FanDuel Best Bets: TSN EDGE Staff Picks For Week 1

Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season has finally arrived.

After starting the year on a winning note on Thursday night, it’s time to turn our attention to the first Sunday of the season with our first installment of FanDuel Best Bets from the TSN EDGE team.

Each week of the season, Luke Bellus, Chris Amberley, Eric Cohen, Evan Render, Connor Ford, and myself – Domenic Padula – will make our predictions and provide a little insight into the process behind our decisions.

Whether it’s a side, total or player prop, our goal is to do our best to give out as many winners as possible every single week.

So, let’s kick it off.

Here is a look at our FanDuel Best Bets for Week 1 of the NFL season.

Domenic Padula: 49ers -6.5 at Bears

We’ve spent a lot of time counting down to the first Sunday of the NFL season.

I’ve spent much of it betting against the Chicago Bears.

I bet the Bears to finish with under 6.5 wins at -140, under 5.5 wins at +180, and to finish with the worst record in the NFL at +1100 over the summer.

It should be no surprise that I bet against Chicago again in Week 1.

The Bears have a new general manager and a new head coach, but they didn’t do much to upgrade their current roster this off-season, and they lost several key veterans including Khalil Mack and Allen Robinson.

There’s no incentive for Chicago to win now.

In fact, it’s likely better for the Bears to be as bad as possible this season as they look to build towards the future.

On the other hand, the 49ers want to win now.

Trey Lance is now the starting quarterback in San Francisco, but Jimmy Garoppolo remains on the roster following a roller-coaster off-season.

Garoppolo threw for 322 yards in a 33-22 win in Chicago when these teams met last season, and while Kyle