Things to think about...
Last year scoring in the NFL was at an ALL TIME HIGH.
The average scoring in NFL games for 2020 was 49.6 pts/game.
The previous record was 46.8 pts/game.
Thats a 2.8 pt/game difference! Almost a FG!
Why might this be? No crowd noise last year may have been a factor. Also teams are being more aggressive going for it on 4th and short on their opponents side of the field. We know this because punting in the NFL was at an ALL TIME LOW averaging only 3.7 punts per game.
How do we use this to our advantage?
First, we can assume with crowd noise coming back that scoring is probably not going to break the average of last year and will come back down. I'm guessing around 47.5 pts/game to 48 pts/game. This means we look for totals that we think are inflated and bet the under.
CFB had 65% of their games hit the under. Might see something similar in NFL week 1.
Betting week 1 NFL we should look to bet unders where we think we have an advantage. Use the data above to help you figure out where you can find an edge. I would start with offenses that have NEW QBs which there are 12 teams with new QBs (this doesn't mean rookies this means new QB on a new team in a new system).
Look for week 1 unders, selectively look to play team totals on road teams under, and look to selectively play 1H and 1Q unders.
I'll have mine listed for you guys of course so don't worry! Just wanted to share some data with you!