2008 NFL Football Week 3 Betting Picks and Tips

It's the third week of the football season people and it only gets better.

The 2008-09 NFL football season continues this Sunday with a whole lot of games you can sure win some dolla' dolla' bills yo. Yes, we're trying to be cool. Sorry, we can't help it.

Starting things off for Week 3 of the NFL season, we begin with the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Kansas City Chiefs. After a rather awesome debut in Week 1, Falcons QB Matt Ryan looked more like a what he should, a rookie, as he made several rookie mistakes in a 24-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Kansas City Chiefs on the other hand, were even more miserable. The Chiefs have been unable to find anyone to stabilize the quarterback position this season with quarterback Brodie Croyle still out with a separated shoulder. They dropped their second straight game last week and while the first one was to the New England Patriots, losing to the Oakland Raiders 23-8 last week definitely raises reasons for concern.

Our pick? The Atlanta Falcons by a field goal.

Speaking of the Oakland Raiders, they will visit one of the league's early surprises as they take on the 2-0 Buffalo Bills. Unheralded quarterback Trent Edwards has led a resurgent Bills passing attack which finished third-to-last in the NFL last season. Edwards is fourth in the AFC with a 107.7 passer rating, having yet to throw an interception while completing 70.9 percent of his passes for 454 yards.

The Oakland Raiders, on the other hand, started the season with a 41-14 home loss to Denver but they were able to bounce back with a 23-8 win at Kansas City. Still, the Chiefs are struggling which probably made it easier for these Raiders to steal a victory. I don't expect these guys to do the same this Sunday against Buffalo.

Buffalo Bills by a touchdown.

Defending Super Bowl champions New York Giants will bring their still unbeaten record to the test next as they play the Cincinnati Bengals. A week after dominating woeful St. Louis, the Giants are looking for the 3-0 start against yet another struggling opponent Sunday. The Giants defense are just ridiculously good this year and grounding the high-flying Cincinnati Bengals shouldn't be much of a problem.

Pick the New York Giants to win by not one, not two, but three ''how do you like Eli now?'' touchdowns.

The New England Patriots are still unbeaten even without Tom Brady. And on Sunday, they will have a chance to rewrite history again by engineering the longest regular season winning streak in the NFL. A win over the very franchise that has perfection written all over them back in 1972, the Miami Dolphins, will stretch New England's regular season winning streak to 22, the best in NFL history, and since Miami these days is a fucked up shithole, the Patriots should be an easy pick.

Pick the New England Patriots to fuck up Miami so bad, everybody from that part of Florida will be scratching their asses all day. Pats by two touchdowns.

The Houston Texans will try to snap the two-game winning streak set by the Tennessee Titans when they meet Sunday. Even without Vince Young, the Titans have found a way to win with backup quarterback Kerry Collins and against the 0-1 Houston Texans, who are coming off a bye-week, I don't see any reason why the Titans won't win this one easy.

Pick the Tennessee Titans to win by two touchdowns.

Two teams with identical 1-1 win-loss records will collide Sunday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet the Chicago Bears. Buccaneers QB Brian Griese is expected to go for his second start with starting quarterback Jeff Garcia out. Griese was splitting time with Rex Grossman and now starting Bears QB Kyle Orton in Chicago last season with Griese becoming the most effective of all the three. However, Kyle Orton is a different guy this season, at least after two weeks into the season anyway and since Orton has the Bears defense to correct his mistakes on offense, the Bears should be fine at home.

Pick the Chicago Bears to win by a field goal.

The surprising Arizona Cardinals look to make their first 3-0 start since 1974 as they visit the Washington Redskins on Sunday in the first of consecutive games on the East Coast. Arizona opened the season with a 23-13 win at San Francisco, then dominated Miami in a 31-10 victory last Sunday. However, the Washington Redskins could be a tougher nut to crack than most people expected. Against New Orleans, Redskins QB Jason Campbell showed us how good he can be, going 24-for-36 for 321 yards and a TD for the win. The Cardinals are good so far but the Redskins are just better.

Pick the Washington Redskins to beat the Cards by a touchdown.

Two teams on the opposite side of this season's standings meet on Sunday when the 0-2 Minnesota Vikings host the 2-0 Carolina Panthers. The Panthers will finally have their premiere receiver Steve Smith back after a two-game suspension as they try to extend their unbeaten streak to three. However, the Minnesota Vikings, despite dropping their first two games, still have the best ranked defense in all of football and I don't expect those guys to just be the welcome mat for the returning Panther.

Pick the Minnesota Vikings by a field goal.

