Week Three Picks: Resorting to the fashion intangible

Woo hoo! The Dolphins are breaking out those grotesque orange jerseys for their Sunday night game with the Jets—and maybe you remember how that week went for me last year when Miami did the same thing for a Monday night game against the same opponent. 

Oh, and locally, it's Bears-Packers on Monday night this week, which is sure to be a big deal to conclude the weekend. There's even a pretty good chance that the winner in both pols could be decided by that game—depending how the bets go.

But before we get to that final game for Week Three, there's plenty of other games that maybe I'm not giving enough credit to. Still early in the season, I'd have to imagine the top quarter of my sheet will closely resemble many others' picks, but here's how the four hypothetical arrangements break down for Week Three:

PFW Spread	Yahoo Users	Wunderdog	My Numbers
16  (12 ½)	16 (99%)	16 (27-16)	16 (34)
15  (11 ½)	15 (97%)	15 (24-13)	15 (33)
14 (10)	13.5  (92%)	14 (27-16)	14 (32)
12.5 (5 ½)	13.5  (92%)	13 (24-17)	13 (24)
12.5  (5 ½)	11.5 (90%)	12 (24-16)	12 (23)
11  (4)	11.5  (90%)	11 (26-19)	11  (21)
9 (3 ½)	10 (87%)	10 (26-21)	10 (13)
9 (3 ½)	9 (86%)	9 (26-21)	9 (13)
9 (3 ½)	8 (85%)	8 (27-22)	8 (13)
6  (3)	7 (82%)	7 (25-21)	7 (7)
6 (3)	6  (78%)	6 (26-21)	6 (6)
6 (3)	5 (70%)	5 (18-16)	5 (5)
3 (2 ½)	4 (67%)	4 (24-22)	4 (4)
3 (2 ½)	3  (66%)	3 (18-17)	3  (4)
3 (2 ½)	2 (63%)	2 (19-17)	2 (3)
1 (E)	1 (60%)	1  (18-18)	1  (3)
75 points (8-8)	86.5 points (9-7)	82 points (8-8)	86 points (11-5)

I don't know what the story is with that Colts helmet there in the PFW column and why I can't rid of the extra space, but I'm too tired and cranky to be trying over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over to fix it. (Fixed it?)


Actually, I'm forgoing any explanations this week (not that any are really all that necessary—what with the one upset I believe I've picked), so here's just simply how my sheet's going to look. I guess we'll see how that turns out and whether I blame that for any poor performance/cite it as reason for victory:

16 points

New England Patrioits (1-1) over Buffalo Bills (0-2)

+8/0 : +33/33/0 : 0/+25

15 points

Baltimore Ravens (1-1) over Cleveland Browns (0-2)

-1/0 : -1/4/-5 : -5/0

14 points

Minnesota Vikings (0-2) over Detroit Lions (0-2)

-14/+7 : +12/5/+7 : 0/+26

13 points
Washington Redskins (1-1) over St. Louis Rams (0-2)
0/-5 : +19/24/-5 : 0/+19

12 points
Indianapolis Colts (1-1) over Denver Broncos (1-1)
+4/0 : +5/3/+2 : +2/+1



11 points
Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) over Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1)
+12/+5 : +27/21/+6 : +1/+15

10 points
Cincinnati Bengals (1-1) over Carolina Panthers (0-2)
0/+7 : +12/13/-1 : -8/+12

9 points
San Diego Chargers (1-1) over Seattle Seahawks (1-1)
-1/0 : -7/7/0 : 0/-6


8 points
Arizona Cardinals (1-1) over Oakland Raiders (1-1)
+13/+9 : +28/13/+15 : +6/+15

7 points
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0) over Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0)
0/-9 : -12/3/-9 : 0/-12


6 points
San Francisco 49ers (0-2) over Kansas City Chiefs (2-0)
-8/+13 : -21/34/+13 : 0/-17

5 points
Houston Texans (2-0) over Dallas Cowboys (0-2)
+5/-6 : +5/32/-27 : -21/0

4 points
Green Bay Packers (2-0) over Chicago Bears (2-0)
+21/0 : +10/4/+14 : +14/-11

3 points
New York Giants (1-1) over Tennessee Titans (1-1)
+12/+10 : +12/6/+18 : +8/0


2 points 
Miami Dolphins (2-0) over New York Jets (1-1)
+9/-14 : +9/23/-14 : 0/0

1 point
Atlanta Falcons (1-1) over New Orleans Saints (2-0)
+7/0 : +7/13/+20 : +20/0