NFL 2026 Weekly Predictions Contest: Week 1

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Here we are again, just six days short of another NFL season which starts on Wednesday night (that's different) featuring a rematch of Super Bowl LX with the runner up Patriots visiting defending champion Seattle.

This opens up an opportunity for fans in the Packer Forum to demonstrate how well they can pick the winners and game scores for the 272 games of the NFL regular season. Like the NFL season it's a weekly grind full of unpredictable twists and turns. But do your best to predict it.

Last season went right down to the final play of the regular season to decide a winner when Voyageur edged out Amish Mafia to win the season title. Following that, Pokerbrat won the post season predictions contest.

The Rules


Guess the score of each team for each game...
Each game you pick the correct winner of: 5 points
If you pick correctly on at least half the games scheduled for the week earns a 20 points bonusl
If you pick correctly on at least 75% of the games earns a 40 point bonus (plus the previous 20 points).
If you get all but one of the games correct nets 100 bonus points (plus the 20 & 40 from above)
Guess right on all the games and enjoy an additional 150 points (plus the previous 20, 40 & 100)
If you pick a game score in which you pick the winner and the correct margin of victory, you will get 25 bonus points. We'll call this a spread bingo or a mini bingo.
And ..... If you guess the correct winner and score of any game: 125 bonus points tacked on for each correct game. (You will not receive the 25 spread bonus with a Bingo) This is known as a score Bingo.
If you've got incredibly mad skills and happen to guess every correct score of every game: you get a mega jackpot of 5000 points (Lotsa luck with that one.)
At the end of the regular season the player, or players with the most correct picks over the regular season will receive 180 bonus points, or a split of that amount. In the event of a points tie the win is awarded to the player with the most correct picks.

All are welcome to play, and good luck to all!

So get your picks in for the following slate of games. All picks must be in before game kickoff, and all picks must be in by 12:00 noon (CDT) on Sunday.


Wednesday
New England at Seattle

Thursday
San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Arizona at LA Chargers
Green Bay at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas at NY Giants

Monday
Denver at Kansas City
 
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I'll edit the answers later:
Wednesday
New England 24 Seattle 30

Thursday
San Francisco 27 LA Rams 21, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta 17 Pittsburgh 20
Baltimore 16 Indianapolis 27
Buffalo 17 Houston 20
Chicago 20 Carolina 23
Cleveland 13 Jacksonville 24
Tampa Bay 24 Cincinnati 20
New Orleans 17 Detroit 31
NY Jets 27 Tennessee 24
Arizona 17 LA Chargers 23
Green Bay 24 Minnesota 29
Miami 17 Las Vegas 21
Washington 20 Philadelphia 28
Dallas 31 NY Giants 20

Monday
Denver 30 Kansas City 34

ETA: It's later
 
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I'll edit the answers later:
Wednesday
New England at Seattle

Thursday
San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers
Green Bay at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas at NY Giants

Monday
Denver at Kansas City
It is still winter down under.
 
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Current forecast is for a 59°F high in Melbourne. Mild fall weather. The game starts at 10:35 am local time.
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New England at Seattle

San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago
at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers
Green Bay
at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas
at NY Giants

Denver at Kansas City
 
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Current forecast is for a 59°F high in Melbourne. Mild fall weather. The game starts at 10:35 am local time.
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Beautiful! Might feel kind of chilly for 2 California teams.
 

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Wednesday
New England at Seattle

Thursday

San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore
at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago
at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers
Green Bay
at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas at NY Giants

Monday
Denve
r at Kansas City

All scores 27-20
 

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Wednesday
New England at Seattle

Thursday

San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore
at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago
at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers
Green Bay
at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas at NY Giants

Monday
Denve
r at Kansas City

All scores 27-20
Good chance to get a couple of bingos with that score especially in September when kickers have it to their advantage.
 

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Here we are again, just six days short of another NFL season which starts on Wednesday night (that's different) featuring a rematch of Super Bowl LX with the runner up Patriots visiting defending champion Seattle.

This opens up an opportunity for fans in the Packer Forum to demonstrate how well they can pick the winners and game scores for the 272 games of the NFL regular season. Like the NFL season it's a weekly grind full of unpredictable twists and turns. But do your best to predict it.

Last season went right down to the final play of the regular season to decide a winner when Voyageur edged out Amish Mafia to win the season title. Following that, Pokerbrat won the post season predictions contest.