The Denver Broncos, after two close wins, will try to go for a 3-0 start for the first time in five years when they play hosts to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler is quickly becoming one of the best quarterbacks in the league, he completed 36 of 50 passes last week for a career-best 350 yards, four touchdowns and one interception in a wild win over the Chargers.

Pick the Denver Broncos to blow New Orleans away harder than a hurricane. Broncos by a touchdown.

Both the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions have been struggling the last couple of years and I don't see any reason why you should even bother watching a game between these two pathetic football clubs.

Since the San Francisco 49ers will be at home, expect the Niners to accidentally win this one by a field goal.

Another pair of struggling teams will collide as the St. Louis Rams visit the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday. It seems only yesterday when the Seahawks were representing the NFC at Super Bowl XL against Pittsburgh. Then league MVP Shaun Alexander has parted ways with the team and is now looking for a job in the NFL. STILL, the Seahawks, with quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, is still a good team and beating the 0-2 St. Louis Rams shouldn't be much of a problem.

Pick the Seattle Seahawks to outgun what was once dubbed as ''the greatest show on turf'' by a field goal.

The Indianapolis Colts will welcome AFC rivals Jacksonville Jaguars in what should be another classic rivalry game. The Colts, after losing to the Bears to kick off their campaign, found a way to barely win over the Vikings, 18-15. Despite 160 rushing yards from Vikings halfback Adrian Paterson, Peyton Manning was still able to lead the Colts to victory going for 311 yards in the air. The Jaguars, on the other hand, are yet to taste a win this season and I'm not expecting them to score their first W against the Colts in Indy.

Pick the Indianapolis Colts to score their first win at their new Lucas Oil Stadium by a touchdown.

It'll be all about defense next when the Cleveland Browns visit the Baltimore Ravens. The Browns, after all that hype about how hard it is to win at the Dog Pound, dropped their first two home games there, losing to the Cowboys first before losing to Pittsburgh last week. They will be on the road for the first time this year and when they take on the Ravens, being on the road will be the only thing different for these guys.

Pick the Baltimore Ravens to win a defensive struggle and give the Browns their third straight loss of the season.

And while that game will feature two of the best defensive teams in football, this one we have for you will be about two teams with contrasting styles of play. The Pittsburgh Steelers have one of the best defensive schemes in football while the Philadelphia Eagles, with Donovan McNabb healthy again, came up with a superb passing game this year that just may rival the best offensive units we have in the game today.

It's defense vs offense in Philly this Sunday people and whoever wins this one should be an early favorite to win it all in Tampa. And since the Eagles ALMOST won that wild shootout against Dallas in Texas last Monday night, picking the Pittsburgh Steelers defense apart shouldn't be a problem. Besides, McNabb is just insanely good this year and as long as he stays healthy, the Eagles should be able to soar at the top this season.

Our pick? Philadelphia Eagles by two touchdowns people.

Next, we have Sunday Night Football and this week, we have two young guns who just might be able to become two of the premiere quarterbacks in the game.

Aaron Rodgers will try to extend what has been a Cinderella start with the Green Bay Packers as he brings that 2-0 winning streak to Irving, Texas to play the red-hot Dallas Cowboys who too have a solid 2-0 mean steak going for them coming to Week 3.

The Dallas Cowboys, led by Tony Romo, have overcome what was the first tough test to their mettle, beating the Eagles in a shootout, 41-37, last Monday night. The Green Bay Packers could be this year's Cinderella team but when you play the Cowboys in Texas, Cinderella runs could only turn quickly into nothing more but a fantasy.

Besides, Tony Romo has already been doing it for two seasons now while Aaron Rodgers is only in his first season as a bona fide NFL starter. Who will win this big Sunday Night Football game? Easy.

We're picking the Dallas Cowboys by two touchdowns just because we wanna' see Jessica Simpson happy.

On Monday Night Football, we have two teams from the AFC trying to take advantage of a conference now probably free of New England's dominance with their star quarterback Tom Brady out for the season.

The New York Jets will pay visit to the San Diego Chargers in a primetime NFL contest where both teams will be looking to win after disappointing losses last week.

Of course, the story is STILL Brett Favre as he continues to salvage what's left of his career in New York after spending all of his career in Green Bay. Favre was victorious in his debut with the Jets, tearing up Miami in Week 1 before losing to the Patriots last Sunday. The Chargers, on the other hand, lost two straight games in the final minutes and should be fired up to finally get their first win of the season.

STILL, this is Brett Favre and although that Chargers defense should be fired up for this one, Favre's greatness should help the New York Jets to just edge that Chargers D by a touchdown.

Who will win Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

New York Giants 17.00

New England Patriots 4.50

Dallas Cowboys 7.00

Indianapolis Colts 8.50

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