After a 5 and a 6 the first two weeks of the regular season, a Steelers fan from Bayfield was as comfortable in Week 3 as a steel worker in Carolina.
Doug Carman, aka steeler75, scored 15 out of 16 on his Week 3 Gridiron Green scorecard to stand alone atop this week’s mountain.
Aaron Archuleta of Durango, however, our Week 2 winner, stands as our current king of the hill with 35 points – 10 in Week 1, 13 in Week 2 and 12 in Week 3. The cleverly named Aaron A. leads a Cardinals’ fan by two points, then four more players by three points, a list that includes our Week 1 winner, Hesperado, aka Marcia Kuzma of Hesperus.
There’s a long line of 31s, 30s and 29s, where your humble Gridiron Guru sits at 29-19 after three weeks of prognosticating. The Guru went 11-5 last week to finish among the top six in a competitive field.
Week 4
Bye: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle and St. Louis.
Thursday, Sept. 25
N.Y. Giants at Washington (KCNC, KREZ; NFL Network) – Rashad Jennings gave the Giants an identity. Kirk Cousins gives the Redskins an offense. Pick: Redskins, 30-27. Line: Redskins by 3½.
Sunday, Sept. 28
Green Bay at Chicago (KASA) – Things just don’t get any easier for the Packers. Pick: Bears, 24-21. Line: Packers by 1.
Buffalo at Houston – Foster plays (he’s questionable), then Houston will Foster a little goodwill. Pick: Texans, 21-20. Line: Texans by 3.
Tennessee at Indianapolis – You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel Lucky? Yep. Pick: Colts, 31-13. Line: Colts by 7½.
Carolina at Baltimore (KREZ) – Cam Newton puts the Fig back in the Panthers’ cookie. Pick: Panthers, 20-16. Line: Ravens by 3.
Detroit at N.Y. Jets – The days of Revis Island are long gone, so Stafford to Johnson is the new destination. Pick: Lions, 27-22. Line: Lions by 1½.
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh – Carman and the Steelers continue to cruise against the Buccaneers’ sinking ship. Pick: Steelers, 23-17. Line: Steelers by 7½.
Miami vs. Oakland, at London – Grab your Guinness, grill your bangers, don your silver and black kits, and enjoy the match. Pick: Raiders, 20-10. Line: Dolphins by 4½.
Jacksonville at San Diego (KCNC) – The Bolts are putting a Charge in the AFC West. Pick: Chargers, 31-13. Line: Chargers by 13.
Philadelphia at San Francisco (KASA) – Kaepernick is the San Francisco treat. Pick: 49ers, 23-21. Line: 49ers by 5½.
Atlanta at Minnesota – Matty Ice is the Bridge over troubled Water. Pick: Falcons, 28-20. Line: Falcons by 3.
New Orleans at Dallas (KOBF, KUSA) – The Saints finish what the Rams started. Pick: Saints, 32-31. Line: Saints by 3.
Monday, Sept. 29
New England at Kansas City (ESPN) – Chiefs spear victory at Arrowhead. Pick: Chiefs, 20-17. Line: Patriots by 3½.
Gridiron Green
Week 3
Note: The names in bold indicate previous winners, and the numbers in parentheses indicate the winning week.
Overall Week 3
steeler75 (3) 26 15
cardfan 33 14
ryans 31 14
pistolpete 30 13
broncbust 29 13
jsquires 28 13
skibum 31 13
rickb 31 13
choker 30 13
goober 18 13
forsberg39 28 13
harry55 30 13
DO86 28 13
mgrome 29 13
cindylou 27 12
meyers 29 12
kane 31 12
master 29 12
robrog 28 12
marmstrong 29 12
june 29 12
rmorris 32 12
Hound 28 12
azfan 29 12
Aaron A. (2) 35 12
esteban 28 12
Gremlins 28 12
Motob 31 12
pckrgrl 28 12
bojangles 26 12
paulj 32 12
jesvigil 25 12
