Week 1 NFL Picks: For one reason or another every Tom, Dick and Jane seems to become an NFL picks expert come September. While being a “football fanatic” will make one more knowledgeable when making your week 1  NFL picks it still does not qualify your neighbor Todd who reads his daily paper religiously as a sharp. The team of NFL Picks experts at VegasSharps.com do have the connections in the NFL world that Todd does not have and were nice enough to give away a free sports pick for NFL week 1. The week 1 NFL picks NFL odds for the Minnesota Vikings vs Cleveland Browns game have the Browns as slight -3 favorites on the point spread at Bodog.com.

Brett Favre is not completely in tune with his teammates yet but this is not a popularity contest this is football. Favre DOES make the Vikings a better football team and his surrounding cast is formidable enough on offense to light up the scoreboard. Add into the mix the fact that Minnesota has a top-notch defense that annihilates running backs and  this figures to be a scary football team to face. The week 1 NFL picks NFL odds for the Minnesota Vikings vs Cleveland Browns game have the OVER\UNDER at 40.0 ponts.

The Vikings week 1 opponent the Cleveland Browns on the other hand still have not figured out who will be their starting QB. Regardless of who lines up behind center, Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson, Cleveland’s style of play is to run the ball down their opponents throat and that plays right into the hands of the Vikings strengths. Add into the cocktail that Cleveland has a suspect defense that is weak in the back seven and it all adds up to a lopsided loss. The books are undervaluing the Vikings in this spot due to their off-season issues with Favre and we recommend a strong 2 unit play on Minnesota.