Quote:Sal Iacono, a writer for "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and better known as "Cousin Sal" on Bill Simmons' podcasts, was ESPN's new NFL gambling expert during the 2015 season. He didn't lose a pick on his weekly "SportsCenter" segment the final six weeks of the regular season.

 

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:15.0000009536743px;">Sal was 15-0-3 over the last six weeks of the 2015 season and 19-2-3 over the last eight weeks.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:15.0000009536743px;">That's pretty good.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:15.0000009536743px;">Well, he is back this season, so let's take a look at who Cousin Sal likes in Week 1:

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:15.0000009536743px;">Game 1:

• Jacksonville Jaguars +3.5 (vs Carolina Panthers) — "Carolina is a mess defensively and on the other side of the ball I don't know how they score points. I don't know who Cam Newton is going to throw to. They are 1-5 against the spread, the Panthers are, in their last six games as road favorites. Take the Jaguars, low scoring game, plus-3.5.