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From a Super Bowl rematch to some personal grudges, here are the best revenge games of the 2023 NFL season
We now know the full 2023 NFL schedule.
We can talk about the best games, the best matchups, the thrilling meetings of rookie quarterbacks, and more. But no NFL schedule release is complete with a look at the best revenge games.
From teams seeking revenge for a critical loss last year, to free agents looking to prove a former team wrong, here are the best revenge games of the 2023 NFL schedule.

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The NFC South was home to the Super Bowl champion in 2020 and sent two teams to the playoffs. Two years later, no team in the division posted a winning record.
Only one game separated the Buccaneers, Saints, Falcons and Panthers in the standings last season, and Tampa Bay finished first. Now, New Orleans is the betting favorite to win the NFC South title, followed by the Falcons and then the Panthers. The Buccaneers, who won it the last two years, have the longest odds following Tom Brady’s retirement.

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Circle these games on the calendar now.
The NFL will officially release the 2023 regular season lineup on Thursday night, when teams roll out their incredible, over-produced schedule videos which have fast become one of the highlights of the calendar for football social media. Every team is allowing their creative talent to flex their muscles, and we’re seeing truly wonderful creations that turn a mundane event into can’t-miss moments.

The Lions haven’t won their division since 1993 when the NFC North was the NFC Central.
But Detroit has the best odds to win its division for the first time in three decades thanks in large part to Aaron Rodgers’ exit creating a power vacuum, even though it was the Vikings who came in first last season.
Aside from the Lions, the other three teams have all hung NFC North banners within the last five years, even the Bears, who had the worst record in the NFL in 2022.

The Bengals are in position to become the first team to three-peat atop the AFC North since the Steelers in the 1990s when it was still the AFC Central.
Cincinnati has better odds than the Ravens, Browns and Pittsburgh to win the division yet again after taking the crown the last two years. It’s been four years since Baltimore won the AFC North, three since the Steelers did so and Cleveland’s drought stretches all the way back to 1989.

The Kansas City Chiefs are the favorites for Super Bowl LVIII, and oddsmakers are offering bettors a 5.5-to-1 payout for the team to run it back.
Despite trading away Patrick Mahomes‘s best weapon in wide receiver Tyreek Hill, Mahomes logged 5,250 passing yards and 41 passing touchdowns during the regular season on his way to winning both the regular-season and Super Bowl MVP awards.

Now that the 2023 NFL schedule has been released, bettors can take a closer look at how the season might play out. Oddsmakers have released the win totals for the 2023 season, and the reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs have some company at the top.
According to the most recent odds, the Chiefs are expected to be joined by the Bengals and 49ers in the win column. All three teams have their win totals set all the way up at 11.5, making each of them the favorites to win their divisions.

Fresh off a successful first season as co-owner of the Welsh soccer club, Wrexham A.F.C., actor Ryan Reynolds’s bid for the NHL’s Senators will reportedly not be moving forward, according to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan.
Reynolds was part of a group led by real estate developer Remington Group. The 46-year-old reportedly requested an exclusive window to negotiate a potential purchase and was denied, which caused Reynolds to bow out of the process. The deadline for formal offers to be submitted is May 15. The Remington Group’s bid was believed to be over $1 billion, per Kaplan.

Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza has something up his sleeve in his quest to fully clear his name.
While investigators cleared Araiza of criminal charges, he is now tasked with getting his NFL career on track. That’s why he and his agent are sending an audio recording to teams.

For several days, many NBA fans and media personalities had been wondering who was the one voter who didn’t list Denver star Nikola Jokić among the five players on their MVP ballot after 76ers center Joel Embiid won the award last week. On Thursday, that question was answered, as the NBA released the voting ballots for this year’s MVP award. 
It turns out that distinction belongs to ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson.