Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

Remember, ALL picks must be posted by Sunday noon AT THE LATEST, unless there is a game that starts before 1:00 p.m. on Sunday This applies even if you're only picking the late or Monday games.

Week #3 line O/U
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>Sun 9/25/05<font color="green">
Titans at Rams -6.5 46 o/u
Raiders at Eagles -7.5 47 o/u
Bengals at Bears +3 39 o/u
Jaguars at Jets -3 none
Saints at Vikings -4 44 o/u
Panthers at Dolphins +3 36.5 o/u
Browns at Colts -13.5 47 o/u
Falcons at Bills -1 none
Buccaneers at Packers +3.5 38 o/u
Cardinals at Seahawks -6.5 42 o/u
Patriots at Steelers -3 42 o/u
Cowboys at 49ers +6.5 40.5 o/u
Giants at Chargers -6 42.5 o/u

<font color="orange">Bye-Redskins, Ravens, Texans, Lions </font></font>

Mon 9/26/05<font color="purple">
Chiefs at Broncos -2.5 48 o/u</font>
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If I get lines later for the Falcons and Jets games, I'll add them.
Also, I posted results for Week #2 in the ongoing thread. I haven't done YTD totals yet

My Picks
 

$400 Chiefs
$300 Panthers
$200 Bengals
$100 Chiefs/Broncos under 48

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

$400 Steelers
$300 Colts
$200 Giants
$100 Chiefs


-- Steelers: I see no reason to think the Steelers aren't the best team in the league; this line should be higher than -3 at home versus a Pats team that looks weaker than last year.

-- Colts: Manning made his reputation last year running up the score against crappy teams. This game fits the bill.

champ\'s (really sucking wind) picks
 

$400 - Chiefs under
$300 - Colts under
$200 - Bears under
$100 - Cowboys under


yeah this had to work better than anything else I've tried [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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What a comeback I made last week: from 0-4 to 2-2. Breaking even never felt so good...

$400 - Panthers
$300 - Packers
$200 - Eagles
$100 - Steelers

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

400 Chiefs u49
300 Titans
200 Cowboys
100 Patriots

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+$600 each week so far, clearly a model of consistency.

$400 - Eagles -7.5 Going against Oakland for the 3rd straight week - the most overrated 'Vegas' team and it's not close. Keep sucking in that Randy Moss hype, I'll keep raking in the dough.
$300 - Bills -1 This is where it pays to be a fan. Chicago in '02, Wash in '03, St. Louis in '04...I could probably go back 17 years: Buffalo pwns overrated NFC teams at home.
$200 - Colts -13.5 Cleveland coming off a win, Dilfer coming off an awesome game, and they're on the road against an Indy team eager to score a lot with a semblance of a defense...awesome.
$100 - Bears +3 Chi's defense is good and should at least contain the Bengals. As for Orton...there are a lot of bad situations for young QB's in this league...Cincy's D at home isn't one of them IMO.

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$100 - Bears +3 Chi's defense is good and should at least contain the Bengals. As for Orton...there are a lot of bad situations for young QB's in this league...Cincy's D at home isn't one of them IMO.

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bengals are 5-0 in the past 5 games against NFC teams. pays to be a fan.

My Picks
 

$400 Chiefs
$300 Eagles
$200 Buccaneers
$100 Giants

Chiefs have been one of the best teams so far, offense is good as expected, and defense better than expected. Denver is at home, but they don't look very good this year, getting blown out by Miami and just squeaking by San Diego.

Eagles seem to be getting untracked with their offense, and are willing to run it up a little bit at home. After Randy Moss, the Raiders offense hasn't been too scary.

Buccaneers seem very solid - Cadillac makes their offense pretty good, and defense is very solid as in some previous years. The Packers are really bad right now.

The Giants have had some luck - turnovers and special team play to pad their scores - but they have also played very well. The Chargers have been underperforming. I'll take the 2-0 team plus 6 points over the 0-2 team.

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$100 - Bears +3 Chi's defense is good and should at least contain the Bengals. As for Orton...there are a lot of bad situations for young QB's in this league...Cincy's D at home isn't one of them IMO.

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bengals are 5-0 in the past 5 games against NFC teams. pays to be a fan.

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Helps when you play the NFC Least last year and Philly's 3rd stringers.

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Ugh... only a push by the Bolts saved me from a scalftastic 0-4 last week.

Time to get back on track. In a hurry no time to post analyses.

$400 Titans/Rams under 46
$300 Falcons +1
$200 Saints/Vikings under 44
$100 Bengals -3

Trying some totals this week, we'll see how it shakes out.

TRWIII

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$400 Eagles -7.5
$300 Panthers -3
$200 Falcons +1
$100 Cowboys -6.5

My Picks (im not first this week!)
 

400 - 49ers
300 - Chiefs
200 - Titans
100 - Eagles

No real reasons behind these picks [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

My Picks
 

400 Jags +3
300 Bro +13.5
200 Saints +4
100 Eagles -7.5

Jags: Admiral performance last week when expected to get trounced by the Colts, the game will have given them confidence. Should be well up to beating the Jets ( shocking 1st game &amp; hardly impressive against the Fish last week.)

Colts are very solid, but ( judging from last weeks display) struggle to put points on the board. I wouldnt want to be giving 13 1/2 here.

Vikins suck.

