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NFLschedule,results
AFC NFC
EAST
BUFFALO (2-0)
17..............at NY Jets..............16
28............at NY Giants............14
S. 22 Cincinnati.........................1S.29 NewEngland....................1
O. 6 at Tennessee...................1
Bye week
O. 20 Miami................................1
O. 27 Philadelphia.....................1N. 3 Washington.....................1
N. 10 at Cleveland....................1
N. 17 at Miami...........................1
N. 24 Denver..............................1
N. 28 at Dallas......................4:30D. 8 Baltimore..........................1
D. 15 at Pittsburgh...................1
D. 22 at New England............1a
D. 29 NY Jets..............................1MIAMI (0-2)
10 ...............Baltimore............... 59
0...........New England...........43
S. 22 at Dallas............................1
S. 29 LA Chargers.....................1Bye week
O. 13 Washington.....................1
O. 20 at Buffalo.........................1
O. 28 at Pittsburgh..............8:15N. 3 NY Jets..............................1
N. 10 at Indianapolis...........4:05
N. 17 Buffalo..............................1
N. 24 at Cleveland....................1
D. 1 Philadelphia.....................1D. 8 at NY Jets.........................1
D. 15 at NY Giants....................1
D. 22 Cincinnati.........................1
D. 29 at New England..............1
33..............Pittsburgh.............. 3NEW ENGLAND (2-0)
43...............at Miami............... 0
S. 22 NY Jets..............................1
S. 29 at Buffalo..........................1O. 6 at Washington................1
O. 10 NYGiants....................8:20
O. 21 at NY Jets...................8:15
O. 27 Cleveland....................4:25
N. 3 at Baltimore...............8:20Bye week
N. 17 at Philadelphia...........4:25
N. 24 Dallas...........................4:25
D. 1 at Houston..................8:20
D. 8 Kansas City.................4:25D. 15 at Cincinnati....................1
D. 22 Buffalo............................1a
D. 29 Miami................................1
16.................Buffalo.................17NEW YORK JETS (0-2)
3...............Cleveland...............23
S. 22 at New England...............1
Bye week
O. 6 at Philadelphia................1O. 13 Dallas...........................4:25
O. 21 New England..............8:15
O. 27 at Jacksonville................1
N. 3 at Miami...........................1
N. 10 NY Giants.........................1N. 17 at Washington.................1
N. 24 Oakland............................1
D. 1 at Cincinnati....................1
D. 8 Miami................................1D. 12 at Baltimore................8:20
D. 22 Pittsburgh........................1
D. 29 at Buffalo.........................1
NORTH
BALTIMORE (2-0)
59...............at Miami...............10
23.................Arizona.................17
S. 22 at Kansas City.................1
S. 29 Cleveland..........................1O. 6 at Pittsburgh...................1
O. 13 Cincinnati.........................1
O. 20 at Seattle....................4:25
Bye week
N. 3 New England..............8:20N. 10 at Cincinnati....................1
N. 17 Houston............................1
N. 25 at LA Rams.................8:15
D. 1 San Francisco..................1D. 8 at Buffalo.........................1
D. 12 NY Jets.........................8:20
D. 22 at Cleveland.....................1
D. 29 Pittsburgh........................1
20...............at Seattle...............21CINCINNATI (0-2)
17...........San Francisco...........41
S. 22 at Buffalo..........................1
S. 30 at Pittsburgh...............8:15
O. 6 Arizona.............................1O. 13 at Baltimore.....................1
O. 20 Jacksonville.....................1
O. 27 at LA Rams......................1
Bye weekN. 10 Baltimore..........................1
N. 17 at Oakland..................4:25
N. 24 Pittsburgh........................1
D. 1 NY Jets..............................1
D. 8 at Cleveland.....................1D. 15 New England...................1
D. 22 at Miami...........................1
D. 29 Cleveland.........................1
CLEVELAND (1-1)
