{"id":294784,"date":"2024-09-04T14:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=294784"},"modified":"2024-09-04T14:25:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:25:50","slug":"nfl-week-1-parlay-picks-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nfl-week-1-parlay-picks-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 parlay picks: Back the Bengals, Saints and Chargers on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NFL parlays are back and I&#8217;ve cooked one up for Week 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> On Sunday, I&#8217;m backing both the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers to get a win. Also, I&#8217;m taking the Cincinnati Bengals to cover an alternate spread against the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Week 1 parlay picks for the start of the NFL season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NFL Week 1 parlay picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/american_football\/nfl\">NFL Week 1 betting markets<\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Saints moneyline + Bengals -6.5 + Chargers moneyline (+328)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saints moneyline (-200)<\/strong>: This isn&#8217;t so much an endorsement of the Saints but rather a fade against the Panthers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:93546\">Embed: #93546<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carolina finished 2-15 last season and 0-9 on the road. Even if it improves this season, it&#8217;s hard to see the Panthers winning in Week 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Panthers scored the fewest points in the NFL last season (tied with the Patriots) and didn&#8217;t add much in terms of young talent as they traded away the 2024 first overall pick in the deal that landed them Bryce Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Orleans wasn&#8217;t bad last season despite the narrative around the team. The Saints went 9-8, including a 5-1 run at the end of the season to just miss the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derek Carr was seemingly more comfortable under centre as the season progressed. He finished with 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions. It was his best statistical season since 2020-2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young, meanwhile, finished with an 11:10 TD to INT ratio. It&#8217;s clear why the Saints are the play here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other parlay picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bengals -6.5 (-137):<\/strong> Another team I&#8217;m happy to fade in Week 1 is New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:93563\">Embed: #93563<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pats went 4-13 last year. They had a much better defence than the Panthers (but lost key piece Mattew Judon this offseason), though the offence was just as abysmal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A revamped offence will see the field behind journeyman Jacoby Brissett. Although better than Mac Jones, he certainly isn&#8217;t a needle mover and is more of a placeholder while No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye develops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side, Joe Burrow is healthy and primed to try to reclaim the AFC North. His No .1 receiver, Ja&#8217;marr Chase, is reported to be a part of the offence in Week 1 despite ongoing contract disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincinnati has a 17-9 with Burrow under centre over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Chargers moneyline (-167)<\/strong>:<\/strong> To close out the parlay, I&#8217;m taking the Chargers to beat the Las Vegas Raiders at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:93564\">Embed: #93564<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Angeles&#8217; offence lost key pieces Keenan Allen and Austin Ekeler in the offseason but Justin Herbert is still under centre, which is most important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las Vegas will start career backup Gardner Minshew, giving the quarterback advantage to the home team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chargers signed Gus Edwards to replace Ekeler and he&#8217;s arguably a better pure rusher at this point. Edwards scored 13 touchdowns last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also signed J.K. Dobbins, who will form a nice one-two punch with Edwards if he can stay healthy \u2014 a big if.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Angeles, which drafted wideout Ladd McConkey with the 34th overall pick to help replace Allen, will be under new coach Jim Harbaugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The polarizing coach is a major improvement over Anthony Lynn and is expected to help the Chargers get back to being a threat in the AFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I trust this version of the Chargers a lot more than last season&#8217;s and I&#8217;m backing them at home in Week 1 over one of the lower-tier rosters in the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NFL picks made at 1:06 p.m. on 09\/04\/24.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL parlays are back and I&#8217;ve cooked one up for Week 1. The pregame narrative: On Sunday, I&#8217;m backing both the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers to get a win. Also, I&#8217;m taking the Cincinnati Bengals to cover an alternate spread against the New England Patriots. 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