The NFL draft combines have begun. The draft is next month. Will Chicago trade their #1 pick or blow it on another quarterback bust? Is Caleb Williams really "the guy"? So yes, Rick...it's time for a new thread for the upcoming NFL season. And, confirming that the Denver trade for Russell Wilson is the worst trade in history, the Broncos cut Wilson and will eat a massive cap shit sandwich. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39654399/broncos-cut-russell-wilson-take-85m-dead-money-hit

We are exactly one week away from the Opening Game of the 2023 NFL Season. Time to get your pens and pencils ready and picking your games. This will be the 10th NFL Pick 'Em contest on this forum. We started in 2012 and there's been one every year, save for a covid break during 2020-2021. Walter won the prize last year. Here are the past winners of both regular season and playoff pools. I will post the Week 1 schedule soon. 2012 Regular Season 1. Walter: 171-84-1 2. jb126: 167-88-1 3. paul carruthers: 166-89-1 4. Black Dawg: 155-97-1 5. Strider: 154-101-1 6. jabe: 153-102-1 7. Arcane29: 148-92-1 8. in_the_evening: 142-112-1 8. LedZeppFan77: 142-112-1 9. DAS: 117-76-1 10. Beckenbauer6: 48-33-1 2012 Playoffs 1. Black Dawg: 9-2 LedZeppfan77: 8-3 jb126: 8-3 Walter: 7-4 paul carruthers: 7-4 Texas Melanie: 7-4 ebk: 7-4 jabe: 6-5 ally: 6-5 ZEPFAN17: 5-6 Anjin-san: 5-6 Strider: 5-6 in_the_evening: 1-3 Rock Historian: 1-0 Babs: 0-1 redrum: 0-1 Bong-Man: 0-1 2013 Regular Season 1. jb126: 164-91-1 2. Strider: 162-93-1 3. paul carruthers: 157-98-1 4. jabe: 151-104-1 5. LedZeppfan77: 147-108-1 6. Walter: 126-81-1 7. pottedplant: 97-51-1 8. DAS: 61-45 9. apantherfrommd: 11-5 2013 Playoffs 1. Strider: 9-2 Bong-Man: 9-2 jb126: 8-3 pottedplant: 8-3 Mrs. Walter: 7-4 Junior: 7-4 Walter: 6-5 LedZeppfan77: 6-5 paul carruthers: 6-5 in_the_evening: 5-6 jabe: 4-7 Anjin-san: 4-6 ally: 5-1 2014 Regular Season 1. jb126: 177-78-1 2. Walter: 171-84-1 3. Anjin-san: 169-86-1 4. Strider: 168-87-1 5. paul carruthers: 164-91-1 6. apantherfrommd: 163-92-1 7. ebk: 160-95-1 8. Bong-Man: 160-95-1 9. in_the_evening: 156-99-1 10. mack: 153-100-1 11. jabe: 152-103-1 12. zepscoda: 150-104-1 13. LedZeppfan77: 149-106-1 2014 Playoffs 1. jb126: 9-2 2. Junior: 9-2 2. zepscoda: 9-2 2. zeppelin68: 9-2 3. Bong_Man: 8-3 3. Strider: 8-3 3. Walter: 8-3 3. in_the_evening: 8-3 4. ebk: 7-4 4. Mrs. Walter: 7-4 4. jabe: 7-4 4. apantherfrommd: 7-4 5. mack: 6-5 5. Anjin-san: 6-5 6. paul carruthers: 5-6 7. LedZeppfan77: 4-7 8. Wally Hood: 0-1 2015 Regular Season 1. apantherfrommd: 163-93 2. jb126: 161-95 3(tie). Bong-Man: 158-98 