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Fearless Rick & Coin Flip NFL Week 3 Early Games
All times Eastern
Week 2 Results: Rick: 8-8; Flip: 10-6
Thursday, Sept. 18
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills (-11.5, 50.5) 8:15 pm - The Bills were all business on Sunday, dismantling the Jets, 30-10, in New York. Back home, even with the short work week, the Bills should dominate another AFC East foe.
The Dolphins were losers at home, 33-27, to New England, as they could not mount a final scoring drive. The defense has allowed 33 points in each of their first two games, both losses, and that’s a problem against Josh Allen and the high-octane Bills.
Coin Flip: Miami
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Bills 31 Dolphins 17
Atlanta Falcons (-5.5, 43.5) at Carolina Panthers 1:00 pm - Carolina is arguably as bad, if not worse than they were in 2024. Already 0-2, QB Bryce Young is not likely to be able to settle into any kind of rhythm, as the Atlanta defense tore up Minnesota, 22-6, last week, with six sacks and four turnovers.
If Atlanta’s passing game gets into a groove along with the rushing of Bijan Robinson, this could be over by halftime.
Coin Flip: Atlanta
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Falcons 34 Panthers 10
Now facing what appears to be one of the better defenses in the league, the Brown will be lucky to find the end zone. They may score three or four field goals, but that’s about it. The Packers are 2-0 for a number of reasons, mostly due to the play of Micah Parsons on defense and QB Jordan Love and RB Josh Jacobs on offense. They look like the team to beat in the NFC right now.
Coin Flip: Browns
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Packers 31 Browns 9
Jacksonville is looking like one of the more revitalized teams in the league after a 26-10 laugher over Carolina in Week 1 and last week’s close call - 31-27 - in a loss at Cincinnati.
If Jacksonville’s offense can stay on the field, their defense should be able to shut down the Texans and put them in an awkward 1-2 spot.
Coin Flip: Houston
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Jaguars 26 Texans 20
Things could go Cincy’s way if Browning performs. He has skilled receivers and good experience with the Bengals. Wentz, now 32, has never really impressed at any of his stops over the past nine seasons. Don’t forget, despite not having Joe Burrow behind center, the Bengals are 2-0. At this time last season, they were 0-2, headed toward 0-3.
Minnesota may have made a costly error keeping J.J. McCarthy over Sam Arnold. This could be the start of a lot of losses.
Coin Flip: Cincinnati
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Bengals 23 Vikings 13
New England doesn’t have a great defense, but they’ll probably be good enough if they can take away DK Metcalf and get the Steelers in 3rd-and-long situations. QB Drake Maye is maturing for the Patriots. This is a young squad with loads of upside potential.
Coin Flip: New England
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Patriots 30 Steelers 18
Both teams enter this game 2-0, but the Eagles are coming off an emotional win at Kansas City in which neither team actually looked very solid offensively. The Eagles may be a bit flat, while the Rams have plenty to prove and the revenge factor in their favor. 3.5 points seems a little generous.
Coin Flip: Philadelphia
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Rams 26 Eagles 23
Tampa Bay’s defense was very sound against the Texans last week, winning on the road, 20-19. With the triad of Baker Mayfield, Bucky Irving, and Mike Evans getting the bulk of the workload on offense, the Jets will probably fall behind early and just do enough to see the game to its end, go home, and think about the rest of the season.
Coin Flip: New York Jets
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Buccaneers 31 Jets 10
Look for Colts’ DE Lantau Latu to get well-acquainted with Titans’ rookie QB and #1 draft pick Cam Ward, who’s so far shown little. QBR of 20.6, completion % of 50.8, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Coin Flip: Indianapolis
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Colts 38 Titans 13
The Commanders should generate enough offense to stay competitive in this game, though that’s hardly a sure thing. Geno Smith, Brock Bowers, and Ashton Jeanty might get the offense in gear and the Commanders are short some keys on offense.
Coin Flip: Washington
Fearless Rick’s Pick: Raiders 28 Commanders 16
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