NFL Week 2 predictions, best bets: Picks against the spread for every game

DID Roger Daltrey and The Who warn us 55 years ago about our Week 2 pick in the New York Jets-Green Bay Packers game? I’ll tip my hat to the new Constitution / Take a bow for the new revolution / Smile and grin at the change all around / Pick up my guitar and play / Just like yesterday / Then I’ll get on my knees and pray / We don’t get fooled again. Well, we are in that situation again.Same as last year, when Justin Fields’ lively performance in a 34-32 loss that should have been a win vs.

Aaron Rodgers’ Steelers.The following week they lost 30-10 to the Bills.

In 2024, a Thursday night 24-3 destruction of the Patriots was answered by five losses in a row.In 2022, the great Mike White 31-10 mauling of the Bears in Week 12 was the last game the Jets would win that season, as they dropped their final six. Even the Jets’ one shining moment, their Super Bowl III upset victory over the Colts, was essentially followed up with a bitter 13-6 loss at Shea Stadium to the Chiefs in the 1969 division playoffs after a 10-4 season. None of this should be a surprise.

The Jets are 136 games under .500 in their history, so by definition most of their good times are short-lived. Why would now be any different? What was so special about a 23-10 victory over the three-win Titans? Why isn’t this fool’s gold? We’re going to find out quickly if it was because the Packers will be coming into MetLife Stadium on Sunday angry after blowing a 22-10 lead in a 39-22 loss at Minnesota. I’m not buying in just yet on a magical Jets transformation, but I am willing to take 3.5 points at home in this specific matchup.The Jets (seem to) have a strong offensive line and running game, a few dangerous receivers and a pass rush.

Green Bay’s Jordan Love was harassed by incessant Vikings blitzes, and Aaron Glenn, with his “Superpower” play calling, will surely give him a lot more. The Pack is without Micah Parsons and missing Josh Jacobs.If this is getting fooled agai...