NFL Lines - Week 3 results

Rams (-2.5) 41 @ 49ers 39 - X
Holy backdoor cover, Batman! I can't believe this game ended the way it did. Everyone and their mother thought it was going to be awful, yet it was, by some margin, the highest scoring game of the week. 80 points.

Ravens (-4) 7 @ Jaguars 44 - X
Almost!

Browns 28 @ Colts (+1) 31 - OK
Yay, I got one right!

Broncos (-3) 16 @ Bills 26 - X

Texans 33 @ Patriots (-13) 36 - X
Hard to believe the Pats got out of that game alive. It really felt like the game belonged to the Texans, who might really be good this year, despite the rocky start to the season.

Dolphins 6 @ Jets (+5.5) 20 - OK

Saints 34 @ Panthers (-5.5) 13 - X

Steelers 17 @ Bears (+8.5) 23 - OK
The Steelers are really struggling aren't they? Especially since they probably should have lost that game in regulation. This game did provide perhaps the most entertaining highlight bit of the whole day, at the very end of the first half. Chicago blocked a FG, then ran it back the whole field before the Bear decided to stop running short of the end zone and was stripped of the ball by an oncoming Steeler, who then batted the ball out of bounds in the end zone. After much debate about what was going to happen, the Bears got the ball back at the half-yard line with a single play to go as the Steelers were charged with a penalty for batting the ball out. Thinking the half over, the Steelers ran into their locker room, before coming back onto the field a few minutes later. Obviously, the Bears tried to go for 7 but got called for a false start, after which they did hit a FG to make the score 17-7. It was quite a bizarre sequence of events.

Giants 24 @ Eagles 27 (-6) - X
God damn we almost blew that game. I would have been really pissed. As a matter of fact, I was really pissed when the Giants took the lead in the 4th. I knew in my heart that OBJ would make the Eagles' life miserable and he did for a while. Then he did a boneheaded "celebration". Just f***ing dance or something. Why do you have to do something that incredibly dumb? He knew he was going to get penalized. I mean, not a single soul on the Giants organization applauded that celebration. He's insanely talented and a joy to watch on the field, but so often he acts like a moron and it's disappointing. I don't mind trash-talking the crowd at all, that's part of the game and he probably feeds off that. I don't mind celebrating by angering the crowd.

Anyway, it's all moot since we won. Thanks to that massive FG by Jake Elliott. Man that kid must feel ecstatic, a true hero to Philadelphians and Eagles fans everywhere. What a crazy game.

Falcons (-3) 30 @ Lions 26 - OK
Talk about crazy games. I understand that's how the rules work, but that 10 second runoff at the end was perhaps the most anti-climactic way to end a game. It just does not feel right to end that way, no matter what the rules say.

Buccaneers 17 @ Vikings 34 - X
I wrote quickly that I'd take the Bucs in that matchup even as there was no line out yet. This looked even smarter as Bradford was ruled out by the end of the week. Welp.

Seahawks 27 @ Titans (-3) 33 - OK
The Seahawks offense woke up a little bit yesterday, as Russell Wilson had a monster game (I benched him, funnily enough, in fantasy. But I won my week by a wide, very wide margin, anyway).

Bengals 24 @ Packers (-9) 27 - X
This is kinda why I don't trust the Packers in the playoffs usually. They really need a shit-ton of bailing out every year (almost every week, even) by Aaron Rodgers. The man is one of the greatest QBs ever, but he can't save them every single time. Yesterday he did, but at some point playing poorly for long stretches catches up to them.

Chiefs (-3) 24 @ Chargers 10 - OK

Raiders (-3) 10 @ Redskins 27 - X
That was a very impressive performance by the Redskins. They definitely looked like the best team in the NFC East yesterday. And they might be, if they can play like that every week. Makes our victory over them in week 1 that much more impressive.

Cowboys (-3) 28 @ Cardinals 17 - OK
I really wanted the Cowboys to lose, no matter what my prediction said. (I always want the Cowboys to lose, let's be clear). Now we have three 2-1 teams in the division. I figured it was going to be a very tightly contested division, and it's really shaping up to be one.

This week: 7-9
Season so far: 24-23