The 2022 NFL schedule begins in less than a month, and fans everywhere are starting to think about their NFL office pool picks. It’s been another wild NFL offseason, with superstars like Russell Wilson, Davante Adams, and Tyreek Hill all switching teams. They’re sure to shake up your NFL picks, but understanding how much might be the difference between you being at the top of the standings in your NFL football pools or the bottom.
Fresh off a surprise Super Bowl appearance despite beginning the year as triple-digit underdogs to win the title, the Bengals will take on the new-look Steelers to open their season on Sept. 11. The Bengals have won three in a row in that series after losing 14 of their previous 15 head-to-head matchups. Should you include Cincinnati in your Week 1 NFL football pool picks with Pittsburgh entering the post-Ben Roethlisberger era? If you’re up for it, CBS Sports has the perfect game to keep you locked in all season long.
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We’ll give you one team to consider backing during the NFL’s opening week. SportsLine’s advanced computer model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is predicting the Baltimore Ravens will soundly defeat the New York Jets.
The Ravens are coming off a disappointing 8-9 season in which they went 1-4 without Lamar Jackson in the lineup. But even when the former NFL MVP was healthy, the offense sputtered, with Jackson throwing a career-high 13 interceptions and rushing for just two touchdowns. However, Baltimore’s roster is still loaded, and if Jackson can even come close to regaining his form from 2020 or his MVP season in 2019, the Ravens will contend for a postseason spot.
The Jets have added talent on both sides of the ball thanks to an abundance of draft picks, but it’s still a young roster coming off a 4-13 season in which the team ranked 28th in scoring and 32nd in scoring defense. The model says the Ravens win in over 70 percent of simulations. Join a pool now to lock in your picks.
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