{"id":289467,"date":"2023-09-04T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289467"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:20:47","slug":"2023-nfl-season-preview-fifty-eight-things-to-watch-on-the-road-to-super-bowl-lviii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/nfl\/2023-nfl-season-preview-fifty-eight-things-to-watch-on-the-road-to-super-bowl-lviii\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 NFL season preview: Fifty-eight things to watch on the road to Super Bowl LVIII"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have to hand it to the NFL for managing to produce so much drama in what is laughably called “the offseason.” Aaron Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets. Damar Hamlin returned, triumphantly, to the field. The Washington Commanders were finally — thankfully<\/em> — sold. Even the more routine football news featured headliners. Sean Payton joined the Denver Broncos. Saquon Barkley did not get a long-term contract, but Lamar Jackson finally did. And the Detroit Lions became NFL darlings.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens in the next five months, the NFL is assured of having a unique spectacle for Super Bowl LVIII — it will be the first (and undoubtedly not the last) played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The intersection of the gridiron and the Strip is ironic, considering that the offseason was marred by player suspensions for violations of the NFL\u2019s gambling policy.<\/p>\n

With an incredible 14 2022 playoff rematches on the ’23 schedule, the most in a season in NFL history (that includes rematches of the Super Bowl, both conference championship games, all four Divisional Round contests and three of the wild-card tilts), the season should be extraordinarily competitive. And it will give us plenty of measuring sticks along the way for who will be most dangerous when the playoffs start in January.<\/p>\n

Here, as we begin the trek to Vegas, are 58 stories, trends, rules, people and games to watch on the way to Super Bowl LVIII.<\/p>\n

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