It was a good start to the season for me with my NFL picks as I was above .500 both straight up and against the spread. Like I said last week, Week 1 can be a challenge, so I will take my 12-4 straight-up record last week and my 9-7 mark against the spread. Normally Week 2 is get-even week, a chance for bad teams to play better and for good teams to show maybe they weren't as good as we thought.
I took that somewhat into account making these picks. Get-even week doesn't always work, but I like the theory. For example, the Chargers will beat the Raiders and cover this week after a terrible showing in losing to the Cardinals at home last week.
Several other teams that lost last week will get right as well. Let's keep it rolling with another winning week. This will be a treat to watch.
Both offenses can roll up big numbers and the defenses have issues. But playing on the road on a short week is always a challenge and it will be for the Lions. Look for Josh Allen to win a shootout with Jared Goff and the Lions' offense.
The Panthers were mauled on defense last week by the Bears. This Falcons offense isn't close to that. But I think they will just hand it to Bijan Robinson to keep the Panthers off the field.
Falcons win it behind Robinson's big day. This will be Carson Wentz at quarterback for the Vikings. But the marquee matchup is the Brian Flores defense against the explosive Bears offense.
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