Sharp or Square - NFL WEEK 1 BETTING LINES - 2026 Regular Season Openers
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Let's the betting begin! With just over 100 days remaining until kickoff of the 2026 NFL regular season, betting expert Chad Millman and professional gambler Simon Hunter examine the betting lines across all 16 games on the NFL Week 1 slate.
Together we hear about the Cleveland Browns as big underdogs against the Jacksonville Jaguars, an Australian divisional game between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams and a matchup of two AFC playoff hopefuls in Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans. We also get a Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, and a garbage can affair between the lowly New York Jets and Tennessee Titans. Will Patrick Mahomes return to Kansas City in time to host the Denver Broncos? Will Jaxson Dart put it all together for the New York Giants against the Dallas Cowboys? We get all of our duo's picks and predictions for these mid-September matchups, including their first Big Balls Bet of the Week of the 2026 NFL season! #Volume
0:03:00 - START
0:09:00 - PATRIOTS VS. SEAHAWKS
0:12:00 - 49ERS VS. RAMS
0:14:00 - BROWNS VS. JAGUARS
0:17:30 - JETS VS. TITANS
0:19:30 - RAVENS VS. COLTS
0:25:15 - BILLS VS. TEXANS
0:28:00 - BUCS VS. BENGALS
0:31:15 - BEARS VS. PANTHERS
0:42:00 - FALCONS VS. STEELERS
0:44:30 - SAINTS VS. LIONS
0:48:30 - CARDINALS VS. CHARGERS
0:50:00 - DOLPHINS VS. RAIDERS
0:52:00 - PACKERS VS. DOLPHINS
0:54:30 - COMMANDERS VS. EAGLES
0:57:00 - COWBOYS VS. GIANTS
1:00:00 - BRONCOS VS. CHIEFS
-- All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.1 | Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by Hard Rock Bet. |
| 0:08.8 | We are part of the volume podcast network. |
| 0:11.2 | This is the betting show that makes the square sharper, makes the wise guys pay attention. |
| 0:15.5 | I am Shad Milman. |
| 0:16.4 | I am joined as always by my co-host, my BFF, my companion, Mike and Padre, professional |
| 0:21.8 | better, Simon Hunter. |
| 0:24.8 | Hello, Simon. |
| 0:28.0 | Chad, the league is a buzz, and it's usually all about the week one line. |
| 0:33.0 | That's the rare times like other NFL teams, people in the league are hitting me up just being like |
| 0:38.1 | this is what Vegas thinks of us is what they view us in our first matchup that's a ridiculous |
| 0:43.2 | line this week honestly has been nonstop about going to 18 game schedule everyone it feels like |
| 0:50.8 | I don't know if it's going to happen this upcoming season obviously but it can't happen't happen this season. Yeah, the way the people are talking right now, it just seems like it's pretty much a given. Next year, it will be an 18 game schedule. And that's just, it's usually not like that right now. Usually everyone's just a buzz about week one. But the fact that it's a real thing, this whole two by weeks, 18 games, teams playing two or three international games um there's a |
| 1:14.1 | lot going on behind the scenes right now the NFL and it's it's a really interesting time just trying |
| 1:17.8 | to figure out the next move because it feels like this is it right if we if we go to 18 games |
| 1:22.7 | there's not a future of maybe there is but not for a long time right this feels like the next step |
| 1:27.1 | in that president's weekend of the NFL Super Bowl so yeah it's a big future of maybe there is but not for a long time right this feels like the next step and that |
| 1:27.9 | president's weekend of the NFL Super Bowl so yeah it's a big deal I know people in Atlanta are |
| 1:32.8 | really mad because it's you know whatever it is 16 months out they still don't have a date yet |
| 1:37.9 | for the 2028 Super Bowl but yeah it's it's pretty exciting time right on the NFL side |
| 1:43.2 | I think for fans it's pretty exciting time right on the NFL side. I think for fans, it's amazing. |
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