The Rules


Guess the score of each team for each game...
Each game you pick the correct winner of: 5 points
If you pick correctly on at least half the games scheduled for the week earns a 20 points bonusl
If you pick correctly on at least 75% of the games earns a 40 point bonus (plus the previous 20 points).
If you get all but one of the games correct nets 100 bonus points (plus the 20 & 40 from above)
Guess right on all the games and enjoy an additional 150 points (plus the previous 20, 40 & 100)
If you pick a game score in which you pick the winner and the correct margin of victory, you will get 25 bonus points. We'll call this a spread bingo or a mini bingo.
And ..... If you guess the correct winner and score of any game: 125 bonus points tacked on for each correct game. (You will not receive the 25 spread bonus with a Bingo) This is known as a score Bingo.
If you've got incredibly mad skills and happen to guess every correct score of every game: you get a mega jackpot of 5000 points (Lotsa luck with that one.)
At the end of the regular season the player, or players with the most correct picks over the regular season will receive 180 bonus points, or a split of that amount. In the event of a points tie the win is awarded to the player with the most correct picks.

All are welcome to play, and good luck to all!

So get your picks in for the following slate of games. All picks must be in before game kickoff, and all picks must be in by 12:00 noon (CDT) on Sunday.


Wednesday
New England at Seattle

Thursday
San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers
Green Bay at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas at NY Giants

Monday
Denver at Kansas City
Seahawks 27 Patriots 16
Rams 20 49ers 17
Steelers 27 Falcons 13
Ravens 24 Colts 20
Bills 23 Texans 20
Bears 27 Panthers 17
Jaguars 28 Browns 10
Bengals 31 Buccaneers 27
Lions 38 Saints 13
Titans 23 Jets 13
Chargers 30 Cardinals 20
Vikings 31 Packers 17
Raiders 20 Dolphins 13
Eagles 34 Commanders 17
Cowboys 30 Giants 16
Chiefs 23 Broncos 20

I think you typed Atlanta in twice.
 

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Good luck everyone!
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Wednesday
Seattle 27-24

Thursday
LA Rams 24-21

Sunday
Pittsburgh 27-24
Baltimore 27-24
Buffalo 31-27
Chicago 27-24
Jacksonville 27-20
Cincinnati 27-24
Detroit 27-20
Tennessee 24-21
LA Chargers 31-21
Green Bay 27-24
Las Vegas 24-17
Philadelphia 27-21
Dallas 27-24

Monday
Kansas City 20-17

Edited: Added Kansas City Monday night win, Tuesday 9/8/26, at 6:45 AM
 
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I'll edit the answers later:
Wednesday
New England 24 Seattle 30

Thursday
San Francisco 27 LA Rams 21, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta 17 Pittsburgh 20
Baltimore 16 Indianapolis 27
Buffalo 17 Houston 20
Chicago 20 Carolina 23
Cleveland 13 Jacksonville 24
Tampa Bay 24 Cincinnati 20
New Orleans 17 Detroit 31
NY Jets 27 Tennessee 24
Arizona 17 LA Chargers 23
Green Bay 24 Minnesota 29
Miami 17 Las Vegas 21
Washington 20 Philadelphia 28
Dallas 31 NY Giants 20

Monday
Denver 30 Kansas City 34

ETA: It's later
Seriously, you have us losing to the Panthers.....lolololol.
That really better not happen......
 

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NE 21 SEA (27)
SF 13 LA (24)
PITT 21 ATL (24)
RAVENS (28) COLTS 17
BILLS (24) TEXANS 21
Da BEARRS (38) PANTHERS 17
JAGS (28) BROWNS 10
BENGALS 17 BUCS (24)
LIONS (31) SAINTS 14
TITANS (24) JETS 10
CHARGERS (31) CARDS17
QUEENS 16 PACK (24)
RAIDERS 13 FINS (21)
IGGLES (27) WASH 21
BOYS (26) NYG 24
CHIEFS 24 BRONCOS (31)
 
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Seriously, you have us losing to the Panthers.....lolololol.
That really better not happen......
Last year at this time maybe. Hard to pick the Panthers even at home in this one. They gave the Rams a fight last season. They will play hard I suspect.
 

