2024 NFL Week 1 picks: Early leans and best bets for every game following NFL schedule release
With the NFL schedule out, top NFL expert R.J. White breaks down every Week 1 game to find betting value in the market
We now know the entire 2024 NFL schedule after the league's Wednesday release of every matchup across the 18 weeks of the season. Sportsbooks have put up spreads and totals for all Week 1 games, and some have also posted lines for every game over the first 17 weeks of the season for those looking to grab early value wherever they can find it.
We put together our initial power ratings and gave that out to members on Tuesday so that they could be ready to attack the lines once they were posted, and predictably we've already seen some movement in the market. Teams like the Browns and Giants have largely flipped from being home underdogs on their openers to slight favorites, while the Bengals appear to have taken sharp action after opening at -7.5 against the Patriots, with that line already up a point in the market. Our power ratings had all three matchups trending in the expected direction for those games.
Below, we'll run through every Week 1 game and share the bets I've already made in the market along with my initial leans on every spread. The early best bets include one teaser and two spread plays that I loved enough to lock in now, as I think we won't have the option of betting those numbers come August.
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