NFL Week 3 -- Gather Greats Go All Out Pick Em Good!

Mike Firesmith :-- Firepowered!

"will Leftwich save the Foul Cons?

Are the Lions for real?

Will Romo fold again?

I went 11-5 last week, and all that proves is that I'm due to go 5-11 one week verrry soon.

But not this week, I think" 

Lawrence H:  --  Hot -- just too HOT! 

"how can 0-2 teams make a top 10 list."

Tom d. :The "D" structive force of Football:

"THESE are the picks of the 'guru' - ha, ha - fun ain't it?"

 The Experts'  Choices for Week 3

 Here are their explanations:

Tom D:

BAL over AZ - I am not an AZ believer yet - and I love BALT. Their D will win this one.
PHIL over DET - again home field and PHIL is better than DET.
CIN over SEA - I'm going out on a limb here. I hate SEA but they should win at home - I"m going to pull for CIN.
IND over HOU - the BIGGEST game of the weekend and Nalita did not have it on her list! HOU is the surprise of the year with Matt Schaub at QB and starting out at 2-0! But they will not beat INDY.
TB over St L - again I NEVER pick St L unless I have to. I'm a NINER fan, remember? and St L is the EX-LA Rams! 'Nuff said on that. TB's D is good enough to win this at home.
Den over JAX - Den has won two squeakers but they will win at home in this one.
MONDAY NIGHT game - Neetah!: NO over TENN - NO has started poorly and TENN is playing very well, but I think this is a MUST win for NO or their season may be over.

That's it - Robert B - THESE are the picks of the "guru" - ha, ha - fun ain't it?

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Lawrence H.:

Colts {28} versus Texans. {21}
49-er's {21} versus Steelers {31}
Chiefs {17}The Vikings {21}
Eagles {21} Lions {28}
Saints [10] tennessee {17}
giants {21} washington {28}
New England{38} bills {17}
Panthers {31}atlanta {21}
Browns {21} oakland {17}
miami {17 Jets {10]
arizona {31} baltimore {21}
Tampa Bay {28} st,louis {21}
Jacksonville {23} denver {20}
Bears {37} dallas {31}
Bengals {31} Seahawks {21}

Whew!  Momma! and so hot, he calls the scores!  Too hawt for me.  You gooo, LH!

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Mike Fireside:

NFL Week Three: Mike Firesmith's Picks!

Week Three of the 2007 NFL season sees very few places for teams to be. A team might walk out of week three being 3-0, which is never a bad thing but doesn't a season make, a team might be 2-1, which isn't great but it is a good start, a team might be 1-2 which isn't by any means a death knell but it isn't good either, or a tem might find itself 0-3, which is a damn deep hole to try to crawl out of. Week Three will end the hopes and dreams of some teams, as well it should. Week Three will be the defining week of the Cellar Dwellers!

The winners in the Easy Picks this week are these:

There aren't any. Most of the games this week are pretty much even fights. Let's look at some match-ups that ought to be easy, but the smell of up-sets linger like the smell of death around a 0-2 team.

Chargers versus Packers. The Chargers are not playing very well and the Packers are playing very well. They're playing at Green Bay. Favre is hot. If this was week one I'd pick the Chargers by a dozen and sleep through it. As it stands I'll pick the Chargers by three and they better not put the ball on the ground on Green Bay will make them suffer. Chargers win.

Colts versus Texans. Cake walk right? Should be but the Texans are an underdog team playing at home with nothing to lose. They would like nothing better than to knock a hole in the aura of invincibility that the Colts have going right now. Can they? They might. The safe bet is on the Colts but keep an eye on the updates for this game! Colts win.

49-er's versus Steelers. Two 2-0 teams face off and the 49-ers keep finding ways to win, even if it's close. They go into a very hostile environment against a team that likes slugging it out and doesn't mind hitting other people, hard. One of these teams will lose and the other will win. Even if they were playing in SF I'd take the Steelers. Steelers win.

I'll lose one of these.

There are a few games this week that will define the season for the winners and losers. Desperation is setting in. Being 0-3 isn't the end of the world but you can see it from there. Someone will live to play another week. That would be...

The Chiefs The Vikings are not that good of a team. The Chiefs are better than 0-2. Kansas City cannot afford to be and 0-3 team in the AFC and this is a must win for them if they are to have any hope of the playoffs.

The Eagles The resurgent Lions are playing good ball right now but they face a desperate Eagles team who is watching Dallas walk away with the division. With the Giants in free fall they have a glimmer of hope there but unless they want to be looked at as the lesser of two losers, the Eagles have to win at home this Sunday.

The Saints What in the hell happened to this team? Where the hell is the team that last year was within a win of being in the Super Bowl? What happened to their defense? What? What? What?

The Saints win this week or their fans break out the paper bags...again.

The Giants No team is in a deeper hole and no team needs a win more than this one. This is a team on the very brink of extinction. Another loss and their coach is gone and their season might be too. The Other Manning threatens to become a permanent footnote of his older brother after week three. Does The Other Manning and Head Coach Tom Coughlin have what it takes to play one more game in the NFL? Ask me that Monday Morning. Folks, this is as desperate as you will ever see a professional team.

I'll go 2-2 with these picks.

Sadly, there are teams who have to win this week but who will lose again. These teams will continue to disappoint and like a cheap bottle of shampoo, look for these teams to repeat as necessary.

The Bills haven't won a game yet and now they play the Patriots. A lot of people are predicting the New England will have a down week against a team they might take lightly and it might just happen that way. The winless Bill over the Pats in New England? I won't make that call. New England wins.

The Foul Cons are winless and even after signing Byron Leftwich they still have more problems than Custer had Sioux. The Panthers don't have as many problems. Leftwich might be the answer but don't expect me to pick Atlanta again, ever. Panthers win

The Browns don't look as bad now as they did in week one. The Raiders looked good for one game but have shown little life. Until they win I'll assume they're DOA with DNR. Browns win.

In the "Oh look! They finally won a game" Department.

Both Miami and the New York Jets are oh fer. Unless they tie, someone has to win.

Hmmm, home team. New York wins

In the "Last year this might have mattered" Department.

The Ravens haven't look like the same as the team this year at all. They're playing below average football and will be lucky to survive this week against an Arizona team that looks even worse. But they will. Ravens win

The Bucs were supposed to have a better team and they do, better than the Rams, but that's about it. Tampa Bay wins

Jacksonville rocked last year. This year they are barely rolling. Broncos are hot, Jags are not.

Denver wins

The next two games are games worth watching. First, the Bears and Dallas square off in the classic battle of a good offense versus a damn good defense. Terrible Rex isn't as terrible as he was last year but he hasn't been as good either. Erratic is the word that keeps popping up. But personally, I think Dallas is the most overrated team in the NFL. The Bears need this one more and I think they'll want it more.

Bears win

The Bengals are a beat up team. The Seahawks seem to be confused about who they are right now. But this ought to be a good game. The Bengals are simply to hurt to play very well.

Seahawks win

Week One saw me go 9-7, and Week Two saw me improve to 11-5, so my record right now is 20-12.

This week I ought to do fair, but not great.

Take Care,

Mike.

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