NFL Preseason Week 1 Online Betting - Football Picks
Thankfully, the NFL Preseason has been reduced to three games. Regardless, the first week of preseason football is the most challenging handicap. Fans and gamblers cannot have reliable lineup information. Teams will often play rookies and/or inexperienced second—or third-string players and free agents. Thus, the lineups have no resemblance to what will be seen in the regular season.
For established championship-caliber teams such as the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Colts, Buffalo Bills, and Philadelphia Eagles, the ultimate objective of the preseason is to escape without serious injuries to key players. The established powers will focus on finding role players and filling out the bottom of the roster.
On the other hand, perennial losers or teams with new quarterbacks will invest more in the preseason. Many sharps love the preseason thanks to in-game live betting. Wise Guys will track the lineups on a play-by-play basis, looking for an advantage to leap into action immediately.
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The NFL preseason has a direct relation to the NFL Draft. And with that in mind, there will be some top talent to track in the preseason games as new players get acclimated to the NFL. In particular, Cam Ward, who went first overall in the 2025 NFL Draft to the Tennessee Titans, will get plenty of attention. So too will Travis Hunter, the two-way superstar and Heisman Trophy winner from Colorado. And there will be no escaping the Shedeur Sanders circus in Cleveland.
If there is a team that needs new blood, a new narrative and beginning, and a marquee man, it is the Tennessee Titans. With the pitiful Will Levis flaming out fast, the Titans were shopping for a quarterback. First overall in the 2025 NFL Draft was Cam Ward out of Miami-FL. Ward will be seen as the quarterback of the future for Tennessee. The question is if the future is now, later, or never. Certainly, Ward will be given every opportunity to win the starting job for Tennessee.
In like manner to Steve "Air" McNair, Ward is a gunslinger with the confidence and moxie to lead a franchise. Those traits brought out the best in his teammates and elevated his team at Miami. Now, gamblers and fans see him doing the same in Tennessee under Brian Callahan's tutelage. Ward gives the Titans a chance to close the playoff gap in the AFC.
Certainly, it made sense for the Jacksonville Jaguars to draft the best player available. Hence, they took Travis Hunter. Some would argue that Abdul Carter was more valuable, but there’s a Carter in many drafts. On the whole, there has never been a player like Hunter who can be elite at two positions. However, trading a 2026 first-round pick to move up three spots for a non-quarterback makes little sense to some. Still, gamblers are not surprised that a Browns general manager bullied a new Jaguars general manager into a poor trade. Despite that, Hunter will likely be great.
Some people in the NFL didn’t like Mason Graham’s body type at all and even ranked Kenneth Grant ahead of him. Still, Graham should be a very good player for the Cleveland Browns. Most experts are bumping this up to an “A” grade. The Browns had stolen a first-round pick away from the Jaguars. This pick put the Browns in a great position to land their quarterback of the future in 2025. Namely, Shedeur Sanders went later but made more news for Cleveland.
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