Week 3 of the NFL season features one game between 2-0 teams and one game between 0-2 teams, which happens to be at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Mark Craig's Week 3 NFL picks: Who will be 3-0, and will the Vikings be 0-3?
Can the Vikings avoid the seventh 0-3 start in franchise history? Will the Packers thwart the surprising Saints?
September 22, 2023 at 10:44PM
Here are five Week 3 games to watch.
WHO GOES 0-3?
Chargers (+ ½) at Vikings: Home-field advantage and Austin Ekeler in street clothes spare Kevin O'Connell from posting the Purple's seventh 0-3 start. Vikings 27, Chargers 21
AROUND THE NFC NORTH
Saints (+1 ½) at Packers: Are the Derek Carr-led Saints (2-0) for real? Not in Green Bay in their last game without Alvin Kamara. Packers 24, Saints 21
LOCK OF THE WEEK
Bears (+12 ½) at Chiefs: Justin Fields should have stuck with his first answer. His problem is coaching. Chiefs 41, Bears 12
UPSET SPECIAL
Rams (+2 ½) at Bengals: The '23 Bengals (0-2) are impostors, and Puka Nacua is a spot-on Cooper Kupp impersonator. Rams 31, Bengals 23
GAME OF THE WEEK
Eagles (-5 ½) at Buccaneers: Two NFL-big-boy defensive lines that a Vikings general manager might want to study closely clash on Monday night between two 2-0 teams. Eagles 23, Buccaneers 20
SEASON RESULTS
Season record straight up/against the spread: 7-7; 7-7.
Upset special: 1-1.
Lock of the Week: 2-0.
Vikings: 1-1.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
