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Blezow’s NFL picks Week 2

Peyton Manning and his little brother Eli both completed 27 of 42 passes last week, with 462 yards for Peyton and 450 for Eli. Oh yeah, each rolled a seven in combined touchdowns and interceptions, but the difference between 7/0 and 4/3 equaled a 49-27 win for Denver and 36-31 loss for the Giants.

Those scores leave the Broncos a 4 ¹/₂ –point favorite in MetLife Stadium on Sunday. That sounds reasonable, but flip the three-point home bias in the spread around and ask yourself if you would give the Giants 10½ if the game were in Denver.

Even in their blowout of the Ravens, the Broncos showed vulnerabilities. They were trailing in the third quarter before a key third-down pass was trapped, but not detected by the refs or challenged by John Harbaugh. Only then came the onslaught. Denver gave up 362 yards to a depleted Baltimore passing attack. That secondary is in for a rough afternoon against Eli and his Victor Cruz/Hakeem Nicks/Rueben Randle trio.

Throw in Eli’s determination to erase the zero in the win column both for this season and lifetime vs. Peyton, and you get … Giants, +4½.

EAGLES (-7 ½) over Chargers: Lost the first Lock going against the Chargers, but this is a tough travel spot (cross-country, early start after ultra-late Monday night heartbreaker). Also can’t see all the enormous guys on the Chargers defensive line holding up against the breakneck Chip Kelly attack, with little opportunity to sub out.

RAVENS (-6 ½) over Browns: It’s not an absolute system, but tend to like home teams in Week 2 who lost on the road in Week 1, particularly off extra rest as the Ravens are. Their defense will be stoked after the second-half disaster in Denver.

TEXANS (-9) over Titans: Texans outgained the Titans by 220 yards in their respective wins at San Diego and Pittsburgh. Houston also played late Monday but is home now, while it is the second in a row on the road for the Titans.

COLTS (-2 ½) over Dolphins: Colts were outgained by 98 yards by the Raiders last week and were pretty Luck-y to have won. They have won seven in a row at home, though, most of the efforts better than that. And the Dolphins are playing second in row away.

BILLS (+3) over Panthers: Not sure what the Panthers did last week in a 12-7 loss to Seattle that has them as road favorites. Both they and the Bills were outgained by well over 100 yards in close losses to very good teams.

Rams (+7) over FALCONS: Best advice is to wait until Sunday morning to see the availability of Rams RB Daryl Richardson and Falcons WRs Roddy White and Julio Jones. Having to make the call now, taking the points in what seems like a close match-up.

PACKERS (-7 ½) over Redskins: Skins defense isn’t as bad as it looked as guinea pigs in the Chip Kelly experiment. But the Packers are one of those teams that is home after a Week 1 road loss — and they should be pretty mean after the way they lost in San Francisco.

CHIEFS (-3) over Cowboys: This pick comes down to two guys: Tony Romo and Andy Reid. Romo had his ribs BBQ’d by the Giants, and as Cris Collinsworth pointed out on NBC, QBs can sometimes finish a game with bad ribs but be hindered the next week. Plus Reid knows far more about the Cowboys than Jason Garrett does about KC.

Vikings (+6) over BEARS: Bears managed a three-point win and push at home vs. Cincy on a day when Jay Cutler threw 33 times without getting sacked. Don’t see another sack 0-fer against the Vikings, and like Adrian Peterson at this price.

Saints (-3 ½) over BUCCANEERS: Not on the bandwagon that the Bucs are so dreadful, but this is a pretty cheap price to be getting Drew Brees and all his weaponry.

CARDINALS (-1) over Lions: Prefer Stafford-Bush-Megatron to Palmer-Mendenhall-Fitzgerald, but this is one of those spots where it may mean something to have a home team that lost close on the road versus a team that won its opener at home.

RAIDERS (-5 ½) over Jaguars: These may be the worst two teams in the league in The Post’s power rankings, but it looks like a pretty long way down from 31 to 32. Raiders did outgain the Colts by almost 100 yards.

49ers (+3) over SEAHAWKS: Niners lost 42-13 at Seattle in Week 16 last year. That game was a week after their big win at New England, and in front of a home division clinch opportunity. So discount the score but not the Niners’ desire to avenge it.

MONDAY NIGHT

BENGALS (-7) over Steelers: After all the years of beatings the Bengals have taken from the Steelers, both physically and on the scoreboard, now’s the time when they can start to give some of it back.

BEST BETS: Chiefs, Giants, Eagles.

LAST WEEK: 8-7-1 overall, 1-2 Best Bets.

LOCK OF THE WEEK: Chiefs (Locks 0-1)