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NFL.com predicts the outcome of every Commanders’ game in 2023

We made our predictions, did NFL.com agree?

How good can the Washington Commanders be in 2023? We know Washington has a difficult schedule, but it’s also favorable with extra rest in some stretches. Therefore, predicting a team’s win/loss record by each game can feel a bit pointless in May, but it’s still fun.

Commanders Wire predicted every game shortly after the schedule was released over two weeks ago. We arrived at an 8-9 record, which felt fair. The Commanders have plenty of talent on both sides of the ball. For Washington to be more than an average team in 2023, it will need quarterback Sam Howell to prove he’s the guy, and new offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy takes the offensive production up a level or two.

Washington’s 2023 team feels like it could win anywhere between 7-10 games.

Adam Rank of NFL.com recently weighed in on the Commanders’ 2023 schedule, predicting every game. He’s not high on Washington’s chances, predicting a 5-12 record. Let’s review each week to see where Rank saw the wins and losses.

 

Predict Tampa Bay’s win-loss record in 2023

Vote in our poll to make your prediction for the Bucs’ 2023 season:

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 2023 schedule has been officially released, but there were always questions about this Tampa Bay team regardless of who it would play.

The team enters 2023 without quarterback Tom Brady and with much less of the attention that came with him under center. The team has just two prime time games — one on Monday Night Football against the Eagles and another Thursday Night Football game against the Bills — and a pseudo-prime time game against the Jaguars at 4:05 p.m. on Christmas Eve in Tampa Bay. Most of the team’s slate is back to the 1 p.m. timeslot it has been used to in recent years, so the NFL itself doesn’t seem to think much of Tampa Bay.

The Bucs are set to play the AFC North (Jaguars, Titans, Texans, Colts) and the NFC North (Packers, Lions, Bears, Vikings) in 2023, with a first-place schedule for its at-large games due to winning the NFC South the previous year (49ers, Eagles, Bills). There are certainly some tough games on the schedule, and a few unknowns, too — the Bucs are also set to play against the first three rookie QBs drafted in the 2023 draft in Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson.

Tampa Bay’s quarterback situation is its most unknown, with both Kyle Trask and Baker Mayfield set to compete for the starting job. The team was able to retain a few core key agents, but new draft picks and FA signings will see a bit of a new-look Bucs this upcoming season.

With all that in mind, what record do you think this team will post in the 2023 season? Vote in our poll below:

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CBS ranks Commanders/Cardinals dead last for Week 1 games

Week 1 could feature Sam Howell vs. Colt McCoy, who’ve been linked together over the last week.

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The 2023 NFL schedule is here. While we already knew which teams would play, now we know when.

The Washington Commanders open the 2023 season with a Week 1 home game against the Arizona Cardinals. And, for the first time since the 1998 season, Washington will be without owner Daniel Snyder, who reached an agreement to sell the team to a group led by Josh Harris.

FedEx Field should be rocking as the Commanders hope some of the team’s former fans return to cheer on Washington again.

So, while local interest should be at an all-time high, this matchup is not one of the more exciting Week 1 matchups. It isn’t a marquee quarterback matchup, with Sam Howell expected to make his second career start against the Cardinals with Colt McCoy under center in place of the injured Kyler Murray.

Cody Benjamin of CBS ranked all Week 1 games, and he had Washington/Arizona dead last at No. 16.

Unless Kyler Murray makes miraculous strides in his injury recovery, Colt McCoy is set to captain an overhauled Cardinals team against an annually middling Ron Rivera squad that’s counting on former fifth-rounder Sam Howell as its new signal-caller. Not exactly a recipe for fireworks.

I guess we shall see.

Patriots schedule: Looking at New England’s 2023 opponents

Looking at where the Patriots’ 2023 opponents finished last season.

The road to the postseason could be a long and winding one for the New England Patriots heading into the 2023 season.

One look at the long list of expected playoff contenders on their regular season schedule is enough to drive even the most optimistic fans mad. With 17 games total, the Patriots are slated to face at least nine teams that clinched a playoff berth in 2022.

It’s a huge challenge that’s going to take a herculean effort from both players and coaches to overcome.

Can coach Bill Belichick turn the defense into an impenetrable beast to deal with all of the explosive offenses the Patriots will be facing? Can quarterback Mac Jones grow into his role well enough to get his team over the hump? Will the addition of Bill O’Brien at offensive coordinator make a big enough difference?

There are a lot of questions ahead for the Patriots when tackling this monstrous schedule. Let’s take a look at how their opponents finished last season:

5 takeaways from the Patriots’ 2023 schedule

Takeaways from the Patriots’ brutal 2023 schedule.

The New England Patriots will have their work cut out for them to finish with a winning record, much less make the playoffs in the 2023 season.

