Fantasy Football: Week 1 NFL Implied Totals (DFS Early Slate)
Updated: Monday, August 17 at 6:28 PM ET.
While nobody is right 100% of the time, Vegas sportsbooks are right more often than they are wrong.
A helpful tool to determine which players to roster or start (or at least to break a tie), especially in daily fantasy football (DFS) contests, is NFL implied totals (projected point totals for each team based on NFL odds).
Looking at the over-under alone is not enough. Although it's an obvious statement, the more points a team scores (or is expected to score), the more likely that fantasy points will follow.
NFL implied totals listed in the table below are for games played during the early slate of DFS contests (1 PM ET start times) and excludes all other games.
In addition, Week 1 NFL odds from FanDuel Sportsbook were used to calculate implied totals and they are sorted from most to least projected points.
| Rank | Team | Implied Total | Spread | O/U | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | 28.25 | -7 | 49.5 | New Orleans Saints |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 27.5 | -3.5 | 51.5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 3 | Baltimore Ravens | 26 | -3.5 | 48.5 | Indianapolis Colts |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | 25 | -2.5 | 47.5 | Carolina Panthers |
| 5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 24 | -7.5 | 40.5 | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | +3.5 | 51.5 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 7 | Houston Texans | 23 | -1.5 | 44.5 | Buffalo Bills |
| 8 | Indianapolis Colts | 22.5 | +3.5 | 48.5 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 8 | Carolina Panthers | 22.5 | +2.5 | 47.5 | Chicago Bears |
| 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 22.25 | -3 | 41.5 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 11 | Buffalo Bills | 21.5 | +1.5 | 44.5 | Houston Texans |
| 12 | New Orleans Saints | 21.25 | +7 | 49.5 | Detroit Lions |
| 13 | Tennessee Titans | 21 | -2.5 | 39.5 | New York Jets |
| 14 | Atlanta Falcons | 19.25 | +3 | 41.5 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 15 | New York Jets | 18.5 | +2.5 | 39.5 | Tennessee Titans |
| 16 | Cleveland Browns | 16.5 | +7.5 | 40.5 | Jacksonville Jaguars |