The 2025 NFL season got underway last night, with the Eagles coming out victorious in a game that didn't end until well after midnight ET due to a weather delay. Now the public's attention turns to Friday's Chiefs-Chargers matchup in Brazil, followed by a stacked Week 1 slate. But while bettors will fire away at those games over the next few days, a select group of sharp bettors has an eye on locking in excellent value on Week 2 matchups prior to the Sunday evening rerelease of those lines.
Many sportsbooks offer lookahead lines on NFL games for the following week of play, and those numbers tend to not see much movement prior to closing once the main Sunday slate begins, as the volume doesn't compare even a little to what books see for the current slate of NFL games in a given wee