However, the Bears beat the Niners with only 204 total yards of offense. Meanwhile, Chicago beat San Francisco 19-10. You may be getting a little recency-bias discount on this one, as the Packers offense struggled in a Week 1 loss to Minnesota. Green Bay Packersįinally, the Green Bay Packers move into the fifth spot. Not all of those weeks will have as many other quality options as this one. We project them to have win odds higher than this week in five different future weeks. However, that is countered by Buffalo being by far our highest future-value team for 2022. Because their popularity is a little lower, they do have a pretty good EV. The Bills are also one of the bigger favorites of the week, and they have similar win odds to the Rams and Broncos. The Browns’ win odds this week are larger than any week until the matchup with Houston in Week 13, when QB Deshaun Watson is expected back from his suspension. What they don’t have is a lot of future value, especially in pools where the size is reduced enough that late weeks look less likely. Because of those lower win odds, the Browns have a lower EV than other options. The betting markets have Cleveland as a 6-point favorite, lower than the other popular choices this week. The Jets lost 24-9 to Baltimore, although they did have 104 more yards than the Ravens. Having the Jets as their opponent is also a factor here in the public pick rate, as New York was the one big underdog last week that did not win or play a close game. The Cleveland Browns have moved into the third position in popularity after winning their season opener at Carolina. If you don’t use them this week, Weeks 7 (Jets) and 8 (Jaguars) look like the next-best options. The Broncos have solid future value, but it isn’t prohibitively high. It’s in that large group of teams favored by 10 points, with win odds of 82% in the markets. But Denver’s offense moved the ball consistently and just struggled in the red zone (two fumbles at the goal line).ĭenver is the second-most popular pick right now. Denver Broncosĭenver lost its season opener to Seattle by one point and now faces a Houston team that tied Indianapolis in Week 1. Week 5 looks like a suddenly viable spot to use the Rams in the near term if you save them, as they get Dallas (without Dak Prescott) that week. The Rams also have the second-highest future value of the five most popular options this week, behind only Buffalo. That gives the Rams a solid-but-unspectacular EV this week. The Rams are the biggest favorite of the week (-10.5), but there are four other teams favored by 9.5 or 10 points that have similar win odds and lower popularity. However, the Falcons did gain more than 400 yards in a narrow loss to the New Orleans Saints in Week 1. On Sunday, the Rams face the Atlanta Falcons, who have the lowest projected win total in the betting markets for the year. The result of that game understated how poorly they played, as some Buffalo turnovers prevented it from being an even bigger margin of defeat. In Week 2, the Rams have an opportunity to bounce back from their Thursday Night Football debacle against Buffalo. Let’s briefly go through the five most popular options. Here are the most popular teams early on for Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season: Tuesday 9/13 Five Most Popular Week 1 Survivor Picks Get Picks Now Free Access Offers Available We plan to periodically update this post until Sunday of Week 2 arrives, and we will also be posting video updates throughout the week as well, so check our articles section for those. We also provide some of the rationale behind picks potentially recommended by our product. In these weekly columns, we explore strategies to maximize your edge in NFL survivor pools, also known as knockout pools or eliminator pools. Pool sizes should be substantially smaller after only one week. The opening week was full of landmines and heartache, but survivor players that made it through now have an opportunity. Less than half of all survivor entries made it through Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season. The Rams and Bills are two of the most popular survivor picks in Week 2 (Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire)
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