Rich Hribar

“Packers plus 400 to win the division for sure is by far my favorite.”

The Detroit Lions (12-5) won the NFC North; the Green Bay Packers finished 9-8 as a wild card, not division winner.

“So I mean, there's so many fascinating storylines we could attack here. But I think the number one, in my opinion, is Tom Brady starting for the Buccaneers week one. So I'm gonna because there's so many implications based on his passing yards, you have Chris Godwin, Mike Evans, Gronkowski, OJ Howard so I think it's critical to get this right week one so his passing yards prop I have the line set at 277 and a half I'll go over I have it at 282 and this is a situation where you're playing a good offense like the New Orleans Saints the offense that can score some points this is usually a situation when even if the quarterback may struggle a little bit the yardage will be there because you'll have to move the ball and continue to get in scoring range so I usually worry about kind of high-end quarterbacks yardage props when they're in like a cake matchup that you know they could it could be over by the third quarter I think this would be a close game the spread is three and a half one of the higher under over unders of the week so I'll go over I'll go under just to take the under just because you know I just like I just like taking unders and kind of lofty passing yardage anyways but I do think that's an interesting spot just in general because if you look at the Saints like they typically start slow it's been one of these like Sean Payton teams like they've historically done it every year I mean they're they're just one eight one and eight against the spread their past nine season openers. They've got 20 or eight or more points in the past six season openers. Kind of one. We got a non-narrative base here. I don't know if the angry Tom will come out, but the, you know, definitely think that there's going to be a lot to play for in this game. It's the oldest QB matchup in NFL history. We've also got a team in the Saints. They haven't allowed a 100-yard rusher since Samadji Pirine in 2017. So I don't think any of the Bucs guys are really going to get off running the ball either. So I think it's going to be more of a passing script for the Bucs. I think it's a really good number. But, I mean, I'll just take the under just because, like I said, I like to take the under on the high passing lines. All right, I'm taking the over here. and I'm pretty adamantly taking the over here. I have him projected for, Raybon, I think you said around 282. I think I'm closer to around 290, which is aggressive, but it's a high-scoring game for the reasons that Rich mentioned.”

NO 34, TB 23 — ESPN's game record confirms the stored outcome. (Tom Brady 239 passing yards)