Making NFL office pool picks can give you a vested interest every week outside of your favorite team. You can find a number of NFL office pool formats to fit your level of interest. In standard NFL pick'em pools, you just have to make the call on who wins or loses every game on the NFL schedule. In NFL confidence pools, you do the same and then rank each pick based on how certain you are that team will win. The Week 1 NFL schedule includes four games between teams who made the playoffs last season, including a rematch of Lions vs. Rams after a thrilling matchup during NFL Wild Card Weekend.
While tight spreads can be challenging to pick, they also increase the entertainment value in NFL office pools and NFL confidence pool picks. This is the perfect way to compete with friends, family and co-workers throughout the season. If you're up for it, CBS Sports has the perfect game to keep you locked in all season long.
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Get football picks for every game from a proven NFL model
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 New Orleans Saints to take care of business at home against the Carolina Panthers.
The Panthers are coming off a 2-15 season where No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young looked pretty overwhelmed playing behind a porous offensive line and with underwhelming options at the skill positions. They've made strides to address those issues by drafting Xavier Legette and Jonathon Brooks as well as trading for Diontae Johnson but this is still a roster in flux and Dave Canales is a first-year head coach.
Meanwhile, the Saints are coming off a 9-8 season where they won four of their last five and Dennis Allen had a top-10 scoring defense last year. Derek Carr was serviceable in his first year as a starter and should only improve with another offseason to work with Alvin Kamara, Rashid Shaheed and Chris Olave. Those are big reasons why the model has the Saints winning in nearly 80% of simulations. Join a pool now to lock in your picks.
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