Earlier this week, ZCode System posted our first NFL predictions blog of the new season. You can check out those week 1 predictions here.
Now, ZCode System is back with some additional NFL week 1 predictions to help you with your football betting this weekend.
Los Angeles Rams vs. Carolina Panthers ...
NFL week 1 kicks off on Thursday night with the Super Bowl winning Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons. The Eagles have a lot of expectations on their shoulders, but so do the Falcons. Fifteen more NFL week 1 games will follow on Sunday and Monday for a huge weekend of gridiron action.
NFL week 1 predictions Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Super Bowl-winning quarterback Nick Foles will start on Thursday night for the Eagles. The Falcons will have wide receiver Julio Jones back for the game as Matt Ryan’s favorite target is fit to play. Although the Falcons ...
Thursday Night Football: Z-Code’s Pick to Start Week 6 The Denver Broncos are playing the San Diego Chargers in San Diego this Thursday night. The Broncos started out the season looking just as dominant as in 2015- if anything, more dominant. Their brick-wall-of-a-defense has seemed every bit the same but the once-concerning addition QB Trevor Siemian seemed to have jump-started Denver’s offense. They scored 21 or more points in all of their first 4 games and have, overall, been exponentially more successful at moving the chains in 2016. However, Siemian went down in week four and rookie, Paxton Lynch took over. ...
AFC WEST 2016 Oakland Raiders (11-5) This is, admittedly, a borderline absurdly bold prediction. One of the worst teams in the NFL two years ago overtaking the reigning Super Bowl champs for the division? But, there’s just so much to love about this Oakland Raiders team and so much to hate about the rest of the teams in this division.
First, Derek Carr is more than an acceptable quarterback. He has grown into a dominant force and leader. Last year’s additions of wideouts Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree really let Carr shine. Speaking of Michael Crabtree, he put up HUGE ...
Super Bowl 50 Predictions, NFL Picks: Denver Broncos vs Carolina Panthers Everything about Super Bowl 50 points to the Carolina Panthers winning this game on paper. If you’ve followed the Denver Broncos this season and throughout these playoffs, it is clear that Peyton Manning is on his last legs.
The offense is stumbling a little bit, the receivers are dropping Manning’s wobbly passes, and without the downfield passing game the Denver Broncos running game has had trouble establishing itself. This is an offense that quite simply gave the Patriots too many chances to win the AFC championship. They barely deserve to ...
NFL Playoffs Picks Update: Denver Broncos vs Carolina Panthers Super Bowl 50 We were so close to a perfect NFL playoffs bracket. The last game of the NFL playoffs did not go our way as the Carolina Panthers clinched their spot in the Super Bowl by blowing out my Arizona Cardinals, and so dies my love affair for Larry Fitzgerald and Carson Palmer. Fortunately, my favoritism of Peyton Manning, love of DeMarcus Ware, and really my affinity for the Denver Broncos defense overall worked out for us as the Broncos had one of the most memorable 4th quarter defensive stands ...
NFL Playoffs Picks: AFC Championship, New England Patriots at Denver Broncos I don’t trust Peyton Manning at all right now. He’s old, he forgot how to throw a spiral, he doesn’t like the cold weather, he’s not particularly healthy, and he isn’t winning games by himself anymore. That said, he puts his team in positions to win. He knows when to run the ball and he audibles his team into advantages on every play. Peyton Manning may not be what he once was, but he’s enough for the Denver Broncos to make it to another Super Bowl.
The reason that I ...
NFL Playoffs Picks: Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos The injuries the Pittsburgh Steelers are facing adds a new element to a game I was already pretty confident about. Both of their top running backs are hurt, Antonio Brown has been ruled out with a concussion, and Ben Roethlisberger is battling an injury to his shoulder. I do not see how this team will compete.
The Denver Broncos have the best defense in football and the best pass rush. I like them to be all over a depleted Pittsburgh Steelers team. While the Steelers defense is underrated and manages to keep ...
NFL Picks: 2016 AFC Playoff Predictions – Chiefs, Patriots, Broncos, Steelers The AFC playoff bracket appears on its face to offer the more difficult matchups to predict. In the Wild Card Round, both road teams are surging. The Kansas City Chiefs are the hottest team in football, while the Houston Texans barely squeaked into the playoffs. The Pittsburgh Steelers have a high-powered offense that surprisingly found enough success to cancel out a horrible defense, making them one of the most volatile teams around. Meanwhile, the three favorites all have injury issues, with the Cincinnati Bengals losing Andy Dalton to a ...
NFL Picks: Bengals Broncos – Monday Night Football It’s suddenly become very difficult to trust the Denver Broncos offensively. Brock Osweiler looked like a revelation for a couple games only to stumble down the stretch and the Denver Broncos could actually be in line to miss the playoffs with a loss at home against the Cincinnati Bengals. The running tandem of C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman has struggled all year behind a porous offensive line and the dynamic receivers are disappearing. You just can’t trust this offense.
But honestly, can you trust the Cincinnati Bengals offense against this vaunted Denver ...
