Every year brings new surprises in the NFL. The 2022 season was no different.A grand total of , breaking the NFL record during a non-strike year. The Rams and Cardinals started four QBs apiece, one year removed from squaring off on wild-card weekend en route to Los Angeles' Super Bowl championship. Yet they combined for nine wins this season at the bottom of the NFC West.In fact, six of last year's 14 playoff teams mi sed the postseason in 2023, including the reigning No. 1 seeds in both conferences (Titans and Packers).Accordingly, were a mixed bag. We picked 10 of 14 playoff teams correctly, but Russ Grimm Jersey our projected finished 8-9 and mi sed the playoffs. The three others Rams (5-12), Colts (4-12-1) and Broncos (5-12) were among our biggest whiffs. We also said the AFC South-winning Jaguars would finish 3-14. Whoops.But, hey, it's a new year. The 2023 playoff bracket is a chance to start fresh.Below are Sporting News' predictions for the 2023 NFL playoffs, complete with updated Super Bowl 57 picks, as NFL experts Vinnie Iyer, Bill Bender, Matt Lutovsky, Joe Rivera, Jacob Camenker, Edward Sutelan and Kevin Skiver weigh in on the bracket, taking into account what we learned about all 14 playoff teams over the course of the season.MORE NFL PLAYOFFS: | | (Getty Images) Which wild-card team (5-7 seeds) is the biggest threat to win it all?Vinnie Iyer:Chargers. Justin Herbert alone makes them Kyle Allen Jersey dangerous because he's a dynamic young gun who can hang in a pa sing duel with Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen or Joe Burrow. Their defense is more daunting on every level of late and Austin Ekeler can take over a game as a scrimmage nightmare out of the backfield.Bill Bender: Cowboys.There are a lot of qualifiers here, but Dallas has put 40 points on the Eagles and Vikings this season. Dak Prescott needs to cut down on the interceptions, and the tandem of Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliott must be better than the Week 18 disaster. That said, there are enough dynamic playmakers that can take over a game like CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons.Matt Lutovsky:Cowboys. The Chargers might be a better team than the Cowboys, but Dallas has a much easier path to the Super Bowl. The Bucs couldnt even finish .500 this year, the Vikings are considered by many to be the worst 13-win team of all-time, and the 49ers are starting a rookie QB. Even the Eagles have yet to prove they can get it done in the playoffs. The Cowboys have i sues of their own, as we saw in Week 18, but their road to the Super Bowl is easier than any of the other wild card teams.Joe Rivera:Cowboys. People are going to rag on Dallas a lot for their offense, but the defense is what will pose a threat to the rest of the NFC. Dallas has been one of the best pa s-rushing teams and also one of the NFL's better coverage teams. If Mike McCarthy needs to pare down the offense to a pure run and ball-control game, then their defense will give them a shot.Jacob Camenker:Chargers. That's probably going to be a boring answer, but in truth, the Nos. 5 to 7 seeds in each conference aren't all that exciting. The Ravens Chase Young Hoodies Sweatshirts and Dolphins are dealing with quarterback injuries, the Seahawks and Giants have both struggled against teams with a winning record and the Cowboys... well, you saw them against the Commanders in Week 18.I don't think it's likely we see a wild-card qualifier go that deep into the postseason.Edward Sutelan:Cowboys. Feels like a pending disappointment just waiting to happen every time Dallas reaches the playoffs, but the path to Super Bowl contention isn't that implausible. They start by facing a vulnerable Buccaneers team and would likely then head on to face a team with which they are very familiar in the Eagles. Dallas has proved it is a legitimate force this year, with the fourth-best DVOA and the No. 2 defense, and plenty of stars on both sides of the ball that can take over a game in big moments. Maybe this is finally the year Dallas goes on a run.Kevin Skiver: Chargers. Despite their myriad of injuries, the Chargers were one of the hottest teams in the league in the second half of the season, and they're one of the wild card teams with a legitimate installation at QB. As with the Chargers of recent years, it seems the only thing that can stop them is themselves. Getty Images Which of the top 1-3 seeds in either conference is most likely to be upset?Vinnie Iyer:Vikings. This was easy. The Vikings lost badly to the Eagles and Cowboys and they don't match up well with the 49ers. They barely escaped their Week 16 home game against the Giants, their opening opponent. It will be difficult for them to survive and advance right from the jump.Bill Bender: Vikings.This will be the popular pick, and it demeans the one-score succe s the Vikings had in the regular season. This will be Kirk Cousins' first playoff start at home for Minnesota, and they face a Giants team that can run the ball with Saquon Barkley and has also played in a bunch of close games with first-year coach Brian Daboll. It's a dangerous spot.Matt Lutovsky:49ers. San Francisco might very well be the best team in the NFL, so this pick isnt nece sarily a knock on them. Ultimately, though, its tough to trust an inexperienced, rookie QB in the postseason, and the 49ers are playing a divisional opponent that knows what it Kendall Fuller Jersey takes to them. The 49ers should beat the Seahawks in the first round, but would it really be all that shocking if the clock strikes midnight on Brock Purdys Cinderella season?Joe Rivera:Vikings. Minnesota has played in 11, one-score games this year. They are 11-0 in those games, but that should tell you that they're just a single turnover away from things going south.Jacob Camenker:Vikings. Eleven of Minnesota's 13 wins have come by one score.Some may scoff at the notion of Montez Sweat Jersey the Vikings losing to the Giants, a team that is 2-7 against teams with a winning record, but in truth, they aren't much worse than Minnesota. They nearly beat the Vikings in Week 15 will have a chance to pull off the upset.Edward Sutelan: Vikings.There's little doubt that the Vikings are the most likely team to be upset. Justin Jefferson is more than capable of putting a team on his back, but how many times can he do it? This team came into the last week of the season ranked 28th in overall DVOA, which would indicate they're a worse team than the Broncos, Panthers and many other bad or average teams that mi sed the playoffs. Minnesota needed yet a 17-point, fourth-quarter comeback and walk-off kick to beat the Giants in Week 16. It wouldn't take much to happen for them to be on the wrong end of a rematch.Kevin Skiver:Vikings. Th