Week 1 NFL Picks: Predictions, Odds and Over/Under Tips for Season Openers

For NFL bettors in Week 1, sometimes the simple spreads aren’t enough.

Those in need of a more robust game of chance against the house in Las Vegas and simply more chances at coming out ahead can play the over/under odds. This can happen with some degree of success, too, with a basic analysis of matchups.

This week features plenty of both worlds, with some obvious defensive-minded affairs featuring low expected totals. More fun to most, though, is the high-scoring encounters where teams combine to blow past Las Vegas’ suggestion.

There is a way for bettors to get ahead either way. Here is a look at the rest of the opening-week slate.

NFL Week 1 Odds

Odds courtesy of Odds Shark.

Top Odds Green Bay (-6) at Jacksonville

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This might wind up the easiest line of the week.

The Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars averaged in the neighborhood of 23 points per game last year and don’t figure to have any problems doing so again this season. Add an escalation when the two sides encounter each other this week, and the over of 48 doesn’t stand a chance.

Those Packers still have Aaron Rodgers under center and will have Jordy Nelson on the field this year, too. Nelson missed all of last year, though a quote grabbed by Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette makes it sound like the two won’t have any problems:

QBs coach Alex Van Pelt on Aaron Rodgers & Jordy Nelson chemistry: “It’s like riding a bike. It doesn’t take long to remember how to do it.”

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) September 7, 2016

Perhaps more interesting is the Jaguars, a team that got 35 touchdowns from quarterback Blake Bortles as he leaned on a strong trio of Allen Robinson, Allen Hurns and Julius Thomas, which combined for 29 scores.

With T.J. Yeldon in the backfield (740 yards and two scores last year) and wideout …

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