The 2024 NFL Kickoff Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens is scheduled for Thursday, September 5. The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers will play on Friday, September 6, in Brazil. There will be several obstacles for anyone making Week 1 NFL score predictions and Week 1 NFL bets because only three of the 16 games on the Week 1 NFL schedule are divisional matches. One of the 16 games in the NFL schedule for Week 1 will have the Dallas Cowboys visiting Cleveland for the first time since 2016. Based on the most recent NFL Week 1 odds, the Browns are 2.5-point favorites. Should you pick the Browns or the Cowboys for your Week 1 NFL predictions?
Having a target score in mind for every game will help you improve your NFL predictions, regardless of whether you’re playing any other NFL alternate lines, betting NFL spreads, or wagering NFL over/unders. Make sure to check out SportsLine guru Eric Cohen’s precise score predictions before making any Week 1 NFL picks.
Week 1 NFL slate was analyzed by Cohen, a SportsLine NFL analyst and host of the Friday NFL props show on SportsLine’s YouTube channel. Cohen provides insight and score predictions for every game. He had a 39-28 record on NFL picks at the end of the previous season, which paid well for wagerers. Last year, his precise score predictions went viral on social media. He even correctly predicted Kansas City’s 27-24 surprise win against Buffalo in the AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs. Cohen made profitable NFL predictions, and everybody who followed them. Cohen’s NFL Week 1 exact score predictions are exclusively available at SportsLine.
Cohen feels confident in one of those Week 1 home upset picks, the Indianapolis Colts to shock the Houston Texans, 29-26, after seeing all 16 of the NFL’s preseason games. After emerging as a surprise division victor the previous season thanks to the development of C.J. Stroud and an enhanced defense under first-year head coach DeMeco Ryans, the Texans are the favorites to win the AFC South. Despite this, the Colts overcame the Texans 31–20 in Houston, with quarterback Anthony Richardson leading the team to touchdown drives on its first two series before being forced to leave with a head injury on the team’s fourth possession.
Richardson is back to full health following a shoulder injury that ended the previous season. Indianapolis went 9-8 and finished one game short of the postseason despite Richardson missing much of the season on the field. Cohen predicts an upset in Week 1 in Indianapolis thanks to the Colts’ home crowd support and a solid performance by Richardson upon his return. Visit SportsLine to view his additional Week 1 football score predictions.
Cohen is also selecting an AFC favorite to defeat its opponent by greater than three touchdowns in Week 1. The secret to getting profitable Week 1 NFL picks is to nail this outcome. It’s exclusive to SportsLine.
