NFL Football - Week Three Preview

Week Three around the NFL gets started tonight with Thursday Night Football on NFL Network, as the Philadelphia Eagles welcome (former) Head Coach Andy Reid (pictured below) and the Kansas City Chiefs back to town.

The Eagles will look to outscore the Chiefs and improve to 2-1 while giving their opponents their first loss of the 2013 season. In fact, Kansas City has already equaled their win total for all of last season in the first two games.
Another "homecoming" of sorts will be Sunday when the Houston Texans
travel to face the Baltimore Ravens. Houston safety Ed Reed (who hasn't played yet in the regular season) left the Ravens after the Super Bowl season and is hoping to hit the field this week.
And how about the Indianapolis Colts going to San Francisco this week to face the 49ers? The Colts just traded for Browns running back Trent Richardson and face a team licking their wounds after being smashed by the Seattle Seahawks.
The Sunday Night Football game will feature the Chicago Bears at the Pittsburgh Steelers, with these two teams going in opposite directions early on. The Bears have pulled off two last minute (home field) wins while the Steelers haven't been able to get anything going on offense, losing their first two games.
There are some good matchups this week and the following capsule style previews give a hint of what to expect (or not) and are followed by the Heftyinfo predictions.

Kansas City (2-0) at Philadelphia (1-1) - Andy Reid back in Philly? This should be a good one.

Green Bay (1-1) at Cincinnati (1-1) - The Packers continue to roll.

St. Louis (1-1) at Dallas (1-1) - Tough game to figure out... could go either way.

San Diego (1-1) at Tennessee (1-1) - The 'Bolts woke up last week while the Titans let one get away on the road. Toss up game.

Cleveland (0-2) at Minnesota (0-2) - One of these teams has to win this week. Take the Vikings.

Tampa Bay (0-2) at New England (2-0) - Tom  Brady faces old nemesis Darrelle Revis once again.

Arizona (1-1) at New Orleans (2-0) - Drew Brees due to break out this week... Saints roll.

Detroit (1-1) at Washington (0-2) - The Redskins in an early "must win" game.

New York Giants (0-2) at Carolina (0-2) - One of these two teams will be in a big hole after this game.

Houston (2-0) at Baltimore (1-1) - Will former Raven Ed Reed play this week?

Atlanta (1-1) at Miami (2-0) - The unbeaten Dolphins will get a real test this week.

Buffalo (1-1) at New York Jets (1-1) - More late game magic from Bills rookie QB E.J. Manuel OR can fellow rookie QB Geno Smith lead the Jets to the win?

Indianapolis (1-1) at San Francisco (1-1) - Suddenly with the Trent Richardson trade, this game looks a lot more interesting aside from the reunion of former Stanford Head Coach Jim Harbaugh with former Stanford QB Andrew Luck. Take the 'Niners.

Jacksonville (0-2) at Seattle (2-0) - Why bother?

Chicago (2-0) at Pittsburgh (0-2) - Can the Steelers get it going against the Bears? This one could go down to the wire.

Oakland (0-2) at Denver (2-0) - The Monday Night Football tilt could be over in a hurry if Peyton Manning has anything to say about it and HE WILL. Broncos in a rout!

The Heftyinfo picks  . . .     (Home teams listed in BOLD...  LOCK OF THE WEEK listed in BOLD CAPS)

Philadelphia over Kansas City
Green Bay over Cincinnati
Dallas over St. Louis
San Diego over Tennessee
Minnesota over Cleveland
Tampa Bay over New England
New Orleans over Arizona
Washington over Detroit
NY Giants over Carolina
Houston over Baltimore
Atlanta over Miami
Buffalo over NY Jets
San Francisco over Indianapolis
SEATTLE over Jacksonville
Chicago over Pittsburgh
Denver over Oakland

Last Week's Record: 11-5

SEASON RECORD: 22-10

LOCK OF THE WEEK Record: 2-0