.The 2024 Week 1 NFL timetable is actually stacked along with some terrific matchups.The initial week slate includes both a Thursday and also Friday evening video game as the defending champion Kansas Urban area Chiefs (-3, 46.5) kick off the season against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5. The NFL action then heads to South america for an activity in between the Green Bay Packers and Philly Eagles on Sept. 6. The Detroit Lions possess an NFC divisional around rematch versus the Los Angeles Rams on Sept 8 and also the slate ends with the probably yield of Aaron Rodgers, as the Nyc Jets deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 9 on Monday Evening Regulation Football (ABC/ESPN+). Our betting professionals checked out the early Week 1 lines to discover some value prior to the lines relocate nearer to the games.Joe Fortenbaugh's very first wager: Baltimore Ravens (+3) vs. Kansas Metropolitan area ChiefsSeveral well-respected sportsbooks-- each in Vegas and offshore-- have currently adjusted south to Chiefs -2.5 with the help of an inflow of sophisticated Ravens loan. Along With Baltimore +3 (-120) still offered at ESPN WAGER, I'm getting down right now just before the crucial variety of "3" disappears.Editor's PicksSince taking control of as head instructor in Baltimore back in 2008, John Harbaugh is actually an entirely absurd 12-4 perpendicular and against the escalate in Full week 1. That 75% hit price dives to 85.7% (6-1 SU and also ATS) from 2017 to present time, with a bonkers +18.9 cover margin. Search for freshly obtained managing back Derrick Holly and the Baltimore rushing attack to keep the Ravens injustice on the industry ... and also Patrick Mahomes off it.Tyler Fulghum's very first wager: Los Angeles Rams (+3.5) at Detroit LionsI don't know if this will relocate up to 3, but in the event it carries out, I really want the extra half factor on the Rams. Sean McVay has been an ultimate fantastic in Week 1 (7-0 ATS). The Rams conveniently might have succeeded that Wild Card video game at Ford Area in January. This need to be actually an additional tightly disputed, coin flip video game. Possessing greater than a field goal head start on the scoreboard appears incredibly beneficial to me.Ben Solak's initial wager: Dallas Cowboys +3 (-120) at Cleveland BrownsCeeDee Sheep signed a four year, $136 thousand agreement last week and also ought to be ready to radiate in Week 1. Photograph by Cooper Neill/Getty ImagesI understand that the Browns were actually 5-1 in Deshaun Watson's six begins last time, however he was much coming from remarkable because restricted opportunity. Without Scar Chubb in the backfield, Watson is going to need to bring the Browns affront versus what should remain a thrifty self defense in Dallas despite the personal injury to DaRon Bland.But much more than I want to be actually fading the Browns early, I am actually buying the Cowboys early. I presume they've prepared and built effectively to make up their offending pipes variations. I also believe that our pay attention to the poor long-term health and wellness of the Cowboys' franchise (long CeeDee Lamb arrangement hold-in, no Dak package, no Parsons deal) biases us versus the temporary health and wellness of the Cowboys roster immediately. Prescott, Parsons, and Sheep are actually still in the structure. Merely the Chiefs have actually succeeded more frequent season video games over the last 3 years than the Cowboys. This is actually still a good football team.Seth Walder 1st wager: Alternate Escalate: Seattle Seahawks (-12.5, +215) vs. Denver BroncosGeno Smith and also the enhanced Seattle Seahawks outburst could be challenging to pick up the Denver Broncos' protection. Photo by Rio Giancarlo/Getty ImagesI'm making use of an alternating product line here to make the most of the fact that this game has way a lot more variation than an ordinary contest. There is actually an opportunity that Ryan Grubb's outburst - which powered Washington to the national headline video game in 2013 - could possibly offer instantaneous rockets in its own NFL launching. Mike Macdonald need to locate creative ways to get pressure as well as quickly place life in to the Seat's elapsed surge. And there is actually a possibility that Bo Nix just can't await his NFL launching. I don't recognize if any of these are going to take place, however the chance of an extreme outcome seems to be a lot greater here than many games.Andre Snellings first wager: Environment-friendly Bay Packers +3.0 over Philadelphia Eagles (-120 ). Jalen Hurts didn't dip into all this preseason and for the second year in a row he'll start the season along with a brand new outburst under a new outrageous planner. The Packers are actually obtaining the complete 3 aspects at ESPN wager at this moment, even though the Eagles won't actually have home industry benefit along with the video game to be played in Sao Paulo, South America. While I count on the Eagles to look far better than the crew that shed six of their last seven video games last season, they'll be facing a Packers team that ended in 2014 aflame as Jordan Passion flew in his initial year starting under facility. Passion enters this year along with a complete enhance of interesting young wide receivers well-balanced, elevating the roof for the Packers' outburst and also improving the likelihood they begin the season on a high details.