It's that time of year again! It's time for the 2013 NFL season! With the return of the season comes the return of my Sports Savant NFL picks! We're set for another exciting and unpredictable year of NFL football, but that's why the Sports Savant is here to guide you through your NFL picks, every week, every team, to win, against the spread, and the over/under, for every game, through the Super Bowl, all year!
My picks last year were so accurate that an independent study done by the NSPL(National Score Predicting League) found that amongst all published records, of those who picked every game of the season in 2012, I finished first in the nation in multiple prediction categories including a first place finish in "Composite Winning Percentage", "Aggregate Composite Wins", "Aggregate Wins Vs. The Over/Under", and "Aggregate Perfect Games and Percentage of Total Predictions"! (See list of these results at the NSPL website...NSPL National Ranks) Needles to say, the Sports Savant's NFL Weekly Picks was one of America's most trusted sources for NFL predictions all last year! I'm hoping for even better results this season!
Enough of the 2013 introduction though. Let's get to my Week 1 picks!
NOTE: The team with a negative number in parenthesis "(-3)" next to their name is the favorite to win the matchup and the number represents how many points the favorite has to score more than the underdog to count as a winning bet. The over/under for the game is represented by a number in parenthesis with the letters o and u "(o/u 46)". The number represents the amount of points you are wagering whether or not the two team's combined score will be in excess of or short of. Official betting lines courtesy of www.footballlocks.com
Baltimore @ Denver(-7.5) (o/u 48)
Savant Spread Pick: Denver and the points to win ~ 31-21
Over/Under Pick: Over
Buffalo v. New England(-10) (o/u 51)
Savant Spread Pick: New England and the points to win ~ 34-17
Over/Under Pick: Over
Tennessee @ Pittsburgh(-6.5) (o/u 42)
Savant Spread Pick: Pittsburgh and the points to win ~ 24-17
Over/Under Pick: Under
Atlanta @ New Orleans(-3) (o/u 55)
Savant Spread Pick: New Orleans and the points to win ~ 34-28
Over/Under Pick: Over
New York(A) v. Tampa Bay(-3.5) (o/u 39.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Tampa Bay and the points to win ~ 23-10
Over/Under Pick: Under
Jacksonville v. Kansas City(-3.5) (o/u 42.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Kansas City and the points to win ~ 17-13
Over/Under Pick: Under
Cincinnati @ Chicago(-3) (o/u 42)
Savant Spread Pick: Chicago and the points to win ~ 23-17
Over/Under Pick: Under
Miami @ Cleveland(-2) (o/u 41)
Savant Spread Pick: Cleveland and the points to win ~ 16-13
Over/Under Pick: Under
Carolina v. Seattle(-3) (o/u 45)
Savant Spread Pick: Seattle and the points to win ~ 24-13
Over/Under Pick: Under
Minnesota @ Detroit(-4) (o/u 46.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Minnesota to win ~ 28-24
Over/Under Pick: Over
Oakland @ Indianapolis(-10.5) (o/u 46.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Indianapolis and the points to win ~ 28-10
Over/Under Pick: Under
Arizona @ St. Louis(-4) (o/u 41.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Arizona to win ~ 23-17
Over/Under Pick: Under
Green Bay @ San Francisco(-4.5) (o/u 48.5)
Savant Spread Pick: San Francisco and the points to win ~ 27-21
Over/Under Pick: Under
New York(N) @ Dallas(-3.5) (o/u 49.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Dallas and the points to win ~ 27-23
Over/Under Pick: Over
Philadelphia @ Washington(-3.5) (o/u 52)
Savant Spread Pick: Washington and the points to win ~ 24-20
Over/Under Pick: Under
San Diego v. Houston(-4.5) (o/u 44.5)
Savant Spread Pick: Houston and the points to win ~ 27-21
Over/Under Pick: Over
