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Things did not go as well as we would have liked in Week 2. Somehow the didn't cover against against the and the didn't really show up Monday night. So that leaves us at 3-3 on the season, but we did hit our teaser at least! I'm going to expand the number of plays we make this week because I feel a little better about this slate than I did about last week's -- for whatever that's worth. -5.5 vs. LionsThe have not won a game since October and if anything they find ways to lose. The defense has no bite or teeth whatsoever and they are coming up against a juggernaut on the other side of the field. I love the and Kliff Kingsbury offense and I just don't see Shane Greene Jersey too many ways that the Lions get enough stops to lose by le s than a touchdown.Who'll cover the spread in Week 3? Pete Prisco, R.J. White and SportsLine's Kenny White join host Will Brinson to offer their best bets and break down every game; listen below andfor daily NFL goodne s. -7 vs. WashingtonMatchups are everything in this league, and while the Washington Football Team has a fearsome front seven, it is vulnerable against the run. You can road grade them and the best way to keep off Max Fried Jersey of is to give him a heavy dose of and . And Browns coach Kevin Stefanski knows as much. The double-tight-end attack and the heavy personnel in the run game will carry the day. Washington is incredibly limited on offense and especially cannot play from behind. This Browns regime isn't worried about making Mayfield look like a stud or making look like a fantasy football champion. Their old school hard hat approach will serve them well and a bad Washington offensive line that is now without its best pa s protector and will suffer even more against the likes of and .What picks can you make with confidence in Week 3? And which Super Bowl contender goes down hard?Visit SportsLine to see which NFL teams are winning more than 50 percent of simulations Will Smith Jersey , all from the model that is up over $7,300 on its top-rated picks.Two-team teaser: -4.5 vs. Jets | 49ers +2 at GiantsBy now you know what I think of the two New York football teams. They stink. Neither really has an identity on either side of the ball and both have already seen their best players part via trades, injuries or opt out. They aren't going to play a lot of close games unle s they are playing horrible opponents, and unfortunately for them, they aren't this week. The even with are a superior team to the and the lo s is devastating. If I'm getting points here I am more than good to go. The defense is in disarray right now; they don't have anybody who can make plays. The Colts' superior offensive line will be enough to grind out a win by at least a touchdownTwo-team teaser: Steelers +2 vs. Jose Ramirez Jersey Texans | Pats +.5 vs. RaidersThis is another instance where I would not hesitate to take either of these games against the spread, but I like them even more in teasers. Because Big Ben is a little rusty and because the Steelers offense lacks an identity now I'll hesitate on taking that game straight up and allow myself to bank a couple Eddie Mathews Jersey of points. will destroy the lacking right side of the offensive line. This really might be a blowout. I'm not buying the -- specifically not buying the Raiders defense -- and I think they will get road-graded here by New England. The don't give up five pa sing touchdowns very often. That is an elite secondary and Belichick will find a way to take away (if he plays after mi sing multiple practices). can only do so much by himself and there aren't a whole lot of other viable options for them right now. can dink and dunk the ball down the field but New England will win by at least a point.

