Each week, I’ll make my five best NFL bets.Then ChatGPT will make its five best bets from the same odds board.
We’ll track both records throughout the season and let the results determine who actually knows what they're talking about.2026 NFL SEASON PREDICTIONS: DIVISION WINNERS, PLAYOFF TEAMS AND SUPER BOWL PICK REVEALEDI expect ChatGPT to wipe the floor with me.It has access to more information than any human could process, while I have a long and proud history of giving people reasons to bet against me.
If it can’t beat me, all those people predicting AI will take over the world are clearly wrong.The Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders headline a human-vs.-ChatGPT NFL betting showdown with 10 total Week 1 picks.(Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)The lines used will be the best available numbers when the picks are made.
I reserve the right to complain that I was on the right side and just got unlucky, but the record will count the same either way.If ChatGPT gets one wrong, however, it wasn’t unlucky.
It was just wrong.No moving the goalposts for the robot.First up: my five picks.
Then, ChatGPT’s five picks.Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m.ET (FOX)I don't love laying three on the road in Week 1 but the Bears are a team on the rise that came within a play of reaching the NFC Championship last year.
The Panthers made the playoffs, but they weren't all that good and are due for negative regression.Solid price on the better team, and Chicago’s offense should match up well with Carolina’s zone-heavy defense.The concern is laying a full field goal on the road with several Bears carrying injury questions.Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m.
ET (CBS)Simple: where are the points going to come from? Deshaun Watson and the Browns? Well, maybe, but only if it's Watson throwing pick-6s or turning the ball over deep in his own territory.I also like getting a few unders on the card because Week 1 unders are 52-28 (65%) over...