NFL Week 1: every game called, every number checked.

The 2026 season opens Thursday, September 10 — Patriots at Seahawks under the lights, sixteen games through the Monday doubleheader. This page is the room where Week 1 lives on FantasyDailies: our pick on every game, written before kickoff and graded off the final; the full Week 1 board with live spreads, totals and moneylines compared across nine sportsbooks; and the tools that price everything else on the slate.

The Week 1 slate

New England Patriots at Seattle SeahawksWednesday · 8:20 PM ETOur call →

San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles RamsThursday · 8:35 PM ETOur call →

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati BengalsSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

New Orleans Saints at Detroit LionsSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

New York Jets at Tennessee TitansSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis ColtsSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh SteelersSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

Chicago Bears at Carolina PanthersSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville JaguarsSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

Buffalo Bills at Houston TexansSunday · 1:00 PM ETOur call →

Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas RaidersSunday · 4:25 PM ETOur call →

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota VikingsSunday · 4:25 PM ETOur call →

Washington Commanders at Philadelphia EaglesSunday · 4:25 PM ETOur call →

Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles ChargersSunday · 4:25 PM ETOur call →

Dallas Cowboys at New York GiantsSunday · 8:20 PM ETOur call →

Denver Broncos at Kansas City ChiefsMonday · 8:15 PM ETOur call →

Before you bet a game

Start with the number, not the team. The Week 1 odds board holds the live spread, total and both moneylines on all sixteen games, refreshed morning and evening; when a line moves, the line checker shows whether it moved toward you or away. The angles board grades every game for the spots bettors actually pay for — rest edges, short weeks, travel and trap games — with a signed receipt on every edge, and the team trends board carries every club's record against the spread and on totals, counted against the closing number rather than the win column.

For player props, the NFL projection board puts our number on every posted prop — passing, rushing and receiving yards, receptions, touchdowns — next to the best price at nine books, and the consistency board ranks the men who clear the same number week after week, which is where a parlay leg should come from. Build the ticket in the NFL parlay room or price one by hand with the parlay calculator, and check any hedge with the hedge tool before you lock it.

Fantasy and DFS, opening week

Rosters settled at yesterday's cutdown — the transactions wire carries every move live, and the Camp Wire keeps the cuts and the best men still unsigned. Set your lineup off the Week 1 start/sit board, check all 32 depth charts for the jobs that changed hands this week, and follow the player news wire through Sunday morning inactives. DFS players get the DFS room with pricing on the full slate and the contest tools — exposure, duplication and overlay — that separate a sharp entry from a chalk one.

Running a pool for the season? The pool room hosts survivor, pick'em, squares and the gauntlet — free to run, commissioner tools included, and Week 1 is the week everyone actually joins.

How our calls work

Every pick on this site is written down before kickoff and graded in public after the final — the full record is here, market by market, and the calibration page shows how often we land when we say we are confident. No deleted losers, no retroactive winners. That is the whole pitch.