Picks against the spread for every game in NFL Week 3 of the 2016 season
One week removed from the NFL turning into a carpool lane to the trainer’s table, NFL Week 3 is upon us. There were an absolutely absurd amount of injuries that occurred last week that shook up the league as a whole. That’s because these weren’t fourth-string linebackers going down in garbage time. A bevy of starting running backs, quarterbacks, and other key contributors succumbed to the injury bug last week.
Subsequently, we might know less than we even did going into Week 1 about some of the teams in the league. The first two weeks of the season have felt notoriously hard to gauge. Squads that looked like juggernauts in Week 1 faltered in their encore effort last week. The same can be said for teams who struggled in their opener and turned it around in Week 2.
Thus, you have to believe that the oddsmakers have sorted all of this out to get the lines right coming into Week 3. They did a great job of that last week in my first go-round of making picks. I went right down the middle at 8-8, but that’s not good enough. Strive to be exceptional—or something else motivational like that.
With that in mind, lets foray into the third week of the 2016 NFL season and make some picks. These are the picks against the spread for every NFL Week 3 game, starting with Thursday Night Football. All lines are via Westgate.
2016 Record: 8-8 (Did not pick Week 1)