Upside Play Pick Em: Week One

I have seen enough of Terry Bradshaw going 1-4 every week on Sunday mornings. We decided we're going to do our own version of NFL Sunday Pick Em’. These will be straight up winners and losers and will be separate from our Sunday Over/Under and Spread picks. We’re going to cover every Primetime game week by week paired with other important games picked out by Vince and I. This week we have 6 Games included in the Pick Em’ and are going to have our full team providing picks. The overall records will be introduced and updated weekly on our picks page.

Thursday Night Football: Houston Texans @ Kansas City Chiefs

It’s time to see the 500 million dollar man in action. The champs are ready to take the field for the first game of the year against the Texans who dropped Deandre Hopkins and added David Johnson, the current line is KC -9.5.

James: Chiefs

Vince: Texans

Zach: Chiefs

Patrick: Chiefs

Ryan: Chiefs

Maher: Texans

Seattle Seahawks @ Atlanta Falcons

Seattle is back after a strong 11-5 outing last year and the fantasy world is excited to see the Lockett and Metcalf WR duo get back to work with veteran leader Russell Wilson. The new look Falcons feature a million first round picks and we’re excited to see Todd Gurley in the red and black.

James: Seahawks

Vince: Falcons

Zach: Falcons

Patrick: Seahawks

Ryan: Seahawks

Maher: Seahawks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints

Tom Brady entering his age 43 season stunned the football world and announced he was headed to Tampa Bay. The Bucs have elite weapons to surround Touchdown Tom and with a stellar run defense they have a chance to make some noise in the NFC South. The Saints have been championship contenders the past couple years and nothing is going to change there, Drew Brees is still elite and has two of the best weapons in the league in Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara. This ones going to be an old fashioned shootout in week one.

James: Saints

Vince: Saints

Zach: Saints

Patrick: Saints

Ryan: Saints

Maher: Saints

Oakland Raiders @ Carolina Panthers

Is this the year Gruden starts to put it all together? Josh Jacobs has a standout rookie year and while they may not be ready for the Chiefs yet the Raiders are headed in the right direction. Carolina has a new QB1 in Teddy Bridgewater accompanied by most fantasy football leagues number one pick CMC. Both teams defensively are pretty middle of the road, we’re in for an interesting match up.

James: Panthers

Vince: Raiders

Zach: Raiders

Patrick: Panthers

Ryan: Raiders

Maher: Raiders

Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles Rams

The Cowboys Post-Jason Garrett era is here. Both of these teams are complete question marks going into the 2020 season. The Rams are just two years removed from a Superbowl appearance and offensively the Cowboys look like a juggernaut the entire world not knowing what version of Dak is going to show up. The Rams have two elite defenders in Jalen Ramsey and Aaron Donald and a young QB ready to prove he’s elite.

James: Rams

Vince: Rams

Zach: Cowboys

Patrick: Cowboys

Ryan: Rams

Maher: Cowboys

Monday Night Football: Tennessee Titans @ Denver Broncos

Derrick Henry lit the entire football world on fire in the Titans playoff run last year, he was running through everyone in sight and looked like an absolute man among boys. Tennessee has a very solid defense under Coach Vrabel and are expected to do well in a weak AFC South. Broncos fans got their hearts ripped out earlier this week as Von Miller is expected to miss the entire season due to surgery on his ankle. Drew Lock is ready for his first opening day start with new WR Jerry Jeudy and Melvin Gordon in the backfield.

James: Titans

Vince: Titans

Zach: Titans

Patrick: Titans

Ryan: Titans

Maher: Titans

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