The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Gruden, Watson and Week 9 picks against the spread! - a podcast by USA TODAY SPORTS

Rundown:
We're back after a short break, and we missed a lot

FOUR VERTS column

-- Kyle Pitts is the whole and entire truth

-- Seriously, 49ers, start Trey Lance

-- What's actually wrong with the Chiefs

-- Why we love Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions

Let's talk about the Jon Gruden story, and all the ways the NFL is avoiding reckoning with its real problems

Let's also talk about the absurd Deshaun Watson trade rumors and all the ways the NFL refuses to even pretend to do the right thing

Week 9 picks against the spread!

-- Can the Lions get their first win?

-- Colts and Titans in a clash of ... AFC South rivals

-- Charles immediately regrets his spicy MNF pick

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