Super Bowl predictions and MVP picks for 2023 season plus unveiling our Preseason All-NFL Team

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Super Bowl predictions and MVP picks for 2023 season plus unveiling our Preseason All-NFL Team

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!Today is not a holiday, but it probably should be, because it's Super Friday. If you don't know what Super Friday is, don't worry, no one does, because I just invented it now. Today is the final Friday before the start of the NFL season, it's the first Friday of September AND it's a Friday before a holiday weekend. Now you see why I'm calling it Super Friday, and yes, I will be spending the rest of my day trying to trademark my new holiday.Speaking of holidays, I should tell you that there WILL be a newsletter on Labor Day, and you're definitely going to want to read it because that's when I'll be unveiling ALL of my predictions for the entire 2023 NFL season. If you can't wait until Monday for my predictions, don't worry, we have plenty of predictions in store today.We rounded up all of our NFL writers here at CBSSports.com and we asked them to vote for an MVP winner and decide who's going to win the Super Bowl. We'll be covering Matt Dumba Kids Jersey both of those in the rundown.As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. It's the perfect gift to get for your favorite football-loving friend. To get them signed up, all you have to do . I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet, but the NFL season is only six days away and since it's right around the corner, we decided to use today's podcast to unveil our favorite prop bets.During today's episode, Katie Mox and Will Brinson were joined by SportsLine gambling gurus R.J. White and Alex "Propstarz" Selelnick.The crew covered several of their favorite bets for the season and we've got a few of their props below: White: Jahan Dotson OVER 4.5 touchdowns (+100).Dotson caught seven touchdowns as a rookie and that came while playing in a Commanders offense that was going through an identity crisis at QB (The Commanders started three different quarterbacks last year). With Sam Howell now the undisputed starter, White thinks we'll see Dotson easily top his over/under TD total in 2023. Katie: Aaron Rodgers OVER 28.5 touchdown pa ses (-105).This prop really comes down to the way you feel about how Rodgers will play in New York. During his final season in Green Bay, Rodgers threw 26 TD pa ses, but in both 2020 (48 TD pa ses) and 2021 (37 TD pa ses), he blew past 28.5 touchdowns. Katie is pretty confident that we'll see Rodgers top that number for the third time in four years. Brinson: Brandon Aiyuk OVER 775.5 receiving yards.After watching Aiyuk go for 1,015 yards last season, Brinson was shocked to see his his over/under set so low for 2023. "I feel like 800 yards is almost a given if he plays 17 games," Brinson said of AIyuk.If you want to hear the rest of the props, including what Propstarz had to offer, you can . You can also.Between now and the start of the NFL season, we're going to be bombarding you with NFL picks and predictions here, so please get mentally prepared. For one of our predictions today, we rounded up 12 of our NFL writers -- and one editor -- here at CBSSports.com and asked them to predict who's going win MVP in 2023.After going through all the votes, I noticed that the only position we voted for was quarterback, which I gue s makes sense since the MVP has been won by a quarterback for 10 straight years. (Adrian Peterson was the last non-QB to take home the award and that came all the way back in 2012.) With that in mind, here's a look at who we voted for to win MVP. (Next to each player's name, you can see their odds at Caesars Sportsbook for winning the award and how many votes they received from each writer):1. Justin Herbert (+950 -- Win $950 off a $100 bet): Three votesT-2. Patrick Mahomes (+600):Two votesT-2. Joe Burrow (+700):Two votesT-2. Jalen Hurts (+900):Two votesT-2. Trevor Lawrence (+1800):Two votesT-6. Dak Prescott (+2500): One voteT-6. Josh Allen (+750): One voteLook, I'm just going to come out and admit it: That one vote for Dak Prescott came from me. Dak finally has two top receivers who can both Matt Bartkowski Men Jersey put up big numbers and if you combine that with the fact that the Cowboys running game is a giant question mark this year with Tony Pollard coming off an injury, I think we could see a career year from Prescott. If you want to see everyone's full explanation for their vote or if you want to know who voted for Josh Allen, you can .Not only did our NFL staff hand out votes for MVP today, but they also were kind enough to supply us with their vote for the team that's going to win the Super Bowl this year.Here's a small sample of our best bets:Pete Prisco's bet: 49ers win it all (+600).Cody Benjamin's bet: Eagles (+750).Will Brinson's bet: Bills ( Luke Kunin Kids Jersey +900).Jared Dubin's bet: Chiefs (+500)Breech's bet: Bengals (+1000).As the resident Bengals homer here at CBSSports.com, I am tempted to pick the Bengals to win the Super Bowl every year, but I never actually do it because I don't want to jinx them, and also, until this year, I didn't think it actually seemed like a realistic pick. This year's team is better than last year's team and it's better than their 2021 team that made it to the Super Bowl. As long as Joe Burrow stays healthy, this feels like it could be Cincinnati's year.Our biggest long shot bet came from NFL editor Brett Anderson, who actually likes the Browns as a dark horse