The NFL Blog: 2012 Week 3 Betting Lines

Last Week: Vs. Spread: (6-8-2); Straight Up: (9-7)

Season: Vs. Spread: (19-11-2); Straight Up: (20-12)

Week 2 Review: Well, not a great week obviously. But my goal was to avoid a disaster that would wipe out my nice week 1 start and I was able to do that.

Week 3 Preview: The NFL is always tough to predict because the competitive balance is so high. But this week is ridiculous. Almost every game seemed like a tough call for me. I ended up going with a lot of road teams and that could spell trouble.  

Thursday Night’s Game

New York Giants (+1) @ Carolina

Pick: Panthers cover

Sunday’s Early Games 

Tampa Bay (+7) @ Dallas

Pick: Cowboys win but Bucs beat the spread

St. Louis (+9) @ Chicago

Pick: Bears win but Rams beat the spread

San Francisco (-6.5) @ Minnesota

Pick: Niners cover

Detroit (-3.5) @ Tennessee

Pick: Lions cover

Cincinnati (+3) @ Washington

Pick: Skins cover

Kansas City (+9) @ New Orleans

Pick: Saints cover

New York Jets (-1) @ Miami

Pick: Jets cover

Buffalo (-3) @ Cleveland

Pick: Browns pull off the upset

Jacksonville (+3) @ Indianapolis

Pick: Colts win but Jags beat the spread

Sunday’s Late Games

Philadelphia (-3.5) @ Arizona

Pick: Eagles win but Cards beat the spread

Atlanta (+3) @ San Diego

Pick: Falcons pull off the upset

Houston (-1) @ Denver

Pick: Texans cover

Pittsburgh (-4) @ Oakland

Pick: Steelers cover

Sunday Night’s Game

New England (+3) @ Baltimore

Pick: Patriots pull off the upset

Monday Night’s Game

Green Bay (-3) @ Seattle

Pick: Packers cover