13..............Tennessee..............4323..............at NY Jets.............. 3
S. 22 LA Rams......................8:20
S. 29 at Baltimore.....................1
O. 7 at San Francisco........8:15O. 13 Seattle..............................1
Bye week
O. 27 at New England.........4:25
N. 3 at Denver....................4:25
N. 10 Buffalo..............................1N. 14 Pittsburgh...................8:20
N. 24 Miami................................1
D. 1 at Pittsburgh..............4:25
D. 8 Cincinnati.........................1D. 15 at Arizona...................4:05
D. 22 Baltimore..........................1
D. 29 at Cincinnati....................1
PITTSBURGH (0-2)
26.................Seattle.................283.........at New England.........33
S. 22 at San Francisco........4:25
S. 30 Cincinnati....................8:15
O. 6 Baltimore.........................1
O. 13 at LA Chargers...........8:20Bye week
O. 28 Miami...........................8:15
N. 3 Indianapolis.....................1
N. 10 LA Rams......................4:25N. 14 at Cleveland...............8:20
N. 24 at Cincinnati....................1
D. 1 Cleveland....................4:25
D. 8 at Arizona...................4:25
D. 15 Buffalo..............................1D. 22 at NY Jets.........................1
D. 29 at Baltimore.....................1
SOUTH
HOUSTON (1-1)
28.........at New Orleans.........30
13.............Jacksonville.............12
S. 22 at LA Chargers...........4:25S.29 Carolina............................ 1
O. 6 Atlanta..............................1
O. 13 at Kansas City.................1
O. 20 at Indianapolis................1
O. 27 Oakland............................1N. 3 at Jacksonville.........9:30a
Bye week
N. 17 at Baltimore.....................1
N. 21 Indianapolis................8:20
D. 1 New England..............8:20D. 8 Denver..............................1
D. 15 at Tennessee...................1
D. 22 at Tampa Bay................1a
D. 29 Tennessee........................1INDIANAPOLIS (1-1)
24 ..........atLAChargers.......... 30
19...........at Tennessee...........17
S. 22 Atlanta..............................1
S. 29 Oakland.............................1O. 6 at Kansas City............8:20
Bye week
O. 20 Houston............................1
O. 27 Denver.........................4:25N. 3 at Pittsburgh...................1
N. 10 Miami...........................4:05
N. 17 Jacksonville.....................1
N. 21 at Houston..................8:20
D. 1 Tennessee........................1D. 8 at Tampa Bay..................1
D. 16 at New Orleans..........8:15
D. 22 Carolina............................1
D. 29 at Jacksonville.................1
26.............Kansas City.............40JACKSONVILLE (1-2)
12.............at Houston.............13
20...............Tennessee...............7
S. 29 at Denver.....................4:25O. 6 at Carolina.......................1
O. 13 NewOrleans....................1
O. 20 at Cincinnati....................1
O. 27 NY Jets..............................1
N. 3 Houston.....................9:30aBye week
N. 17 at Indianapolis................1
N. 24 at Tennessee..............4:05
D. 1 Tampa Bay.......................1
D. 8 LA Chargers................4:05D. 15 at Oakland..................4:05
D. 22 at Atlanta.........................1
D. 29 Indianapolis.....................1
43............at Cleveland............13TENNESSEE (1-2)
17............Indianapolis............19
7...........at Jacksonville...........20
S. 29 at Atlanta.........................1
O. 6 Buffalo..............................1O. 13 at Denver....................4:25
O. 20 LA Chargers...............4:05
O. 27 Tampa Bay.......................1
N. 3 at Carolina.......................1
N. 10 Kansas City......................1Bye week
N. 24 Jacksonville................4:05
D. 1 at Indianapolis................1
D. 8 at Oakland..................4:25D. 15 Houston............................1
D. 22 New Orleans....................1
D. 29 at Houston.......................1
WEST
DENVER (0-2)
16.............at Oakland.............24
14................Chicago................16
S. 22 at Green Bay....................1
S. 29 Jacksonville.................4:25O. 6 at LA Chargers...........4:05
