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Professor Summer vs Zeus! ~ NFL Pick Em Showdown ~ Week 3
5 years ago
From getting EVERY pick wrong in week 1, to having a clean sheet in week 2, what a way to get back into the ball game! Let's see if I can make this success last for my second week in a row. Let's get to picks!
CURRENT SCORE
Summer: 1
Zeus: 1
PICK 1
~Tennessee Titans cover against the Minnesota Vikings (-2.5)
This is the tale of two teams trending in opposite directions. The Vikings offense is among the worst in the league this year, while the Titans have been pretty well balanced overall. Ryan Tannehill is a better QB than people give him credit for. Give me the more experienced coach and roster, please! This game should be well decided by the 4th quarter in my opinion.
RESULT: Titans 31 Vikings 30 (LOSS)
Welp. The Titans continue to win nailbiters. I should have known better than to discount the desperation of a formerly 0-2 team. Ah well, we'll have more defined matchups soon enough!
PICK 2
~TOMpa Bay Bucs cover against the Denver Broncos (-5.5)
Denver is simply way too injured to put up a fight against a relatively healthy and talented team. I see this Bucs team getting better as the season goes on. While playing at Mile High Stadium is rough for visiting teams, I think the Bucs will get ahead to a large enough start to not worry about this team putting up a threat to ruin the score in garbage time. As much as I hate Tom Brady still, it's hard to pick against him when the team is facing the bottom third of the league.
RESULT: Bucs 28 Broncos 10 (WIN)
This really should have been my lock of the week. The Broncos are just way too hurt to be competitive in this league this year. They'll have a top 5 pick in the draft for 2021. Tampa is certainly getting into form now!
PICK 3 (LOCK OF THE WEEK)
~Arizona Cardinals cover against the Detroit Lions (-5.5)
Arizona's offense is looking red hot after the first two weeks. The Detroit Lions have such a bad defense by giving up over 27 points in the first two games. Give me the hot team any day. I think Matt Patricia's time in Detriot will end before the season is over. Plus, I am all in on the Kyler Murray hype. I loved watching him play at Oklahoma, and know he will be a future stud in the year as long as he stays healthy.
RESULT: Cardinals 23 Lions 26 (LOSS)
And now my trust in the Cardinals are dead. They'll be a fringe playoff team I believe. Kyler Murray needs to have games like this to learn and get better from. This win just delays the inevitable for the Lions though.
Unofficial gut reaction picks below. NO SPREAD CONSIDERED! (Current Record 17-8). Bolded picks are ones that came true. Italicized is wrong picks.
Dolphins over Jaguars (Fitzmagic showed up again! Good to see my Phins get their first one. I picked this game on paper before kickoff yesterday, so I'm counting it as my unofficial pick)
Bears over Falcons (No team will psychologically recover from a collapse like that in a week. The Falcons will go into tank mode after going 0-3.)
Bills over Rams (The Bills are for real. And I don't trust west coast teams doing well on the east coast unless they are playing bad teams)
Browns over Washington (Until Washington shows they have an offense, I'm picking the Browns to light them up. A loss here is purely on Baker in my opinion)
Raiders over Pats (UPSET OF THE WEEK) (Because fuck the Pats. I think the Raiders will use the high from their big win to propel them in a close win in Foxboro)
49ners over Giants (Too much backup talent on the 49ners to prevent them from losing to a team that lost their entire offensive identity)
Bengals over Eagles (The Eagles may be the better coached team, but I full believe Joe Burrow is good enough to win in a shootout with the Eagles)
Texans over Steelers (The Texans are in desperation mode. After facing a brutal opening two games, it doesn't get any easier. Steelers tend to fall flat in a game like this at some point in the season. Why not this week?)
Colts over Jets (Come on, it's the Jets. They are going to have their head coach fired once Miami sweeps them this year)
Chargers over Panthers (No McCaffree, no offense. The Chargers will win easily this week against a depleted Panthers team)
Seahawks over Cowboys (The Cowgirls deserve to be 0-3. They are the definition of underwhelming and talent wasters. What a joke they are.)
