Perfection Reflection – NFL 10-0 Week 2

FairwayJay Reflects on a Historic NFL 10-0 Week 2 Over a Decade Ago

History shows that Week 2 in the NFL invariably provides more surprises and upsets, along with some focused and determined efforts as teams try to avoid starting the season 0-2. There is inevitably some significant line adjustments from the Week 2 lookahead lines, and adjustments by the bookmakers to Week 1 results. In the 2009 season, I found the sweet spot with 10 picks posted publicly and provided to a client base at the time, and went NFL 10-0 on our Week 2 picks.

I provide additional situations and technical trends that identify and support the over-reactions by the betting public and recency bias when making their NFL Week 2 picks and bets. See my 2024 NFL Week 2 coverage in Forbes that also provides odds and these betting situations.

We went 3-1 ATS with in Week 1 for the second straight season on our 2024 NFL Week 1 underdog picks, and now reflect back on a NFL 10-0 Week 2 from 2009 while providing at least 5 underdog picks in 2024 NFL Week 2.

2024 NFL Week 2 Odds

Week 2 NFL matchups featuring 0-1 teams vs. 0-1 teams include:

• Las Vegas at Baltimore (-8.5)
• Indianapolis (-3) at Green Bay
• Cleveland at Jacksonville (-3)
• NY Jets (-3.5) at Tennessee
• NY Giants at Washington (-1.5)
• LA Rams at Arizona (-1.5)

Week 2 NFL matchups, 0-1 vs. 1-0 teams:

• LA Chargers (-4.5) at Carolina
• Cincinnati at Kansas City (-5.5)
• Pittsburgh (-2.5) at Denver
• Atlanta at Philadelphia (-6.5)—Monday Night

Week 2 NFL matchups featuring 1-0 vs. 1-0 teams:

• New Orleans at Dallas (-6.5)
• Tampa Bay at Detroit (-7.5)
• San Francisco (-5.5) at Minnesota
• Seattle (-3.5) at New England
• Chicago at Houston (-6.5)—Sunday Night

Fairway’s Football Forecast shoots for more winners, and always has a special affinity for Week 2 of the NFL season.

A Decade of Dominance and Perfection Reflection

My perfection reflection goes back to 2009 as my best-ever week when I was providing NFL picks for a sports betting consulting company. Yes, I guess I was a tout (no longer), but doing it with documentation and legit. That particular week, I released the biggest NFL selection card of my professional handicapping career of more than six years at the time. I bet and provided personal clients 10 NFL selections in Week 2 and went a perfect 10-0!! At the time, I was providing selection services for a well-known Las Vegas advisory sports handicapping company and a regular guest on a popular daily sports handicapping show heard nationwide and on Sirius/XM Radio.

I also provided and posted publicly a written analysis for every game on the NFL card that week. It turned into a NFL 10-0 Week 2.

Saints (-1)…Win 48-22
Rams (+9.5)…Win 7-9
NY Jets (+3.5)…Win 16-9
NY Jets/Patriots under 45.5…Win 16-9
Falcons (–6)…Win 28-20
Raiders (+3)…Win 13-10
Bengals (+9)…Win 31-24
49ers (-1)…Win 23-10
Bears (+3)…Win 17-14
Chargers/Ravens over 40…Win 31-26

That also came during a time when I was selling picks publicly, which I no longer do despite requests from companies to profit from my experience and expertise. During nearly a decade of dominance, I was also documented with 8 straight winning seasons in NFL point spread prognosis and produced better than 57% winners on nearly 650 plays documented by an independent third party company for professional handicappers.

In past seasons I produced 60+% seasons in major NFL contests while also providing weekly underdog picks the last seven years with a success rate greater than 57% posted on these pages and at osga.com. That includes a 70% season in 2021 going 28-12 ATS with 21 outright winners.