Everything you need to know about betting the board, your eliminator pool, and the Monday night action for Week 1 of the NFL season.Adam Hunger/AP
The Westgate SuperContest is the biggest handicapping competition in football. Entrants pay $1,500 and pick their five best bets of the week, with the top 100 players cashing in at the end of the season.
Last year, the SuperContest brought in more than 2,700 entrants and awarded a top prize of $1.3 million. This year, I entered for the first time along with my cousin Trey and will be writing up and posting our picks here.
I have never set myself up for public embarrassment more in my life.
On Thursdays, we’ll be picking every game against the spread, but this Friday column is dedicated to our true best bets of the week. Simply put, you can’t always be confident in every game on the board.
In addition to our SuperContest picks, each week we will use this space to also go through:
- One lock for your eliminator pool
- One moneyline underdog to win outright
- A weekly teaser
- One Monday night bet to either increase our winning day or win back some of our losses before the end of the week
Even if you’re not in the SuperContest, these picks serve as what we see as the best value bets on the board. Take a look below as we try to beat the books for Week 1 of the NFL season.