A brutal slate of opponents will test the many changes that came with the roster and coaching staff in the offseason. So what initially seemed like two steps forward might feel like two steps back for a Patriots team that has missed the playoffs in two of the last three seasons.

With that said, it would be foolish to write the team off before they even step onto the field. The defense was already really good last season, and with the additions they’ve made through the NFL draft, they have the potential to be a top-three unit this time around.

As for the offense, they should be much-improved in that area with Bill O’Brien and Adrian Klemm joining the coaching staff. Time will tell if it’s enough to actually get them over the hump.

Here are five takeaways from the Patriots’ 2023 schedule:

Cardinals trolled 2023 opponents: What about the Commanders?

The Cardinals used songs to reveal their 2023 schedule. Poor Major Tuddy.

While fans and the media may be indifferent to the NFL’s annual schedule release, the teams are not. Sure, coaches and quarterbacks aren’t anxiously refreshing Twitter to see the new schedule, but social media teams from all 32 NFL teams, well, this is like their Super Bowl.

There were some excellent schedule release videos Thursday. The Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, and, yes, even the Washington Commanders had some good, creative content ready for the 8:00 p.m. ET release.

Another one of those teams with a creative way to reveal the new schedule was the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals used songs to reveal each opponent on their schedule. And there were some excellent choices. Arizona’s Week 1 opponent, the Commanders, used their mascot, a pig named Major Tuddy, to help reveal their schedule.

The Cardinals had some fun with Major Tuddy. Arizona’s song for Washington: “It’s Peppa Pig.”

Yes, that’s right, the long-running children’s show has a theme song. Check it out.

Pretty creative.

Let’s just say I didn’t think I’d be talking about Peppa the Pig and the NFL.

Congratulations, Cardinals. Well done.

Commanders 2023 schedule: Game-by-game score predictions

Let’s have some fun. Predicting the outcome of every Commanders’ game in 2023.

The NFL released the 2023 schedule Thursday night, and fans of all 32 teams are preparing accommodations for a trip to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

We are kidding — sort of.

The schedule release is just another day on the NFL calendar for many fans. After all, every team’s schedule is set the moment the previous season ends. We know the who for months, but on schedule release day, we know the when.

Credit the NFL for turning yet another ho-hum announcement into an annual event.

One thing is certain; optimism is everywhere when the new schedule is released. Fans are going game-by-game, marking off what they think will be wins and which will be losses.

Therefore, we are going to do the same. Yes, it’s obviously way too early to make game-by-game predictions, but let’s have a little fun.

Twitter reacts to Commanders’ 2023 schedule

What do fans think of the Commanders’ 2023 schedule?

The schedule release may not be as popular as the NFL draft, but fans still care. For some, it’s about mapping out a schedule to travel to games in the fall. For others, it’s simply putting the schedule before you and marking the Ws and Ls.

The Commanders open up with a game against perhaps the worst team in the NFL: the Arizona Cardinals. They head West in Week 2 for a winnable matchup against the Denver Broncos before meeting a pair of Super Bowl contenders in Weeks 3 [Bills] and 4 [Eagles].

From Week 7 on, Washington faces a difficult slate in which most of the teams on its schedule made the playoffs last season.

What do fans think of the schedule? We surveyed Twitter for some of the better reactions.

Tom Brady makes appearance in epic Patriots schedule release video

Past Patriots stars reunite for this epic 2023 schedule release video.

The New England Patriots must have locked in like the second half of Super LI when making their 2023 schedule release video.

On Thursday night, the team dropped an epic video that included a multitude of retired Patriots players, including Devin McCourty, Rob Ninkovich, Andre Tippett, James White and others.

It even included an unexpected appearance from legendary quarterback Tom Brady.

The concept of the video centers around McCourty entering the Patriots’ “retirement house” with the team’s scheduled 2023 meetings popping up throughout the multiple vignettes. Along with Brady, there are also mentions of other Patriots greats, like former receiver Julian Edelman and tight end Rob Gronkowski.

The addition of Brady is a feel-good moment for Patriots fans. There will be plenty more to come with the future Hall of Famer slated to be honored in the team’s home opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.

It isn’t a pretty schedule for the Patriots, who will face a murderer’s row slate of opponents filled with expected playoff contenders. But the return of Brady, at least for now, takes away some of the sting before the season arrives.

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Twitter reacts to Patriots’ brutal 2023 schedule

Here’s what people are saying about the Patriots’ scary gauntlet of opponents in 2023.

The NFL released its schedules on Thursday night, and the New England Patriots got an idea of who they will play for the 2023 season.

The schedule is not easy, and New England faces an immediate test as they take on the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener.

They will also take on the likes of the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. To say the schedule will be a difficult one would be an understatement. Nevertheless, this is a crucial year for the organization.

Let’s take a look at some of the strong reactions coming in on Twitter to New England’s 2023 schedule reveal: