NFL Picks Week 1: Breaking Down Top Divisional Clashes of Opening Week

September 2, 2014   ·   Chris Roling   ·   Jump to comments

As if the simple fact football is back is not enough, the NFL has lined the Week 1 schedule with critical divisional contests that will have a ripple effect on the landscape of the league and the rest of the season. 
Some of the contests seem to be ho-hum affairs, but a few in particular stand out as duels between teams that will fight it out over the course of the next 17 weeks for divisional supremacy.
Of course, a lot can change between now and then, but with only the offseason to go by, the top contests on the Week 1 slate with more implications than the rest are plain as day.
Let's take a look at those after marking down picks for all 16 games.
 
NFL Week 1 Picks
 
Cincinnati at Baltimore
New contract in hand, Andy Dalton is tasked with getting the Cincinnati Bengals back to the postseason for a fourth consecutive year. In order to do so, he has to improve when it comes to facing off against Baltimore.
Last year, these tw...

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