A handful of NFL teams are redesigning their uniforms ahead of the 2024 season, but the Browns are making a more subtle change with a different era in mind.Cleveland unveiled an updated helmet and logo Wednesday, with an eye toward reviving a cla sic era of Browns football that included one of the most succe sful stretches in franchise history under QB Bernie Kosar.The Browns left their cla sic uniforms alone, however. Cleveland switched back to their timele s look in 2020, and the NFL's five-year rule for uniforms Marwin Gonzalez Jersey prevents a change in 2025. There isn't any indication the franchise is looking to overhaul its uniforms to begin with, as they closely match the old school helmet revealed Wednesday.Here's a first look at the Browns' new helmet and logo for the 2024 NFL season.MORE: Browns new helmet 2024The Browns' helmet remains a plain orange with brown and white stripes over the top, as is tradition for the franchise, but Cleveland is making two notable changes: The facemask has turned from brown to white Jake Marisnick Jersey , and the helmet finish was updated from matte to glo sy.so fresh and so clean, clean Cleveland Browns (@Browns) The changes closely resemble the Browns' look from 1975-2005. Cleveland donned a white facemask throughout that 31-year stretch before switching to gray in 2006.The Browns brought back the white facemask as an alternate over the last two seasons, wearing it once in both 2022 and 2023.Browns executive vice president JW Johnson that the change honors the franchise's "storied history" and said the white facemask is partly a tribute to the Kardiac Kids era of 1979 and 1980.Cleveland's announcement also noted the succe s the team had in white facemasks with Kosar at quarterback in the late 1980s.The Browns have largely reversed all of the changes made in 2015, when they modernized their uniform set and updated their Blank Jersey logo to reflect a helmet with a brown facemask. Cleveland first returned to its cla sic uniforms in 2020, putting a five-year stretch that included a winle s season behind them, and the organization is now moving away from the matte helmets that were introduced as part of that change in 2015.MORE: Browns helmet 2023Here's a comparison of the Browns' helmet Josh Reddick Jersey from 2023 to 2024, with changes evident in both the facemask and the finish.Comparing the Browns old and new helmet and logo ...Old helmet: matte finish; brown maskNew helmet: glo sy finish; white maskOld logo: brown maskNew logo: white mask NFL Fashion Advice (@fashion_nfl) Browns new logo 2024The Browns' helmet change might seem minor, but it actually requires a logo change as well. Cleveland's logo has long been its helmet, so any change in that department also means a logo update.The new helmet with the white facemask is set to become the Browns' primary logo, after their logo for the last nine years reflected the team's brown facemask. Prior to 2015, the logo included a gray facemask.New logo: Brad Stainbrook (@StainbrookNFL) "Now, the logo will once again reflect the helmets worn on gameday," the Browns announced. The Browns' website and social media accounts already includes the updated logo with a white facemask.Cleveland has operated with a helmet as its primary logo since 1970. This is the seventh different variation of the logo, between facemask changes and updates to the shade of orange the team Mike Scott Jersey uses, but it's a look unique to the Browns that doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.

They say it never rains but it pours. If last nights events at Villa Park are anything to go by, Gerard Houlier must be a strict advocate of this belief. In fact, its probably quickly become his own personalised mantra, and the paltry 32,627 souls brave or misguided enough to make it through the turnstiles last night are probably fellow converts to this way of thinking.And as if to reinforce this feeling, Villa fans will have woken up this morning to stories of the board restating their firm support for Houllier and his ability to Brian McCann Jersey guide the team back up the table. Its admirable of the club to do this of course, but you cant help but wonder whether this statement is truly helpful or not. Surely everyone knows that any outpouring of this kind is going to be categorised as the so-called dreaded vote of confidence, and more often than not comments of this kind dauntingly hang over a manager, like the mythical Sword of Damocles, before inevitably culminating in the George Springer Jersey chop.Difficult times lie ahead for Houllier following a run of only onevictory from Villas last nine league gamesFor all his faults, this doesnt strike me as particularly fair on Houllier. The squad he has inherited is very much Martin ONeills, with Robert Pires being Houlliers only addition to a team that has been, as is almost unanimously agreed, punching considerably above its weight for several seasons now. If the board are truly confident in Houllier and his abilities why not just make these a surances in private, since any comments that are made public Jeff Bagwell Jersey will almost certainly be interpreted negatively, as is becoming the case here? Particularly given that Houllier himself told the pre s after last nights game that he had received just such an a surance from Randy Lerner. Why then release a statement to this effect the next day? As far as I can see, this just undermines Houlliers position.And in Houliers defence, and as has been the case with quite a few Villa games this season, last night could have played out very differently for the Frenchman. Had the, until then, resurgent Emile Heskey converted the simplest of chances in the opening period, a half in which Villa enjoyed some notable spells of po se sion it must be said, then whose to say that the home side would not have held on to those precious three points? Had referee Peter Walton shown the same player some leniency when dealing with a spot of handbags with just a shade over twenty minutes to go, whose to say that Villa could not have eeked out a point?The one that got away; French youngster Dallas Keuchel Jersey Gueida Fofana wason the verge of an 800,000 move to Villa Parkbefore the board pulled the plugThe January transfer window represents a chance for Houllier to turn things around. Part of the reason for his appointment Craig Biggio Jersey was that Houllier brought with him a wealth of experience in identifying and developing some of Europes finest young players. To his credit Houllier had already singled out just such a target in French under-19s captain Gueida Fofana, but was unable to ratify the deal as the board objected to the players wage demands. To have been unable to sign his man because the club is trying to cut away the exce s from his predece sors opulent reign represents a real slap in the face to Houllier. Sadly this is just one of many he insults he is now having to deal with. As they say Gerard, it never rains but it pours.

