Where the picks come from

We read the public picks pages of 9 outlets. Team sites in the SB Nation network are listed separately from SB Nation's national panel: different writers, different records.

NFL

• CBS Sports NFL picks

  7 experts · straight up, against the spread · weeks 1–5

• ESPN NFL picks

  11 experts · straight up · weeks 1–5

• NFL.com NFL picks

  5 experts · straight up, against the spread · weeks 1–5

• Daily Norseman NFL picks

  6 experts · straight up, against the spread, totals · week 5

• Pride of Detroit NFL picks

  8 experts · straight up, against the spread, totals · week 5

• SB Nation NFL picks

  9 experts · straight up · week 5

• Sports Illustrated NFL picks

  8 experts · straight up · week 5

• ProFootballTalk NFL picks

  1 expert · straight up · week 5

• FOX Sports NFL picks

  1 expert · against the spread, totals · week 5

We plan to add more outlets. How each one is read and checked: methodology.