The staff at Eastern Maine Sports is back for another year of prognostications and weekly NFL picks as the 2019 season is about to get underway. In 2018, Jeff Hoak pulled away from the field to claim the picks title in the closing weeks of action. A new season means everyone is 0-0 and will try to strip Hoaks dreams of back to back championships. The opening week has a few featured games includes the oldest rivalry in the NFL with the Packers visiting the Bears on Thursday night football, and then the hometown favorite Patriots unveiling banner number six prior to their Sunday night showdown at Gillette with the Steelers. Here are the week 1 picks:
Thursday, Sept 5
Green Bay at Chicago
Packers- Jeff, Marc, Chris
Bears- Anthony, Cassidy
Sunday, Sept 8
Kansas City at Jacksonville
all staff picks Chiefs
Atlanta at Minnesota
Falcons- Jeff, Anthony, Cassidy
Vikings- Marc, Chris
Tennessee at Cleveland
Titans- Marc
Browns- Jeff, Chris, Anthony, Cassidy
Buffalo at NY Jets
Bills- Jeff, Cassidy
Jets- Marc, Chris, Anthony
Baltimore at Miami
all staff picks Ravens
Washington at Philadelphia
all staff picks Eagles
LA Rams at Carolina
all staff picks Rams
Indianapolis at LA Chargers
all staff picks Chargers
Cincinnati at Seattle
all staff picks Seahawks
NY Giants at Dallas
all staff picks Cowboys
San Francisco at Tampa Bay
49ers- Jeff, Anthony, Chris, Cassidy
Buccaneers- Marc
Detroit at Arizona
Lions- Anthony, Cassidy
Cardinals- Jeff, Marc, Chris
Pittsburgh at New England
all staff picks Patriots
Monday, Sept 9
Houston at New Orleans
Texans- Anthony, Cassidy
Saints- Jeff, Marc, Chris
Denver at Oakland
Broncos- Jeff, Chris
Raiders- Anthony, Marc, Cassidy
