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After games on Thursday and Friday, the NFL is back in full force on Sunday with 13 games before the week wraps up in Chicago on Monday Night Football. With 14 games left on the schedule, there are plenty of NFL betting opportunities to choose from. Some of these games have seen notable line movement since things opened up, so we're using the SportsLine Projection Model, which both simulates every NFL game 10,000 times and also compiles sportsbook data from all top sportsbooks like DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, Fanatics and bet365, to look at how things have moved according to the latest sportsbook consensus odds.

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Here's how the SportsLine consensus odds have shifted for some of these NFL games from when books released lines for Week 1 to now. 

Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns (1 p.m. ET)

  • Open: CIN -6, CIN -218, CLE +180, total 44.5
  • Now: CIN -5.5, CIN -244, CLE +198, total 48

There's been a very slight dip in the Bengals' edge on the spread from -6 to -5.5, but the biggest difference comes in the total, which has jumped from 44.5 up to 48 combined for these two teams. Offensively, Joe Flacco is Cleveland's Week 1 starter after beating out a few players, including rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders. Flacco threw 12 touchdowns and seven picks last year for the Colts, and back in 2023, he led Cleveland to the postseason. Perhaps with Flacco fully entrenched in the starting role, sportsbooks think he can rekindle some magic and put points on the board against a Bengals defense that was one of the worst in the NFL in 2024. We know Cincinnati can score points, which could also play a role in this total shooting up. Additionally, Cleveland's two best defenders, Myles Garrett and Denzel Ward, appeared on the injury report this week, though neither has a designation for Sunday.

Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints (1 p.m. ET)

  • Open: AZ -4.5, AX -200, NO +168, total 41.5
  • Now: AZ -6.5, AZ -293, NO +235, total 43.5

The spread has shot up from Arizona -4.5 to Arizona -6.5, and the total has also increased a hair, too. Things are largely status quo for the Cardinals, who will lean on Kyler Murray while aiming for a second-year leap from Marvin Harrison Jr. Additionally, the offense has two notable skill players in James Conner and Trey McBride, both of whom are coming off big years. 

The Saints were the last team in the NFL to name a starting quarterback, as second-year signal-caller Spencer Rattler beat out rookie second-rounder Tyler Shough for Kellen Moore's first game as a head coach. Rattler has more NFL experience but was winless as a starter last year and can be turnover-prone. 

Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets (1 p.m. ET)

  • Open: PITT -3, PITT -172, NYJ +144, total 39.5
  • Now: PITT -2.5, PITT -152, NYJ +127, total 38

If you're looking for points, this is not the place to look. This opened at 39.5 and has actually dipped to 38. Both quarterbacks played for the other team last year, with Aaron Rodgers now in Pittsburgh and Justin Fields now New York's new QB1 after starting for the Steelers early last year before Russell Wilson got healthy, resulting in Fields going to the bench. This one should be one of the lower-scoring affairs of the Week 1 slate.

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San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks (4:05 p.m. ET)

  • Open: SF -1.5, SF -120, SEA +120, total 45.5
  • Now: SF -1.5, SF -119, SEA -101, total 43.5

The 49ers opened as road favorites at -1.5. That jumped to -2.5 at one point before going back to -1.5. The big reason is the uncertainty with star running back Christian McCaffrey, who is questionable with a calf injury after playing just four games last year. The total has also decreased from 45.5 at open to 43.5, per SportsLine consensus odds. These teams combined for 60 points in their first meeting last year but combined for just 37 in the second meeting in San Francisco. 

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers (4:25 p.m. ET)

  • Open: DET -1.5, DET -116, GB -102, total 49.5
  • Now: GB -2.5, GB -136, DET +116, total 47

The biggest NFC clash of the day is a divisional battle between the Packers and Lions. This game has also seen one of the more sizable odds shifts among the slate as the Packers opened as underdogs but are now slight favorites. Chalk that one up to the acquisition of superstar edge rusher Micah Parsons, who joins Green Bay after four years with the Dallas Cowboys. Parsons got a record-setting extension to go along with the trade, and while he's questionable with a back injury, he has a chance to make a massive impact in Week 1 if he plays. He also joins a Green Bay defense that was already among the league's best in 2024.  

Detroit has a lot of question marks after winning the NFC North last year and earning the No. 1 seed in the conference. After losing to Washington in the Divisional Round, the Lions lost both coordinators to head coaching vacancies, so how the team looks amid all that turnover on the coaching staff remains to be seen.

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Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m. ET)

  • Open: BUF -1.5, BUFF -122, BAL +102, total 51.5
  • Now: BAL -1.5, BAL -121, Buff +102, total 50.5

The Bills were slight favorites at home for Sunday Night Football against a Ravens team they beat at home in the playoffs in January, but Baltimore enters Sunday as a very slim favorite on the road. The Ravens have one of the best rosters in football, and while the Bills are hardly a slouch, it's not that surprising to see Baltimore have a slight edge at some sportsbooks. The Ravens were this close to tying the AFC Divisional Round game last year, but Mark Andrews dropped a game-tying 2-point conversion attempt. Instead of overtime, Buffalo won and went to the AFC title game, where it lost to Kansas City. Both rosters are effectively the same, with the biggest acquisition for either team being cornerback Jaire Alexander signing with Baltimore after an oft-injured end to his Packers tenure. The Ravens blew out the Bills last year in the regular season, though that game was in Baltimore. Buffalo is down two notable cornerbacks while the Ravens are without two versatile pieces on offense with tight end Isaiah Likely and fullback Patrick Ricard ruled out.

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears (8:15 p.m. ET, Monday)

  • Open: CHI -1.5, CHI -122, MIN +102, total 45.5
  • Now: MIN -1.5, MIN -120, CHI +100, total 44

The J.J. McCarthy era begins for Minnesota in Chicago on Monday Night Football. It's a battle of NFC North rivals and 2024 first-round quarterbacks in McCarthy and Caleb Williams Williams begins Year 2 and has a new head coach in former Lions OC Ben Johnson. As for McCarthy, he finally takes the field after missing all of 2024 with a knee injury. He enters a great situation as he plays for an offensive-minded head coach in a friendly scheme that features Justin Jefferson, TJ Hockenson and Aaron Jones. The Vikings are without receiver Jordan Addison as he's suspended for the first three games of 2025, but they brought back Adam Thielen in a trade after he had over 1,600 yards across the last two seasons in Carolina. That gives McCarthy a true second receiver with Addison sidelined, which could play a part in this line shifting to Minnesota's favor.

Chicago opened as the favorite at home, but the Vikings will enter Monday as the favorite in this NFC North tilt.