The primary Sunday of the NFL season is within the books!

Moment the weekend left us bettors with extra questions than solutions, we will be able to be neatly confident that Patrick Mahomes goes to return out robust, when he squares off towards Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars in Day 2. 

We additionally noticed the start of the day in Inexperienced Bay, and boy, does it glance Love-ly. 

So with out additional ado, let’s bounce into my favourite bets for the Day 2 slate. 

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Chiefs at Jaguars (1 p.m., CBS)

If Mahomes is a favourite of beneath 3 issues, or an underdog, it’s an automated guess for me, and this layout opened at -2.5 within the glance forward and hasn’t moved in spite of the results from this weekend. 

The Chiefs misplaced to the Detroit Lions 21-20, presen Jacksonville beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-21. The Chiefs misplaced that sport as a result of 10% of Mahomes passes had been dropped via a receiving corps that used to be with out famous person tight finish Travis Kelce. He might or would possibly not play games this weekend, however his condition doesn’t trade my guess. 

The Chiefs’ offense goes to play games higher. The offensive layout didn’t run prohibit as it’s able to, and I be expecting an all-around higher efficiency from that unit. The Jaguars’ protection is reasonable, and the Chiefs treated them with diversion two times latter season. 

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The Chiefs’ protection performed neatly towards the Lions. It best allowed 14 issues with out DT Chris Jones within the lineup. Its younger defensive backfield is cast, and I feel it ends the season within the govern 3rd of the NFL. It’s at all times getting to be juiceless to prohibit Lawrence, however the Chiefs have the scheme and gamers to do it enough quantity to preserve this sport. 

And finally: taking an indignant Tremendous Bowl championship workforce taking a look to get its first victory later taking part in poorly in Day 1 is a great guess.  

PICK: Kansas Town (-2.5) to win via greater than 2.5 issues

Browns at Steelers (8:15 p.m., ABC/ESPN+)

The Cleveland Browns’ offense ran the ball neatly towards the Bengals, but it surely wasn’t till the Bengals’ protection were given old i’m sick — with none backup from their offense — that we noticed the scoring consequence. 

Deshaun Watson, who the Browns had been hoping would go back to his Houston mode, didn’t seem to be significantly better in Day 1 than latter season. He skipped too many footballs and didn’t throw correct passes. Possibly it used to be the downpour, however I’d be anxious if I used to be Cleveland. 

The Steelers’ protection is much better than it performed towards the San Francisco 49ers, and with the Browns i’m sick their proper take on, the Steelers’ T.J. Watt will have some other obese pace. They will construct it juiceless for the Browns to advance the ball if Watson isn’t throwing neatly. 

I used to be tremendous bummed concerning the Steelers’ offense on Sunday towards the 49ers. I used to be top on its capacity in 2023, however Pittsburgh were given its butt whooped via the 49ers protection. The offensive layout used to be beggarly, and I abhor this matchup for it towards a Browns defensive layout this is elite and rolls more than one layers deep. 

The Steelers are getting to aim to advance the ball.  

I’m taking the Beneath right here. 

PICK: Beneath 40 issues scored via each groups blended

Packers at Falcons  (1 p.m., FOX and FOX Sports activities App)  

I simply don’t purchase the Falcons being any just right later Day 1. 

They beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 with best 13 offensive first downs and 221 yards. They pressured 3 giveover and scored 17 issues on scale down areas. Their protection used to be lively getting later Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Younger, however the Falcons aren’t getting to power 3 giveover towards the Packers. 

The Packers gave the look of a playoff workforce towards the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Jordan Love is in any case the Packers’ establishing quarterback of the day, and he performed the phase of their win. He used to be cool, peace and picked up, presen taking part in inside of himself and the device. 

The Packers protection used to be lively and made it tricky for the Bears’ offense to function. 

The Packers are simply higher than the Falcons, and I’m nice laying some extent with them at the highway.  

PICK: Inexperienced Bay (-1) to win via greater than 1 level

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