NFL Picks, Week 3: Do or Die

NFL Picks: Baltimore Ravens (-1) at Jacksonville Jaguars

Sunday, 1pm ET (CBS)

Someone in Vegas must really like the Jags at home, because this line (at some books a pick ‘em) is too close. Baltimore is having a much better year.

Oh, we’re taking Jacksonville. Fooled ya.

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NFL Picks: Cleveland Browns at Miami Dolphins (-9.5)

Sunday, 1pm ET (CBS)

Here’s the Week 3 Crap Bowl between 0-2 teams with their seasons on the line. Neither one is likely to amount to much, anyway, but someone’s going 0-3 and the other team is not.

The Dolphins are big favorites at home. Is that justifiable? We say no, even though the Browns are a hot mess with no quarterback on a good day.

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NFL Picks: Washington Redskins at New York Giants (-4.5)

Sunday, 1pm ET (Fox)

The Giants are winning, even though they’re close games. This is a tough pick because it’s a divisional rivalry game, and the Redskins’ backs are against the wall. Big Blue can move to 3-0 with a win and show the NFC that they’re back, while Washington tries just to fight back into the mix.

The Giants have owned this series since the turn of the century, winning the last four at MetLife Stadium, and seven of the last eight. That’s a problem, Skins.

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NFL Picks: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers (-7.5)

Sunday, 1pm ET (Fox)

The last time Detroit played in the frozen tundra, they beat the Packers there for the first time since 1991. The Wayne Fontes glory days of yore probably will not come back for an encore this season. That’s a rough spread to figure out considering that these games were close, but go with the home team.

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