HW NFL picks: week 3

vis sprd hme Scoop Bones Rowdy
nwo 06.5 STL ..nwo ..nwo (STL)
pit 01.5 MIA ..pit ..pit ..pit
chi 08.5 MIN ..chi (chi) (MIN)
cle 02.5 NYG ..NYG (NYG) ..NYG
arz 09.5 ATL ..ATL ..arz (ATL)
bal -2.5 CIN ..CIN ..CIN (CIN)
phl -3.5 DET (phl) (DET) ..phl
jax 05.5 TEN ..TEN (jax) ..jax
hou 08.5 KSC (KSC) ..hou ..KSC
snd 09.5 DEN ..snd ..snd (DEN)
gnb 05.5 IND ..IND ..IND ..IND
snf 10.5 SEA ..SEA (snf) ..SEA
tab 03.5 OAK ..OAK (OAK) (OAK)
dal 01.5 WAS (WAS) ..WAS ..dal

Parens indicate best bets.

overall
Scoop 21-11
Bones 17-15
Rowdy 16-16

best bets
Rowdy 5-4
Bones 3-3
Scoop 2-4

Rowdy comments: I'll explain the best bets. The Saints and Bears head into tough domes short key personnel. I can't see them winning and without that, I can't see a good reason to expect them to cover. What else. I don't believe there is parity in the NFL. Exhibits A and B: Atlanta hosting Arizona, Denver hosting San Diego. Arizona is hapless and this line should be 21. The Bolts have problems with their front seven on defense. Now they have to worry about the Broncos' meatgrinder of an O-line breaking their legs. Yikes. The Ravens are one-dimensional on offense and Marvin Lewis is the coach to beat their defense. The Bengals beat the Ravens in Ohio last year. I expect they'll repeat that performance against a weaker Baltimore club. The fact that the Ravens are favored makes the pick even more attractive to me. Finally, the Raiders are always up for games on national television. I can't see Jon Gruden's team scoring many points against a defense led by Warren Sapp.

Bones denies using astragyromancy and recommends basic sitting and basic prognosticating.

Scoop is working up an article on hippomancy.