It’s time to put Deflategate behind us and play football. The defending champion New England Patriots, the team at the center of the under inflated footballs saga, kicks off a new season hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on NBC Thursday, September 10.
The Patriots could open the season without Tom Brady under center for the first time in 14 seasons as he faces a suspension from the NFL for his involvement in the deflated footballs controversy. An opening line has yet to be established as oddsmakers wait to see if Jimmy Garoppolo gets his first NFL start.
The NFC is featured prominently in national broadcasts during Week 1 when the high-flying Philadelphia Eagles take their up-tempo offense to Atlanta in the first of ESPN Monday Night Football’s doubleheader.
Behind coach Chip Kelly the Eagles are likely to have the highest over/under total every week of the season. The total for their game with the Falcons opened at 54.5, which is the highest on the board in Week 1.
There’s been a lot of movement since the opening line came out for the second Monday Night Football contest featuring the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers. The Niners had what many consider the worst off-season in the history of off-seasons, leaving their club in ruins.
San Francisco was a 3-point favorite on the opener, but the spread has since swung in favor of the Vikings, who are currently 2.5-point chalk. The Vikes had a great preseason and Teddy Bridgewater looks like the real deal. Projected to finish third in the NFC North at +489 at BookMaker, Minnesota is a sleeper pick and has the tools to overtake Green Bay at the top of the division.
NBC’s first installment of Sunday Night Football features a classic NFC East battle between when the Cowboys host the Giants. Both teams tip-toed through the preseason, but you know they’ll be ready once the bell rings. The home team was installed as an early 5.5-point favorite with the total at 51.
The top two picks in the 2015 NFL Draft face each other when Marcus Mariota and the Tennessee Titans visit Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a Sunday late game on CBS. Both quarterbacks showed promise during the practice games and one will win his first start in the NFL. The oddsmakers see this one as a tossup with the Bucs laying the traditional field goal for home-field advantage.
The Packers open up the post-Jordy Nelson era after the star receiver and Aaron Rodgers’ favorite target tore up his knee in the preseason. The Pack opened as the largest favorite in Week 1 at -6.5 against their division rival Bears and new head coach John Fox. FOX covers the early game on Sunday.
Along with Chicago’s Fox, other head coaches will debut with new teams. Rex Ryan takes over in Buffalo and gets a stiff test in his opener against the Colts in an early Sunday game on CBS. At home the Bills get 2.5 points against Andrew Luck.
The Todd Bowles regime gets underway in New York when the Jets host the Browns at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on CBS. The Jets are happy to see the season get underway after a rocky preseason that saw their starting quarterback get his jaw busted by a teammate. New York is laying three points with the over/under at 40.
The early and late afternoon games on Sunday will be televised regionally by either FOX or CBS. You can bet on all 16 games in Week 1 live through BookMaker. That’s right, you can wager on spreads, totals, moneylines and props during commercials and timeouts.
And you can already gamble on every game at BookMaker because they’ve had NFL lines for every matchup on the board since last Wednesday. Best of luck in Week 1!
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