Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Chicago Bears<\/h3>\n
Mike:<\/span> Chicago played great in an opening week win at Indianapolis and then lost a tough one at Carolina when they blew a 14 point lead. Now, the Bears return home with a more excited fan base and a quarterback in Kyle Orton who plays better than his modest numbers suggest.<\/p>\n Tampa Bay has Brian Griese starting at quarterback now. Griese was steady in their win against Atlanta last week and he has something to prove as a former Bears\u2019 quarterback. This should be a low scoring game with the Total at just 35.5. I\u2019m taking the points.<\/p>\n Prediction: Tampa Bay +3<\/span><\/p>\n Cras:<\/span> You know what you\u2019re going to get from each defense in this game. The Bears and Bucs will limit the other team\u2019s yardage and points, create turnovers and possibly even create some points of their own.<\/p>\n The offenses for each team are not great but they have good running backs with Tampa Bay possessing the better, more experienced quarterback in Griese. Add Chicago\u2019s offensive weapon Devin Hester as a game-time decision and it\u2019s surprising that everyone is backing Chicago for what could easily be a field goal game.<\/p>\n Pick: Tampa Bay +3<\/span><\/p>\n Mike: <\/span>Let me get this straight. Minnesota claimed all off-season they were happy with the progression of their young quarterback, Tarvaris Jackson. Now, Jackson struggles for a couple of games and they are making the switch to journeyman Gus Frerotte?<\/p>\n Carolina is 2-0 after a last-second win at San Diego and a comeback win over Chicago. They will have trouble running the ball against the Vikings\u2019 front seven, but fortunately they get back receiver Steve Smith from a suspension. Minnesota is desperate for a win, but I\u2019ll take the 3.5.<\/p>\n Prediction: Carolina +3.5<\/span><\/p>\n Cras:<\/span>\u00a0Minnesota is 0-2 but could easily be 2-0 after opening losses to Green Bay and Indianapolis. It only gets tougher for the Vikings with the 2-0 Carolina Panthers in town and star running back Adrian Peterson possibly a game-time decision with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n Peterson was limited in practice Wednesday and missed all of Thursday. Even with Peterson, this would be a tough game for the desperate Vikings and new starting quarterback Gus Frerotte. If Peterson can\u2019t play, you have to put your money on the Panthers.<\/p>\n Pick: Carolina +3.5<\/span><\/p>\n Mike:<\/span> This is for Pennsylvania bragging rights and it means a lot more to both teams than a regular non-conference game. Pittsburgh looks like an elite AFC team right now with wins over Houston and Cleveland, but this will be a big step up in competition.<\/p>\n \u00a0Philadelphia has shown a very potent passing offense the first two weeks, leading the NFL at 336.5 yards per game. They will pass the ball early and often and hope to outscore the Steelers at home. The Eagles are still smarting from their MNF loss to Dallas, but they rebound here.<\/p>\n Prediction: Philadelphia -3.5<\/span><\/p>\n Cras:<\/span> This is one of the best games on Sunday with Philly\u2019s prolific offense up against the vaunted Pittsburgh defense. Sportsbook.com members like the Eagles in this game and for good reason; they can pass the ball and Pittsburgh has proven vulnerable to the pass game in years past.<\/p>\n I\u2019m definitely not worried about the Philadelphia defense, even after last week\u2019s effort against Dallas. There\u2019s too much talent to have another lackluster performance and you can bet that defensive coordinator Jim Johnson will have them ready this week.<\/p>\n Pick: Philadelphia -3.5<\/span><\/p>\n Mike: <\/span>Cleveland is the Minnesota of the AFC. They were touted as Super Bowl contenders before the season and everyone is jumping off the bandwagon after an 0-2 start. At least Cleveland is staying with their quarterback (Derek Anderson) for now.<\/p>\n Baltimore has only played one game this year, an opening week home win over Cincinnati before having an inopportune bye-week in Week 2. The Ravens were able to win their opener with rookie Joe Flacco throwing for just 129 yards, and they will struggle to match points with this Cleveland offense.<\/p>\n Prediction: Cleveland +2<\/span><\/p>\n Cras:<\/span>The Cleveland Browns may not be ready for primetime after all. In the Browns unimpressive 0-2 start they managed to put up just 16 points, the same number as the St. Louis Rams. Just so you know, that ties them for last in the NFL.<\/p>\n Things don\u2019t get any easier with a division tilt against the Ravens. Baltimore\u2019s defense looked good in Week 1 but it\u2019s hard to know whether that was because the Cincinnati Bengals are a team in disarray. I expect this to be a close game but the Browns have too many weapons on offense to continue their poor start and be beaten by a rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n Pick: Cleveland +2<\/span><\/p>\n While the full card of week to week NFL game picks aren’t 100% free NFL picks, we do our best to give you as many free picks as we can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[1822,2123,2199,413,1655,1824,827,1821,862,2120,989,1027,1028,1820,1123,1178,2126,1340,2315],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cappers","tag-advisors","tag-browns-vs-ravens","tag-bucs-vs-bears","tag-experts","tag-free-nfl-pick","tag-nfl-expert-prediction","tag-nfl-gambling","tag-nfl-plays","tag-nfl-schedule","tag-panthers-vs-vikings","tag-pick","tag-prediction","tag-predictions","tag-quick-plays","tag-selections","tag-sportsbookcom","tag-steelers-vs-eagles","tag-week-3","tag-week-3-nfl-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105813,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/105813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.sportsbook.com\/images\/join-now-button.jpg\" "\\"Sportsbook.com\\"")
<\/p>\nCarolina Panthers @ Minnesota Vikings<\/h3>\n
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Philadelphia Eagles<\/h3>\n
Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens<\/h3>\n
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