Eagles have done nothing wrong so far &amp; should dispatch the Raiders without difficulty.

my picks
 

$400 Patriots +3 at Steelers
$300 Broncos -2.5 Chiefs
$200 Packers +3.5 Bucs
$100 Dolphins -3 Panthers

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

400 Cowboys Under 40.5
300 Titans Under 46
200 Chargers
100 Bengals over 39

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400 Bills
300 Bengals
200 Eagles
100 Chiefs u48

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

$400 Buccaneers
$300 Chiefs Under 48
$200 Jaguars
$100 Colts

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

400 Bears under39
300 Seahawks
200 Steelers
100 Bucs

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$400 Titans under
Eagles over
Panthers -3
$100 Buccaneers

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You need to make better picks than THAT if you hope to catch up with me :P

My Picks
 

400 - Eagles
300 - Rams over 46
200 - Bills
100 - 49ers

My Picks
 

$400 Saints
$300 Cowboys/49ers over 40.5
$200 Buccaneers
$100 Giants

My Picks
 

400 Saints
300 Bears
200 49ers
100 Steelers

My Picks
 

$400 Bills
$300 Jaguars
$200 Packers
$100 Titans

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

$400 Bengals -3
$300 Bucs - 3.5
$200 Giants +6
$100 Bills -1

Re: Official Week #3 lines for the \"3+1 Challenge-2005\" contest
 

$400 Panthers
$300 Jaguars
$200 Rams u46
$100 Packers u38

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$400 - Chiefs Broncos under48
$300 - Bucs -3.5
$200 - Colts -13.5
$100 - Cowboys 49ers under 40.5

GL me.

My picks - Jedi
 

I still suck at this:

$400 Chiefs Under 48
$300 Bengals
$200 Chiefs
$100 49ers

My Picks
 

400 Colts -13.5
300 Cowboys over 40.5
200 Cowboys -6.5
100 Patriots +3

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My picks:

400--Bengals -3
300--Bills -1
200--Browns/Colts under47
100--Chiefs/Broncos under48

Samurai\'s Picks
 

MINN -4 +400
cowboys - 6.5 300
New England + 3 200
Greenbay + 3.5 100

My Picks
 

400-Seahawks
300-Panthers
200-Giants/Chargers u42.5
100-Cowboys

Seahawks-Cards are awful
Panthers-This may be a trap game but I really like Carolina
Giants/Chargers-Two conservative coaches and two good defenses
Cowboys-Parcells has to win this one

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$400 Panthers -3
$300 Saints +4
$200 Raiders/Eagels U47
$100 Bears

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$400 Buccaneers
$300 Eagles
$200 Bills
$100 Jaguars

My Picks
 

$400 Patriots
$300 Patriots under
$200 Bills
$100 Bears

My picks
 

I need a shakeup. Im going only dogs this week.

$400 Pats
$300 49ers
$200 Packers
$100 Saints

Pats- Like the rebound, and the Steelers have yet to be tested
Niners- Like the rebound
Pack- Like the rebound
Saints- Like the rbound

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$400 Vikings -4
$300 Packers +3.5
$200 Broncos -2.5
$100 Jets -3

I post the following per Lorinda's request (and also for those who would like to see what my warped mind is thinking). As you read, keep in mind I look for value moreso than the better team.

$400 Vikings -4 Come on now. We all know the Vikings are better than they have shown. Everyone is talking about Culpepper and his confidence being shot. Well, look at his last four games against the Saints and you will see he has not been held under 300 yards. Last year he threw for about 450 against them. This is a team where he should have TONS of confidence. Also, this line opened at Min -6.5 and has now dropped to -3.5. This is where I see the extra value. Now for the Saints. They played a very inspired game the first game of the year. Their situation has got to wear on them as the season goes on. They are essentially playing their 3rd road game in a row. Plus, add the fact that they played Monday night and had a short week, you now have my entire list of reasons I like the VIkings at home to put a good game together.

$300 Packers +3.5 Last week the Packers had their absolute worst offensive game in 13 years. On the other hand, the Bucs probably played the best two games they might play all year long the past two weeks. All of this is fresh in everyone's mind this week. Tampa is the better team this year but this line has value written all over it. Give me the pack with the points at home this week.

$200 Broncos -2.5 I may be one of the few that thinks KC is overrated right now. You can't deny they are a public favorite because of their play this year. However, the Raiders made all kinds of mental mistakes last week. They had two touchdowns taken off the board and also missed a field goal. That game could have gone the other way easily and the Raiders are not a very good team. The Broncos always play tough at home. People also still have that fist game loss against the Dolphins in their mind. Value I say! Also, the is KC's second straight road game and Denver's second straight home game.

$100 Jets -3 I had a hard time coming up with a third game this week. I thought about Atlanta because I believe they will hold Losman in check but decided against it due to Vick's uncertain status. I thought about the Colts but there isn't much value there as everyone loves them this year. I thought about Cincy because I think they have played very solid on both sides of the ball. Unfortunately everyone else knows it too so there is no value there. Plus, I try to stay away from road teams if possible. That left me with the Jets. Not a whole ton of reasons here. I think the first game of the year against KC might still be in some people's mind and may have some value here. I am also hoping Jacksonville is exhausted from the game with the Colts last week and has less energy this week.

My picks
 

Eagles 400
Bengals 300
Rams 200
Steelers 100

My Picks
 

400 Eagles
300 Jaguars
200 Bengals
100 Saints/Vikings u44