O. 13 Tennessee...................4:25
O. 17 Kansas City................8:20
O. 27 at Indianapolis...........4:25
N. 3 Cleveland....................4:25Bye week
N. 17 at Minnesota...................1
N. 24 at Buffalo.........................1
D. 1 LA Chargers................4:25D. 8 at Houston.......................1
D. 15 at Kansas City.................1
D. 22 Detroit.............................1a
D. 29 Oakland.......................4:25
40..........at Jacksonville..........26KANSAS CITY (2-0)
28.............at Oakland.............10
S. 22 Baltimore..........................1
S. 29 at Detroit..........................1
O. 6 Indianapolis................8:20O. 13 Houston............................1
O. 17 at Denver....................8:20
O. 27 Green Bay...................8:20
N. 3 Minnesota........................1N. 10 at Tennessee...................1
N. 18 at LA Chargers...........8:15
Bye week
D. 1 Oakland............................1
D. 8 at New England.........4:25D. 15 Denver..............................1
D. 22 at Chicago...................8:20
D. 29 LA Chargers.....................1
LA CHARGERS (1-1)
30............Indianapolis............2410...............at Detroit...............13
S. 22 Houston.......................4:25
S. 29 at Miami...........................1
O. 6 Denver.........................4:05O. 13 Pittsburgh...................8:20
O. 20 at Tennessee..............4:05
O. 27 at Chicago........................1
N. 3 Green Bay...................4:25
N. 7 at Oakland..................8:20N. 18 Kansas City.................8:15
Bye week
D. 1 at Denver....................4:25
D. 8 at Jacksonville............4:05D. 15 Minnesota...................8:20
D. 22 Oakland..........................1a
D. 29 at Kansas City.................1
OAKLAND (1-1)
24.................Denver.................1610.............Kansas City.............28
S. 22 at Minnesota....................1
S. 29 at Indianapolis.................1
O. 6 Chicago............................1
Bye weekO. 20 at Green Bay...................1
O. 27 at Houston.......................1
N. 3 Detroit.........................4:05
N. 7 LA Chargers................8:20N. 17 Cincinnati....................4:25
N. 24 at NY Jets.........................1
D. 1 at Kansas City.................1
D. 8 Tennessee...................4:25
D. 15 Jacksonville................4:05D. 22 at LA Chargers..............1a
D. 29 at Denver....................4:25EAST
DALLAS (2-0)
35..............NY Giants..............17
31..........at Washington..........21
S. 22 Miami................................1S.29 atNewOrleans..........8:2 0
O. 6 Green Bay...................4:25
O. 13 at NY Jets...................4:25
O. 20 Philadelphia................8:20
Bye weekN. 4 at NY Giants...............8:15
N. 10 Minnesota...................8:20
N. 17 at Detroit..........................1
N. 24 at New England.........4:25
N. 28 Buffalo.........................4:30D. 5 at Chicago...................8:20
D. 15 LA Rams......................4:25
D. 22 at Philadelphia...........4:25
D. 29 Washington......................1NEW YORK GIANTS (0-2)
17 ...............atDallas............... 35
14.................Buffalo.................28
S. 22 at Tampa Bay.............4:05
S. 29 Washington......................1O. 6 Minnesota........................1
O. 10 at New England.........8:20
O. 20 Arizona.............................1
O. 27 at Detroit..........................1N. 4 Dallas...........................8:15
N. 10 at NY Jets.........................1
Bye week
N. 24 at Chicago........................1
D. 1 Green Bay........................1D. 9 at Philadelphia...........8:15
D. 15 Miami................................1
D. 22 at Washington.................1
D. 29 Philadelphia.....................1
32.............Washington.............27PHILADELPHIA (1-1)
20..............at Atlanta..............24
S. 22 Detroit...............................1
S. 26 at Green Bay...............8:20O. 6 NY Jets..............................1
O. 13 atMinnesota................... 1
O. 20 at Dallas......................8:20
O. 27 at Buffalo.........................1
N. 3 Chicago.............................1Bye week
N. 17 New England..............4:25
