With the NFL schedule being released this week, it’s not too early to look at the early returns for the opening lines of the first week match-ups in the NFL.
The season will open with the Pittsburgh Steelers traveling to New England. According to Oddsshark.com, the Patriots are a 6.5 point favorite. Despite winning the Super Bowl last year, the Patriots started out last season on such a bad note that many had predicted the team had finally lost out on its common theme of winning.
The Pats were 2-2, which included a loss at Miami, a 16-9 win against Oakland, and a thrashing on Monday Night Football against Kansas City. To start the 2014 season, the Pats were 1-3 against the spread.
The Steelers will enter the contest after losing in the first round of the playoffs against the Ravens. The Steelers also experienced a rocky beginning last year to the beginning of the season, which included a loss to Tampa Bay.
Other first week games include:
Seattle at St. Louis (+4.5)
Green Bay at Chicago (+3.5)
Kansas City at Houston (-2.5)
Cleveland at New York Jets (-2.5)
Miami at Washington (+1.5)
Carolina at Jacksonville (+2.5)
Indianapolis at Buffalo (+2.5)
Detroit at San Diego (-2)
New Orleans at Arizona (-3)
Cincinnati at Oakland (+3)
Baltimore at Denver (-4)
Tennessee at Tamp Bay (-2.5)
New York Giants at Dallas (-5)
Philadelphia at Atlanta (+1)
Minnesota at San Francisco (-4.5)
