Week 3 odds...

[off_the_wall]

from usatoday.com

Giants 1.5 CAROLINA

Houston 2 DENVER
SAN DIEGO 3 Atlanta
Philadelphia 4 ARIZONA
Pittsburgh 3.5 OAKLAND
DALLAS 7 Tampa Bay
NEW ORLEANS 7.5 Kansas City
Jets 3 MIAMI
WASHINGTON 3.5 Cincinnati
Detroit 3.5 TENNESSEE
BALTIMORE 3 New England
San Francisco 7 MINNESOTA
INDIANAPOLIS 3 Jacksonville
CHICAGO 7 St. Louis Rams
Buffalo 2.5 CLEVELAND

Green Bay 3 SEATTLE

[off_the_wall]

YTD: 3-6-1

San Fran -7. Not quite sure how the best team in the league is only favoured by 7 over this Vikings squad that barely beat Jacksonville and lost to Indy. I was expecting a double digit spread here (and I'm a Vikings fan).

Green Bay -3. Seattle rolled a lifeless Cowboys team last week but I think Green Bay has enough here to cover the number.

Baltimore -3. Common sense would say, New England comes out with a big effort here after losing at home to Arizona last week but my spidey sense says Baltimore wins regardless.

Buffalo -2.5. I liked what I saw last week versus the Chiefs, I expect more of the same versus this lame Cleveland team.

Pittsburgh -3.5. Pittsburgh's going on the road but the Raiders haven't exactly inspired confidence thus far, take the Steelers in this reasonable spot.

[Long John]

YTD: 10-9-2

CAROLINA - Like the home dog to win outright. Giants offense is without Bradshaw & Nicks.
Houston - Establishing themselves as a premier AFC contender means winning on the road
ARIZONA - Philly can't win by more than 1 point
Pittsburgh - Going against the home dog, but Oakland is just that bad
Tampa Bay - Tampa is not going to go down without a fight
Kansas City - NO wins, but not by more than 7. The D just isn't that good when it's not trying to hurt people.
Cincinnati - Tough one, but I can see this upset happening.
Detroit - Megatron goes nuts for the first time in '12.
San Francisco - No brainer. SF will put up more than 7 points. How will Minn score?
INDIANAPOLIS - See also: Oakland.

[umjewman]

Picking 5 games each week. Coming into week 3 at a stellar 4-5-1. Here goes:

NO -7.5. Sure, it's a big spread for a battle of 0-2 teams, but I think the Saints will finally put it together and get a much needed first win, in blowout fashion.

Detroit -3.5. They did not look good on Sunday night, but the Niners D will make that happen. Tennessee is a different story and Detroit gets back on track.

SF -7. Agree with Long John. Not sure how the Vikings will score and the Niners will score at least 14 points.

Cincy +3.5. Like this underdog pick with the Skins losses on defense. Of course, that just means RGIII will go off and Washington will win by 3 TDs.

Green Bay -3. IT'S A TRAP. But I'm picking Green Bay anyway.

[Gregg]

5-7-2 going in. I think I will pick all of the games and see what happens.

+2 DENVER
+3 Atlanta
Philadelphia -4
Pittsburgh -3.5
DALLAS -7
NEW ORLEANS -7.5
Jets -3
WASHINGTON -3.5
+3.5 TENNESSEE
+3 New England
San Francisco -7
+3 Jacksonville
CHICAGO -7 St.
Buffalo -2.5

Green Bay -3

[DMT]

YTD: 2-3

Hou -2
Atl +3
TB +7
SF -7
Buf -2.5

[DMT]

YTD: 2-3

Hou -2
Atl +3
TB +7
SF -7
Buf -2.5

4-1 I think that's my best week yet when posting here (going back at least 2 seasons).

[Gregg]

5-7-2 going in. I think I will pick all of the games and see what happens.

+2 DENVER-L
+3 Atlanta-W
Philadelphia -4 -L
Pittsburgh -3.5 -L
DALLAS -7 -L
NEW ORLEANS -7.5 -L
Jets -3 -Push
WASHINGTON -3.5 -L
+3.5 TENNESSEE-W
+3 New England-W
San Francisco -7 -L
+3 Jacksonville-W
CHICAGO -7 St. -W
Buffalo -2.5-W

Green Bay -3

Not so good.

6-7-1 for the week. Need GreenBay to cover for the push. I would prefer they didn't.

[Long John]

CAROLINA - Like the home dog to win outright. Giants offense is without Bradshaw & Nicks. - errr.... Giants offense was not without Eli though.
Houston - Establishing themselves as a premier AFC contender means winning on the road - and win they did
ARIZONA - Philly can't win by more than 1 point - and Arizona is for real folks
Pittsburgh - Going against the home dog, but Oakland is just that bad - Pitt beat themselves
Tampa Bay - Tampa is not going to go down without a fight - ok, maybe they are, but they beat the spread
Kansas City - NO wins, but not by more than 7. The D just isn't that good when it's not trying to hurt people. - They call him MISTER Charles.
Cincinnati - Tough one, but I can see this upset happening. - And Armon Binns was on my bench in 2 leagues...
Detroit - Megatron goes nuts for the first time in '12. - He had a good game, but Jake Locker was too much for the Lions defense (wow!)
San Francisco - No brainer. SF will put up more than 7 points. How will Minn score? - Ouch. I don't think anyone so this coming.
INDIANAPOLIS - See also: Oakland. - I was wrong about Oakland too.

5-5 this week, 15-14-2 for the season.

GO PACK GO!