N. 24 Seattle.........................8:20
D. 1 at Miami...........................1
D. 9 NY Giants....................8:15D. 15 at Washington.................1
D. 22 Dallas...........................4:25
D. 29 at NY Giants....................1
27..........at Philadelphia..........32WASHINGTON (0-2)
21..................Dallas..................31
S. 23 Chicago........................8:15
S. 29 at NY Giants.....................1
O. 6 New England...................1O. 13 at Miami...........................1
O. 20 San Francisco..................1
O. 24 at Minnesota..............8:20
N. 3 at Buffalo.........................1
Bye weekN. 17 NY Jets..............................1
N. 24 Detroit...............................1
D. 1 at Carolina.......................1
D. 8 at Green Bay....................1D. 15 Philadelphia.....................1
D. 22 NY Giants.........................1
D. 29 at Dallas...........................1
NORTH
CHICAGO (1-1)
3..............Green Bay..............10
16...............at Denver...............14
S. 23 at Washington............8:15
S. 29 Minnesota...................4:25O. 6 at Oakland.......................1
Bye week
O. 20 New Orleans...............4:25
O. 27 LA Chargers.....................1
N. 3 at Philadelphia................1N. 10 Detroit...............................1
N. 17 at LA Rams.................8:20
N. 24 NY Giants.........................1
N. 28 at Detroit...................12:30D. 5 Dallas...........................8:20
D. 15 at Green Bay....................1
D. 22 Kansas City.................8:20
D. 29 at Minnesota...................1
27..............at Arizona..............27DETROIT (1-0-1)
13............LA Chargers............10
S. 22 at Philadelphia................1
S. 29 Kansas City......................1
Bye weekO. 14 at Green Bay..............8:15
O. 20 Minnesota........................1
O. 27 NY Giants.........................1
N. 3 at Oakland..................4:05N. 10 at Chicago........................1
N. 17 Dallas................................1
N. 24 at Washington.................1
N. 28 Chicago.....................12:30
D. 8 at Minnesota...................1D. 15 Tampa Bay.......................1
D. 22 at Denver.......................1a
D. 29 Green Bay........................1
GREEN BAY (2-0)
10..............at Chicago.............. 321..............Minnesota..............16
S. 22 Denver...............................1
S. 26 Philadelphia................8:20
O. 6 at Dallas......................4:25O. 14 Detroit.........................8:15
O. 20 Oakland............................1
O. 27 at Kansas City............8:20
N. 3 at LA Chargers...........4:25
N. 10 Carolina............................1Bye week
N. 24 at San Francisco........4:25
D. 1 at NY Giants....................1
D. 8 Washington......................1D. 15 Chicago.............................1
D. 23 at Minnesota..............8:15
D. 29 at Detroit..........................1
MINNESOTA (1-1)
28.................Atlanta.................1216............at Green Bay............21
S. 22 Oakland.............................1
S. 29 at Chicago...................4:25
O. 6 at NY Giants....................1
O. 13 Philadelphia.....................1O. 20 at Detroit..........................1
O. 24 Washington................8:20
N. 3 at Kansas City.................1
N. 10 at Dallas......................8:20N. 17 Denver..............................1
Bye week
D. 2 at Seattle....................8:15
D. 8 Detroit...............................1
D. 15 at LA Chargers...........8:20D. 23 Green Bay...................8:15
D. 29 Chicago.............................1SOUTH
ATLANTA (1-1)
12...........at Minnesota...........28
24............Philadelphia............20
S. 22 at Indianapolis.................1S.29 Tennessee........................1
O. 6 at Houston.......................1
O. 13 at Arizona...................4:05
O. 20 LA Rams...........................1
O. 27 Seattle..............................1Bye week
N. 10 at New Orleans...............1
N. 17 at Carolina.......................1
N. 24 Tampa Bay.......................1
N. 28 New Orleans...............8:20D. 8 Carolina............................1
