Full list of Week 3 straight-up picks with confidence levels

The NFL is back for Week 3, and we’re opening with the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football. The game kicks off at 8:20 p.m. ET and airs on NFL Network.

The Jaguars are a field goal favorite with the point total installed at 48. I really have no strong lean on this one for betting purposes. The Jaguars are looking better than expected, but never count out Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Dolphins. I lean slightly toward the Jags, but it’s not a particularly comfortable lean.

Each Thursday, I put together a list of straight up picks for the weekly schedule. I’ll have picks against the spread over the weekend, but this is a chance to just pick winners and losers. This year though, I’ve changed up the approach. Instead of simply picking winners and losers, I’m also grouping the picks by confidence — high confidence, medium confidence, low confidence, no confidence.

If you run through last week’s picks, it was my best week in a long time. I was 15-1 overall, with my only loss coming in a medium confidence pick of Eagles over Rams. Below I’ve posted all my picks, with my record in that confidence level in parenthesis. A game with three asterisks (***) after it indicate a game where I’m picking the betting underdog to get the win. It’s another high chalk week.

High confidence (10-2)

49ers over Giants
Browns over Washington
Patriots over Raiders
Colts over Jets
Cardinals over Lions
Buccaneers over Broncos

Medium confidence (10-3)

Eagles over Bengals
Steelers over Texans
Titans over Vikings
Seahawks over Cowboys
Saints over Packers
Ravens over Chiefs

Low confidence (3-2)

Jaguars over Dolphins
Rams over Bills***

No confidence (2-0)

Falcons over Bears
Panthers over Chargers***

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