3(tie). ebk: 158-98 4. paul carruthers: 157-99 5. Walter: 152-104 6. Strider: 149-107 7. in_the_evening: 146-110 8. jabe: 146-110 9. zepscoda: 146-108 10. Steal Away Now Baby Rose: 145-92 11. Reggie29: 139-117 12. LedZeppfan77: 133-121 13. Anjin-san: 99-78 14. Mrs. Walter: 73-51 2015 Playoffs 1. paul carruthers: 8-3 2. Steal Away Now Baby Rose: 8-3 3. Walter: 8-3 4. jb126: 8-3 5. Junior: 7-4 6. in_the_evening: 7-4 7. Mrs. Walter: 7-4 8. ebk: 7-4 9. redrum: 6-5 10. LedZeppfan77: 5-6 11. jabe: 5-6 12. Strider: 5-6 13. Reggie29: 4-7 14. zepscoda: 3-8 2016 Regular Season 1. Junior: 171-83-2 2. jb126: 164-90-2 3. Strider: 164-90-2 4. jabe: 162-92-2 5. Mrs. W: 160-94-2 6. Walter: 160-94-2 7. ebk: 154-100-2 8. Bong-Man: 152-102-2 9. paul carruthers: 145-96-2 10. LedZeppfan77: 140-114-2 11. zepscoda: 139-115-2 2016 Playoffs 1. Mrs. W: 9-2 2. paul carruthers: 9-2 3.Walter: 9-2: 4. zepscoda: 8-3 5. Strider: 8-3 6. ebk: 8-3 7. jabe: 7-4 8. in_the_evening: 7-4 9. Bong-Man: 6-5 10. Junior: 6-5 11. LedZeppfan77: 5-6 12. craigled: 5-6 2017 Regular Season 1. Bong-Man: 175-81 1. the chase: 175-81 1. Strider: 175-81 2. Mrs.W: 167-89 3. ebk: 166-90 4. Junior: 164-92 5. jabe: 157-99 5. Walter: 157-99 6. zepscoda: 151-105 7. LedZeppfan77: 148-108 8. paul carruthers: 121-119 2017 Playoffs 1. paul carruthers: 8-3 2. Junior: 6-5 2. ebk: 6-5 2. Mrs. W: 6-5 3. jabe: 5-6 4. zepscoda: 4-7 4. Walter: 4-7 5. LedZeppfan77: 3-8 6. Strider: 2-9 2018 Regular Season 1. kipper: 167-87-2 2. Walter: 166-88-2 3. Junior: 161-93-2 4. Bong-Man: 157-97-2 5. ebk: 156-98-2 6. Mrs. W: 155-99-2 7. Strider: 152-102-2 8. jabe: 145-109-2 9. the chase: 140-114-2 10. zepscoda: 139-115-2 11. LedZeppfan77: 138-116-2 12. paul carruthers: 133-121-2 2018 Playoffs 1. redrum: 9-2 2019 Regular Season 1. Bong-Man: 169-86-1 2. Walter: 167-88-1 3. redrum: 162-93-1 4. ebk: 162-93-1 5. Strider: 162-93-1 6. Junior: 156-99-1 7. jabe: 153-102-1 8. Mrs. W: 150-105-1 9. LedZeppfan77: 144-111-1 10..paul carruthers: 109-115-1 2019 Playoffs 1. jabe: 6-5 1. Mrs. Walter: 6-5 LedZeppfan1977: 6-5 Walter: 6-5 zepscoda: 6-5 Paul carruthers: 5-6 ebk: 5-6 redrum: 5-6 junior: 5-6 Strider: 1-10 2022 Regular Season 1. Walter: 178-91-2 2a. jabe: 173-96-2 2b. custard pie man: 173-96-2 3. Strider: 169-100-2 4. ebk: 160-109-2 5. redrum: 154-115-2 6. paul carruthers: 151-102-2 7. LedZeppfan1977: 150-119-2 8. greengrass: 132-137-2 9. in_the_evening: 66-54 2023 Playoffs 1. Junior: 10-3 redrum - 9-4 Strider - 9-4 jabe - 9-4 LedZeppelinFan1977 - 8-5 Mrs Walter - 8-5 Walter - 8-5 Custard Pie Man - 7-6 ebk - 7-6 greengrass - 4-8 Paul Carruthers - 4-1 in_the_evening - 1-1