D. 15 at San Francisco........4:25
D. 22 Jacksonville......................1
D. 29 at Tampa Bay..................1CAROLINA (0-2)
27 ...............LARams............... 30
14.............Tampa Bay.............20
S. 22 at Arizona....................4:05
S. 29 at Houston........................1O. 6 Jacksonville.....................1
O. 13 at Tampa Bay..........9:30a
Bye week
O. 27 at San Francisco........4:05N. 3 Tennessee........................1
N. 10 at Green Bay...................1
N. 17 Atlanta..............................1
N. 24 at New Orleans...............1
D. 1 Washington......................1D. 8 at Atlanta.........................1
D. 15 Seattle...............................1
D. 22 at Indianapolis................1
D. 29 New Orleans....................1
30................Houston................28NEW ORLEANS (1-1)
9.............at LA Rams.............27
S. 22 at Seattle.....................4:25
S. 29 Dallas...........................8:20O. 6 Tampa Bay.......................1
O. 13 atJacksonville................ 1
O. 20 at Chicago..................4:25
O. 27 Arizona.............................1
Bye weekN. 10 Atlanta..............................1
N. 17 at Tampa Bay..................1
N. 24 Carolina............................1
N. 28 at Atlanta....................8:20
D. 8 San Francisco..................1D. 16 Indianapolis................8:15
D. 22 at Tennessee...................1
D. 29 at Carolina.......................1
17...........San Francisco...........31TAMPA BAY (1-1)
20.............at Carolina.............14
S. 22 NY Giants....................4:05
S. 29 at LA Rams..................4:05
O. 6 at New Orleans...............1O. 13 Carolina.....................9:30a
Bye week
O. 27 at Tennessee...................1
N. 3 at Seattle....................4:05
N. 10 Arizona.............................1N. 17 New Orleans....................1
N. 24 at Atlanta.........................1
D. 1 at Jacksonville.................1
D. 8 Indianapolis.....................1D. 15 at Detroit..........................1
D. 22 Houston..........................1a
D. 29 Atlanta..............................1
WEST
ARIZONA (0-1-1)
27.................Detroit.................27
17............at Baltimore............23
S. 22 Carolina.......................4:05
S. 29 Seattle..........................4:05O. 6 at Cincinnati....................1
O. 13 Atlanta.........................4:05
O. 20 at NY Giants....................1
O. 27 at New Orleans...............1
O. 31 San Francisco............8:20N. 10 at Tampa Bay..................1
N. 17 at San Francisco........4:05
Bye week
D. 1 LA Rams......................4:05D. 8 Pittsburgh...................4:25
D. 15 Cleveland....................4:05
D. 22 at Seattle....................4:25
D. 29 at LA Rams.................4:25
30.............at Carolina.............27LA RAMS (2-0)
27............New Orleans............ 9
S. 22 at Cleveland................8:20
S. 29 Tampa Bay..................4:05
O. 3 at Seattle....................8:20O. 13 San Francisco............4:05
O. 20 at Atlanta.........................1
O. 27 Cincinnati.........................1
Bye weekN. 10 at Pittsburgh..............4:25
N. 17 Chicago.......................8:20
N. 25 Baltimore....................8:15
D. 1 at Arizona...................4:05
D. 8 Seattle.........................8:20D. 15 at Dallas......................4:25
D. 22 at San Francisco...........1a
D. 29 Arizona........................4:25
SAN FRANCISCO (2-0)
31...........at Tampa Bay...........1741............at Cincinnati............17
S. 22 Pittsburgh...................4:25
Bye week
O. 7 Cleveland....................8:15O. 13 at LA Rams.................4:05
O. 20 at Washington................1
O. 27 Carolina.......................4:05
O. 31 at Arizona...................8:20
N. 11 Seattle.........................8:15N. 17 Arizona........................4:05
N. 24 Green Bay...................4:25
D. 1 at Baltimore.....................1
D. 8 at New Orleans...............1D. 15 Atlanta.........................4:25
D. 22 LA Rams.........................1a
D. 29 at Seattle....................4:25
SEATTLE (2-0)
21..............Cincinnati..............2028............at Pittsburgh............26
