Welcome Everyone, to the 2023 NFL Season, sponsered by the best fans, The football Lovers Group!!! :) Wishing everyone a very happy football season! :) may your season be filled with your favorite foods, snacks, drinks, and all of the football cheer that brings excitement throughout the season!!! :) A very special thank you to Gaye and Attester, for restarting the group, and everyone's great interest in participating :) thank you Attester for posting the rules/points scoring system :) Holly and i are thrilled to share in and celebrate the new season with everyone :) Football picks, talks, and all of the great cheer that will bring awesome memories! :) Holly and i will be posting the weekly schedule of games, every tuesday here on the football lovers group :) We dedicate this wonderful honor of being able to post the weekly schedule, in the loving memory of our dear forever friend Lukie, who did an amazing job over the years helping with the group :) i know, he would be very extremely proud of us all, participating, enjoying ,and loving the sport that brings us great joy :) Last year, we saw an epic finale to the season, with the Chiefs defeating the Eagles in a very intense and thrilling superbowl 57 :) The draft happened, off-season, training camp, preseason, and now, the scene is set for a whole new season, with 32 teams and dreams of superbowl 58 glory! :) Good luck to all the teams and everyone! :) Going into a new season, there's always so many questions, including predictions, who will do well, which teams will step forward, which teams will take a step back, which players will stay elite, and which ones will become elite :) There's 1 question though, that is the biggest to all of us fans, who are pumped, and excited for the new season, and that question is, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!! :) Holly says, "i'm excited to join you all, to kick off a new season!" :)

WEEK 1 

(September 7th, Thursday)

Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs (8:20pm est)

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(September 10th, Sunday Games)

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons (1pm est)

Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens (1pm est)

Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns (1pm est)

Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts (1pm est)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings (1pm est)

Tennessee Titans at New Orleans Saints (1pm est)

San Francisco 49ers at Pittsburgh Steelers (1pm est)

Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders (1pm est)

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears (4:25pm est)

Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos (4:25pm est) 

Miami Dolphins at Los Angeles Chargers (4:25pm est)

Philadelphia Eagles at New England Patriots (4:25pm est)

Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks (4:25pm est)

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants (8:20pm est)

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(September 11th, monday night football)

Buffalo Bills at New York Jets (8:15pm est)

Week 1 is set! :) a full slate of games, with all 32 teams in action for week 1 :) Please include your (BONUS) pick next to one of your picks, with a chance to earn a bonus point if that pick is correct :) Lets make it another season to remember, and in the words of our dear forever friend Lukie, "May the best picker win!!!!!!" :)