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

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$400 Bears
$300 Steelers
$200 Steelers o42
$100 Chiefs

4 - Bears >>> Bengals
3 - Steelers >>> Patriots
2 - Think Steelers will light up Pats
1 - Chiefs >>>>>>> Broncos

[Jibbs]

$400 - Steelers -3
$300 - Rams -6.5
$200 - Saints +4
$100 - Chiefs +2.5


Steelers -3
Steelers are the class of the NFL right now. At home against a good Patriots team they have enough firepower on offense and stopping power on defense to cover the number.

Rams -6.5
The Titans are not good and the Rams at home are worth 6.5.

Saints +4
The Vikings have been atrocious so far this year and I am voting for that streak to continue. Saints win this one outright.

Chiefs +2.5
This game is a crapshoot but I am going to show the Chiefs a little love by picking them here since they were good to me the first two weeks of the season.

[chaz64]

$400 Broncos
$300 Patriots
$200 Raiders at Eagles 47 u
$100 Saints

[BreakEvenPlayer]

$400 Giants o42.5
$300 Saints o44
$200 Bengals
$100 Jets

[Bobby Digital]

$400 Bills
$300 Giants
$200 Chiefs u48
$100 Steelers

[pudley4]

400 Colts
300 Seahawks
200 Patriots
100 Jaguars

$400 Broncos
$300 Chargers
$200 Patriots
$100 Raiders

[lorinda]

My Picks

$400 Giants
$300 49ers
$200 Dolphins o36.5
$100 Broncos o48

I hate this week. Nearly all of my own lines were within 2 points of the actual lines, and I found obvious blunders upon further research.

I even turned my number 1 bet into my number 2 because of Rita. I don't like anything much, if I wanted to win this season, I would dodge betting at all... but I love a challenge.


Giants +6

I think this line is strange. San Diego are the barstool favorites this year.... even I liked them. However last week, by all accounts, they were actually 'thrashed' by three points. I think that they will be happy to win by any score and there's a reasonable chance they won't win at all.
Giving up six seems a bit harsh.

49ers +6.5

This looks too good to be true, and this week I'm not fading myself. I actually had this at +1, so it's not quite as ridiculous as the Vikings self-fade last week, but I'm not doing it two weeks running.
If the same Dallas team turns up that I was watching on my TV on Monday then they won't win this by a Touchdown.
Im concerned they will come out and "win one for Texas" enough to drop this pick from first to second.

Dolphins over 36.5

I have no reason to believe the Panthers will score under 21, I have no reason to believe that the Dolphins will score under 10, I think this one is a bit too low, I'm not very confident.


Broncos over 48

Chiefs Road Suck is the only reason that this isn't much higher.
I cannot bring myself to go against my mantra, but I also cannot bring myself to not bet this line.
If I had any faith on the Chiefs on the road I'd be betting this bigger, and I may bet it bigger in 'real' life away from the spotlight of the 3+1 challenge.
Denver have gone from pathetic to pretty reasonable in one week, I think another week will see them scoring well, I think there will be a constant flow of points in this one.

Edit: Picks were listed incorrectly at the top.

Lori

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400 browns
300 cardinals
200 bengals
100 chargers

10/1 parlay huge winner

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[mrbaseball]

I will continue my "fade the chumps" strategy. It has worked well to date so it's due for a snapback but what the heck.

400 - Bears
300 - Dolphins
200 - 49ers
100 - Vikings