Falcons favored to win opener over Bears by 6.5 points

FLOWERY BRANCH

-- Las Vegas has installed the Falcons as 6.5 point road-favorites over the Chicago Bears in their regular-season opener, according toBovada, (www.Bovada.lv, Twitter: @BovadaLV).

The Falcons face the Bears at 1 p.m. on Sept. 10.

 NFL Week 1 Lines

Kansas City +7½

New England -7½

Atlanta Falcons -6½

Chicago Bears +6½

Philadelphia Eagles +2½

Washington Redskins -2½

Pittsburgh Steelers -9

Cleveland Browns +9

Baltimore Ravens +1½

Cincinnati Bengals -1½

Arizona Cardinals +2½

Detroit Lions -2½

Tampa Bay Buccaneers +2½

Miami Dolphins -2½

New York Jets +6

Buffalo Bills -6

Oakland Raiders -1½

Tennessee Titans +1½

Jacksonville Jaguars +4

Houston Texans -4

Indianapolis Colts -3

Los Angeles Rams +3

Seattle Seahawks +3

Green Bay Packers -3

Carolina Panthers -4½

San Francisco 49ers +4½

New York Giants +5½

Dallas Cowboys -5½

New Orleans Saints +3½

Minnesota Vikings -3½

Los Angles Chargers +4

Denver Broncos -4

FALCONS SCHEDULE

Exhibition season

Falcons at Miami Dolphins at 7 p.m. Aug. 10

Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers at 4 p.m. Aug. 20

Arizona Cardinals at Falcons at 7 p.m. Aug. 26

Jacksonville Jaguars at Falcons at 7 p.m. Aug. 31

Regular season

Sept. 10 at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox

Sept. 17 Green Bay Packers, 8:30 p.m. NBC

Sept. 24 at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. Fox

Oct. 1 Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS

Oct. 8 BYE

Oct. 15 Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS

Oct. 22 at New England Patriots, 8:30 p.m., NBC

Oct. 29 at New York Jets, 1 p.m., Fox

Nov. 5 at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox

Nov. 12 Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox

Nov. 20 at Seattle Seahawks (Mon) 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Nov. 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., Fox

Dec. 3 Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox

Dec. 7 New Orleans Saints (Thur), 8:25 p.m., NBC/NFL Network/Amazon