S. 22 New Orleans...............4:25
S. 29 at Arizona....................4:05
O. 3 LA Rams......................8:20
O. 13 at Cleveland....................1O. 20 Baltimore....................4:25
O. 27 at Atlanta.........................1
N. 3 Tampa Bay.................4:05
N. 11 at San Francisco........8:15Bye week
N. 24 at Philadelphia...........8:20
D. 2 Minnesota...................8:15
D. 8 at LA Rams.................8:20
D. 15 at Carolina.......................1D. 22 Arizona........................4:25
D. 29 San Francisco.............4:25AFCEAST
W L T Pct. PF/G PA/G Home Conf. Div.Spread Streak This week
New England...........2 0 0 1.000 38.0 1.5 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 NY Jets
Buffalo......................2 0 0 1.000 22.5 15.0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 Cincinnati
Miami........................0 2 0 .000 5.0 51.0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 L 2 At Dallas
NY Jets .....................0 2 0 .000 9.5 20.0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 L 2 At New England
NORTH
Baltimore .................2 0 0 1.000 41.0 13.5 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 W 2 At Kansas City
Cleveland.................1 1 0 .500 18.0 23.0 0-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 W 1 LA Rams
Cincinnati.................0 2 0 .000 18.5 31.0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 L 2 At Buffalo
Pittsburgh................0 2 0 .000 14.5 30.5 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 L 2 At San Francisco
SOUTH
Houston....................1 1 0 .500 20.5 21.0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 W 1 At LA Chargers
Indianapolis.............1 1 0 .500 21.5 23.5 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-1 W 1 Atlanta
Jacksonville .............1 2 0 .333 19.3 20.0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 W 1 Tennessee
Tennessee................1 2 0 .333 22.3 17.3 0-1-0 1-2-0 0-2-0 1-2-0 L 2 At Jacksonville
WEST
Kansas City..............2 0 0 1.000 34.0 18.0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 Baltimore
Oakland....................1 1 0 .500 17.0 22.0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 L 1 At Minnesota
LA Chargers.............1 1 0 .500 20.0 18.5 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 L 1 Houston
Denver......................0 2 0 .000 15.0 20.0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 L 2 At Green Bay
NFCEAST
W L T Pct. PF/G PA/G Home Conf. Div.Spread Streak This week
Dallas........................2 0 0 1.000 33.0 19.0 1-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 Miami
Philadelphia.............1 1 0 .500 26.0 25.5 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-2-0 L 1 Detroit
NY Giants.................0 2 0 .000 15.5 31.5 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 L 2 At Tampa Bay
Washington .............0 2 0 .000 24.0 31.5 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 1-1-0 L 2 Chicago
NORTH
Green Bay................2 0 0 1.000 15.5 9.5 1-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 Denver
Detroit.......................1 0 1 .750 20.0 18.5 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 W 1 At Philadelphia
Minnesota................1 1 0 .500 22.0 16.5 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 L 1 Oakland
Chicago ....................1 1 0 .500 9.5 12.0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 W 1 At Washington
SOUTH
Tampa Bay...............1 1 0 .500 18.5 22.5 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 W 1 NY Giants
Atlanta......................1 1 0 .500 18.0 24.0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 W 1 At Indianapolis
New Orleans............1 1 0 .500 19.5 27.5 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 L 1 At Seattle
Carolina....................0 2 0 .000 20.5 25.0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 L 2 At Arizona
WEST
LA Rams...................2 0 0 1.000 28.5 18.0 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 At Cleveland
San Francisco..........2 0 0 1.000 36.0 17.0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 W 2 Pittsburgh
