[lorinda]

$400 Saints -
The reasoning may be considered in poor taste by some, and that's not my intention, but a team that has a reason to fight always performs better.
Given that the start of a new season always produces strange results and unexpected power shifts and is a little bit of a lottery, I can think of no better reason to use for my first week guesses than this.

$300 Patriots u50

Week one, 50 point match? Yeah right. I don't care how good/bad anyone is in this, 50 points 50% of the time in a week one matchup is not happening.

$200 Texans

Up 'n' coming last year, Bills pretty dour, oh, and I can win without scoring a point? Thanks

$100 Chargers o40.5

Okay, breaking the golden rule of week one under/overs, but I really think these will be two of the very best sides this year. They will both fancy their chances and likely be in the best shape of the early starters.
I suspect I'll regret this one, but there it is.

Lori