Wide Receivers Preview Part Two

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Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

Welcome to the most confusing weekend of the NFL season. It's the first full weekend of preseason football, which is both good and bad. On one hand, I tell myself every year that I'm going to watch every second of every game, but then after the games start, I realize I don't actually want to watch every second of every game. Preseason football is fun to watch for about two quarters, but the second half is almost never exciting since most of the players on the field won't end up making the team. 

Speaking of preseason football, we'll be previewing the opening weekend today, plus we'll take a look at the settlement offer that Deshaun Watson is willing to take. With that in mind, let's get to the rundown. 

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The NFL preseason schedule will be going into overdrive this weekend with 14 games being played between today and Sunday. With so many games going on, Will Brinson and I decided to turn Friday's episode of the Pick Six Podcast into a giant preview of what's to come this weekend. 

Not only did we go through every game that's being played, but we also covered one or two reasons why you might want to think about watching each game. 

Here are my three favorite games of the weekend: 

Anyway, if you want to hear us discuss every preseason game on the schedule this weekend, you can do that by checking out today's episode on YouTube by clicking here. You can also listen by clicking here. 

It's been nine days since the NFL filed its appeal of the Deshaun Watson decision and in that time, we've heard plenty from the league , but we haven't really heard a peep out of Watson's camp. 

Although Watson's side has been conspicuously quiet over the past few days, his camp did leak some major news to the Associated Press on Thursday. Apparently, not only is Watson now willing to settle his case by accepting a suspension, but he's also open to being hit with a hefty fine . 

If Watson had offered an eight-game settlement last month, the NFL might have thought about accepting it, but now that the appeal is in the league's hands, it doesn't really make any sense for the NFL to accept it. 

There were two preseason games played last night and we have takeaways from both of them. 

This game, which actually had some excitement, wasn't decided until Graham Gano hit a 24-yard field goal as time expired. Here are three quick takeaways: 

If we learned one thing from this game, it's that Justin Tucker is already in midseason form. The Ravens kicker hit three field goals, including two that came from exactly 47 yards out. Here are three quick observations from the game: 

There are 14 more preseason games being played this weekend and if you see the full schedule of games, you can check that out by clicking here . 

You want more Browns news? OK, let's do more Browns news. 

With a longer suspension looking more and more likely for Deshaun Watson, it appears the Browns are now reconsidering their options at quarterback. Although there had been a report from last month stating that the Browns aren't interested in adding Jimmy Garoppolo, it appears the team has now changed its mind on that subject. 

When it comes to money, there is one huge upside for the Browns: They're literally the only team in the NFL right now that has enough salary cap room to absorb Garoppolo's salary. According to Over the Cap, the Browns lead the NFL with roughly $49 million in cap space, which is a wild number when you consider that no other team even has $25 million in cap room. 

It's not often you hear an NFL coach openly complain about an NFL rule, but that's exactly what 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan did during a recent radio interview in San Francisco.

Apparently, Shanahan is NOT happy with the fact that the league won't let him wear the hat he wants to wear on the sideline. That's right, not only is the 49ers coach beefing with the NFL, but it's over a hat. 

Here are the very fun details on the situation : 

I'm going to be honest here, I'm now hoping the NFL fines him, but then I'm also hoping that he pays the entire fine in hats.

It's been a wild 24 hours in the NFL, and since it's nearly impossible to keep track of everything that happened, I went ahead and put together a roundup for you. 

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