The NFL is an adapt or survive league, an approach would-be NFL bettors need to take as well after a chaotic Week 1.
An opening salvo featuring upsets, unexpected developments and plenty of star power offered interesting lessons to take into the second week. Expected powerhouses like New Orleans fell, supposed down-on-their-luck types like Cleveland showed signs of life and—perhaps most important here—the lines from oddsmakers turned out to be quite exploitable.
Monday's Week 1 finale was a fine balancing act in this regard, with Detroit favored by about a touchdown before going down at the hands of the New York Jets.