Vegas Value Chart: Week 2

John Lee's Vegas Value Chart: Week 2 John Lee Published 09/12/2023

Every week, the first step of your DFS homework should be to examine the opening Vegas odds on all the NFL games for that week. Through some fairly simple algebra, it is easy to derive a spreadsheet that predicts team totals for every game, thereby allowing you to develop a rudimentary game script to help narrow down your decisions for the week. Once the appealing (and unappealing) games have been highlighted, it becomes easier to focus on those games to help build your core of players for that week; the caveat, however, is that the NFL is a dynamic league, and anything is subject to change from Tuesday to Sunday...so keep that in mind as the week progresses and always monitor player injuries, weather conditions, and potential roster moves. Let's take a look.

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[Blue font indicates games *not* on the DFS main slate.]

UPDATED SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th @ 1 PM (EST)

Team Opponent Odds Game Total Team Total Passing Running Team Defense
Philadelphia Minnesota -6.5 49 27.75 ««« «««
Buffalo Las Vegas -8.5 47 27.75 «« ««« «
Kansas City Jacksonville -3.5 51 27.25 «« ««
San Francisco LA Rams -7.5 45.5 26.5 « «« «
Detroit Seattle -4.5 47.5 26 « «
Cincinnati Baltimore -3 46.5 24.75 « «
Miami New England -3 46.5 24.75 « «
LA Chargers Tennessee -2.5 45.5 24 « « «««
Dallas NY Jets -9 38.5 23.75
Jacksonville Kansas City 3.5 51 23.75
NY Giants Arizona -4 39.5 21.75 ««
Tampa Bay Chicago -2.5 41 21.75 «
New England Miami 3 46.5 21.75
Baltimore Cincinnati 3 46.5 21.75
Tennessee LA Chargers 2.5 45.5 21.5
New Orleans Carolina -3 40 21.5 «
Seattle Detroit 4.5 47.5 21.5
Minnesota Philadelphia 6.5 49 21.25
Denver Washington -3.5 38.5 21 ««
Atlanta Green Bay -1.5 40.5 21 Photos provided by Imagn Images

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