While football may not exactly be on the mind in May, soon enough the NFL will be right back at the forefront of our lives. A reminder of that fact came on Wednesday with the league releasing its full 2024 regular-season schedule, which you can find right here. In this space, we’re going to specifically keep the focus on Week 1 and take a look at the betting odds to provide some early leans. Of course, it should be emphasized that these are early leans with these games not being played for months and plenty to still be determined between then and now, but it’s always a fun offseason exercise.
With that, let’s get right to it. Below, you’ll find the early odds for the opening slate and our early picks for how we see each Week 1 game unfolding.
All NFL odds via FanDuel Sportsbook.
The Chiefs will unveil their latest Super Bowl championship banner to open up the 2024 NFL season and then we’ll get a tasty AFC Championship rematch with the Ravens at Arrowhead Stadium. Last year, when K.C. was in this same exact spot, they fell to the Lions in the opener. That game was marred with a number of poorly executed plays by their receivers, and I don’t think Patrick Mahomes will be caught sleeping for a second time in a row. The Chiefs have revamped their wide receiver room this offseason, headlined by Marquise Brown and first-round pick Xavier Worthy. Meanwhile, the Ravens should be a threat in the conference yet again, but it remains to be seen how much of an impact losing defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald will be in 2024. With this being under a field goal, we’ll roll with the Chiefs, who were 5-4 ATS as the home team in 2023.
Projected score: Chiefs 23, Ravens 20
The pick: Chiefs -2.5
Packers at Eagles (-1.5), Friday — in Brazil
The NFL’s International Series kick off early in 2024 with the league setting up a Friday game between the Packers and Eagles in Brazil. Philly is technically the home…
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2024-05-16 03:16:27
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