NFL Football Pool, Pick’em, Office Pool, Confidence Picks: Bet on the Chargers in Week 2, 2024

When you’re making NFL picks for the Office Pool or trying to outdo your friends and family in other NFL pick pools, it’s important to have a short memory. The Bengals were the biggest favorite in the NFL schedule last week, but ended up losing to the Patriots, dealing a crushing blow to the majority of NFL pick pools. Now Cincinnati faces Kansas City, the reigning world champions, but Joe Burrow and the Bengals have a 3-2 record against the Chiefs over the past three seasons.

The Week 2 NFL schedule also includes what looks to be a crucial NFC matchup between the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Lions start as 6.5-point favorites at home, but the Buccaneers were on a roll and picked up their own win in Week 1. So who will win this game, Chiefs vs. Bengals, and the other games in Week 2? Before you make your NFL predictions, you need to check out the Week 2 NFL football pool picks from SportsLine’s proven computer model.

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We’re giving you a team to back in the NFL’s opening week. SportsLine’s advanced computer model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is predicting a comfortable win for the Los Angeles Chargers over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

The Panthers are coming off a 2-15 season but hoped to turn things around quickly after rebuilding Bryce Young’s offensive line and giving the former No. 1 pick two new weapons in Diontae Johnson and Xavier Legette. However, new head coach Dave Canales’ debut was not a good one, as Carolina was annihilated 47-10 by New Orleans in Week 1.

Meanwhile, the Chargers pulled off a 22-10 win in Jim Harbaugh’s debut last week, making it a consecutive win. Harbaugh’s teams are known at all levels for their running game and great defense. Los Angeles rushed for 176 yards while the defense limited the Raiders to less than 300 yards of offense and 10 points. The Chargers also won the battle of possession 3-0, and that’s a big reason why the model says Los Angeles beats Carolina nearly 80% of the time. Find all of SportsLine’s Week 2 NFL predictions here.

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The model has also predicted every other Week 2 NFL game and has strong picks for potentially close NFL games like Jaguars vs. Browns, Cowboys vs. Saints and Ravens vs. Raiders. It also predicts two Super Bowl contenders will go down hard. You can see all of the model’s NFL pool picks only here.

So who should you pick in each Week 2 NFL game and which Super Bowl contenders should you avoid? Visit SportsLine now for optimal NFL office pool picks, all from a proven computer model that has returned well over $7,000 since its inception, and find out.