The Best NFL Picks, the Monday Night Edition: Week 2
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Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
Hard to believe we are already on the second Monday Night matchup but we got an interesting matchup for Week 2. The Green Bay Packers get home field advantage after a dismal outing in Week 1 against the New Orleans Saints that made Winston look like a top 3 quarterback in the league and Rodgers a bottom 3 quarterback in the league. Rodgers went 15/28 tossing for only 133 yards 0 TDS, and 2 INT. Talks of Rodgers being washed are already spreading with pictures of him looking old.
Not many saw Rodgers playing that bad just like not many foresaw Goff playing as well as he did. He completed 38 out 57 passes and tossed for 338 yards, 3 TD, and 1 INT. Some solid numbers with his new team.
The Packers rushing game was just as dismal as they couldn’t get anything going while only scoring 3 points in Week 1. Jones had only 5 carries and rushed for 9 yards or 1.8 YPC. He also had 2 REC for 13 yards. That’s just awful and fantasy owners are not happy. As for the lions, they get the running back advantage in this matchup behind a solid outing of Swifts dual threat performance. He had 11 touches for 39 yards and 8 REC for 65 yards and a REC TD. Solid numbers. He is listed as injured but should be a go to start.
It’s hard to say who has the advantage in the receiving core because I want to believe that the Rodgers game against the Saints was just a fluke amid the offseason turmoil. The Packers have no doubt the better receivers as Adams has been a top wide out for the past several seasons. The Lions did have a monster game in their close loss behind Goff, Swift, and Hockensen. Hockensen has proven to be a solid tight end with 8 REC for 97 yards and a TD. I would have to declare this matchup even because we don’t know what we will see from Rodgers.
Despite a terrible performance from the Packers and a surprising performance from the Lions in which they almost upset the 49ers, the Packers are -11.0 heavy favorites. This line seems a little wide considering how many underdogs are covering this season. I think we can add this game to the list. Lions +11.0 is the play. Don’t go to heavy as this is a wait and see game to gather data about these teams moving forward.
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