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Week 3 of the NFL season is starting with a great all time rivalry game in Pittsburgh versus Cleveland. Even though these two teams aren’t great teams right now they always play each other really well, especially in the last few years. 

With below average quarterbacks starting for each team this is more based on whose defense can hold the other team to less points. Both offenses for these teams have been bottom of the league thus far through two weeks but that’s nothing to be concerned about as a viewer as per usual something interesting will happen during the game.

With Cleveland being 5.5 point favorites at home this looks like a potential money maker if you bet on the Steelers as head coach Mike Tomlin has always played well as an underdog, now I’m not telling you to bet but if I personally was looking to bet this game I’d take Pittsburgh +5.5. Even with the media being significantly down on Steelers QB Mitchell Trubisky and T.J Watt’s injury in week 1 this Pittsburgh team can still cover the points, that being said i do have the Browns winning this game in a ugly 24-20 fashion it’s still a wood watch for a stand alone game this week. 

The key to this game is the Steelers run defense as they currently rank bottom ten in the league and Cleveland averaging a league 200.5 rushing yards a game between running backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt at the helm. Cleveland is doing something historically amazing as the only other team to rush for over 200 yards a game was the 2019 Baltimore Ravens, if Pittsburgh can hold the Browns to under 150 yards rushing this could be a ball game. 

My final prediction for this game is a scrappy 24-20 win for the Cleveland Browns.

Sources: https://www.nfl.com/news/2022-nfl-season-four-things-to-watch-for-in-steelers-browns-clash-on-prime-video

With the NFL season heading into week 3 let’s look at all the winless teams and so far several teams that haven’t gotten a win yet. Out of these seven teams who should be worried about their season and their chance to turn around their season and make the playoffs. Historically 0-2 teams have over a 75% chance of missing the playoffs

1. Las Vegas Raiders

The Las Vegas Raiders are on paper a phenomenal team and can easily make the playoffs but their schedule and division is one of the toughest in the league, I don’t see them making the playoffs due to the AFC being so good and the Raiders already being 0-2.

2. Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are like the Raiders, on paper a great team and coming off a super bowl loss last season usually the loser of the super bowl has a “hangover” and the team doesn’t come close to what they did the following year, That being said the Bengals still have a chance to make the playoffs because the AFC North isn’t playing well as a whole. 

3. Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts coming into this season was seen as a sleeper AFC team with new QB Matt Ryan but things haven’t gone to plan as they tied in overtime with the Texans and got shutout by the Jaguars last week. Like the Bengals the Colts can still win this division due to the AFC South being one of the weakest divisions in football right now.  

4. Tennessee Titans

The Titans are a decent team but playing a hard schedule throughout the year and losing many pieces in the offseason the Titans just aren’t the team they used to be for the last three year and even in the AFC South I don’t see them making the playoffs. 

5. Carolina Panthers

The Panthers have a shot to make the playoffs as the NFC is in shambles right now with no teams looking like “world beaters”. As the Panthers are 0-2 they still have a shot to make the playoffs if newly acquired QB Baker Mayfield can mesh with this offense. 

6. Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are cooked, we already knew that but it had to be said, the Texans are still in a full rebuild but are starting to be viable in some of their games which Texans fans must feel somewhat good considering what’s happened to their team in the last three years.

7. Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are going to be a bottom three team in the league as most predicted this season, from losing many pieces in the offseason to playing in a decent division the Falcons are heading into a reboot and everyone knows it.

Monday night football in the NFL is nothing less than spectacular but I’d argue week 2 of the Monday night games were kinda boring because of the blowout wins were not used to seeing in this league, especially between good teams. Let’s go through my biggest takeaways from each team and what this means for them.

    Philadelphia Eagles vs Minnesota Vikings

    Was this game more of a Kirk Cousins in primetime issue or the Eagles are that good? I’d argue it’s both actually, Kirk Cousins on monday night primetime games is 2-10 and can’t seem to get past it as he threw three interceptions last night and just looked horrible overall, the Vikings are a good team but maybe not as good as we thought after their spectacular win over Green Bay in week 1. The Eagles on the other hand looked great, specifically Jalen Hurts who had a monster first half throwing and running the football, Hurts had three touchdowns in the first half and that’s all the Eagles needed for the win, this Eagles team is definitely a top 3 NFC team for the year and look like the best NFC team right now.

