Avast ye hearties! Gather 'round and behold, the FOX Super 6 NFL contest! Hear ye, scurvy dogs, Geoff Clark, the OutKick handicapper, be sharin' his Week 17 picks!
2023-12-30
Avast ye scurvy dogs! If ye be wantin' some extra doubloons, join the FOX Super 6 contest! Aye, just answer six questions, and ye might be pocketin' some sweet booty. Fear not, for Geoff Clark be sharin' his wise counsel on the picks ye ought to make in Week 17.
In the language of a 17th-century pirate, arrr, it be the penultimate week of the 2023 NFL regular season, mateys! Luckily, the free-to-enter FOX Super 6 will continue throughout the playoffs, arrr! The game be simple, me hearties. All ye need to do be answer six questions, predictin' team and player performances through the FOX Sports app, arrr!Points be accrued for all six picks, ye scurvy dogs. Ye be competin' against fellow NFL fans, and the contest pays the top six scorers, arrr! Fox Sports has doled out a hefty sum of $160,000 throughout the first 16 weeks of the season, me mateys! Here be the official rules and some FAQ's for the FOX Super 6 contest, arrr!
Blimey! It be crazy that the New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley be the least selected runnin' back for this question, arrr! Barkley be the only good skill position player the Giants have, mateys. They run so much of their offense through Barkley, and the Los Angeles Rams' defense be mediocre, arrr!
Avast! Barkley may have missed three games, but since returnin' to action, he be fifth among all runnin' backs in yards from scrimmage, second in rushin' yards, and first in carries, ye scallywags! Finally, New York be replacin' QB Tommy DeVito with QB Tyrod Taylor in Week 17, arrr! Barkley averaged 114.7 yards from scrimmage in Taylor's first three games as a starter, arrr!
Now, the first part of this question be decidin' who will win the two matchups, me hearties. Me answer be the Houston Texans will beat the Tennessee Titans, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will defeat the New Orleans Saints, arrr! I be puttin' Houston first here because Texans rookie QB C.J. Stroud should return after missin' the past two games with a concussion. Plus, Tennessee's defense be the worst in the pool above, and the Titans have nothin' to play for, arrr!
Also, Tampa Bay's offense be clickin' lately, mateys. The Buccaneers have scored a good number o' points in their last three games, arrr! Finally, the Bucs beat the Saints in their first meetin' in Week 4, ye scallywags, arrr!
Arrr, Niners QB Brock Purdy played the worst game of his young career, me mateys. But I be countin' on a bounce-back effort from him, arrr! The Washington Commanders have the worst pass defense in the NFL, ye scurvy dogs. They be last in opponent QB rating and passin' yards allowed per game, arrr! So me pick be San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy, arrr!
By placin' 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk atop this list, I be connectin' me third and fourth question picks, arrr! If Purdy goes off against the Commanders, there be a chance Aiyuk has a big game, ye scallywags. Aiyuk be leadin' San Francisco in catches, receivin' yards, and targets, arrr! Eagles WR A.J. Brown be havin' the third-most receivin' yards in the league and be rankin' above all the wideouts in this group, mateys. Finally, Los Angeles WR Puka Nacua edges out Seattle WR DK Metcalf since New York has a worse pass defense, arrr!
Honestly, I be just fadin' the FOX Super 6 contest entrants, me hearties. Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett be the least picked wideout in this pool, arrr! If Lockett outperforms the other options, I'll gain ground on the contest, mateys. And I could see the Steelers focusin' their attention on Metcalf, which could lead to softer coverage on Lockett, arrr!
Arrr, Seattle be havin' a tough time scorin' points lately, ye scurvy dogs. Their offense be overrated by the market, mateys. The Seahawks be strugglin' in high-leverage situations like third downs and red zone conversions, arrr! So me pick be the Steelers to win, tie, or lose by 3 points or fewer, arrr!
That be all, me hearties! Now go and enjoy the rest of the NFL season, arrr!