The fun thing about meeting Week 1 of the NFL season and Week 2 of the NFL season in the same room is you finally get to spend some quality time with a bunch of liars.Week 3 is all about figuring out where the truth sits between -- for a large number of teams -- two wildly disparate performances. What's the median performance for these clubs who varied wildly in the first two weeks of the 2021 season.The second week of the season is all about treading carefully and expecting regre sion. This week is a giant landmine where we learn some actual information about NFL teams. Good luck out there today, let's stay warm.Thursday, 8:20 p.m. ETTV: NFLN|Stream:fuboTV ( )Follow: Latest Odds: Houston Texans +7.5 The Texans quarterback situation continues to be one of the most perplexing situations in the . The Texans apparently plan on going into this game with a single active rookie quarterback while using almost six percent of their active roster on quarterback spots. Unle s (ruled out with a hamstring injury early in the week) goes on the IR, he'll likely join (presumably inactive Shane Lemieux Jersey for the third straight week to start the year) as wasted roster spots for a team not exactly loaded with talent. This is an abnormally huge number for a preseason non-contender on the road in Week 3. It suggests the Panthers would be 13.5-point favorites at home. It's probably too much for a Sam Darnold-led team, but going back and watching Carolina's win over the ... the Panthers look legit. The defense is flying all over the place and Phil Snow is cooking up all kinds of problems for quarterbacks by having Jeremy Quinn and Shaq Thompson live at the line of scrimmage Evan Neal Jersey to create petrifying formations. Offensively, Darnold isn't the most well-protected QB in the NFL but Joe Brady is giving him good looks and easy reads and he's executing really well. They could roll the Texans up in this one with under center on a short week.The pick:Panthers 28, Texans 14Props, Best Bets: Under 44, over 40.5 rushing/receiving yards, under 70.5 receiving yardsSunday, 1 p.m. ETTV:FOX|Stream:fuboTV ( ) Latest Odds: Jacksonville Jaguars +7.5 Two weeks into the Jaguars season, Urban Meyer has been forced to deny rumors he'd leave for Southern Cal and i sue a statement via the team's Twitter account telling fans it's going to get better. The whole thing is quite the me s. But the Jaguars aren't mi sing their quarterback, who should put up some points against this questionable Cardinals secondary. You basically have to hold your nose and take the Jags with the points here, a suming we can figure out a way to get a backdoor cover worst case. Either way we're getting a bunch of points here, because Jacksonville won't be able to slow down and the Cardinals offense. The pick:Cardinals 31, Jaguars 24Props, Best Bets: Over 52, looking for receptions over and Kyler Murray touchdown propsSunday,1 p.m. ETTV:CBS|Stream:Paramount+ ( ) Latest Odds: Detroit Lions +9 The Lions probably won't be popular this week because of how things ended on Monday night, but they've definitely been a friskier than expected club through the Riley Dixon Jersey first two weeks of the season. And there's a good chance Detroit can give Baltimore some fits here. We've seen and as focal points of the offense for Ravens opponents already and now they're getting T.J. Hockensen NFL New York Giants Jersey , who should eat in this spot. Love his over catches, especially if Detroit is trailing. The Ravens will be able to control the ball and run a ton, but they won't go nuclear on offense. And with the Lions at home in a lower scoring game, I expect them to figure out how to get inside the number before the final whistle. The Pick: Ravens 31, Lions 24Bets: Hockensen propsSunday, 1 p.m. ETTV:CBS|Stream:Paramount+ ( ) Latest Odds: Pittsburgh Steelers -4.5 Pittsburgh's Week 1 win in Buffalo raised eyebrows about mistaken preseason judgments on the Steelers. But last week was a rude re-awakening. suffered a groin injury, is maybe/kind of questionable for this week. suffered a last-minute injury. and the Bengals offense expose an iffy secondary. I don't think we'll see much aggre sion from either team, so I'd bet under and lean Bengals plus a sprinkle on the moneyline.The Pick: Bengals 21, Steelers 17Bets: Under 44Sunday, 1 p.m. ETTV: FOX|Stream:fuboTV ( ) Latest Odds: New York Giants -3 The Falcons have looked abysmal so far this season. Arthur Smith's offense is rightfully drawing huge red flags for its run-heavy approach. Through two weeks, looks cooked. And might not live up to the preseason fantasy hype. But the Giants don't look great either! is coming off such a good game -- maybe the best of his career -- idiots like me are grabbing him for fantasy this week. What could go wrong. These defenses are bad enough we could see some surprising scoring here. If that's the case, give me the points with New York Giants Jackets the team not coordinated by Jason Garrett.The Pick: Falcons 31, Giants 28Bets: Falcons +3, Daniel Jones over rush yards 27.5Sunday, 1 p.m. ETTV:CBS|Stream:Paramount+ ( ) Latest Odds: Tenne see Titans -5 The suggestion I've seen is this line would be Titans -2 if was playing -- I would obviously take the free three points, but I wouldn't be afraid to lay five if Wentz was actually playing in this game. He's a couple weeks removed from foot surgery and is dealing with two sprained ankles. Many people don't realize this but two is actually the maximum number of sprained ankles a human can have at any given time. Regardle s, I think it's likely we get either a mostly immobile Wentz or in his first career start. The Titans found something late against Seattle, pounding until he popped off for three touchdowns and some big runs. Mike Vrabel will want to save him for the stretch run like in seasons past, but this is a ma sive division game and they're going to uncork the Big Dog, especially if they draw an inexperienced quarterback on the other side. The Pick: Titans 28, Colts 17Bets:Titans -5Sunday, 1 p.m. ETTV: FOX Lawrence Taylor Jersey |Stream:fuboTV ( ) Latest Odds: Cleveland Browns -7.5 Think this game will get any looks? Bears fans spent all offseason screaming at the franchise to play . Now is hurt. Only he remains the starter when healthy. Fields is the guy this week. It's a coin flip on how this goes -- Matt Nagy has not been enthusiastic about Fields and the Browns are a bad-ish defe