Morning Coffee: A FanDuel best bet for the NFL season opener

There are only a few experiences in this world that are better than kicking off the NFL season with a winner.

Whether it’s a winning bet on FanDuel or beating Wesley Cheng in a Week 1 showdown in our TSN EDGE fantasy football league, it’s all about getting that W.

Now that all of my drafts are wrapped, I have no problem telling everybody how high I am on Justin Herbert.

I bet on him to win NFL regular season MVP at +900 at FanDuel, then took him in the 4.8 slot in our fantasy football league draft on Tuesday night.

I also don’t mind admitting that I’m higher than most on Christian Kirk, Marquise Brown, Chris Godwin, Chris Olave and Isaiah Likely, so take what you want from that when looking at potential fantasy football trade targets in the coming days.

As for tonight, I can’t wait to kick off the 2022 season in studio with the TSN EDGE team.

The summer was good to us, and there isn’t a group of people that I’d rather work the opener with than our crew.

So, let’s get it started.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Thursday Sept. 8.

FanDuel Best Bet For The NFL Opener

Believe it or not, the Los Angeles Rams have never lost a season opener under head coach Sean McVay.

They are 5-0 in Week 1 with McVay calling the shots on the sideline.

The Rams enter tonight’s game as a top-four choice to win the Super Bowl, and 14 of the past 16 defending champions went on to win their Thursday season openers.

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However, that hasn’t stopped the betting public from betting against Los Angeles, which is currently a home underdog for tonight’s game against the Buffalo Bills.

As of this morning, I’m staring at Bills -2.5 -110 at FanDuel.

That’s because Buffalo enters Week 1 as the favourite to win the Super