Week 1 NFL Picks: Vegas Odds, Prop Bets and Predictions for Opening Schedule

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With football fans’ appetites whetted after Thursday night’s regular-season opener between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers, they are about to get the main course with Sunday’s full slate of Week 1 games. 

As the league enters the unknown that is the beginning of the season, bettors and fans alike looking to start the year off right are working with the small sample size of preseason. 

For those interested in those betting lines and point spreads, here is everything you need to know for each of the remaining Week 1 games.

     

Week 1 Odds and Predictions

     

Season Prop Bets

     

Breaking Down Most Intriguing Week 1 Picks

New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals (-7)

The Jimmy Garoppolo experiment will finally get going as Tom Brady begins his four-game Deflategate suspension. 

While the New England Patriots’ first four games aren’t the most taxing, they are playing an Arizona Cardinals team that was just one win away from representing the NFC in Super Bowl 50. 

More importantly, this team holds one of the most dangerous passing offenses in the league.

Last season, veteran quarterback Carson Palmer led Arizona to 4,616 yards in the air, second only behind the New Orleans Saints thanks to a lethal trio of receivers in Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown. 

With all three of those targets returning, Fox Sports’ Peter Schrager made some bold predictions for Palmer and his teammates on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football:

“The …

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