NFL Week 3 Predictions

NFL Week 3 Predictions

Thursday night we start Week 3 off with the bottom feeders of the NFC East, a match-up between the NY Giants and Washington Redskins. To the Redskins credit, they did beat the St. Louis Rams last week, so they may have some momentum coming into tonight's game. Meanwhile the Giants are being the Giants and blowing double digit leads in consecutive games. LOL. What is even more funny, is that I'm choosing the Giants to win this game. Jokes on me, if they lose.

My Top Week 3 Games

1. Kansas City Chiefs at Green Bay Packers

To me, this is easily the best game of the week. Too bad we have to wait until Monday Night Football for this showdown. The Chiefs need to rebound after that awful collapse in KC last Thursday against the Broncos. The Packers didn't look great against Seattle, but found a way to win and that's all that matters. The Packers are at home again, so I will take the Packers 31-23 over the Chiefs.

2. Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

The Bengals are looking like the best team in the AFC North right now and they are. 2-0 with quality wins, over the Raiders and Chargers. They look as if they might make the playoffs again and finally get past the first round. I wouldn't speak too soon. They have a long season ahead of them and a battle this week in Baltimore. I think this is the week Baltimore gets it together and finishes a game. I'll take the Ravens over the Bengals 23-20.

3. San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings

This is going be a true test for the Vikings defense. The Chargers are what I think, a better version of the Lions. They have a powerful offense that can score and rack up yards. If the Vikings play like they did last week against Detroit, I think they will do just fine. I expect them to do even better than last week, but we will have to see how they come out. Vikings beat the Chargers 31-27.

A few games that are toss ups and have earned some recognition from me are:

Falcons at Cowboys because of the Romo injury I can't say the Cowboys will for sure win this game. Also the Falcons have been playing well and are 2-0. 

Colts at Titans: Hopefully Luck and the Colts get win this one or else they are doomed.

Raiders at Browns: Both teams are coming off solid wins, so I expect this one to be a good battle between upcoming, but not playoff bound teams,

Eagles at Jets: Sadly, I think the Eagles are going to fall to 0-3 after this game. NY looks good on defense and the Eagles are a mess.

Steelers at Rams could be a really good game due to the high powered offense of Pittsburgh against the hard nosed defense of St. Louis. Plus the Rams are very tough to beat in St. Louis. I'll still take the Steelers.

WEEK	AWAY TEAM	HOME TEAM	MY PICK
3	Redskins	@Giants	Giants
	Falcons	@Cowboys	Cowboys
	Colts	@Titans	Colts
	Raiders	@Browns	Browns
	Bengals	@Ravens	Ravens
	Jaguars	@Patriots	Patriots
	Saints	@Panthers	Panthers
	Eagles	@Jets	Jets
	Buccaneers	@Texans	Texans
	Chargers	@Vikings	Vikings
	Steelers	@Rams	Steelers
	49ers	@Cardinals	Cardinals
	Bills	@Dolphins	Dolphins
	Bears	@Seahawks	Seahawks
	Broncos	@Lions	Broncos
	Chiefs	@Packers	Packers

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