    Tennessee Titans vs Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills routed the Tennessee Titans thanks to new offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey stepping in and showing what he’s capable of. The Bills offense was humming, scoring 41 points and scoring the most points through the first two weeks of the NFL season. As for the Titans this team is in trouble for the fact that Derrick Henry can’t save this team anymore, Henry in the past has been able to run this team to a top seed in the AFC conference but with the team being stripped of some offensive pieces the Titans are solely relying on Henry to carry them on the offensive side of the ball and opposing defenses know that now.

NFL Sunday was nothing less than spectacular, with some walk off wins to shutouts, week 2 of the season was crazy and the storylines are even crazier. With thirteen games being played between twenty six teams let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from NFL Sunday.

• The Trey Lance draft pick is looking bad

The San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance is out for the season with a horrific ankle injury, the same injury Dallas QB Dak Prescott had. It appears the 49ers might have whiffed on this draft selection of Trey Lance especially since he’s out for the season which was the whole reason they were trying to get rid of now starting QB Jimmy Garoppolo. Lance has yet to look the part in his first few starts as the first string QB and we’ll have to wait another year to see what he’s capable off.  

• Bengals are a mess all around

The Cincinnati Bengals may be experiencing a Super Bowl hangover, Mostly on the O-Line. The Bengals spent an enormous amount of assets on the offensive line to protect superstar QB Joe Burrow and it doesn’t look any better than it did a year ago, in the two games the Bengals have played they’ve allowed 13 sacks on Burrow and specifically six sacks last night against the Dallas Cowboys. The Bengals are now a whopping 0-2 to start the season and are on pace to give up a NFL record 111 sacks. 

• Lamar Jackson deserves the extension

PAY THE MAN! With twitter buzzing the last two weeks for the Ravens organization to pay superstar QB Lamar Jackson he’s definitely looking like he deserves it. Jackson and the Ravens put on a show yesterday in the 1 ‘o’ clock window game against the Miami Dolphins but unfortunately for the Ravens their defense couldn’t hold as they gave up 42 points and over 360 yards to Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle combined. Lamar did his thing on offense with four total touchdowns and over 350 yards from scrimmage himself, including some great down field passes and a insane 79 yard touchdown run.

Today is the best day for a NFL fan, as every Sunday is considered NFL day during the football season. Let’s look at each game in time order being played on Sunday, predict the scores and outcomes. 

Baltimore Ravens vs Miami Dolphins

Score: 27-24 Baltimore wins

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Cleveland Browns vs New York Jets

Score: 21-18 Cleveland wins

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions

Score: 31-28 Detroit wins

Time:1:00 PM Eastern Time

Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars

Score: 21-20 Jacksonville wins

Time:1:00 PM Eastern Time

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints

Score: 24-23 New Orleans wins 

Time:1:00 PM Eastern Time

Carolina Panthers at New York Giants

Score: 24-20 New York wins

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Pittsburgh Steelers vs New England Patriots

Score: 18-14 New England wins

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Los Angeles Rams vs Atlanta Falcons

Score: 31-20 Los Angeles wins

Time: 4:05 PM Eastern Time

Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers

Score: 20-18 San Francisco wins

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys 

Score: 28-21 Cincinnati wins

Time: 4:05 PM Eastern Time

Denver Broncos vs Houston Texans

Score: 27-21 Denver wins

Time: 4:25 PM Eastern Time

Las Vegas Raiders vs Arizona Cardinals

Score: 28-24 Las Vegas wins

Time: 4:25 PM Eastern Time

Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears

Score: 27-17 Green Bay wins

Time: 8:20 PM Eastern Time

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers playing on Thursday night football is always a great game to watch as these two teams have always had close games, especially since QB’s Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert arrived to their respective teams. With the Kansas City Chiefs edging out the Chargers 27-24 in last night’s win, let’s look at what went right for the Chiefs and what went wrong for the Chargers.

    Starting off with the Chargers some key things that swung this game in the wrong direction for them is the offensive line deteriorating with injuries throughout this game, with center Corey Linsley and right tackle Trey Pipkins going down it turned into a nightmare for the Chargers. The Chargers had good protection all night until those two went down, then that’s were Justin Herbet started to have problems, Herbert had a rough second half with getting hit eight times and suffering a rib injury from a hit of a Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman, Herbert seemed to be in pain but fought through it and came back to score a touchdown late in the game. 

