It was a pretty miserable week for yours truly picking games last week, as I managed to go just 7-8 straight-up and an absolutely awful 4-10-1 against the spread for Week 2 of the NFL season. I managed to get Week 3 off to a rip-roaring start by picking the Carolina Panthers to beat the New York Giants. Wasn't too far off, I guess. . .I mean, Carolina only lost by 29 points. At home.
Yeah, that was ugly.
With time running short and yours truly having had enough real-life interference to prevent me from getting my picks finished until the last minute here, I'm just going to give you the picks without the usual analysis. Quite frankly, it might be better that way, given how last week went.
So, with that, here are the picks for Week 3 of the 2012 NFL season. Point spreads are once again brought to you by our friends at OddsShark.
Game of the Week: New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens (-2.5)
-Straight-Up: Ravens, ATS: Ravens
Lock of the Week: Detroit Lions (-4) at Tennessee Titans
-Straight-Up: Lions, ATS: Lions
Upset of the Week: Kansas City Chiefs at New Orleans Saints (-9.5)
-Straight-Up: Chiefs, ATS: Chiefs
The Rest of the Week:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys (-7.5)
-Straight-Up: Cowboys, ATS: Buccaneers
Buffalo Bills (-2.5) at Cleveland Browns
-Straight-Up: Bills, ATS: Bills
St. Louis Rams at Chicago Bears (-7.5)
-Straight-Up: Bears, ATS: Rams
Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Redskins (-3)
-Straight-Up: Redskins, ATS: Redskins
New York Jets (-1) at Miami Dolphins
-Straight-Up: Jets, ATS: Jets
Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts (-3)
-Straight-Up: Colts, ATS: Colts
Atlanta Falcons at San Diego Chargers (-3)
-Straight-Up: Falcons, ATS: Falcons
Philadelphia Eagles (-3) at Arizona Cardinals
-Straight-Up: Eagles, ATS: Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers (-3.5) at Oakland Raiders
-Straight-Up: Steelers, ATS: Raiders
Houston Texans (-2) at Denver Broncos
-Straight-Up: Texans, ATS: Texans
Green Bay Packers (-3) at Seattle Seahawks
-Straight-Up: Seahawks, ATS: Seahawks
Record Straight-Up Last Week: 7-8
Record Straight-Up For Season: 18-12
Record ATS Last Week: 4-10-1
Record ATS For Season: 12-17-1
Lock of the Week for Season: 2-0 straight-up, 0-2 against the spread
Upset of the Week for Season: 1-1 straight-up, 1-1 against the spread