Week Two NFL Spread: Winners and Losers/ Week Three Picks By NFL Mikee

Week two had surprises and upsets in the league as teams settled into the season, both on the road and at home.

Let's break down the point spreads and make some good decisions again this week. I am 15-17 against the line this season.

After the first week of 7-9, I expected an improvement and got a small one. This week I am at 8-8 against the line with Miami on Monday night getting three points and losing. Straight up with out the spread I am 18-14. This is a poor start for the season.

The big game of the week was the Jets coming out party, smoking the Patriots as planned 16-9. One loss for me there, as I had the Pats.

This week the Jets have Tennessee at home and are favored by two and a half. Tennessee is desperate for a win at 0-2, and the Jets will have a natural let down after that big win.

I will go against the grain in this one and take the two and a half points and Tennessee.

Meanwhile, New England must deal with the high powered offense of the Atlanta Falcons. New England is favored by four, and I have to take my NFC Super Bowl pick, the Falcons.

Green Bay, after a stunning loss to the Bengals, will try to regroup against the Rams. This should be a good team to regroup against. The Packers are favored by six and a half, which should be feasible. Go with the Packers.

Washington beat the Rams 9-7 last week, and this is the reason I'm taking Detroit to win this game at home. Detroit played alright against New Orleans in week one, and Adrian Peterson can beat anyone, as we saw in week one and two.

Detroit gets six and a half points, and I will take the Lions with that many points. I think they can win this game outright. 

Minnesota, who is 2-0 have the 49ers in the Metrodome. I will take the Niners to keep this one close, as I am getting seven points.

Philadelphia is at home against Kansas City and the points are not out at press time. Just take the Eagles, whatever the spread is. This may be a shutout by the Eagles' defense.

The Giants go to Tampa Bay and will hand them a third loss in this young season. The Giants will make few mistakes and win by more than seven.

The Ravens are at home after a big win in San Diego. This game is kind of tough, as I think 13 points, may be a bit high. I will look for Brady Quinn to keep this game a little closer than expected. Look for Cleveland to wake up a bit in week three.

Houston is home, taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Houston will cover this four points with more offense by Schaub and company. That was a gritty win in Tennessee last week.

New Orleans travels to Buffalo and it's not cold enough yet to bother this offense of New Orleans. I predict another 40 points by Drew Brees, and maybe 28 by Buffalo. New Orleans is only favored by four and a half. Huh?

Chicago goes into Seattle as a one point favorite, and this is not a problem, with Jay Cutler's first visit to the west coast as a Bear. Take the Bears.

Pittsburgh rolls into Cincinnati with a chip on their shoulder. Pittsburgh is favored by four and a half. I, for one would not take the Bengals.

The Raiders are favored over Denver by two and a half points in Oakland. There is a reason for this. Take the home team in this one.

San Diego hosts the Miami Dolphins and should be favored by about five points. We shall see this line on Wednesday or Thursday, and I like San Diego not to lose two in a row at home.

Arizona is home against Indianapolis after a record breaking performance by Kurt Warner last week, going 24 for 26 passing. 

This week however, the Indy pass defense will be very stingy. i wavered back and forth on this game but finally decided on Peytom  Manning and the Colts. The Colts are getting two and a half points.

Monday night gets us back to Dallas for another 105,000 people getting charged 40 dollars for a cheese pizza, unless you're in a suite, in which then the pizza is 100 dollars.

This is a 10 inch pizza for 100 dollars. With only cheese, no toppings. How much are toppings, I wonder?

This overshadows the fact that this is not as big a game as last week, so Tony Romo will win this one. Dallas by 10 points. Carolina is having a horrible confidence problem after that playoff loss at home last season.

There you have it and good luck to all your teams.

I am at 15-17 against the line this season with the Dolphins losing, after of course, I picked them. Straight up with out the points, I am at a horrid 18-14.

 Next week, I predict 13-3. Look for the Week three picks, titled Week three. an easy week to pick the winners. At least, I hope so.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland