Top Plays of NFL Week One: Over/Unders

Pittsburgh/Baltimore OVER 36:
Traditionally a low-scoring matchup, but look for this week’s game to divert from the trend. Both defenses have big names, but they’re also aging rapidly- two of the oldest defenses in the league. Meanwhile, the offenses are stocked with dynamic young playmakers. This is particularly true of the Steelers, who hold the potential to field one of the more explosive passing attacks in team history. Roethlisberger goes big in this one, and Flacco, Ray Rice and company put up a few points of their own. Forget the history- this one goes over easy.

New England/Miami UNDER 45.5: The Dolphins defense is better than you think- but their offtense is every bit as bad as you think. Meanwhile, the Pats look to be much improved on defense with a beefed up d-line and good young players like devin mccourty, patrick chung and jermaine cunningham emerging rapidly. Offensively, Pats may be a tad unsettled along the offensive line and in the receiving corps. Miami has enough on “D” to slow them down a bit and on the flipside New England’s new look defense should be able to handle Henne and company. It all adds up to a lower scoring game than one might think.

Week One Hilton Contest Picks for rockboxsports.com:

St. Louis, Buffalo, Washington, Carolina, Cincinnati