Expect Browns, Buccaneers to Be Popular NFL Week 2 Teaser

Underdogs had a massive Week 1 in the NFL's opening weekend, but that's not stopping oddsmakers from releasing some big opening lines for Week 2.

Three home teams are favored by 10 points or more for the second week of the NFL season at WynnBET Sportsbook. Despite an eye-opening Week 1 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars as 3-point underdogs, the Houston Texans are 12.5-point underdogs on the road this week against the Cleveland Browns. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who failed to cover the 8.5-point spread at home in a 31-29 win vs. the Dallas Cowboys, are also 12.5-point favorites at home against the Atlanta Falcons in a divisional matchup.

Lastly, in the Monday Night Football matchup, the Green Bay Packers are 10.5-point favorites at Lambeau Field against the Detroit Lions in an NFC North showdown.

All three teams are substantially better than their competition, but after watching underdogs win nine games straight up in Week 1, as well as go 12-4 against the spread, will bettors want to lay the wood despite the matchup? Fortunately, there's a type of bet called a "teaser" that helps bring down those massive double-digit lines.

Browns and Bucs will be a popular two-team teaser pick for Week 2

One of the ways bettors can lower the amount of points a favorite must cover, or extend a point spread for an underdog is to bet a "two-team teaser." Bettors can "tease" the line for two teams, point totals, or one of each down to a number that they prefer, usually by 6, 6.5 or 7 points. Like a parlay bet, both plays must hit for the teaser to be considered a win.

In this scenario at WynnBET, by teasing the Browns and Bucs' matchups by six points, the line goes from -12.5 down to -6.5. This helps bettors get past a key number of seven. Teaser bets are most effective when you can take out either a point difference of "three" for a field goal, as well as "seven" for a touchdown.

Because of the value offered up by the sportsbook to get the line at a much better number, a two-team six-point teaser will put the odds at -140. A 6.5-point teaser would move to -150, and a 7-point would land at odds of -160.

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