Predicting NFL division winners and 2022

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!After three months of waiting, my favorite week of the NFL offseason is finally here: The 2022 schedule is being released this week.Sure, some people like free agency, and yes, some people enjoy the draft, but not me. The only offseason tent pole event I care about is the release of the schedule and that will be . I've had my calendar marked for three years and yes that means I mark it three years in advance for each schedule release. I TOLD YOU NO ONE LOVES THE SCHEDULE RELEASE MORE THAN ME.The best part of the schedule release this year is that the NFL is milking this thing out over the entire week, which means we'll be getting new game announcements every day between now and Thursday. Today's announcement was the unveiling of ESPN's Monday doubleheader for 2022, and we'll be covering that in today's newsletter. We'll also make some predictions on who's going to win each division and who's going to take home the Rookie of the Year awards. As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to George Iloka Jersey do is . Alright, let's get to the rundown. 1. Today's show: Quarterbacks go big in our 2023 NFL mock draftWith the NFL draft now over, it's almost time for our draft gurus to go into hibernation. But before they do that, they decided to take over Monday's edition of the Pick Six Podcast so that they could unveil their mock draft for 2023. That's right, even though the 2022 draft hasn't even been over for 10 days, we've already moved on to 2023.Monday's show featured three of our draft experts -- Ryan Wilson, Chris Trapa so and Josh Edwards -- and if the three of them agreed on one thing, it's that 2023 is going to be the revenge of the quarterback. After watching only one QB go during the first round of the 2022 draft, the guys are expecting as many as SIX quarterbacks to get taken during the first round next year. If that happens, it would mark the first time since the famous 1983 draft that six quarterbacks were taken in the first round. That draft, which produced guys like Dan Marino, Jim Kelly and John Elway, was one of the most famous QB drafts in NFL history. Here's a look at the six quarterbacks expected to go in the first round, according to our draft experts: 3. : C.J. Stroud (Ohio State)5. : Will Levis (Kentucky)7. : Bryce Young (Alabama)9. : Tyler Van Dyke (Miami)27. Renell Wren Jersey : Spencer Rattler (South Carolina)31. : Phil Jurkovec (Boston College)If you're wondering why the Lions are picking so high or how the draft order was made, it was determined using , but in reverse order. If you want to know how the rest of the first round shakes out, then be so you can listen to today's podcast. You can also .If you're more of the reading type, you can check out . If you want to read Trapa so's mock,. 2. Predicting NFL division winners and playoff teamsWith the 2022 NFL schedule coming out this week, now seems like the perfect time to start making some predictions for the upcoming season, so that's exactly what CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora did today. Although La Canfora wasn't quite ready to make a Super Bowl pick this early, he did make a prediction about who would in each division. He also predicted which 14 teams would be making the playoffs in 2022. The most surprising thing about JLC's predictions is probably the fact that he doesn't have the winning the NFC North this year. Green Bay is one of Tee Higgins Jersey three teams who won their division last year that won't be repeating as champs, according to La Canfora. Alright, let's get to the predictions:AFC East: AFC North: AFC South: AFC West: AFC wild card teams: , , NFC East: NFC North: NFC South: BuccaneersNFC West: NFC wild card teams: Packers, , One thing you almost always have to consider when making predictions is that the NFL has had at least four new playoff teams in every season since 1990 and there's no reason to think that lengthy streak is going to end this year. JLC actually has six new teams getting in with the Colts, Broncos, Chargers, Ravens, Vikings and Saints all making it after mi sing out in 2021.To check Cedric Ogbuehi Jersey out La Canfora's full explanation for why he picked the division winners that he did, you'll want to check out . 3. NFL schedule: ESPN reveals teams and dates for Monday night doubleheaderAfter a one-year hiatus, the NFL will be bringing back the Monday night doubleheader in 2022 and it's coming back with a twist: For part of the night, the two games will be airing at the same time.Under the old doubleheader format, one game would start at 7:15 p.m. ET and the second one would start at 10:15 p.m. ET, but this year, the second game will be kicking off at 8:30 p.m. ET, which means the two games will be airing simultaneously for roughly 90 minutes.The doubleheader will be played in Week 2 (Sept. 19), and here : 7:15 p.m. ET: at Bills8:30 p.m. ET: Vikings at EaglesThis means we now know two games on the Vikings schedule. Minnesota also has a Week 4 game in London against the Saints.As for the Bills, the fact they're playing in this game likely means they won't be playing in the NFL opener against the Rams on Thursday night in Week 1. (Over the past five years, the NFL has never given a Monday night game in Week 2 to a team that played in the Week 1 opener.)With the NFL schedule coming out Thursday, the league has decided to add some hoopla to the event over the course of this week by letting each network announce at least one game in advance. ESPN got the spotlight today, and that will be followed by CBS, which will get to announce a game tomorrow. On Wednesday, Fox will follow suit and announce a game of its own. With three days to go until the 2022 schedule is released, the NFL has already officially announced the times and dates of eight games. Besides these two, we know when the five Brandon LaFell Jersey international games will be played () and we also know that the Chargers will be playing at Kansas City on Thursday night in Week 2 in what will be the first game of Amazon's new Thursday night package. 4. president claims he was fired for bringing to light allegations against Mark DavisRaiders owner Mark Davis could soon be in some hot water due to allegations that were recently made by former team president Dan Ventrelle.Ventrelle was , and just hours after he was canned, he why he was let go and it's a statement that definitely doesn't reflect well on Davis. Ventrelle's claims against Davis. According to Ventrelle, there were "multiple written complaints" made by various Raiders employees centered around the fact "that Mark created a hostile work e