From a sports betting perspective, it was a wild first week of the NFL season. Nine underdogs, including the Saints, Texans, and Steelers, won their games outright, let alone with the points. How will things play out in Week 2? Sports Illustrated's betting analysts have their breakdown below.
But first:
Here's our criteria for picking games:
- Each analyst must pick five games games
- Three of the bets must be Against The Spread or Over/Under
- The remaining two picks (if didn’t pick all five ATS or O/U) can be on the Moneyline (but at least one of those ML picks must be on an underdog)
- We believe transparency is paramount in the world of sports betting, which is why we entrust Sharp Rank to keep track of all our picks/performance.