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Staff Game Picks, Week 3

The Footballguys staff picks this week's NFL games

By FBG Staff
September 23, 2021
Staff Game Picks, Week 3
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Looking to dominate your office pool this season? Eighteen Footballguys.com staff members are here to help you out. Each week they will pick the winners of every NFL game and rank their selections based on how confident they are that the team will win. The most-confident pick gets 16 points, and the least-confident gets just 1. We'll even total up everyone's picks so you can get an overall consensus on who our staff think will be the most likely winners. Each week we'll announce the weekly winners and track the overall record for the entire season.

Here are the specifics:

  • It lasts for 18 weeks
  • Pick every game straight up each week
  • Games are weighted; your most confident game would be weighed the most
  • If you miss a week, you will be awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
  • The total correct picks score will determine standings
  • Tiebreaker: number of weeks with the highest score

Last Week's Picks

  • Correct picks are in bold.
  • LW is the number of points earned last week.
  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.
Visiting Team NYG Buf Cin Den Hou LAR LV NE NO SF Atl Min Dal Ten KC Det
Home Team Was Mia Chi Jac Cle Ind Pit NYJ Car Phi TB Ari LAC Sea Bal GB Tot
Andrew Davenport Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO Phi TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 104 156
9 11 3 13 14 12 7 5 8 1 15 4 2 6 10 16
Andrew Garda Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO Phi TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 90 153
10 11 1 12 14 8 7 6 5 4 13 3 2 15 16 9
Andy Hicks Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR LV NE Car SF TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 109 167
1 13 5 16 4 6 12 15 2 11 3 9 10 8 14 7
Ben Cummins Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 94 170
7 3 5 14 16 8 9 10 4 2 15 6 1 12 11 13
Bob Henry Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO Phi TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 91 176
1 7 4 6 16 10 11 14 5 2 15 9 3 12 8 13
Clayton Gray Was Buf Chi Den Cle Lar Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 110 187
10 7 2 12 15 6 3 11 5 4 16 13 1 8 9 14
Dan Hindery Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 106 201
7 4 2 11 15 12 10 9 3 5 16 13 1 8 6 14
Danny Tuccitto Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 91 165
1 3 2 12 15 9 11 7 8 4 16 10 6 13 5 14
Dave Kluge Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE Car Phi TB Ari LAC Sea Bal GB 119 187
11 12 4 10 9 8 7 13 6 5 15 16 3 2 1 14
James Brimacombe Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 92 191
5 6 7 4 16 3 8 9 10 1 15 12 2 13 11 14
Jason Wood Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO Phi TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 92 172
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Jeff Bell Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO Phi TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 92 144
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Jeff Tefertiller Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 113 182
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Keith Overton Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 89 189
1 13 4 11 15 5 8 2 14 6 16 10 3 9 12 7
Keith Roberts Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO Phi TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 99 189
6 4 3 11 14 15 9 8 7 1 16 12 2 5 10 13
Matt Bitonti Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 98 176
4 5 6 9 13 14 8 15 3 2 16 12 1 11 10 7
Matt Carey Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 97 173
3 6 1 7 9 14 5 10 8 4 16 15 2 13 11 12
Ryan Weisse Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE Car SF TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 105 158
6 9 4 8 15 10 3 7 1 2 16 12 5 13 11 14
Sean Settle Was Buf Cin Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 109 161
8 6 3 15 16 10 9 14 5 4 12 11 1 2 7 13
Sigmund Bloom Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari LAC Sea KC GB 109 192
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Will Grant Was Buf Chi Den Cle LAR Pit NE NO SF TB Ari Dal Sea KC GB 106 172
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Away Picks 0 21 12 21 0 21 1 21 18 14 0 0 10 0 20 0
Home Picks 21 0 9 0 21 0 20 0 3 7 21 21 11 21 1 21
Away Conf 0 195 66 236 0 205 12 200 125 66 0 0 39 0 161 0
Home Conf 170 0 60 0 276 0 165 0 9 27 261 192 26 165 1 199

Standings

  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.
  • Wk01 is the number of points earned in Week 1.
  • Etc.
  • People who missed picking for a week are awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
Staff Member Tot Wk01 Wk02 Wk03 Wk04 Wk05 Wk06 Wk07 Wk08 Wk09 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18
Dan Hindery 201 95 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sigmund Bloom 192 83 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Brimacombe 191 99 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Overton 189 100 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Roberts 189 90 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clayton Gray 187 77 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Kluge 187 68 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Tefertiller 182 69 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alessandro Miglio 177 89 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Henry 176 85 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Bitonti 176 78 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Carey 173 76 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Wood 172 80 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
William Grant 172 66 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benjamin Cummins 170 76 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Hicks 167 58 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Tuccitto 165 74 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Settle 161 52 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Weisse 158 53 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Haseley 157 69 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Davenport 156 52 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Garda 153 63 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Bryant 153 65 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Wagman 151 63 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Devin Knotts 150 62 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Bell 144 52 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

This Week's Picks

  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.

