2023 NFL Pick Em Confidence Pools: Week 7 Predictions
We’re already here in NFL Week 7 and for those making football picks for their confidence pick ‘em pools, this is looking like a very complicated week. Just a glance at the NFL spreads and game totals will tell you that as we have only four games with a point spread greater than three. That makes for some very interesting picks. Fortunately, we have six teams on a bye so the slate is shorter and therefore less potential for someone to take a real serious longshot, set them at the highest point value and leapfrog a number of teams. It all starts up tonight with a tough Thursday Night Football match-up that features a banged-up Trevor Lawrence leading the Jacksonville Jaguars into the big easy to take on Alvin Kamara and the New Orleans Saints. Let’s get to it.
In an effort to help you with your pools, I will provide you with my picks each week. In addition to full game breakdowns I do for my own research, I will also use money lines which at least show you how Vegas and the books are leaning. Sometimes the lines offer you a clear-cut decision, but you also need to explore some of the intangibles of each match-up and maybe have more of a gut-feel as to what may happen in a particular game. That’s where ranking your predictions becomes so important.
- Season Standings: 58-35
- Season Points: 510
Ready for NFL Week 7? Let’s get it!
| Game | Pick | Confidence # | Money Line |
| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots | Bills | 13 | -425 |
| Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks | Seahawks | 12 | -345 |
| San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings | 49ers | 11 | -290 |
| Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs | Chiefs | 10 | -250 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Rams | Rams | 9 | -166 |
| Las Vegas Raiders at Chicago Bears | Raiders | 8 | -162 |
| Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Buccaneers | 7 | -142 |
| Washington Commanders at New York Giants | Commanders | 6 | -148 |
| Cleveland Browns at Indianapolis Colts | Browns | 5 | -142 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints | Saints | 4 | -125 |
| Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos | Packers | 3 | -115 |
| Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles | Dolphins | 2 | 114 |
| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens | Lions | 1 | 130 |
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ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Packers met with WR Jayden Reed’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, to clarify his status with the team.
The meeting comes after the Packers selected a wide receiver in the first round for the first time since 2002 in this year’s draft. ESPN’s Adam Schefter added that the team emphasized Reed’s status as the top option at wide receiver after the selection of Matthew Golden and Savion Williams. “Green Bay’s top receiver” means far less for fantasy than it does in other places around the league considering Reed led the team with just 62.6% of the team’s offensive snaps played in 2024.
Saints signed QB Hunter Dekkers.
Dekkers spent three seasons with the Cyclones of Iowa State before stepping away from football following an indictment surrounding charges related to sports gambling. He then played his final collegiate season at Iowa Western before being invited to Saints camp. Dekkers spent his redshirt season backing up Brock Purdy at Iowa State.
Seahawks signed No. 18 overall pick OG Grey Zabel to a four-year contract.
Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Zabel’s deal is worth a guaranteed $18.471 million. The former North Dakota State guard will be tasked with bolstering a Seahawks line that ranked 26th in PFF pass blocking grades and 24th in run blocking grades. The Seahawks didn’t do much to address their offensive line this offseason, with Zabel being the biggest addition to date. The FCS stud showed out at this year’s senior bowl, and brings high expectations into his rookie season after dominating at the college ranks.
Free agent WR Gabe Davis is visiting the 49ers on Monday.
It’s the first known interest we’ve seen of Davis, who was released by the Jaguars last week with a failed physical designation. The 49ers will likely be without Brandon Aiyuk to start the season, and the idea of adding another veteran to the room is appealing. Kyle Shanahan can turn a lot of football players into something fantasy-interesting, but Davis might be a step beyond even his schemes.
Falcons released WR Phillip Dorsett.
What was your favorite moment of Dorsett’s three-month run on a reserve/future contract with the Falcons? Was it when the signing was announced, or was it when the release happened? Dorsett will try to bounce to another team as wideout depth as he enters his age-32 season. He did not play NFL snaps last year and was only targeted three times by the Broncos in 2023.
Cowboys signed No. 149 overall pick RB Jaydon Blue to a four-year contract.
Blue’s deal is worth $4.627 million and includes a $427k signing bonus. The rookie joins one of the thinnest running back rooms in the league heading into this season and could have a realistic shot to earn a starting role as early as Week 1. While it’s unlikely Blue earns a significant workload that early, it seems highly unlikely that he’ll be held off by 28-year-old Miles Sanders and Javonte Williams, who hasn’t looked the same player since suffering a devastating knee injury in 2022, for the entirety of the 2025 season. Blue totaled 1,098 yards and 14 touchdowns last season at Texas while also catching 42 passes.