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Let the competition begin!
Are you ready for some football?!
Week 1 in the NFL is finally here as the Kansas City Chiefs kick off the season by hosting the Baltimore Ravens, and the Las Vegas Raiders hit the road to take on the Los Angeles Chargers. This also marks the first week of Silver and Black Pride’s Pick’em competition which is one of our favorite annual traditions.
To get things started, let’s take a look at the lines for the Raiders-Chargers matchup, courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook, and make some picks.
Raiders vs. Chargers
[Lines below are as of September 4 at 12:00 p.m. PST]
- Spread: LAC -3
- O/U: 40.5
- LAC ML: -176
- LVR ML: +148
Picks: LVR +3, Under 40.5, LVR ML
While both teams are hard to predict heading into the campaign given all the offseason changes, Justin Herbert missed a significant portion of training camp with an injury that could cause the Chargers to start slow seeing as they’re implementing a new offense. That’s a big reason why I like the Raiders to pull off the upset and the under as Las Vegas has plenty of question marks on offense as well. I could see this being a low-scoring 13-10 type of affair.
Pick’em Competition
Moving onto S&BP’s Pick’em competition, below is a look at how our writers finished last season.
- Bill Williamson 188-96 (66%)
- Matt Holder 179-105 (63%)
- Ray Aspuria 167-103 (62%)
Bill ran away with the competition last year as he gained the lead near midseason and never looked back. So, it’s up to Ray and me to make sure Bill doesn’t three-peat. Hopefully, we’ve figured it out and can at least make this a competitive contest throughout the season.
Community Standings
1. Sci-Town MA Raiders 189-95
t2. Dirty Harry 185-99
t2. Chrome&Onyx 185-99
t4. 21Lefty21 183-101
t4. dafe2cat 183-101
t4. Edgaredm08 183-101
7. Alaskan Raida 182-102
t8. torindorn4life 181-103
t8. Mooniac 181-103
t10. Bull City Raider 180-104
t10. Duckman82 180-104
Sci-Town MA Raiders and Chrome&Onyx battled back and forth for the majority of last season while Dirty Harry snuck in there toward the end. So, who’s going to step up and take down Sci-Town this year?
On an administrative note, our group (run by my good friend Mooniac) is completely full heading into the season. However, Mooniac will be removing people from the group if they aren’t making picks at the beginning of the season, so make sure to stay on top of your picks every week if you want to compete. Otherwise, you’ll get the boot and we’ll give your spot to someone else.
As a reminder, get your picks in for this week. Remember that there’s a Friday night game during Week 1 this year; Philadelphia Eagles vs Green Bay Packers. You don’t want to forget about it and then lose the competition by one pick!
Best of luck with your picks and I look forward to competing against you all again!
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