And back to your other point, I follow absolutely nothing about offseason football, college or pro, so "searching the rest of the lines for value" in Week One isn't gonna help me.
Ah, but neither has the general public! I've traditionally done a lot better in early-season than late-season "predicting." There's less knowledge all around, more room for generic habits and good ol fashion intuition!
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