# NFL Week 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 22, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954 "2017-09-22T07:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/1 "2017-09-22T07:50:25Z")
Forgot to make the thread until after the Thursday games. Thursday Rams 41 @ 49ers 39 Sunday 9:30am (London) Ravens @ Jags +4, 39 Sunday early Broncos @ Bills +3, 40.5 Saints @ Panthers -6, 48 Steelers @ Bears +7.5, 45.5 Browns @ Colt +1.5, 40 Bucs @ Vikings +0, 41 Texans @ Patriots -13, 43.5 Dolphins @ Jets +6, 43 Giants @ Eagles -6, 43 Sunday late Seahawks @ Titans -3, 43 Bengals @ Packers -9, 44.5 Chiefs @ Chargers +3, 47.5 SNF Raiders @ Redskins +3, 54 Cowboys @ Cards +3, 47 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/2 "2017-09-22T13:09:01Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Forgot to make the thread until after the Thursday games. > > Thursday > Rams 41 @ 49ers 39 And what a wild game that was! ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/3 "2017-09-22T14:33:26Z")
Could someone please tell me what the final number is? I think I get that the first number is the points given, so Titans are giving away 3 points to the Seahawks whereas the Cowboys are giving away 3 points to the Cards. (For betting purposes.) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/4 "2017-09-22T14:44:19Z")
The last number is the over/under line. You would bet the over if you thought the combined score of the game was going to be over that number. It’s a prediction (as much as betting lines are predictions) of how high scoring the game will be. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/5 "2017-09-22T14:58:23Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > And what a wild game that was! I am always amazed when the final score is so close to the line (which was SF +2.5 in my office pool) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/6 "2017-09-22T15:18:30Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I am always amazed when the final score is so close to the line (which was SF +2.5 in my office pool) People betting their money is as good a measure as any. It often comes pretty close to the final score. But the over/under for that game was 39.5, and the Rams and 49ers blew that away. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/7 "2017-09-22T22:40:49Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > SNF > Raiders @ Redskins +3, 54 > Cowboys @ Cards +3, 47 Cowboys @ Cards is actually MNF, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/8 "2017-09-22T23:28:48Z")
Woops, brain fart. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/9 "2017-09-23T11:06:19Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Woops, brain fart. Those are smellier than beef farts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/10 "2017-09-23T16:13:02Z")
Don’t know if it’s for all cable companies, but RCN is offering a free preview of NFL Red Zone this Sunday. Given the suckiness of the early Sunday game, this might be the best choice Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/11 "2017-09-23T17:52:50Z")
Green Bay gets the Bungles at home, so there’s some hope for a bounceback week, with 8 starters either doubtful or questionable. If Bulaga and Nelson can both play, the offense should be able to keep up with whatever the Bengals can put on the board. I’m going to go ahead and say the Bengals will get their first touchdown of the season on Sunday, however. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/12 "2017-09-23T23:49:47Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Green Bay gets the Bungles at home, so there’s some hope for a bounceback week, with 8 starters either doubtful or questionable. If Bulaga and Nelson can both play, the offense should be able to keep up with whatever the Bengals can put on the board. I’m going to go ahead and say the Bengals will get their first touchdown of the season on Sunday, however. My Bengals are a desperate team, which makes them dangerous. They’ve also owned Green Bay for quite awhile now. The Bengals are the most talented 0-2 team in the NFL right now. Far too talented to be as sucky as they’ve been so far this season. I do fear for Tyler Eifert’s career though. He’s yet again got a back injury, and those things are trouble. And he just had surgery on it in the offseason. It’s doubtful he plays, and I don’t think you’ll see John Ross either. I want to see a dedication to the run game that focuses on just one RB for the most part (Mixon) and save Bernard for 3rd downs. Also, please Andy Dalton, throw the ball to AJ Green like your life depended on it! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/13 "2017-09-24T14:41:32Z")
Fun fact: Aaron Rodgers has never beaten the Bengals. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/14 "2017-09-24T14:52:28Z")
Give it a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/15 "2017-09-24T14:55:32Z")
[A couple of dozen players took a knee in London during the US national anthem](https://apnews.com/dc7ba43160d049eca3a0460d093ad8e1/The-Latest:-About-24-NFL-players-kneel-for-anthem-in-London). Team owners say they stand behind their players. One even stood with the team during the anthem. But I gotta ask: why in the hell is our national anthem being played before a game in another country? Why isn’t their anthem being played? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/16 "2017-09-24T15:04:26Z")
I love some Sunday a.m. NFL football. Kudos to Jags OC Nathaniel Hackett for putting together a great game plan (at lest for the first half). Easy throws in the middle of the field to avoid 3rd and longs and take pressure off the running game and a couple shots down field (one that got an imaginary pass interference call) have made it relatively easy on Bottles, which is what he needs. It also helps that the Ravens offense is so putrid today. Maybe there is something to the whole Jags are used to London, home field advantage thing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/17 "2017-09-24T15:05:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > … > > But I gotta ask: why in the hell is our national anthem being played before a game in another country? Why isn’t their anthem being played? Because it’s an American game. Did they also play God Save the Queen? Playing both would be fairly normal. In the NHL, they’ll play both countries’ anthems if Canadian teams play American teams, no matter who is the host. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/18 "2017-09-24T15:17:37Z")
I think the idea of playing anthems at intra-national sporting events is very strange and silly. At the olympics or some sort of international competition like the World Cup? Sure. But why do Americans need to be reminded that we live in the US? Seems like jingoism; conspicuous and empty patriotism. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/19 "2017-09-24T15:29:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [A couple of dozen players took a knee in London during the US national anthem](https://apnews.com/dc7ba43160d049eca3a0460d093ad8e1/The-Latest:-About-24-NFL-players-kneel-for-anthem-in-London). > > Team owners say they stand behind their players. One even stood with the team during the anthem. > > But I gotta ask: why in the hell is our national anthem being played before a game in another country? Why isn’t their anthem being played? I’m sure that they played both which is pretty standard practice with international events. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/20 "2017-09-24T15:44:36Z")
Hey, look at that, Flacco got his rating into double digits. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954.md?page=2)