NFL Week 1 lines have been posted!!! Yes.....

[shrax4]

Miami looks good to me.

[louis]

If there is not enough information to come up with a line, then you should bet all the dogs. But even a little bit of information can be enough to determine a line. If based on all the available information you disagree with the line, you should bet it now and not wait. These lines are very likely to move, but they could move either way.

[gridironguy]

actually the first weeks of the season the lines are soft

College lines are soft early on. NFL lines are always tight, from week 1 to the end. What makes week 1 difficult is the uncertainty
of every single team in the NFL. Even if you have a side you like in the the early weeks, there is much uncertainty surrounding even those teams, that it's a big risk to bet them.

[gridironguy]

Not really. A number of pros don't even bet week 1 b/c of the high level of uncertainty associated with each team.

They seem soft only in relation to say week 6 and beyond when the identity of the team is established.

100% true statement.

[babaoriley]

Week 2 is probably when the lines are at their worst

Agreed. I'll bet week 1 though, too. Even though the lines are sharp, there are plays to be made, especially rolling against the big public plays. Weeks 2-4 are always a little loose and things really start to sharpen up after that.

[onlooker]

It is nice to see football lines up, but please don't get trigger happy and start betting these games now. We have training camp and preseason games to get through.

It will be fun to see the line movements until game day. This just lets us know football is just around the corner.