Seattle......................2 0 0 1.000 24.5 23.0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 W 2 New Orleans
Arizona.....................0 1 1 .250 22.0 25.0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 L 1 Carolina
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at New EnglandNew England
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at Kansas CityKansas City
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by 6Buffalo Buffalo Cincinnati Buffalo CincinnatiDenver
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by 7Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Denver DenverDetroit
at PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
by 5½Detroit Philadelphia Detroit Philadelphia DetroitMiami
at DallasDallas
by 23Dallas Dallas Dallas Dallas DallasOakland
at MinnesotaMinnesota
by 9Oakland Oakland Oakland Minnesota OaklandCarolina
at ArizonaArizona
by 2½Arizona Arizona Carolina Arizona ArizonaNY Giants
at Tampa BayTampa Bay
by 6½Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Tampa BayHouston
at LA ChargersLA Chargers
by 3LA Chargers LA Chargers LA Chargers LA Chargers HoustonNew Orleans
at SeattleSeattle
by 4½Seattle Seattle New Orleans Seattle SeattlePittsburgh
at San FranciscoSan Francisco
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at WashingtonChicago
by 3½Chicago Chicago Chicago Chicago WashingtonBest bets inbold. Selections are against the pointspread. Staff records are calculated using the final spread for each game, which may
differ from the lines above.Globestaff’spropicksWEEK3
By Hayden Bird
BOSTON.COM STAFF
The thing about being in a fan-
tasy football league with a bunch of
Patriots fans is that you probably
won’t end up
with any Patriots
on your team.
The reason is
simple: Patriots fans (like any fans
of a successful team) will overdraft,
selecting their favorite hometown
players ludicrously early.
As I’m not a Patriots fan (we ex-
ist), it’s always been amusing to
watch them fight it out amongst
themselves for the privilege of
drafting James White in the third
round. But this year, I finally decid-
ed to change that. Sort of.
I rarely gave my fantasy defense
much thought beyond asking a sim-
ple weekly question: “Are they play-
ing the Jets?” This season, I decided
to ditch my streaming strategy (ro-
tating defenses based on matchup)
and just choose a good one that I
would stick with. In that regard,
the Patriots defense fit the bill.
As our draft proceeded, the usu-
al pattern took hold. Patriots play-
ers flew off the board far above
their average draft positions. But as
the rounds ticked by, New Eng-
land’s defense — arguably its mostvaluable fantasy asset — remained
unpicked. I waited patiently until
Round 11 and then pounced.
A group of us had gathered for
the draft, and most of them were
Patriots fans. My selection, which
was done about a round before the
rankings predicted, was met with a
chorus of choice words, but it didn’t
matter. The Patriots’ Super Bowl-
winning defense was in my corner.
Obviously, this has paid early
dividends. Bill Belichick’s elite
group put up an impressive total of
points in a 43-0 shutout of the Dol-
phins, and they now face a Jets
team in disarray.
TheNewEnglanddefenseranks
inside the top 15 across all fantasy
formats, outperforming many quar-
terbacks and running backs. For
context, it’s rare for a defense to
break the top 70.
While I doubt the Patriots will
maintain the absurd output of turn-
overs and scoring from the first two
weeks, it’s probably a safe bet that
they will be among the leaders by
season’s end.
Needless to say, I remind the Pa-
triots fans in our league of this fact
every single day.
Of course, if you didn’t pick the
Patriots defense, here are a few al-
ternatives for Week 3:R49ers: According to ESPN fan-
tasy, San Francisco’s defense is
available in more than 60 percent
of leagues. The 49ers scored multi-
ple defensive touchdowns in Week
1 against the Buccaneers, and face
Steelers backup quarterback Mason
Rudolph in Week 3.
RSeahawks: In a similar fashion
to the 49ers, the Seahawks will be
facing a backup quarterback when
the Saints come marching into
town. Drew Brees is out and Teddy
Bridgewater is in.