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Wednesday
New England at Seattle wins 24-20

Thursday
San Francisco vs LA Rams- wins 30-17

Sunday
Atlanta wins 17-13 at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Indianapolis wins - 28-21
Buffalo wins 23-21 at Houston
Chicago at Carolina wins 23-20
Cleveland at Jacksonville wins 30-10
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati wins 17-16
New Orleans at Detroit wins 33-17
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers wins 24-20
Green Bay wins 23-17 at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas wins 20-14
Washington at Philadelphia wins 31-28
Dallas Wins 23-20 at NY Giants

Monday
Denver wins 33-17at Kansas City
 

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Wednesday
New England at Seattle

Thursday

San Francisco vs LA Rams, at Melbourne, Australia

Sunday
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Baltimore
at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Houston
Chicago at Carolina
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Detroit
NY Jets at Tennessee
Arizona at LA Chargers
Green Bay
at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas
Washington at Philadelphia
Dallas at NY Giants

Monday
Denver
at Kansas City
 
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Hey guys,

There was an error in my original posting. Please note that it's:

Arizona at LA Chargers (not Atlanta)

Thanks to milanI for pointing this out. Atlanta plays earlier in Pittsburgh. I got the wrong five letters between the Aa's.
 
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Hawks 20 Pats 17
Rams 27 9ers 24
Steelers 20 Falcons 17
Ravens 27 Colts 24
Bill's 27 Texans 24
Bears 27 Panthers 20
Jags 27 Browns 13
Bengals 30 Bucs 24
Lion 31 Saints 20
Titans 24 Jets 17
Bolts 31 Cards 20
Pack 24 Vikes 17
Raiders 24 Fins 17
Eagles 27 Commies 20
Boys 31 Giants 24
Broncos 23 Chiefs 20
 
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Seahawks 27 Patriots 16
Rams 20 49ers 17
Steelers 27 Falcons 13
Ravens 24 Colts 20
Bills 23 Texans 20
Bears 27 Panthers 17
Jaguars 28 Browns 10
Bengals 31 Buccaneers 27
Lions 38 Saints 13
Titans 23 Jets 13
Chargers 30 Cardinals 20
Vikings 31 Packers 17
Raiders 20 Dolphins 13
Eagles 34 Commanders 17
Cowboys 30 Giants 16
Chiefs 23 Broncos 20

I think you typed Atlanta in twice.
:oops: I did. It's Arizona at LA Chargers in the late afternoon game on Sunday.
 
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Good luck everyone!
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Wednesday
Seattle 27-24

Thursday
LA Rams 24-21

Sunday
Pittsburgh 27-24
Baltimore 27-24
Buffalo 31-27
Chicago 27-24
Jacksonville 27-20
Cincinnati 27-24
Detroit 27-20
Tennessee 24-21
LA Chargers 31-21
Green Bay 27-24
Las Vegas 24-17
Philadelphia 27-21
Dallas 27-24
Hey V,
We need a score for the Monday night game.
Denver @ Kansas City
 
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Wednesday
New England at Seattle wins 24-20

Thursday
San Francisco vs LA Rams- wins 30-17

Sunday
Atlanta wins 17-13 at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Indianapolis wins - 28-21
Buffalo wins 23-21 at Houston
Chicago at Carolina wins 23-20
Cleveland at Jacksonville wins 30-10
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati wins 17-16
New Orleans at Detroit wins 33-17
NY Jets at Tennessee
Atlanta at LA Chargers wins 24-20
Green Bay wins 23-17 at Minnesota
Miami at Las Vegas wins 20-14
Washington at Philadelphia wins 31-28
Dallas Wins 23-20 at NY Giants

Monday
Denver wins 33-17at Kansas City
Hey ltf,
We need a score on the NY Jets @ Tennessee. Thanks.
 

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Hey V,
We need a score for the Monday night game.
Denver @ Kansas City
Thank you! Another brain glitch. I get those ya know.

By the way. I watched my SSK Roughriders take out the Blue Bombers 32-26 in OT yesterday. If we get better from our kicker we could win another Grey Cup. Gotta love our 2-headed quarterback play. Tommy Stevens coming in on short yardage plays, can throw the short passes or run effectively. He did it again yesterday. I try to catch every game if I can. I get TSN and a wide variety of Canadian stations.
 
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I watched that too from 8 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The Saskatchewan fans were making lots of noise. An entertaining finish.
 
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