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Guys, I'll be honest, there almost wasn't a newsletter today because I've done nothing over the past 12 hours except watch chase down . I've watched that replay 700 times and counting since it happened. I actually had to pry myself away from the replay just so I could get this newsletter out.If you haven't seen the Metcalf play, you should to watch it, and you should do that before doing anything else today because you don't want to be the one person who hasn't seen that play. As I watch it again, I have to say, it kind of reminded me of the time that I chased down the ice cream man to buy a Choco Taco back in 1997.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you , and make sure to tell them that we're a Choco Taco friendly newsletter.Alright, let's get this thing off the ground and let's all agree to get through this rundown like we're DK Metcalf chasing down Budda Baker. 1. Today's Show: Week 7 was absolutely bonkersIt's Monday, which can only mean one thing: I stayed Tershawn Wharton Jersey up until 3 a.m. last night recording a podcast with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson that touched on everything you need to know about Week 7. Normally, I'm only up until about 2 a.m., but since the and decided to go into overtime, I also went into overtime, because that's how things work around here.Our recap of Week 7 was jam-packed and that's because Sunday's action was absolutely bonkers: The Seahawks blew a double-digit lead, the looked worse than the and they weren't even playing the Jets, the almost made a 65-yard field goal, looked competent and the found another improbable way to lose. Do Falcons fans even celebrate Halloween anymore or do they get all the horrors they need from watching their team?Not only did we talk about all of this stuff and the rest of the games from Week 7, but we also talked about the being the last undefeated team and why is getting the last laugh on Bill Belichick. If you want to listen — and you definitely should — . 2. Winners and losers of Week 7One thing we do every Monday on the podcast is hand out our weekly winners and losers from Sunday's action. For our winners this week, Brinson and I decided to go with the two handsomest men in the , and we didn't just pick them because they're handsome. Also, Ryan decided to compliment the front office, which I think makes him the first person ever George Karlaftis Jersey to compliment the Chargers front office.For Wilson, his winner was the Chargers for being smart enough to draft . When they made the pick back in April, there was a near universal belief that they had reached with the pick and taken Herbert too high, which has now been replaced by the universal belief that Herbert is a budding franchise quarterback. If crows go extinct over the next 48 hours, it's because every draft analyst in America will be eating crow this week for knocking Herbert before the draft.For Brinson, his winner was . Not only did he lead the to a win, but he got to march into New England and blow out his old coach, Bill Belichick. You know sometimes how you get dumped and then end up with someone better? That definitely happened to Jimmy here.For me, my winner was Kliff Kingsbury and that's mostly for the fact that no one is going to remember that he tried to ice his own kicker in overtime on Sunday night. If the Cardinals had lost, Kingsbury would have had to deal with a lot of questions this week about the multiple bad decisions he made against the Seahawks, but the Cards didn't lose, so he looks like a genius.To check out who our losers were, . If you want to skip straight to us talking about our winners and losers, just head to the one hour and 34-minute mark in the episode. 3. Monday preview: Prepping you for Bears-RamsIn what is easily the most surprising news of the year, Len Dawson Jersey the will be going into tonight's game as the top team in the NFC. That being said, in this year of crazy, I gue s I shouldn't be surprised that the Bears are the No. 1 seed in the NFC after nearly seven weeks (They currently have the tiebreaker over the and Seahawks). If the Bears want to stay in that position heading into Week 8, they're going to have to beat the in Los Angeles. To get you ready for tonight's game, my good buddy Jared Dubin put a preview together and I'm going to give you a preview of that preview. On the Bears' end, they've actually gotten worse on offense since became the starter, but no one in Chicago seems to care because the team is winning. With a bad offense, that means this game is going to boil down to whether or not their defense can slow down the Rams offense. Although the Bears have been good at stopping the run, they are vulnerable to play-action, as quarterbacks have a QB rating of 98.1 on throws after they fake a handoff. The problem for the Bears is that the Rams are good at that.As for L.A., if they're going to win, is going to need to get some serious protection from his offensive line. Goff hasn't been pre sured much this year, which is why he's been so good, but he also hasn't gone up against a defense like the one Chicago has. Basically, Dubin thinks points are going to be at a premium on Monday and that the Rams are going to Josh Gordon Jersey win a low-scoring game.Dubin's prediction: Rams 21-16 over Bears.To check out Dubin's full preview, .4. Week 7 injuries: Odell out for the year, gets concu sedIt took 25 years, but the are finally good again, the only problem is that their fans can't even enjoy it because the team is dealing with a catastrophic injury to . OBJ, who is currently second on the team in both receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, has been lost for the season in Cleveland's 37-34 win over the . The injury happened in the first quarter while Beckham was trying to make a tackle following a Baker Mayfield interception. It was one of the weirdest tackling attempts you'll ever see and you can .Losing one of your top receivers is definitely a bad thing, but the upside for the Browns is that Mayfield seemed to adjust pretty well to not having OBJ on the field. During the time Odell was playing, Mayfield went 0-for-5 with an interception. After Beckham left the game, Mayfield went 22 of 23 for 297 yards and five touchdowns. He also completed a franchise-record 21 straight pa ses at one point. Feel free to interpret that information however you wish, but for me, it kind of feels like Mayfield stopped forcing the ball to Beckham and started to throwing to guys who were actually open. Due to the injury it almost guarantees that Beckham will James Winchester Jersey be on the Browns' roster in 2021. Before the injury, Beckham had zero guaranteed dollars in his contract for next season, meaning the Browns could cut or trade him without any cap implications. However, he does , meaning that money is now guaranteed for 2021 and the Browns will have to pay him unle s they can find a trading partner.As for Andy Dalton, he left Sunday's 25-3 lo s with a concu sion after takin