Packers over Saints (Saints got exposed last week. I think the Packers are playing too good on both sides of the ball to let their momentum go to waste)
Ravens over Chiefs (Early preview of a likely AFC title game. This will be just like the Seahawks/Pats game last week. Whoever has the ball last will win)
CURRENT SCORE
Summer: 1
Zeus: 1
PICK 1
~Tennessee Titans cover against the Minnesota Vikings (-2.5)
This is the tale of two teams trending in opposite directions. The Vikings offense is among the worst in the league this year, while the Titans have been pretty well balanced overall. Ryan Tannehill is a better QB than people give him credit for. Give me the more experienced coach and roster, please! This game should be well decided by the 4th quarter in my opinion.
RESULT: Titans 31 Vikings 30 (LOSS)
Welp. The Titans continue to win nailbiters. I should have known better than to discount the desperation of a formerly 0-2 team. Ah well, we'll have more defined matchups soon enough!
PICK 2
~TOMpa Bay Bucs cover against the Denver Broncos (-5.5)
Denver is simply way too injured to put up a fight against a relatively healthy and talented team. I see this Bucs team getting better as the season goes on. While playing at Mile High Stadium is rough for visiting teams, I think the Bucs will get ahead to a large enough start to not worry about this team putting up a threat to ruin the score in garbage time. As much as I hate Tom Brady still, it's hard to pick against him when the team is facing the bottom third of the league.
RESULT: Bucs 28 Broncos 10 (WIN)
This really should have been my lock of the week. The Broncos are just way too hurt to be competitive in this league this year. They'll have a top 5 pick in the draft for 2021. Tampa is certainly getting into form now!
PICK 3 (LOCK OF THE WEEK)
~Arizona Cardinals cover against the Detroit Lions (-5.5)
Arizona's offense is looking red hot after the first two weeks. The Detroit Lions have such a bad defense by giving up over 27 points in the first two games. Give me the hot team any day. I think Matt Patricia's time in Detriot will end before the season is over. Plus, I am all in on the Kyler Murray hype. I loved watching him play at Oklahoma, and know he will be a future stud in the year as long as he stays healthy.
RESULT: Cardinals 23 Lions 26 (LOSS)
And now my trust in the Cardinals are dead. They'll be a fringe playoff team I believe. Kyler Murray needs to have games like this to learn and get better from. This win just delays the inevitable for the Lions though.
Unofficial gut reaction picks below. NO SPREAD CONSIDERED! (Current Record 17-8). Bolded picks are ones that came true. Italicized is wrong picks.
Dolphins over Jaguars (Fitzmagic showed up again! Good to see my Phins get their first one. I picked this game on paper before kickoff yesterday, so I'm counting it as my unofficial pick)
Bears over Falcons (No team will psychologically recover from a collapse like that in a week. The Falcons will go into tank mode after going 0-3.)
Bills over Rams (The Bills are for real. And I don't trust west coast teams doing well on the east coast unless they are playing bad teams)
Browns over Washington (Until Washington shows they have an offense, I'm picking the Browns to light them up. A loss here is purely on Baker in my opinion)
Raiders over Pats (UPSET OF THE WEEK) (Because fuck the Pats. I think the Raiders will use the high from their big win to propel them in a close win in Foxboro)
49ners over Giants (Too much backup talent on the 49ners to prevent them from losing to a team that lost their entire offensive identity)
Bengals over Eagles (The Eagles may be the better coached team, but I full believe Joe Burrow is good enough to win in a shootout with the Eagles)
Texans over Steelers (The Texans are in desperation mode. After facing a brutal opening two games, it doesn't get any easier. Steelers tend to fall flat in a game like this at some point in the season. Why not this week?)
Colts over Jets (Come on, it's the Jets. They are going to have their head coach fired once Miami sweeps them this year)
Chargers over Panthers (No McCaffree, no offense. The Chargers will win easily this week against a depleted Panthers team)
Seahawks over Cowboys (The Cowgirls deserve to be 0-3. They are the definition of underwhelming and talent wasters. What a joke they are.)
Packers over Saints (Saints got exposed last week. I think the Packers are playing too good on both sides of the ball to let their momentum go to waste)
Ravens over Chiefs (Early preview of a likely AFC title game. This will be just like the Seahawks/Pats game last week. Whoever has the ball last will win)
Vikings +2.5 > Titans
Eagles -4 > Bengals
Broncos +5.5 > Buccaneers