concu sion is always bad news, but in this situation, it’s especially bad news because Tua appeared to also suffer a head injury in his Week 3 game against the . In that game, Tua got hit and clearly wobbled off the field (You ). The Dolphins claimed Tua suffered a back injury on the hit and he ended up re-entering that game in the second half. Due to the nature of Tua’s injuries, many people were calling on Yasiel Puig Jersey the Dolphins to keep him sidelined for Week 4.The NFLPA is investigating the Week 3 injury. The NFLPA is currently looking into . Concu sions are handled by an independent neurologist, so that neurologist would have had to clear Tua before he could go back in the game. Once he’s cleared, it’s on the Dolphins to decide whether they feel co
