Brothers and sisters of the white laces,

This one's for allllll you Chip Kelly lovers out there.

Standard recap and highlights below, but first, Commish is gonna give you a bold prediction. You ready?

Despite the title pool still being far healthier than average after six weeks (27.8 percent still alive), I don't see it going the distance. Either BFIG ends before Week 17, or one and only one brave soul makes it through the gauntlet (and into the BFIG Hall of Fame) unscathed.

Give me a sec. Gotta take off my Skip Bayless costume. Shit is so uncomfortable.

My rationale stems from the 2016 NFL season's two dominant narratives. They appear at odds with each other, but Commish thinks they're related:

1. TV viewership has dropped - down as much as 30 percent from a year ago in some primetime slots.
2. At the same time, games are closer than they've been in three decades; 50 games have been decided by 7 points or less - the most at this juncture since 1990.

So... shouldn't a bevy of down-to-the-wire finishes produce higher ratings? SZN vets know what a thrill the Romocoaster was. (Past tense! Oh, damn.) This year, we get the DelRiorama, the ELIminator, the Riversride, the Tilt-a-Brees, AND the HaveTheyFiredMcCarthyYet-Go-Round.

What gives, right? Well, Commish's theory might be the NFL's worst nightmare. And it also drives my logic for 2016 BFIG ending in regulation time.

The Shield (the NFL's gladiator-esque nickname, for the uninitiated) relies heavily on the gladiator narrative: Through heroic feats of skill, determination, guile, and sheer willpower, one band of helmeted brothers defeats another. And at the end, only the most heroic team is left standing.

The problem? That gladiator narrative has been under assault for years - advanced statistics trumping eye tests, proof that the only way to draft well is to accumulate more picks because nobody is very good at evaluating talent, brain damage becoming the giant elephant in the room - and the (over)abundance of close games might just be the tipping point.

Close games might be the tipping point because they introduce the word NFL execs likely cower in fear over: Random. The moment fans start viewing games as interchangable, players as interchangeable, and outcomes as interchangeable, the NFL will be on the wrong side of its peak. The gladiator narrative, crushed.

And therein lies the basis of Commish's bold prediction: The 2016 NFL season is going to continue its random ways, and because that means a dearth of both truly excellent and truly terrible teams to target in our picking, we won't see multiple perfect BFIG seasons.

Now, is 2016 abnormally random? Commish isn't Miss Cleo. But that's a pretty important question for the NFL's future appeal.

And don't get me wrong - Commish loves himself some football. When both the Browns and Niners go 1-15, helping produce a 15-way BFIG tie, remember that I never wrote any of this.

BFIG HEALTH CHECK: WE'D LIVE TO 120 IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE STEELERS

Damage done: 1,574 started the week; seven picked teams lost, knocking out 457 people; 1,117 of us are moving on to Week 7. (Second Chance lost 714 people and is down to 962.)

Could it have been worse? Not really. Our top five picks accounted for 98 percent of all Week 6 picks, and while Pittsburgh laid an egg, the other four enjoyed relatively easy wins. Though, it could have been worse for the Bengals, who very nearly activated ANGRY GRONK.

Closest call: Brownsy Browns over Non-Brownsy Browns. Cody Kessler is a firmly average quarterback, which is both a pleasant surprise and more than 10 NFL teams can say. Terrelle Pryor is a legit receiving threat. Hue Jackson is (maybe? probably?) not a bad football coach. Despite all this, the Browns fell to 0-6 after nearly forgetting who they were. Down 28-13 with less than a half quarter to play, the Browns scored, recovered an onside kick, and scored again to make it 28-26. If the Browns were the ones leading, no doubt this game ends with a second onside kick recovery followed by a soul-crushing game-winning kick. But the Browns were behind, so the onside kick went out of bounds. Titans win 28-26.

Easiest win: Cardinals over Geno Smith's surgically repaired jaw. Is there a more surprising decline than the Jets this year? The Niners, Browns, and Bears are all pretty bad, but that was expected. The Jets have the league's worst point differential at -69, and, after their 28-3 trouncing at the hands of Arizona, are actually really definitely starting Geno Smith at quarterback in Week 7.

Toughest loss: Texans beat Colts. For some reason, five braver souls than me picked this game. One, @wizardharri, was on Indy. The Colts were up 23-9 with seven minutes left, somehow let Brock Osweiler lead two touchdown drives against them, then lost in overtime. The Texans are now 4-2 with a -19 point differential. And the four people on Houston are still drunk on Bud Light Lime as we speak.

Team SZN record: 1-0. Commish is close to getting this answer (wink wink, sweet profile pages coming soon!), but I have to be top 10 all-time in Second Chance Pool victories. Is that a good thing? Tell me that's a good thing.

WEEK 6 HIGHLIGHTS: THE VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR 2016 CHICAGO BEARS

Commish does NOT condone language like this nor fights like this. BUT, this is arguably Commish's favorite fan video of 2016. People seem to think this video is about a fight, but that is quite clearly wrong. This video is about the four visible Bears jerseys: Ditka, Butkus, Matt Forte, and... Rex Grossman. If that doesn't perfectly describe the state of the Chicago Bears, then I'm not sure anything does. Watch it here. Shout-out to the guy wearing a custom Jags jersey, meaning exactly zero jerseys in this video are of current players on either team.

You'll probably get penalized for any type of touchdown celebration, but Melvin Ingram knows that you probably won't get penalized for an awesome penalty call celebration.

The Browns future legitimately looks bright. Loved this desperation connection between Kessler and Pryor.

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THE DIARY OF A VERY LOYAL CHARGERS FAN, PART II

In Sunday's PICKS email, Michelle (@ChargerGirl23) bared her soul in picking against her team. Let's relive it:

"I bleed blue and yellow. My youngest child is nicknamed Bolt and I bought a Dodge just because they named it Charger. But this year has been tough to watch and I have had to isolate myself to watch Charger games because a professional, football loving mom who is on the Board of many youth sports will embarrass a trucker if anyone sees how I yell at my team and watch the 4th quarter standing 3 feet from the TV. So, I have to have something to be happy about when I watch the Chargers this Thursday with a bottle of wine and tears in my eyes. Go Broncos."

Naturally, I asked Michelle to recap her emotions during a fairly dominant San Diego victory Thursday night. Take it away, Michelle:

"Commish!! Picture me doing the MC Hammer dance to 'You Can't Touch This' and then showing my 12- and 14-year-old boys that Mom has more moves than OchoCinco. The Chargers win got me more excited than my kid getting a C on his math midterm. And after the Chiefs win... so you are saying that I have a chance..."

Until further notice, we've reached peak Hedge of Happiness!! Thanks for sharing, Michelle. May math midterms and Chargers games be ever in your family's favor.

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