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NFL Week 1 Picks: The 4 Games To Consider For Football Pools

NFL Week 1 Picks: The 4 Games To Consider For Football Pools

Maximizing your edge in a football pool requires making pick decisions that optimally balance risk and reward. This article in our series on football pool strategy will dive into specific types of games you need to watch out for.

Better yet, we’ll share four specific examples from the NFL Week 1 slate.

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How To Make The Best NFL Week 1 Picks

Before we get to the picks, let’s quickly review what winning football pick’em pool strategy entails. At a high level, it involves doing two things right.

Assessing Your Current Context
Whether it’s NFL Week 1 or the last week of the season, the first thing you need to do before making picks is assess your pool situation. At any given point in time, your chance to win your football pool depends on a variety of factors, such as:

  • Your current position in the standings
  • Your pool’s payout structure
  • How many weeks are left in the season
  • The potential weekly scoring volatility made possible by your pool’s scoring system

Projecting Matchups & Opponent Picks
Second, you need to make sure you have two important pieces of data on every weekly NFL matchup: win odds and expected opponent pick popularity.

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