On a bright note Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams stepped up and had a monstrous game with eight catches for 113 yards and a touchdown, With Keenan Allen out this is what you want to see from your number two receiver.

    For the Chiefs this was a great win for them in the sense that the Chargers are considered to be one of the better teams in the NFL and mostly viewed as a top super bowl contender this year. Even with Tyreek Hill being gone the Chiefs look great with their new additions at key spots on this team, especially with some rookies that were drafted this year including seventh round DB Jaylen Watson had a 99 yard pick six in the fourth quarter. 

Even though Patrick Mahomes had a somewhat quiet game he still appreciated the win calling it “an ugly win” but that’s to come when you play some of the best teams in the league. Mahomes had a steller game in week one against the Arizona Cardinals throwing five touchdown passes and even though he didn’t have that many last night it was still a great win.

The Chiefs are in a great spot to start off the season with this hot 2-0 start in the stacked AFC West, let’s see how far the Chiefs can take this winning streak going with a tough schedule coming up but they now have ten days of rest in between week 2 and week 3.

With the NFL wrapping up week 1 of the regular season we’ve already seen many players unfortunately get injured, let’s go through all the notable injuries for teams. 

    AFC

Cleveland Browns- no notable injuries

Baltimore Ravens- no notable injuries

Cincinnati Bengals- no notable injuries

Pittsburgh Steelers- T.J Watt out for potentially six months, Najee Harris questionable but will play

New England Patriots- Mac Jones suffering from back spasms, Ty Montgomery placed on IR

New York Jets- no notable injuries

Buffalo Bills- no notable injuries

Miami Dolphins- no notable injuries

Kansas City Chiefs- Patrick Mahomes wrist but should be good to go, Trent McDuffie placed on IR, Harrison Butker day to day with ankle injury

Los Angeles Chargers- Keenan Allen hamstring is day to day but unlikely to play in week 2, J.C Jackson limited in practice questionable to play

Las Vegas Raiders- no notable injuries

Denver Broncos- no notable injuries

Houston Texans- no notable injuries

Indianapolis Colts- no notable injuries

Tennessee Titans- Da’Shawn Hand has a torn quad and out for the season

Jacksonville Jaguars- no notable injuries

NFC

Dallas Cowboys- Dak Prescott undergoing hand surgery will miss 4-6 weeks

New York Giants- no notable injuries

Philadelphia Eagles- Derek Barnett placed on IR

Washington Commanders- no notable injuries 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers- no notable injuries

Carolina Panthers- Andre Roberts placed on IR

New Orleans Saints- no notable injuries

Atlanta Falcons- no notable injuries

Los Angeles Rams- Kyren Williams placed on IR

Arizona Cardinals- no notable injuries

Seattle Seahawks- Jamal Adams out for a “serious” knee injury but no timetable yet

San Francisco 49ers- Elijah Mitchell placed on IR

Green Bay Packers- Krys Barnes placed on IR

Chicago Bears- no notable injuries

Minnesota Vikings- no notable injuries

Detroit Lions- no notable injuries

Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-sept-13

Monday night was the biggest game of the week as former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson faced his old team. Russell was traded to the Broncos this offseason. 

    In Wilson’s first game as a Denver Bronco played well, Wilson completed 29 of 42 throws and a touchdown. As for Denver’s rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett he had a very rough first game as a head coach. The Broncos offense looked like a mess creating multiple mistakes including committing twelve penalties, hurrying the offensive line which then created a lost fumble at the goal line, as Denver was at the goal line three different times last night the result in those three goal lines were two fumbles and a field goal, safe to say Denver won’t be this poorly coached next week.

    Jerry Juedy also showed out, Jeudy finished with one of his best games as he caught four passes for 102 yards and a touchdown. Juedy is finally showing why he was a first round pick for Denver a few years back and this is his year to breakout. One other takeaway for Denver is why didn’t Nathaniel Hackett give Javonte Williams more carries? Williams was utilized more in the passing game last night finishing with 11 receptions for 65 yards but only 7 calories for43 yards which is an average of 6.1 yards per carry.  

    As for the Seahawks they looked poised in the first half as Seahawks QB Geno Smith completed 17 of 18 throws and two touchdowns and finished the game with 23 for 28 on throws but the offense looked staggered in the second half as they didn’t score at all. 

The other takeaway from this game for Seattle is the injury to star safety Jamal Adams who, according to Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Adams knee injury was “serious”. Adams will undergo MRI testing but there has been no news as of yet.