Another unpredictable week of the NFL season is in the books. Week 2 was filled with close finishes, a couple of overtime games, and comebacks, but how did it affect our NFL picks for the week? Well, going into Monday night’s action, we were 8-6 on picks straight up last week, and were burned by a couple of teams who blew it late, but we’ll have to wash that taste out of our mouths quickly. It’s time already for NFL picks in Week 3 of the season.
2023 NFL picks and score predictions for Week 3
New York Giants (1-1) @ San Francisco 49ers (2-0)
Tennessee Titans (1-1) @ Cleveland Browns (1-1)
Atlanta Falcons (2-0) @ Detroit Lions (1-1)
New Orleans Saints (2-0) @ Green Bay Packers (1-1)
The Green Bay Packers return home for a Week 3 battle with the New Orleans Saints, and we’ll get our first chance to see how Jordan Love responds after the Packers lost a really tough battle in Atlanta over the weekend. Love, statistically speaking, has started out this 2023 season quite well:
- 55.8 percent completion rate
- 396 yards
- 6 TDs
- 0 INTs
Denver Broncos (0-2) @ Miami Dolphins (2-0)
The Denver Broncos find themselves in a lot of trouble to begin the Sean Payton era. After starting off with two games at home, the Broncos are 0-2 and the results of their games have been by a combined three points. But that’s the way it has gone for this team for the majority of the last couple of years. They have been brutally bad in one-score games (4-11 now) since the start of last year.
Los Angeles Chargers (0-2) @ Minnesota Vikings (0-2)
After a 13-4 season in 2022, it’s been tough sledding to start 2023 for the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings weren’t just Kings of the North last season, but they were Kings of the One-Score Victory. There was pretty much no team that was that good (or lucky, depending on what way you look at it) in close games last season. Unfortunately, we’ve seen that come back to bite them already in 2023, as the Vikings have been in two close games to start the year…
New England Patriots (0-2) @ New York Jets (1-1)
Buffalo Bills (1-1) @ Washington Commanders (2-0)
Houston Texans (0-2) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1)
Indianapolis Colts (1-1) @ Baltimore Ravens (2-0)
Carolina Panthers (0-2) @ Seattle Seahawks (1-1)
Chicago Bears (0-2) @ Kansas City Chiefs (1-1)
Dallas Cowboys (2-0) @ Arizona Cardinals (0-2)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) @ Las Vegas Raiders (1-1)
Philadelphia Eagles (2-0) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0)
Los Angeles Rams (1-1) @ Cincinnati Bengals (0-2)
The Bengals have been one of the NFL’s biggest question marks and disappointments over the first two weeks of the season. Joe Burrow signed a mega contract, the first of its kind not only in NFL history but in Cincinnati Bengals history — by millions of miles.
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