to win it all. Anderson's bet: Browns (+3500).Remember, I've only listed six of our best bets above. We rounded up a total of 28 best Super Bowl bets and if you want to check out all of them, . Last year, Jared Dubin and Jeff Kerr nailed their Super Bowl best bet, so you might want to pay extra close attention to what they say.We had our NFL writers vote on so many things this week that they're probably going to stop answering my emails because they're just going to a sume that I'm asking them to vote on something. Not only did we have them vote on MVP and their favorite pick for the Super Bowl, but we also asked them to vote on a preseason All-NFL team. This is a popular thing to do in college -- you always read about preseason all-conference teams -- so we thought we'd use that idea for the NFL.Here's a look at our Preseason All-NFL Offense for 2023:QB:Patrick Mahomes, ChiefsRB:Christian McCaffrey, 49ersRB: Nick Chubb, BrownsWR:Justin Jefferson, VikingsWR:Ja'Marr Chase, BengalsWR:Tyreek Hill, DolphinsTE:Travis Kelce, ChiefsOT:Trent Williams, 49ersOT:Lane Johnson, EaglesOG:Zack Martin, CowboysOG:Joel Bitonio, BrownsC:Jason Kelce, Eagles If you want to know who else made our 53-man roster, .The quarterback position generates most of the headlines around the NFL so we thought we'd get them their own section in today's newsletter. Doug Clawson and our CBS Sports research team dug up 10 fascinating facts about this year's crop of starting quarterbacks, and we're going to go over five of them below.1. This is the first Week 1 without Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Drew Brees starting since 1997. 2. At 27 years old, Patrick Mahomes has 11 playoff wins, which is tied with Aaron Rodgers for the most among any active QB. He's the youngest QB in NFL history to Greg Pateryn Kids Jersey enter a season as the active QB leader in that category.3. With Aaron Rodgers and Derek Carr changing teams, that leaves Dak Prescott as the NFL's longest-tenured QB with his current team (He's going into his eighth season with the Cowboys). This is the first time in the Super Bowl era that no QB has an active stretch of nine-plus seasons with the same team.4. With an average age of 27, this is the NFL's youngest group of quarterbacks to start in Week 1 since 1957. That's not a bad thing, though. Sixty-six years ago, there were five Hall of Fame QBs starting in Week 1: Bart Starr, Johnny Unitas, Bobby Layne, Norm Van Brocklin and Y.A. Tittle. 5. Every team in the NFC South has a new Week 1 starting QB compared with last year's season openers. This marks only the second time in NFL history that we've seen that happen (1973 AFC West).If you want to check out all 10 facts, be , and let me just say, you're definitely going to want to click over, if only because you'll be able to stump all your friends by using these facts this weekend.It's been a busy 24 hours in the NFL, and since it's nearly impo sible to keep track of everything that happened, I went ahead and put together a roundup for you. Evans sets negotiation deadline with Buccaneers. Mike Evans is headed into the final year of his contract and he doesn't seem very happy about the fact that the Bucs haven't given him a new one. As a matter of fact, the Bucs haven't even given him an offer, according to a statement released by Evans' agent. Although a deal could get done, Evans will be cutting off talks on Sept. 9, so the Bucs have eight days to do something. You .Cooper Kupp suffers a setback, could mi s Week 1. The Rams receiver, who was dealing with a hamstring injury, has suffered a setback. It was already going to be a to s-up whether he played in Week 1 and with this setback, it seems unlikely that he'll be on the field for the Rams' opener against the Seahawks. For more details on Kupp's situation, .Jamal Adams will mi s Week 1. The Seahawks safety definitely won't be on the field for Seattle's Week 1 game against the Rams. Pete Carroll while saying that the Seahawks aren't going to rush Adams back.Patriots add two players.The Patriots added a quarterback and a receiver on Thursday. First, they claimed former Panthers QB Matt Corral off waivers. They then followed up that move by signing receiver Jalen Reagor, a 2020 first-round pick by the Eagles who has struggled during his three years in the league.Chase Young still not cleared for contact.After mi sing 14 games last season, the Commanders were hoping to have a healthy Chase Young back this year, but that might not be the case. According , Young suffered a stinger in the preseason and he still hasn't been cleared for contact. If Jordan Greenway Jersey he's not cleared soon, there's a very real chance he could mi s Week 1. Tyreek Hill won't face discipline from NFL.The Dolphins got some good news on Thursday when the NFL decided that it for allegedly hitting a man at a marina in South Florida back in June. Hill and the man resolved the case in July, and apparently, that was good enough for the league.Dolphins hand out huge extension. You don't usually hear too much about fullbacks landing large contracts, but Alec Ingold got one on Thursday. The Dolphins fullback with Miami, which will make him the highest-paid fullback in the AFC. Jeff Wilson Jr. placed on IR. If you're wondering which Dolphins running back you should draft for fantasy purposes, the answer is not Jeff Wilson Jr., who . The move means that Wilson will mi s at least the first four games. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Wilson and was unable to protect himself on the field.
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