PFT’s 2023 NFL Super Bowl LVIII picks, Florio vs. Simms
Feb 10, 2024 at 8:00 AM
The competition is ending, and there's no competition whatsoever as to our final selections of the year.Chris Simms and I both agree on the winner of Super Bowl LVIII: Kansas City Chiefs.The picks were made at the live joint podcast from the Mandalay Bay sportsbook on Wednesday night. If you haven't seen it, you should. If only to witness how well Chris performed while admittedly in the aftermath of the a little smoky-smoke and more than a little drinky-drink.Sorry to everyone who believes the game will be rigged to deliver a victory to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Sorry to those who actually believe Swift and Kelce are part of a deep-state effort to rig the election. Sorry, most importantly, to 49ers fans who saw five Super Bowl wins in the first 29 installments of the game and are hoping for just one to cap the second 29 editions of it.Last year, I believed that the Eagles were the better team, but that the Chiefs had Patrick Mahomes. So I picked the Chiefs.This year, it's the same feeling, except it's not clear whether the 49ers are currently better. At one point in the season, it seemed as if the 49ers would steamroll anyone/everyone as long as their nucleus of key players...
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