VanFulpen's NFL Week 3 Winners

Tennessee at NY Giants 1:00 PM CBS – Both teams are coming off a loss and the Titans benched quarterback Vince Young. Running back Chris Johnson should have a better game then last week.


WINNER: GIANTS


Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM CBS – Both teams are 2-0, and the Steelers will start Charlie Batch at quarterback, maybe Tampa Bay can be the sleeper team in the NFC South.


WINNER: BUCS


Cincinnati at Carolina 1:00 PM CBS – The Bengals offense needs to score touchdowns and this week the do.


WINNER: BENGALS


Cleveland at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS – The Browns get to go to a pissed off Ravens team for losing last week to the Bengals, not a good thing.


WINNER: RAVENS


Dallas at Houston 1:00 PM FOX – The Texans went overtime to beat the Redskins, the won’t have to play longer then four quarters this week.


WINNER: TEXANS


San Francisco at Kansas City 1:00 PM FOX – The Chiefs can’t start 3-0 can they, well the are playing the 49ers at home.


WINNER: 49ers


Detroit at Minnesota 1:00 PM FOX – Brett Farve won’t start this season 0-3 and the Lions are still without quarterback Matthew Stafford


WINNER: VIKINGS


Buffalo at New England 1:00 PM CBS – After the lost to the Jets the Patriots get to beat up on the Bills.


WINNER: PATRIOTS


Atlanta at New Orleans 1:00 PM FOX – The Saints get the Falcons at home and get a chance to start back to back seasons 3-0.


WINNER: SAINTS


Washington at St. Louis 4:05 PM FOX – Sam Bradford get to try to get his first NFL regular season win, it will come but not this Sunday.


WINNER: REDSKINS


Philadelphia at Jacksonville 4:05 PM FOX – The Eagles stick with Michael Vick at quarterback to start, but still say Kevin Kolb is their future.


WINNER: JAGUARS


Oakland at Arizona 4:15 PM CBS – The Raiders are going with Bruce Gradkowski at quarterback over Jason Campbell.


WINNER: CARDINALS


San Diego at Seattle 4:15 PM CBS – The Seahawks are coming off a beating by the Broncos and the Chargers are a much better team.


WINNER: CHARGERS


Indianapolis at Denver 4:15 PM CBS – The Colts are ready to get on a roll after a week one loss.


WINNER: COLTS


NY Jets at Miami 8:20 PM NBC – No cornerback Darrelle Revis for the Jets to cover Brandon Marshall for the Dolphins, advantage Dolphins.


WINNER: DOLPHINS


Green Bay at Chicago 8:30 PM ESPN (Monday Night) – Both teams are 2-0 and playing well, Bears are at home and quarterback Jay Culter is playing well.


WINNER: BEARS

Power Ranking Number 16: Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears offense starts and end with the play of quarterback Jay Cutler, and last season that play wasn’t very good and he needs to play better this season if the Bears want to have a chance to make the playoffs. The Bears brought in Mike Martz as offensive coordinator to help Cutler and open up the Bears offense. Running back Matt Forte production dropped in his second season going from a 1,200 rusher and 12 total touchdowns to a 900 yard rusher and only 4 total touchdowns, he will need to step it up in his third year in the NFL. That is one reason that they signed running back Chester Taylor in the off-season and he will be given a number of carries this season. Wide receiver Johnny Knox had a good rookie season as a receiver and a kick return and end up going to the Pro Bowl as a kick returner. But the Bears still need some receivers to step up this season and make plays for Cutler.

On defense they brought in defense end Julius Peppers as a free-agent and expect him to provide a pass rush of the edge. They get back middle linebacker Brian Urlacher back who missed most of the season last year because of a wrist injury and he should also help the defense. But there are still some major question marks in the secondary and they will need to find some playmakers back there.

The Bears offense should be better this season and so should the defense, the team hasn’t made the playoffs since they lost the Super Bowl, four years ago but they can make a run at it this season, but they need to stay healthy.