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March 28, 2024

Sports books open NFL point spreads more than four months in advance

Super Bowl 51

Atlanta Falcons’ Devonta Freeman runs against New England Patriots’ Dont’a Hightower during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Twenty weeks are left until the first week of the 2017-18 NFL season, and bettors can already get action on all 16 games.

For the fourth straight year, Las Vegas sports books posted point spreads for NFL’s Week 1 on the same night the schedule was revealed on Thursday. And some of the numbers available are bound to wind up as bargains.

Last year, the average Week 1 spread shifted 2 points from the time it opened in April to kickoff in September. The largest moves, in fairness, happened because of unforeseen circumstances — Tom Brady’s suspension and Tony Romo’s injury, for instance — but the fact remains that value is available on the initial lines of the NFL season.

The challenge lay in finding it.

Talking Points will give it a chance below, labeling a few early lines among the whole list of Week 1 lines.

Kansas City Chiefs plus-7 at New England Patriots

New York Jets plus-6.5 at Buffalo Bills

Atlanta Falcons minus-5.5 at Chicago Bears

Jacksonville Jaguars plus-4.5 at Houston Texans

Philadelphia Eagles plus-2.5 at Washington Redskins

Arizona Cardinals plus-2.5 at Detroit Lions

Oakland Raiders pick’em at Tennessee Titans

Tampa Bay Buccaneers plus-2 at Miami Dolphins

Baltimore Ravens plus-1 at Cincinnati Bengals

Pittsburgh Steelers minus-9.5 vs. Cleveland Browns

Indianapolis Colts minus-3.5 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Seattle Seahawks plus-2.5 at Green Bay Packers

Carolina Panthers minus-4 at San Francisco 49ers

New York Giants plus-6 at Dallas Cowboys

New Orleans Saints plus-4 at Minnesota Vikings

Los Angeles Chargers plus-3.5 at Denver Broncos

Case Keefer can be reached at 702-948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.

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