terry 29 12
boatie 27 12
peggy 29 12
trooper 19 12
baylsc 29 12
butterguy 29 12
cas19 28 12
denvoo 12 12
erinjlopez 12 12
hesperado (1) 32 12
jrarch55 26 12
kelleyj4 31 12
lordhunter 28 12
mwanger 27 12
odhainey 25 12
rick81326 20 12
smouret 28 12
spannistan 29 12
petershirk 25 11
mike 23 11
jason 29 11
deanob 27 11
Tripp 28 11
dbroncos 31 11
shauna 23 11
sherry 28 11
rrichardso 24 11
Tanaya 18 11
edonelan 28 11
groberts 31 11
klyons 24 11
tomd 17 11
billy 28 11
grandma1 25 11
swami 30 11
w00dy 28 11
jsalchicha 27 11
jetsfan 25 11
CC23 11 11
mbalzen 27 11
lester 25 11
hsteinle 28 11
shed 26 11
bigal60 30 11
ramjet 30 11
mcheather 26 11
Missali23 31 11
benruybal 19 11
dpgrizzly 17 11
gdhudson53 26 11
jcbia 25 11
pkabill 28 11
rams91 27 11
StephieO 26 11
tspoon32 26 11
wildryty 29 11
youngkathy 28 11
Zabkatista 29 11
Skater22 28 10
ncblue311 27 10
james 22 10
KittyCent 26 10
christinab 17 10
roylb 26 10
tramirez 26 10
blackrose 27 10
kristalp 29 10
slroberts 26 10
dave 25 10
albertf 26 10
heatmiser 22 10
scott27 26 10
dragracer 25 10
katwalk 10 10
deanna 26 10
dpollock 26 10
simpson 21 10
redhawks 26 10
susanne 26 10
MillerTime 27 10
rmiller 30 10
jorjor 16 10
gjohnson 28 10
netter 28 10
bemrich 22 10
ZumaB 27 10
SWITT 30 10
vince 29 10
antonio 25 10
chrissim33 18 10
sparky 25 10
ryanp 25 10
yogibear 17 10
delbs 26 10
byron 10 10
oscar 29 10
weese338 19 10
kmvdad0927 27 10
Shaqattack 25 10
stkitts10 24 10
Mr. Wales 28 10
vickyt 20 10
alisha 29 10
Josie_L 18 10
Cyphers 24 10
sobrino 25 10
huckster 30 10
marioG 29 10
56golf 26 10
brandon198 13 10
fdeano45 26 10
chanel 18 10
stoneage 26 10
truchas 28 10
broncos 27 10
mikecortez 26 10
tanner1 27 10
mamajama 25 10
hmorris 24 10
waylon 23 10
bobster 24 10
crazylouie 23 10
zoeygirl 27 10
c130 24 10
tarheel 26 10
cajun 27 10
bigdog99 26 10
thomas24 24 10
eblack 22 10
trav 26 10
ollie 19 10
john_s 19 10
atrain 11 10
nlopez 10 10
ajheirtz 28 10
Atbatcat 17 10
boydh 28 10
broncobart 23 10
broncoh8r 27 10
carriekate 17 10
cbef 27 10
cidx2 25 10
crnorton 26 10
dciluffo 28 10
eaglesrgr8 20 10
EL GECKO 26 10
Maverick 28 10
hmckie 28 10
jimsquires 26 10
lamadden 26 10
lsovocool 32 10
moreh2o 28 10
plgone 26 10
ag120695 26 10
quasarwes 28 10
rtm79 25 10
crowley 27 10
suealsum 28 10
shupie 27 10
skolmn 29 10
superextem 13 10
ta26 29 10
threef504 27 10
SnapFace 28 10
xt1ngu1sh 27 10
zman033 21 10
ElleBee 21 9
cookie45 27 9
glnorton 24 9
elvis65 27 9
wally49 24 9
packerfan 27 9
tlittle 21 9
jaydoc 9 9
amos 26 9
GinaA 28 9
twheeler 24 9
jrichardso 26 9
yomama 25 9
khinkle 24 9
rbarkley 20 9
clarkbar 25 9
hawk99 28 9
Geri 563 26 9
aelliott 28 9
Evans 18 9
redskin58 21 9
bree 24 9
opie 26 9
hillster 27 9
mamat 17 9
taylor 17 9
tbone 27 9
lisadonela 25 9
jakem 26 9
mommamary 16 9
aeverett81 27 9
blwells 25 9
broncfan51 28 9
broncosbm 24 9
durango57 24 9
kslyter 26 9
pewtergirl 27 9
picklepus 27 9
Pat Flores 25 9
rionate 24 9
xskunk 23 9
joosten 28 8
connief 25 8
lbewley 24 8
jwilson 18 8
ladonna 27 8
dominique 25 8
jlane 21 8
janiceb 25 8
marionl 23 8
crisg 22 8
tiffmc 22 8
paddy 26 8
johnnygood 24 8
ABC123 26 8
reddurango 27 8
lamar18 23 8
tucson 15 8
cooter89 23 8
jadosse 25 8
quiklikeab 27 8
sdebelina1 28 8
Peyday 28 7
michmat 24 7
debbiez 21 6
texasdeck 6 6
broncosfvr 23 6
jennifertr 5 5
joyceella 21 5
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