NFL Week 3 Predictions: Full Picks Against the Spread
Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-5.5)
Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers need to have quickly forgotten the roughing up that they took at the hands of the Cardinals last week. To me, that game said far more about Arizona than it did about a promising young team out of the NFC South. I think they’ll have the opportunity to bounce back, though, with the Los Angeles Rams coming to town.
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Despite sporting a .500 record through two games—in true Jeff Fisher fashion—the Rams have yet to score an offensive touchdown in 2016. While the Bucs defense has been inconsistent and got torched by the Cards, Case Keenum would be doing good to torch a high school defense at this point given what he’s shown in LA. I think this is a nice bounce-back game for Tampa, who wins comfortably at home.
Pick: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -5.5
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks (-9.5)
Speaking of offenses that have been terrible, give it up for your 2016 Seattle Seahawks. For all the praise and adulation for Russell Wilson coming into this year, the Seattle offense has been and eyesore. Sure, the star quarterback is nursing a sprained ankle, but that still doesn’t explain how a unit with that much talent has produced only one offensive touchdown this season. Don’t forget that they also lost to the freaking Rams last week.
I think the Seahawks defense is enough to terrorize Blaine Gabbert and the San Francisco 49ers in this matchup to where Seattle wins at home. However, this spread is complete insanity. A team averaging 10.5 points per game shouldn’t be favored by almost that many points.
Pick: San Francisco 49ers +9.5