NFL Week 1 confidence pool rankings: Picks and analysis for every game
The bittersweet passing of Labor Day comes with the excitement of NFL Week 1 and all the financial upside that comes over the course of the next four months.Football season marks the pinnacle of the gambling calendar not only for all the action placed through FanDuel and DraftKings, but the friendly competition it fosters in your community. One of those pastimes is confidence pools.Each week, you select your winner for every game on the slate and assign them a points system.
For 16 games, you assign your most confident selection 16 points and your least confident with one point. So if you think a game is a coin toss, it gets fewer points while lopsided matchups get more. The person with the most points at the end of the season wins the pool. We’ll publish our strategy ahead of each week and keep a running tab on our point total.Justin Herbert is in his prime and the Chargers are expected to take the next step as Super Bowl contenders this season, priced at 16/1.The team is healthy and Mike McDaniel steps in as the new offensive coordinator to add creativity.
The Cardinals’ pitiful defense will plague them all season even if they begin grooming some talented young offensive weapons.At SoFi, count on a few explosive plays from Herbert to seal this one. The Jaguars are on the heels of a 13-4 season — their second-highest win total in franchise history.
That was largely thanks to Liam Coen’s indelible impact on the team, eliciting a franchise record in total points while the defense was impervious to the run.They get the plagued Browns, who are starting Deshaun Watson after nearly two years since his last game, at home. Don’t ever doubt a Dan Campbell team when it comes to being prepared.
The Lions are actually healthy and the race to the rushing and receiving title begins for Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St.Brown.
We’ll see what Tyler Shough is actually made of after his late-season run came against all teams under .500. It’s the Rams’ season to...