RBuccaneers: It’s been a while
since Tampa Bay has been a consis-
tently viable fantasy defense, and
the Buccaneers are by no means
worth a place in your lineup every
week. Yet Giants rookie quarter-
back Daniel Jones is set to make his
first regular-season start, and the
Buccaneers did manage to bottle up
running back Christian McCaffrey
last week against Carolina, giving
hope that the team might be able to
contain Saquon Barkley.
RCardinals: The theme of ex-
ploiting backup quarterbacks con-
tinues with the Cardinals’ game
against the Panthers. After he
missed practice Thursday with a
foot injury, it’s looking likely that
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton
won’t play.Patriots get an A for their ‘D’
FANTASY
FOOTBALL“Antonio Brown Goes Sneaker
Shopping with Complex” was pub-
lished on YouTube. Viewed more
than 1.7 million times since then,
the video features Brown elaborat-
ing on his lifelong passion for
sneakers, particularly Nike sneak-
ers.
Taylor’s lawsuit describes
Brown’s personal life leading up to
the alleged May 2018 incident as
being in a state of “apparent cha-
os” and that Brown’s assorted en-
dorsement deals were partly to
blame.
From the lawsuit: “He was also
having trouble balancing the re-
sponsibilities he had arising out of
his many endorsement deals, in-
cluding with Campbell’s Soup, Ni-
ke, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, AT&T/Di-
recTV, and Rite Aid, among others.
He showed up late to events he was
required to attend for those spon-
sors or otherwise failed to hold up
his contractual obligations.”
On Feb. 5 this year, a month be-
fore the Pittsburgh Steelers tradeduBROWN
Continued from Page C1Brown to the Oakland Raiders, Ni-
ke introduced the “Nike Tech
Trainer Antonio Brown” shoe, list-
ed for $100. The shoe features a
floral-patterned upper with tiny
“84s” — Brown’s uniform number
with the Steelers.
Gold detailing on the tongue
features one of Brown’s popular
phrases, “Business is Boomin.”
The shoe no longer appears on
the Nike website, although as of
early Thursday morning, Nike was
still offering five No. 84/Brown
Raiders or Steelers jerseys, ranging
from $59.97 to $90, and one
Brown Big Kid’s T-shirt for $28.
Nike, with a 2019 market value
of $224.3 billion and $38.7 billion
in sales, according to Forbes, is the
global leader in sneaker sales, and
a deal with the Swoosh has been
coveted by athletes in all sports
since Michael Jordan became a Ni-
ke client in the 1980s.
The Patriots signed Brown the
same day he was released by the
Raiders. His Oakland stint was no-
table for a holdout he staged dur-
ing training camp to protest newNFL helmet requirements.
Three days before his Oakland
release, Brown signed a new deal
with the Xenith helmet company
and agreed to wear the Xenith
Shadow helmet this season.
Shortly after Taylor filed her
lawsuit, Xenith ended its deal with
Brown. A statement from the com-
pany stated, in part: “Xenith has
decided to end our relationship
with Antonio Brown.” In an e-mail,
a Xenith spokesperson said
Wednesday the company would
have no further comment.
Brown’sendorsementdealwith
Pepsico ended earlier this year, ac-
cording to an industry source.
According to a recent Fox Busi-
ness news article, Facebook ended
its association with Brown in 2017,
and the Pizza Hut and Campbell’s
Soup deals expired last year.
The NFL is currently investigat-
ing the Brown allegations.Ben Volin of the Globe staff
contributed to this report. Michael
Silverman can be reached at
[email protected].Brownnolonger‘Nikeathlete’
QUARTERBACKKEEPER
— Gardner Minshew
completed 20 of 30
passes for 204 yards
and two touchdowns
as the Jaguars
pounded the Titans,
20-7, Thursday night.
Jacksonville had nine
sacks and ended a
four-game losing skid
to Tennessee.MIKE EHRMANN/GETTY IMAGES