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Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!We've made it through 14 weeks of the season without seeing a single division get clinched, but that could finally change tonight in Seattle. If the 49ers beat the Seahawks, they'll officially clinch the NFC West title, which seems pretty wild when you consider that San Francisco was 3-4 and tied for last place after Week 7.It's also pretty wild when you consider that the 49ers are down to their third QB on the season (Brock Purdy), and could be down to their fourth tonight with Purdy questionable for "Thursday Night Football."Anyway, we'll be previewing Thursday night's showdown in today's newsletter, plus we'll also be making some picks for the game.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. If you're going to listen to just one episode of the Pick Six podcast every week, then you should definitely make sure that you're listening every Thursday, because that's when Brady Quinn joins the show. For today's episode, the former first-round pick chatted with Will Brinson about multiple topics, including what kind of impact the addition of Baker Mayfield Mike Ditka Jersey could have in Los Angeles.After watching the Rams stun the Raiders on Thursday night in Week 14, Brady thinks it wouldn't be completely crazy for Sean McVay to move forward with Mayfield as his permanent starter."I feel like Baker's kind of rejuvenated McVay ," Quinn said. "Dare I say, I think that Baker is the quarterback he needs moving forward, not Matthew Stafford, who's gotten everything he wanted. He's got the . He's got the Hall of Fame stats." The one thing Brady likes about Mayfield is that the former No. 1 overall pick seems like he's on a mi sion to prove all of his doubters wrong."Baker's hungry, he wants to come there and try to go to a Super Bowl and win one," Quinn said. "I kind of look at this and I think this might revitalize Sean McVay. I think McVay likes challenges and he's looking at a guy right now in Mayfield who not a lot of people are high on at this point in his career. If he can build him up to be able to go to a Super Bowl and win one, that puts McVay in rare company with three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks."It's not a crazy theory. With Stafford battling so many injuries, it's completely po sible that the veteran QB could decide to call it a career, which would pave the way for Mayfield to take over as the Rams' starter going into 2023. If you want to hear Brady's full thoughts on the topic -- and everything else the two Kyle Fuller Jersey guys talked about on today's podcast -- then . Brinson and Brady also talked about what makes Kyle Shanahn so succe sful, even when he's down to his third-string quarterback, and they also talked about Mike Leach's impact on the NFL.There's going to a lot on the line tonight for both teams in this NFC West showdown. The 49ers (9-4) can actually clinch the division title with a win over Seattle (7-6), but that's not going to be easy. The Seahawks are going to be desperate for a win: Not only do they need a win to keep their division title hopes alive, but they also need a win just to stay firmly alive in the wild-card race.My good buddy Jared Dubin wrote our deep-dive preview for this game here at CBSSports.com, and here's how he sees the game playing out: Why the 49ers can win:The 49es are having some health i sues at quarterback right now, but fortunately for them, they might not even need a quarterback for this game and that's because they might be able to beat Seattle by just giving the ball to Christian McCaffrey 40 times. The Seahawks are surrendering 160.5 rushing yards per game this season, which is the second-worst number in the NFL. If the 49ers can take Walter Payton Jersey advantage of that, that will take some serious pre sure off their quarterback, whoever that ends up being (It will likely be Brock Purdy, but he's dealing with oblique and rib injuries that have left him listed as questionable for this game).Why the Seahawks can win:Back in Week 2, the Seahawks got smoked by the 49ers 27-7 in a game where Seattle was held to just 36 yards rushing, which still stands as a season-low. If the Seahawks are going to win, they're going to have to figure out how to get their ground Joel Iyiegbuniwe Jersey game going against a 49ers defense that's surrendering just 75.1 rushing yards per game this year, which is the best in the NFL. For Seattle, the magic rushing number this year seems to be 75: The Seahawks are 7-2 when they rush for 75 yards or more, but 0-4 when they are held under that. The Seahawks backfield is banged up, but if they can hit that number, it will take some pre sure off Geno Smith while giving the Seahawks a puncher's chance to win this game.You can get .If you're thinking about betting on the game, Jordan Dajani put together a full gambling preview (odds via Caesars Sportsbook). You can check out Jordan's , but if you don't feel like clicking over, here's one prop from both of us for tonight's game.ONE PROP JORDAN LIKES: Christian McCaffrey OVER 35.5 receiving yards (-123): ONE PROP I LIKE: Jason Myers OVER 5.5 points (-135): This is an EXTREMELY low point total for a kicker and I'm gue sing it's at 5.5 because Myers only scored one point the last time these two teams met back in Week 2. However, Myers has gone OVER 5.5 points in 10 of Seattle's 11 games since then and he's 9.36 points per game since Week 2. Also, the Seahawks offense is much better now than it was in Week 2, so they should have a slightly easier time moving the ball, which should theoretically mean more points for Myers.Finally, if you're wondering who we're picking, here's who we have tonight in a game where the 49ers are a 3-point road favoriteubin's pick:49ers 26-17 over SeahawksDajani's pick: Seahawks 24-23 over 49ersMy pick:49ers 27-17 over Seahawks Over , we have one bold expert taking the Seahawks while everyone else is riding the 49ers.With just four weeks left to play in the regular season, the race for MVP could end up going down to the wire. To figure out who has the upper-hand right now, we rounded up 10 CBSSports.com writers and had them vote on who they think will win the MVP. Under the new voting rules this year, the 50 media members who vote on the award will each get to name up to five players on their ballot, so that's exactly how we handled the voting with our ballots.Here's a look at our top five along with their point total in the vote. (A player got five points for a first-place vote, four points for a second-place vote and so on.) 1.Eagles QB Jalen Hurts (51)2.Chiefs Buster Skrine Jersey QB Patrick Mahomes (43)3.Bengals QB Joe Burrow (36)4.Bills QB Josh Allen (15)5.Viking