Long story short, the NFL’s 100th season kicks off tonight, and there is a 100 percent chance I don’t hit on all my Week 1 picks:
Packers 28, Bears 26: Packers coach Matt LaFleurmbardi wins his debut. Credit Aaron Rodgers’ good karma for donating 354 helmets to high schools in Chico, Paradise and his alma mater Paradise Valley. Line: Packers + 3 (via ActionNetwork.com)
49ers 31, Buccaneers 23: Jimmy Garoppolo triumphantly opens his 2019 Comeback Tour. Anyone else think Jimmy might be a descendent of Bucco Bruce, the Bucs’ suave mascot from the mid-1970s?