Thursday -Ravens vs. Chiefs 4-1 vs. Lamar Jackson, 6-2 Reid vs Harbaugh but some things have changed. 3 new offensive lineman for Baltimore, brand new receiver group again for KC, the Chiefs themselves with a new left tackle. The biggest matchups who’s gonna stop the tight ends? Mark Andrews vs Ried, Travis Kelce vs Hamilton. The Chiefs do they come out clicking already? Mahomes not invincible like he has been in the playoffs but close to it at 15-4 in September for his career, 5-1 in week 1. This group has to be locked in for February as they attempt to be the first NFL team to 3 peat. Jackson is 13-7 in September, 5-1 in week . The Ravens have some talk about them not being as good. It’s really tough for me to pick against KC and every time I do it seems I get beat, however I let my daughter pick this one and she went Ravens +3, so I’ll make my prediction is still 24-23 Baltimore. While I would love to have these first games right, week 1 everyone is still seeing what differences there are with new units for each team, so it’ll go how it goes.
| Ravens +130 | Ravens +3-115 | over 46 |
Friday -Packers vs. Eagles The Friday night NFL game may be a bit of the same thing as far being must see t.v. The first time the Packers have faced the Eagles with Love at QB. The Eagles how things went downhill fast with AJ Brown injured and getting demolished to close out the year down in Tampa Bay. Both these teams have a lot to look forward to as Philly fans are hyped up and the wagers are following that hype as they bring in Barkley to an all-star group on offense. How to stop them is really going to be a tough task, last time these two met it was Rodgers at QB and they couldn’t keep it not even close to it 40-33. The thing is with two new cornerbacks in week 1, either Slay has taught them enough or they are going to have a long day because this is the same offense as the 49ers that the Packers are bringing to the game in Brazil. The difference being is the Packers d able to implement a game plan similar to how the 49ers went in and stuck to their script, then monkey see monkey doo after that. New DC for Philly but has the coaching staff been able to come up with the new wrinkles or have the upper echelon of defensive minds figured out the gameplan they can implement and beat you. My reasoning for this pick is the new guys joining Darius Slay in the secondary for Philly and how are they going to handle everything not being like it will be as they are in Brazil, new DC and first time on the big stage. Philly is going to be able to score here with a loaded offense and everyone but Kelce back on the O line. My pick here is the over originally but after adding up where they score 24.6 Eagles 23.8 Green Bay you can certainly justify the bet, but Philly only put up 19 per game away from home last year so I backed off it, how much an improvement is Barkley? 28.7 for Green Bay last 3 games and the taste of blood now for Love and the offense now that they know how they have to perform with that urgentness vs. how they played before the playoffs. They showed up and beat Detroit on Thanksgiving, the public isn’t backing Green Bay some 30% consensus. My pick is Green Bay money line here.
| Green Bay +122 | Green Bay +2½-108 | Over 48 |
May be 0-2 here but thats ok just my thoughts, I don’t actually know what’s gonna happen, best of luck