New NFL season and new Stampede Blue employees picks! With some appreciable turnover within the employees, welcoming some new additions to the group, this can be as soon as once more an opportunity for us to showcase our soccer data making the picks, and sharing these predictions with you, in addition to making some enjoyable prop bets between us. Final yr Greg Rader was the employees member with the very best appropriate share (he additionally gained our employees fantasy soccer league, so he could be the undisputed wisest soccer man in Stampede Blue). The Colts (+ 185) open the season as underdogs versus the Jaguars (- 175), who many are choosing to win the AFC South this yr. The 5-point unfold appears a bit beneficiant for the Colts for my part, as it will likely be Anthony Richardson’s and Shane Steichen’s debut, and the Colts don’t win their opening recreation in what looks like an eternity.

Opening week highlights embrace Cowboys at Giants for the primary SNF matchup of the yr in what’s all the time a enjoyable matchup to see, Payments at Jets can be going to be a must-watch as quarterback Aaron Rodgers makes his debut.

Apart from Chris Shepherd, no different Stampede Blue employees member is assured on the Colts managing to tug off the upset and beating the Jags. Most matchups are one-sided, the one one that’s 50-50 at this level being Frank Reich’s debut with the Panthers going through off in opposition to the Falcons in Atlanta.