NFL Picks For Every Week 1 Game

Rarely is a team ever a 9-point home underdog in Week 1 and rarer still is when it happens to the same team three times.

But these are the Cleveland Browns and as they sit as 9-point home dogs against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, they look for a better result than the previous two times they were in this position.

And Bears bettors will need more than Luck to cash their tickets, because Indy starts with a 10-point head start at Vegas sportsbooks.

Chicago is a 10-point home favorite at most shops tracked by SB Nation’s lines partner Odds Shark and the irony here is interesting. The Bears were double-digit underdogs at Indy a few years back and emerged with a huge 29-13 victory, according to the matchup report. Can Indy return the favor here?

The Atlanta Falcons head to Arrowhead Stadium to kick off their 2012 campaign but, while they are brimming with confidence, Falcons bettors are hesitant.

The last five times the Falcons opened the season on the road, they failed to cover the spread four of those times.

Over at CBS Sports the experts were split, with five selecting the Bolts and the other four picking the Raiders. One pick for the Raiders came from the prediction machine.

Out of the 14 ESPN experts, eight of them are taking San Diego this week, while the other six see Oakland as the top dog.

Locker has long been considered a solid NFL quarterback prospect, and he didn’t throw an interception in his rookie campaign. But Bill Belichick’s vaunted Patriots defense will be gunning for the No. 8 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft as he gets used to taking snaps as Tennessee’s first-stringer.

Joel Thorman of SB Nation had this to say in his Week 1 NFL picks:

The 14-member panel at ESPN.com shows a slight eight-to-six edge in favor of the Vikings, while six of the nine expert sources at CBSSports.com have sided with Jacksonville. At Yahoo!, Mike Silver thinks the Jags will win but Jason Cole and Les Carpenter have selected the Vikings to prevail. In other words, this game can probably be considered a toss-up.

But I can already tell you who will win every game this week. Your completely accurate NFL picks for Week 1:

Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears

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