The pressure starts on Day 1 for the Cincinnati Bengals when they travel to Cleveland to open the 2025 NFL regular season on Sunday. Cincinnati failed to make the playoffs last year despite a near-MVP year by quarterback Joe Burrow. The Bengals, who closed 2024 by winning their final five games, will face a Cleveland Browns team that named Joe Flacco its Week 1 starter. The Bengals are 5.5-point favorites, but Burrow is just 3-5 in his career versus Cleveland, while Flacco hasn't faced Cincy since 2022.
Aaron Rodgers faces his former team -- and Justin Fields does the same -- when the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to take on the New York Jets in Week 1. According to the latest Week 1 NFL odds, the Steelers are 3-point favorites on the road, while the over/under for total points scored is 38,