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    It's risky to read too much into Week 1 results

    by Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 2018 3 minutes

    In terms of picking winners, the opening week of the NFL season is always the second-hardest.

    The hardest is Week 2.

    That's because there are so many false indicators in openers, so many misleading assumptions.

    For example:

    - The New England Patriots were thoroughly embarrassed at home in last season's opener, winding up on the wrong end of a 42-27 pounding by the Kansas City Chiefs. But the Patriots went on to reach another

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