Big Tom Brady mystery might finally be solved plus predicting Buccaneers final record for 2021

If I learned one thing over the weekend, it's that I'm never going outside again. I mean, half the country is in a heat wave and the half that's not in a heat wave feels like it's in a heat wave, so we're basically all in a heat wave.The only upside to being stuck inside right now is that gave us all a mystery to solve over the weekend and since I refused to go outside in the sweltering heat, I stayed inside and spent 48 straight hours trying to solve it. So what exactly is that mystery? We'll be covering that in today's newsletter and to keep in line with today's Tom Brady theme, we'll also be predicting the ' final record for 2021.Alright, 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: Monday mailbag!During the NFL offseason, we like to spice things up each week on the Pick Six Podcast by adding a listener mailbag every Friday and since we didn't actually do one this past Friday, we did one for today instead. On a somewhat related note, I'm starting to think Will Brinson decided to permanently move the mailbag to Mondays without telling me. Our mailbag episodes are pretty simple: We read listener questions during the show and then answer as many of those questions as po sible. Questions can be about literally anything. I mean, I'm pretty sure there was one time where we spent 10 minutes talking about the best breakfast cereal (I have an unhealthy obse sion with Cookie Crisp, Waffle Crisp, Golden Crisp and apparently Adam Mokoka Jersey just anything with the word CRISP). Anyway, if you want to submit a question, all you have to do is go to Apple Podcasts ( ) and leave a five-star review.Here's one question that we answered in today's mailbag:Q: With a 17-game schedule, will Breech predict the to go 11-6 or 10-7? Secondly, what to you think COVID has done Derrick Rose Jersey to the prospect of a team in London? Is the NFL looking more at expanding the international series rather than a permanent team?A: I was going to pick the Bengals to go 17-0 this year, but I didn't want to get laughed off the internet, so I decided to be slightly more realistic. Instead, I have them going 9-8. If you want to see how I came up with that 9-8 record, . If you want to laugh at me in six months when the Bengals go 5-12, then just bookmark that page and remind me about it in January. As for the international part of that question, here's an interesting thing that some people may not know: As recently as 2015, the NFL's executive vice president of international stuff said he thought the league might be able to . Thanks to the pandemic, I'd say the league now has that on the back-burner. Basically, there are just too many logistical i sues to work through to make it practical right now. I'll be shocked if there's a team in London before 2030, if there's a team at all. That being said, I fully expect the international series to expand and I expect it is as soon as next year. I think you'll definitely see a game in Germany in 2022 and if the NFL is smart, that game will be played in Munich during OKTOBERFEST. Am I trying to will that into existence so I can then beg my bo ses to send me to the game? Yes, but I also want to see it happen because Germany seems like the next logical host for an NFL game.To listen to the rest of the mailbag -- and to follow the podcast -- . 2. Tom Brady mystery might finally be solvedIt's not often that you hear Tom Brady get candid in an interview, but that's exactly what happened over the weekend when he sat down for a talk on HBO's "The Shop." Not only did Brady get candid, but he also gave us a mystery to solve when he used a curse word to describe an opposing quarterback without mentioning that opposing QB by name. "There was a story in Zach LaVine Jersey free agency and one of the teams, they were interested and all of a sudden they weren't interested ," Brady said. "I was thinking, 'You're sticking with that mother fer? Are you serious?'"So what team was Brady talking about and who was he referring to when he dropped the F-bomb? Jared Dubin and I put on our Sherlock Holmes hats and tried to figure that out using a , so let's walk through it. Teams that were interested in Brady. Not every team was looking to sign Brady last year. Heading into free agency, you could probably make the case that there were basically nine teams in the Brady sweepstakes: The Buccaneers, , , , , , , and . Out of those teams, we're going to take out the Colts and Chargers (they didn't have a QB to stick with). Also, it likely wasn't the Saints or Titans ( signed an extension before free agency while it's unlikely Brady would refer to Drew Brees with an F-bomb). One other clue.During the interview, Brady mentioned it was a team he wouldn't have played for anyway. Brady is from California, so he probably would have loved to play for any of the California teams (49ers, Chargers and Rams), so he probably wasn't talking about any of those teams.Two teams Justin Holiday Jersey left. Based on the proce s of elimination, that leaves us with the Bears and Raiders. According to Pro Football Talk, Brady referring to the Bears, which leaves the Raiders.Brady may have actually felt jilted by the Raiders.In an interview that took place in April 2020 after Brady had already signed in Tampa Bay, said the Raiders were on the short list of teams that Brady would have signed with, but they backed off after showing initial interest, which fits the details of Brady's story. So it does kind of feel like he was talking about the Raiders and if that's the case, I'm gue sing probably isn't too thrilled about the fact that Brady might have used inappropriate words to describe him.Besides this wild mystery, the interview on HBO also included Brady . The Buccaneers quarterback also gave a detailed account of what was going through his head when he threw the Lombardi Trophy at Tampa Bay's Super Bowl parade and you can . 3. Predicting every game on the Buccaneers' 2021 schedule Now that summer is here, that means the dead part of the NFL offseason is upon us and although things can get kind of boring during this period, we're going to keep things spicy around here by going through and predicting every game on each team's 2021 schedule.There are 32 teams and we'll be doing one team per day until we make it through every team. Today, we've got a big one: We're going to be predicting the final record of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who just happen to be the reigning Super Bowl champions.Our Jared Dubin went through Tampa Bay's entire schedule and picked out all the games the Buccaneers are going to win and all the games they're going to lose (Spoiler alert: He has them losing more games than you probably think they're going to lose). One thing to remember about the Buccaneers is that that they didn't even win their division last year. The team limped off to a 6-5 start before getting hot down the stretch and winning the Super Bowl. Will the Buccaneers be even better this year or will Tom Brady come crashing back to earth at age 44? Here's a look at how Jared sees the Buccaneers doing in three key games, along with the final record he sees them ending up with: Week 1: at Buccaneers. Prediction: Tampa Bay 28-24 over Dallas. Week 4: Buccaneers at . Prediction:Tampa Bay 28-10 over New England.Week 10: Buccaneers at Washington. Prediction:Washington 17-14 over Tampa Bay.Overall, Dubin is predicting that the Buccaneers will end the season with a 12-5 record and if that happens, they'll be coasting to the playoffs for the second straight year, which is kind of a big deal in Tampa, because the Buccaneers haven Toni Kukoc Jersey 't made the playoffs in consecutive seasons since 2001-2002. One interesting thing about Dubin's prediction is that he has the Buccaneers falling apart down the stretch. After getting off to a 6-1 start, he has Tampa Bay going 2-4 from Week 8 thru Week 14. If you want to see Jared's prediction for each game during that span and his prediction for all 17 games overall, be sure to .Coming tomorrow, we'll be continuing our run through the NFC South by predicting the ' final record. 4. Ranking the top 10 interior defensive linemenAs you may or may not have noticed, we lo
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