Visiting Team Car Ari Atl Bal Chi Cin Ind LAC NO Was Mia NYJ Sea TB GB Phi
Home Team Hou Jac NYG Det Cle Pit Ten KC NE Buf LV Den Min LAR SF Dal Tot
Alessandro Miglio CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN MIN LAR SF DAL 177
13 15 5 12 7 9 8 11 6 16 10 14 1 2 3 4
Andrew Davenport CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB SF DAL 156
16 15 3 14 8 6 11 9 2 13 10 12 4 1 7 5
Andrew Garda CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 153
15 12 2 10 13 6 5 14 4 9 11 16 1 8 3 7
Andy Hicks CAR ARI ATL BAL CLE CIN IND KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 167
3 5 2 7 9 4 1 10 11 13 15 16 14 12 8 6
Ben Cummins CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE CIN TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA LAR GB DAL 170
16 15 3 11 13 5 9 4 10 8 12 14 6 1 2 7
Clayton Gray CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE CIN TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN MIN TB SF DAL 187
13 14 3 12 11 1 10 9 8 7 15 16 2 5 4 6
Bob Henry CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 176
11 10 5 15 12 6 14 9 7 13 8 16 3 2 1 4
Dan Hindery CAR ARI NYG BAL CHI CIN TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 201
3 5 2 7 9 4 1 10 11 13 15 16 14 12 8 6
Danny Tuccitto CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA LAR SF DAL 165
9 14 4 15 10 6 11 12 3 13 7 16 8 1 5 2
Dave Kluge CAR ARI ATL BAL CLE PIT IND KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 187
13 11 10 12 9 8 6 5 14 15 4 16 3 2 1 7
James Brimacombe CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NO BUF LV DEN MIN TB SF DAL 191
15 14 12 13 11 9 7 10 6 8 5 16 3 4 2 1
Jason Wood CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB PHI 172
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Jeff Bell CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE CIN TEN KC NO BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 144
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Jeff Haseley CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE CIN TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA LAR SF DAL 157
13 15 9 14 11 6 10 7 4 8 12 16 5 2 1 3
Jeff Tefertiller CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN MIN TB SF DAL 182
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Keith Overton CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NO BUF LV DEN SEA TB SF PHI 189
16 15 7 14 10 4 5 8 6 13 12 11 3 9 2 1
Keith Roberts CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NO BUF LV DEN MIN TB GB DAL 189
15 13 7 9 8 4 11 10 3 12 14 16 1 5 2 6
Matt Bitonti CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NO BUF LV DEN SEA LAR SF DAL 176
9 13 4 15 8 6 10 11 1 12 14 16 7 3 2 5
Matt Carey CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 173
10 16 9 14 13 4 7 6 8 11 12 15 5 1 3 2
Ryan Weisse CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB GB DAL 158
14 16 4 15 12 11 6 8 9 7 10 13 2 1 5 3
Sam Wagman CAR ARI ATL BAL CLE CIN IND KC NO BUF LV DEN SEA TB SF PHI 151
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Sean Settle CAR ARI ATL BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NO BUF LV DEN SEA LAR GB DAL 161
12 15 2 16 14 11 10 3 4 5 9 13 8 1 6 7
Will Grant CAR ARI NYG BAL CLE PIT TEN KC NE BUF LV DEN SEA TB SF DAL 172
16 11 6 14 13 3 10 9 5 15 8 12 2 1 7 4
Away Picks 23 23 4 23 1 7 3 0 7 0 0 0 18 17 12 3
Home Picks 0 0 19 0 22 16 20 23 16 23 23 23 5 6 11 20
Confidence 296 304 155 291 249 157 192 201 154 239 227 300 108 85 80 90

Heavy Favorites

  • According to our staffers, it's another week of mismatches as the following teams received full support:
    • Carolina,
    • Arizona
    • Baltimore
    • Kansas City
    • Buffalo
    • Las Vegas
    • Denver
  • Arizona is the heaviest of heavy favorites as 304 confidence points were thrown to the Browns. Denver is a close second with 300 confidence points.
  • Keep in mind that, last week, Seattle was a unanimous pick. Anything can happen.

Dual Support

  • The closest contest of the week is expected to take place in San Francisco as the 49ers host the Packer.
  • Green Bay leads in support with 12 votes and 11 for San Francisco.
  • There are only 80 confidence points in this game

Odds and Ends

With a full 16-game slate this week, having a perfect score will give you 136 total points. As we move through the season, the maximum total will drop based on the number of teams on a bye.

As an additional reminder - these picks and confidence points were made on Wednesday night so that this article may come out well before the Thursday opener. These picks won't be updated as the week progresses, so any late-breaking news will not change the confidence points. If your league allows you to change your picks right up until each NFL game starts, make sure to check the latest news before making your final selections.

Good luck this weekend!

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