Make free NFL football office pool picks at CBS Sports, get guaranteed payouts each week in 2021

The Kansas City Chiefs fell one win short of repeating as Super Bowl champions last season. Patrick Mahomes and company will look to get back to the big game for the third consecutive season when the 2021 NFL season gets underway. The Chiefs open their season with a home matchup against Baker Mayfield and the Browns. The latest Week 1 NFL odds list the Chiefs as six-point home favorites against Cleveland.

The Week 1 NFL schedule also features several other quarterback duels, including Cowboys vs. Buccaneers, Steelers vs. Bills and Packers vs. Saints. If you’re playing against your friends or colleagues in a football office pool, you’ll need to study the NFL odds for every game in order to separate yourself from the pack with your NFL office pool picks. With such close matchups across the league each week, consistently nailing your football picks could be a serious challenge. But if you’re up for it, CBS Sports has the perfect game to keep you locked in all season long. 

Compete for $100,000 or start a pool with friends

It’s time to raise the stakes with CBS Sports Football Pick’em. Join the challenge to compete for the $100,000 jackpot and guaranteed cash prizes each week or start a customizable pool to compete against your friends.

You can win the $100,000 jackpot each week for hitting the full slate and tiebreakers. Even if no one hits the jackpot, CBS Sports is giving away a guaranteed $1,000 to the winner each week. In addition, the player with the most correct picks at the end of the season gets a guaranteed $5,000.

If you’re looking to start a pick’em pool with your friends, family or colleagues, group settings include a variety of games suitable for every fan, including straight up picks, against the spread picks, survivor pools, confidence points and much more. You can play on your desktop or on the CBS Sports app, so sign up here today. 

Get football picks for every game from a proven NFL model

We’ll give you one team to consider backing during the NFL’s opening week. SportsLine’s advanced computer model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is predicting the Broncos go on the road and beat the Giants 24-21. The model shows Denver covering the two-point spread in over 50 percent of simulations.

The Giants have struggled to win in the month of September in recent years. In fact, New York is just 3-12 in its last 15 games played in September. Denver, meanwhile, is 4-1 against the spread in its last five meetings against the Giants.

The model sees Denver’s defense keeping Giants quarterback Daniel Jones in check, allowing him to throw for just 181 yards and one touchdown. Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater is projected to throw for nearly 250 yards in his debut, while Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton combine for 147 receiving yards against a New York defense that gave up 349.3 total yards per game last season. 

Make NFL pool picks at CBS Sports

Show your skills, beat your friends and coworkers, and take home guaranteed prize money. Create a pool, get your friends involved, and keep the competition going all season long.