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Week 1 NFL Picks: Can The Cowboys Beat The 49ers?

The BTB writers weigh in with their picks for the Week 1 games.

Jed Jacobsohn

The Cowboys will kick off the 2014 NFL season on Sunday afternoon, which means it's time for us to kick off our time-honored BTB tradition of having the front-page writers embarrass themselves publicly by picking their winners for each NFL weekend.

Here at BTB, we're very objective about our lack of objectivity. Most of us pick the Cowboys to win every game regardless of who the opponent is, and this week is no different - the Cowboys are our unanimous favorites against the 49ers, and for good reason: the Cowboys have an NFL best .676 (36-17-1) winning percentage in season openers, and even the much maligned Jason Garrett is 2-1 in season openers.

This year, in addition to the front page writers, were adding a column for the BTB users who are participating in our Pick 256 challenge.Pick_256_ls_medium

Pick 256 is a season-long contest in which BTB members and readers get to pick the straight-up winners for all games each week. If you haven't yet submitted your picks yet, now would be a good time, here's the link to the entry form.

Week 1 Pick 256 Entry Form

We currently have a little over 350 pick submissions, which means there's plenty of room for more. If you haven't done so yet, you can still submit your picks until kickoff of the Packers @ Seahawks game tonight. You can see where the popular vote is trending for each game (as per early this morning) in the table below, which shows the Week 1, 2014 picks for the BTB writers and the BTB users.

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2013 Record
161-95 158-98 160-96 - - - - 165-91 164-92 152-104 158-98 157-99
2013 Percentage .629 .617 .625 - - - - .644 .640 .594 .617 .613
2014 Record Week
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

GB @ SEA (-6) Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Gbp_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium SEA: 78% Sea_medium
NO (-3) @ ATL Nos_medium Nos_medium Nos_medium Nos_medium Nos_medium Nos_medium Nos_medium Nos_medium NO: 86% Nos_medium
MIN @ STL (-4) Stl_medium Stl_medium Stl_medium Min_medium Min_medium Stl_medium Stl_medium Stl_medium STL: 53% Stl_medium
CLE @ PIT (-6.5) Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium PIT: 88% Pit_medium
JAC @ PHI (-10) Phi_medium Phi_medium Phi_medium Phi_medium Phi_medium Phi_medium Phi_medium Jac_medium PHI: 91% Phi_medium
OAK @ NYJ (-5) Nyj_medium Nyj_medium Nyj_medium Nyj_medium Nyj_medium Nyj_medium Nyj_medium Nyj_medium NYJ: 74% Nyj_medium
CIN @ BAL (-1.5) Bal_medium Bal_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Bal_medium Cin_medium CIN: 72% Cin_medium
BUF @ CHI (-6.5) Chi_medium Chi_medium Chi_medium Chi_medium Chi_medium Chi_medium Chi_medium Chi_medium CHI: 97% Chi_medium
WAS @ HOU (-2.5) Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium HOU: 68% Hou_medium
TEN @ KC (-4) Kan_medium Kan_medium Kan_medium Kan_medium Kan_medium Kan_medium Kan_medium Kan_medium KC: 93% Kan_medium
NE (-4.5) @ MIA Nep_medium Nep_medium Nep_medium Nep_medium Nep_medium Nep_medium Nep_medium Nep_medium NE: 90% Nep_medium
CAR @ TB (-1) Tam_medium Car_medium Car_medium Car_medium Car_medium Car_medium Tam_medium Tam_medium CAR: 67% Car_medium
SF (-5) @ DAL Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium DAL: 79%
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IND @ DEN (-7.5) Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium DEN: 90% Den_medium
NYG @ DET (-5) Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium DET: 96%
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SD @ ARI (-3) Sdc_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Sdc_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Sdc_medium ARI: 52% Ari_medium

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