Week 3 Review
It finally happened! I went 9-7 last week and broke the 8-8 streak! I’m still very upset on picking against the spread, however. I don’t think that feeling will change at any point in the season with all of the backdoor covers and should’ve-had-a-touchdown-but-they-only-got-a-field-goal-and-therefore-didn’t-cover picks going the wrong way every week. The knowledge that I would’ve had the right pick if I had been picking straight up is still not helping anything… Anyway, here is the recap.
Bills 31, Patriots 34 (loss): I’m just convinced that this game was destined to be a Buffalo win no matter what happened. The football gods were on their side. Tom Brady threw as many picks in this one game as he did all of last season, one of which ricocheted off a Bill’s defensive lineman’s helmet and right to one of his fellow defenders who returned the interception for a touchdown. It was a weird game and I’m not convinced that New England is that bad or that Buffalo is that good.
49ers 13, Bengals 9 (loss): It turns out that Cincy might not be one of those bad teams that beat other bad teams and cover the spread against good teams. They might just be a run-of-the-mill bad team.
Browns 17, Dolphins 16 (win): Well, the Fins didn’t win on the road, but at least they covered.
Titans 17, Broncos 14 (loss): Matt Hasslebeck looks like he’s better than a serviceable quarterback, but that might change now that Kenny Britt is out for the year. If there is any time that Chris Johnson needs to step up, that time is now.
Lions 26, Vikings 23 (loss): I love seeing the Vikings collapse in the second half of every game. They could have a 42-0 lead on any team in the NFL and I would never think that the game is over. Leslie Frasier might not be as good of a coach as we thought going into the season. There’s the obvious inability for his team to hold a lead, but there was also the decision to give the ball to Toby Gerhardt on 4th-and-1. Adrian Peterson was waving off the special teams unit himself, but Frasier decided to give the ball to Gerhardt instead of Peterson and Gerhardt got stonewalled short of the first down. If Peterson gets the ball, Frasier doesn’t get criticized even if AP doesn’t get the first. Now he’s getting killed.
Saints 40, Texans 33 (win): There might’ve only been eight or nine defenders on the field in this game. Along with the opening game of the year, the Saints have played in two of the top five most exciting games of the young season.
Giants 29, Eagles 16 (loss): The Eagles might be overrated. Without counting the fact that Vick won’t stay healthy, their defense just gets gashed down the middle. Eli Manning doesn’t have anybody to throw to and even he had a good game.
Panthers 16, Jaguars 10 (win): Cam Newton didn’t have close to the production that he had in the first two weeks, but he finally got a win.
Chargers 20, Chiefs 17 (loss): Wow the Chargers fell asleep for this game. I’m starting to think Philip Rivers is overrated, too. The game should’ve been 548-0.
Raiders 34, Jets 24 (win): The anger over Mark Sanchez’ hot dog incident fueled this win for the silver and black! That and Darren McFadden running rampant all over the field.
Ravens 37, Rams 7 (win): The Rams should just pack it in this year to avoid any more injuries. If the cheerleaders dressed up like lingerie football players and played against the actual NFL teams, they would probably do just as well.
Buccaneers 16, Falcons 13 (win): I’m convinced that the Falcons will lose at least 6 of their road games this year. They’re not as good as they were hyped up to be in the preseason, and they’re much worse on the road in every facet of the game.
Packers 27, Bears 17 (win): The amount of mistakes that the Packers made while still managing to win by ten proves that the Bears are no threat to win the division this year.
Seahawks 13, Cardinals 10 (win): Arizona just went from being sneakily bad to not-so-sneakily bad. I think I was a week ahead on that one and will accept all of your congratulations.
Steelers 23, Colts 20 (loss): I’m still convinced that the Colts are horrible.
Cowboys 18, Redskins 16 (win): Tony Romo is a good quarterback, but for him to be praised as the ultimate warrior and a savior is absolutely ridiculous. I watched the entire game and there was nothing that stood out to me about any play that he made. Sure it’s different with the Cowboys running a lot of quick plays so he didn’t take any hits with the broken ribs, but he didn’t do anything fantastic.
