{"id":884468,"date":"2026-09-08T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884468\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:16:11","slug":"week-1-nfl-picks-and-early-odds-to-exploit-for-2026-opening-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884468\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1 NFL Picks and Early Odds to Exploit for 2026 Opening Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson played through multiple injuries in 2025, while Indianapolis Colts signal-caller Daniel Jones suffered a season-ending Achilles tear. When the two were healthy, though, they were two of the most potent playmakers in the NFL. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Both Jackson and Jones are healthy now, and fans should expect to see some offensive fireworks in this matchup. They should also expect to see a good amount of points on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Ravens were atrocious defensively last season, and while new head coach Jesse Minter should spark improvements in 2026, Baltimore&#8217;s defense probably won&#8217;t be elite right out of the gate. The Colts, meanwhile, have added some pieces to a defense that ranked 23rd overall last season. However, they are also unlikely to lead with their defense in Week 1. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Between Jackson, Jones, Derrick Henry, and Jonathan Taylor, there&#8217;s simply too much big-play ability in this matchup to ignore. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson played through multiple injuries in 2025, while Indianapolis Colts signal-caller Daniel Jones suffered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-884468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}