All NFL Week 1 Boosted Odds at Each Sportsbook

• All of the NFL Week 1 boosted odds are listed right here for your perusal
• Will Tom Brady and Drew Brees combine to throw over 4.5 TD passes? Might Saquon Barkley run for a touchdown as the New York Giants upset the Pittsburgh Steelers?
• See all the odds boosts across the leading sportsbooks within the story below

How’s this for feeling boosted? After a summer of anticipation and uncertainty, and bereft of preseason action, the NFL campaign is finally underway.

There was a time when the odds of it starting on time seemed remote but the NFL boosted the anticipation of football fans by going all in for a marquee slate in Week 1.

It’s Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints vs Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Pittsburgh Steelers fans get the added boost of seeing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back in action, while supporters of the New York Jets will assess the latest level of growth in QB Sam Darnold.

Luckily, several of the top sportsbooks are offering boosted odds on games involving these elements.

NFL Week 1 Odds Boosts

All odds boosts taken Sept. 12th. 

Let’s look at the best bet among these odds boosts, as well as the one that’s most likely to lift money from your wallet, never to be seen again.

Brady vs Brees Is the Bomb

Admit it. Since Brady left the New England Patriots for the Bucs vis free agency last winter, this is the game you’ve wanted to witness. Brady vs Brees. The power of the Saints vs the potential of the Buccaneers.

This is the beginning of the showdown for the NFC South title, or maybe it’s more than that. Could it be a sneak preview of the NFC Championship Game?

Now wouldn’t that be something to see?

Tom Brady will play in a dome/retractable roof tomorrow for just the 24th time in his regular season career. The previous 23 (all road games):

490-738 (66.4%)
6,285 yards (8.5 YPA)
49 TD, 19 INT, 104.3 passer rating

8.69 AY/A
7.91 ANY/A

17-6 record

— Tom Brady Facts (@TB_Facts) September 12, 2020

It’s all about Brady and Brees slinging the football around the field on Sunday at the Superdome. These two have been going head-to-head over four decades since Brady’s Michigan Wolverines first beat Brees and the Purdue Boilermakers in a 1999 Big Ten game.

Together they’ve thrown for 1,088 NFL TDs. That’s more than seven current NFL franchises.

Tom Brady (43) & Drew Brees (41) will meet Sunday in the first matchup in NFL history between 2 starting QBs age 40+

To no surprise, Brees (18) & Brady (17) rank in the Top 3 among QBs in Wk 1 starts

Brees (39) has the most pass TDs ever in Wk 1, with Brady in a close 2nd (37)

— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) September 11, 2020

Is it likely that they will combine to throw more than 4.5 TD passes on Sunday? History suggests that answer to be yes.

During their NFL careers Brees owns a 3-2 edge in games against Brady. Brees has thrown 12 touchdown passes. When facing Brees, Brady has passed for 11 TDs.

Do the math and it works out to a combined 4.6 TD passes per game.

Brady and Brees to throw over 4.5 combined TD passes is a worthwhile boost at +200.

Steelers Boosted By Big Ben

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley scoring a TD on Monday is a safe bet.

If that alone were the requirement for the boosted odds to kick in, it’d be a sensational offer. But there’s a catch – along with the Barkley TD, bettors need the Giants to beat the Steelers.

Are you ready for the Roethlisberger Revenge Tour to start? #Steelers pic.twitter.com/Kr26yDtPNR

— BlitzburghUSAVideos (@sdextrasmedia) September 11, 2020

It’s not difficult to make a case for Pittsburgh as Super Bowl contenders. It’s equally easy to make a case that the Giants are first overall draft pick contenders.

This is Roethlisberger’s comeback game. It’s going to be his show.