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NFL Picks Week 1 2018: Predictions by Football Writers

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by laiyongcai92 • Farseer | 152 Posts | 1520 Points

The Bleeding Green Nation weekly writers picks are back for the 2018 NFL season! Each week we’ll predict the winners of each and every game on the schedule. We’ll tally the results along the way and see who comes out on top at the end of the season. Feel free to post your own predictions or discuss the writer predictions in the comments. Let’s get to this week’s picks.You can also vote for who you think will win the games. I’ll tally those results in a “BGN Community” column. I’m sure you readers will be quick to remember that you were the winners of last year’s BGN picks. Just another example of how you (collectively) always know more than I do. :)Vote in the polls beneath the table. (Click here if you can’t see the polls.)2018 NFL WEEK 1 PICKSNFL Week 1 PicksBGN PicksBLGBenjaminCodyAlexisTylerJamesLeeBGN ReadersBGN PicksBLGBenjaminCodyAlexisTylerJamesLeeBGN ReadersMAKE YOUR PICKSVote for your picks below. (Once again Youth Stefen Wisniewski Jersey , click here if you can’t see the polls.) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Treyvon Hester's fingertips made the second-year pro a popular guy in Philadelphia.The Eagles (10-7) are heading to New Orleans (13-3) for a divisional playoff game Sunday because Hester barely tipped Cody Parkey's 43-yard field-goal attempt just enough to send the ball bouncing off the upright and crossbar, securing a 16-15 win at Chicago in the wild-card round."It's crazy. My social media (following) tripled," Hester said Friday. The 6-foot-2, 304-pound defensive tackle didn't even see where the ball went after he touched it."I felt I didn't get enough of it because when I looked back, it looked like it was on the right path," Hester said. "I turned back and it bounced off and the rest was history. I didn't see it bounce off because I was so frustrated. I heard the reaction of the crowd and saw the team running out there. It was a surprise. I couldn't believe it happened."Hester began the season on Philadelphia's practice squad after Oakland released him at the end of training camp. He was a seventh-round pick by the Raiders out of Toledo in 2017 and appeared in 14 games as a rookie.The Eagles promoted him to the active roster in October and he worked himself into becoming a part of the defensive line rotation. Hester has played anywhere between 16 and 58 percent of the snaps in 12 games. He got his first NFL sack on Deshaun Watson in Week 16 and was on the field for 12 snaps against the Bears."Treyvon has come up big for us," defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said. "He got his hand up and did what he was supposed to do at the right time and we were able to get the win."Hester is surrounded by talented http://www.eaglesauthorizedshops.com/authentic-jason-peters-jersey , experienced guys on the defensive line, including All-Pro Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Chris Long, Tim Jernigan and Haloti Ngata."I'm trying to make a name for myself but I got a lot of vets out here helping me out, helping me improve my game, so I'm grateful Carson Wentz Jersey ," he said. "Without Haloti Ngata, I wouldn't have been able to get the push that I got because we both get down there and try to get the guy in front of us out of the way, so credit to him."Hester said it was the first time he blocked a field goal in his career and it was the first one in the postseason in franchise history."First of many," Hester said. "It's definitely a big confidence booster and I would like to continue to make more plays and help this team win any way I can."Hester has found his role on the Eagles, giving the defending Super Bowl champions an opportunity to continue their quest for a repeat."It's fulfilling," Hester said. "Philadelphia proved me right, allowed me to show what I can do. I owe them everything."Notes: LT Jason Peters (quadriceps) Authentic Jalen Mills Jersey , DE Michael Bennett (foot), CB Sidney Jones (hamstring), WR Mike Wallace (ankle), WR Shelton Gibson (hamstring) and LB D.J. Alexander (hamstring) are questionable.

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