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Continue reading →: 2023 Week 1 NFL Picks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0) at Minnesota Vikings (0-0) The Vikings went 13-4 last year, but they needed to go an unprecedented 11-0 in one-score games to do so, which history suggests they won’t repeat in 2023. Their point differential was just -3 and their DVOA was even worse, ranking 27th.…
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Continue reading →: Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs: 2023 Week 1 NFL Pick
Detroit Lions (0-0) at Kansas City Chiefs (0-0) This one is a tough call. The Chiefs are only 4.5-point home favorites, which if they were at full strength would be way too low, but they also enter the season already missing some key personnel. All-Pro interior defender Chris Jones continues…
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Continue reading →: 2023 NFL Season Previews
AFC East AFC North AFC South AFC West Buffalo Bills* 12-5 Cincinnati Bengals* 13-4 Jacksonville Jaguars* 9-8 Kansas City Chiefs* 14-3 Miami Dolphins 10-7 Cleveland Browns* 12-5 Tennessee Titans 6-11 Los Angeles Chargers* 11-6 New York Jets 9-8 Baltimore Ravens* 12-5 Indianapolis Colts 6-11 Denver Broncos 6-11 New England Patriots…
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Continue reading →: Buffalo Bills 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterbacks For 17 seasons from 2000-2016, the Bills didn’t qualify for the post-season once, one of the longest post-season droughts in the modern era. They made it in 2017, but they barely snuck in with a record of 9-7 and their 21st ranked DVOA suggested they were lucky to even…
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Continue reading →: New England Patriots 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback During the 19 seasons Tom Brady spent as the starter in New England from 2001-2019, the Patriots had unparalleled success, winning 36 more regular season games, 15 more post-season games, and 4 more Super Bowls than any team during that stretch, winning the ultimate prize a whopping 6 times…
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Continue reading →: Baltimore Ravens 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson burst onto the scene in his first season as a starter in 2019. A polarizing prospect in the 2018 NFL Draft, with unparalleled athleticism, but legitimate accuracy questions, Jackson showed both of those things as a rookie, when he made seven starts and played situationally…
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Continue reading →: Pittsburgh Steelers 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Steelers started last season just 2-6, but won 7 of their final 9 games to make a late push towards a playoff spot, only coming short of a wild card spot on a tiebreaker. The Steelers were without dominant edge defender TJ Watt, the 2021 Defensive Player of…
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Continue reading →: Kansas City Chiefs 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Chiefs have the lowest floor of any team in the league because they have the league’s best quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who ensures they will at least have a strong offense. In Mahomes’ five seasons as the Chiefs’ starting quarterbacks, Mahomes has led the Chiefs’ offense to finishes of…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Browns thought they had solved their long standing quarterback issues when they selected quarterback Baker Mayfield with the 1st overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and then watched him instantly be a solid starter as a rookie, completing 63.8% of his passes for an average of 7.66…
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Continue reading →: Cincinnati Bengals 2023 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback In 2019, the Bengals finished with the worst record in the league at 2-14, securing them the #1 pick and elite quarterback prospect Joe Burrow. Burrow took his rookie year lumps on a mediocre team and had about half his season wiped out due to a torn ACL, leading…