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Surprisingly Good Matchup Pits Bills vs. Browns on Thursday Night
Let’s be honest, not too many die hard football fans had October 3 circled on their calendars as a can’t-miss NFL game. But a game between the EJ Manuel led Buffalo Bills and the AFC North leading (you read right!!!)
Two undefeated teams square off in The Big Easy to determine who stays unbeaten and who takes their first loss of the season. The Dolphins have played well in all facets of the game while the Saints are the Saints…it’s always the Drew Brees show in Nola.
The fans in Tampa Bay are hoping that things have hit rock bottom and that the Buccaneers can get their first victory of the season with a new quarterback at the helm this week. That is putting an awful lot on a rookie third rounder but they seemed to have no other choice with the way things were going.
The consensus coming into the season that that there was no way the Indianapolis Colts wouldn’t take a step back after last season’s magical run to the playoffs.
The New York Giants will arrive at Arrowhead Stadium looking for their first win of the 2013 season against an unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs team on Sunday.
The New York Jets are coming off an exceptional Week 2 win behind a pair of franchise firsts, but will have their work cut out when they take on Tennessee team that will be riding high after a come-from-behind victory over San Diego last time out.
Two of the NFL’s worst teams will be represented in jolly ole England on Sunday as the winless Pittsburgh Steelers square off against the 0-3 Minnesota Vikings at Wembley Stadium.
After a big win at Pittsburgh on Sunday night, the Chicago Bears arrive in the Motor City this weekend to go head to head in a tough NFC North rivalry battle with the 2-1 Detroit Lions at Ford Field.
Fast will meet faster on Sunday when the Denver Broncos host the Philadelphia Eagles. Neither team likes to huddle up, as both like to play fast and run a lot of plays. That’s going to mean points on this night.
The San Diego Chargers have already employed a little gamesmanship in advance of their game with the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, electing to wear their whites at home, forcing the Cowboys to wear their “bad luck” blue jerseys.
The Washington Redskins entered this season with high hopes after a trip to the playoffs a year ago, but they’ve crashed back to Earth after an 0-3 start to the year.
With back to back wins it seems that the sky stopped falling for the Super Bowl champs even if Peyton Manning passes never did. The Ravens win over the Texans last week might have been impressive last week in terms of the final score but really neither team played all that well.
The battle of Ohio could be better than expected this season. The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to contend for the AFC North division lead and after last week’s resilient win over Green Bay may be a true contender in the conference as well.
The 49ers and Rams have both gotten off to forgettable starts this season and look to right the ship when these NFC West rivals clash on Thursday Night football. Last season, San Francisco was the second best team in the league and the Rams held them to a tie and an overtime win in which the teams almost tied again.
Seahawks Battle Texans in Battle of the Preseason Faves
The Seattle Seahawks and the Houston Texans were both popular picks before the season started to challenge for their respective Conference crowns and so far only one of the two has separated themselves from everyone else.
After two weeks of tight games, the favorites made their presence felt in Week 3 of the new NFL season by covering in nine of the 16 contests on the slate. Several teams had trouble scoring points last week as well with nine games staying UNDER the total.
Looking ahead to Week 4, I have uncovered a couple of matchups that come together perfectly to form my NFL parlay of the week based on lines provided by [dfads params=’groups=63740&limit=1&return_javascript=0′].
Pointspread: Seattle -2.5
Total Line: 41.5
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In just three weeks the Seahawks have been able to separate themselves from the pack as clearly the most complete team in the NFC. They are off to a 3-0 start both straight-up and against the spread while outscoring their opponents by a combined 59 points.
Seattle is ranked fourth in the NFL in scoring with Russell Wilson continues to play at a high level, but the real strength of this team is a defense that has allowed at total of just 27 points.
Houston fell to 2-1 SU on the year after getting hammered by Baltimore 30-9 as a one-point road underdog in Week 3.
The Texans have not played up to form in any of their first three games with a 0-3 record ATS. To make matters worse in this matchup, All-Pro wide receiver Andre Johnson remains questionable with a bruised shin.
Bank on Seattle exposing the Texans as just an above average team with another impressive win on the road that easily covers the 2.5 points. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Pointspread: Denver -12
Total Line: 57.5
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Chip Kelly’s up-tempo offense worked to perfection in a Week 1 upset of Washington, but this high-octane attack blew a gasket last Thursday night against Kansas City with numerous miscues and turnovers.
With 10 days to tinker with the engine, look for a much better effort this Sunday as the Eagles know they are going to have to put up some serious points to have any shot at keeping this game close.
As good as Seattle has been in the NFC, the Broncos have been even better in a 3-0 SU start that has Denver at the top of just about everyone’s’ NFL power ranking list.
Peyton Manning is on pace to break almost every conceivable single-season passing record with 1,143 yards and 12 touchdowns in just three games while spreading the ball around to easily the best receiving corps in the NFL.
The most impressive stat is this unit’s ability to put points on the board at will with an average of 42.3 points a game. The total for this contest has been set at 57.5, but that is not nearly high enough in what should be a track meet from the opening kickoff.
Philadelphia vs. Denver OVER 57