The aren't looking at their against the as a of last year's NFC Championship Game.The , who are coming off a Andrelton Simmons Jersey victory over the , aren't dwelling on last year's title game gaffes. coach Mike McCarthy said the team is simply focusing on the task at hand -- clinching a victory at home."We're playing at Lambeau Field (on) Sunday Night Football Brandon Phillips Jersey ," McCarthy said Monday via . "It's our first home game. I don't really think we need to get past that. I know who we're playing; they're an outstanding football team. They're coming of a tough lo s in St. Louis, but we're focused on winning the game. We're focused on getting our first home win, beating the , and that's about as far as it goes with us."Seattle was Tommy La Stella Jersey hardly the subject of Monday's team meetings -- a meeting which reportedly lasted le s than ten minutes. "(Monday) was all about the as far as corrections and (McCarthy) just said our focus now moves on to Yunel Escobar Jersey Seattle," wide receiver said. "It's on us to get into our preparation."McCarthy said he's learned from past coaching mistakes and stre sed the need to downplay the much anticipated rematch."Too much of anything isn't good for you," McCarthy said. "I think that's something we all learn as we walk through life. I've learned that. I've coached teams too much during Martin Maldonado Jersey the course of the week, raised emotion of the football team too much. So those are le sons that have been learned from my particular position of being the head coach here. That's not going to happen this week, I can promise you that."

One of the challenges in practice Mario Manningham Jersey for offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is not allowing star edge rusher T.J. Watt to wreck his unit with the kinds of game-changing plays we see Watt make on a weekly basis.In order to avoid that, Smith admits he has to scheme around Watt, which is certainly understandable. However, that leaves the star edge rusher "pi sed" at Jeff Criswell Jersey times, the Steelers offensive coordinator revealed."I always joke with T.J., 'I'm not going to let you wreck practice today," Smith said on recently. "You don't want to be stubborn. Sometimes he gets a little pi sed if we scheme around him, but I just say, 'Hey, I'm not going to be an idiot and just let you wreck practice.'"That' Ibi Watson Jersey s a better approach than what some other teams do. The , for example, actually pull fellow star edge rusher Maxx Crosby so he can't wreck practice, head coach Antonio Pierce recently admitted.There are certain plays we want to see, and sometimes youve got to pull (Crosby) off on those plays to get the look for the offense," . "I mean, he is that type of player now in his career where when he makes up Mike Hart Jersey his mind, hes unblockable. And I think he understands that, and we understand that.At Chase Winovich Jersey the end of the day, both approaches are two of the highest forms of compliments. But Smith's is the one that better equips an offense for the challenge of the regular season, when opposing teams aren't going to be pulling their best players off the field.

The were the in prestigious No. 32 Juancho Hernangomez Jersey slot in the 2020 NFL Draft thanks to their Super Bowl victory back in February and now that the first round and in the books it appears as they've added an offensive weapon that should help them defend their title next season. With that final selection in the first round, K.C. elected to pick running back , who is fresh off a championship season of his own with LSU.You might be saying the Chiefs drafted a first-round running back, but their management and coaching staff thinks they got something more. In fact, coach Kevin Garnett Jersey Andy Reid believes Edwards-Helaire is a better player than the best running back he's ever coached."We're extremely excited,". "A few weeks ago when we were kind of putting the final touches on our board and looking at a group of players that we thought would be there, I remember talking to Andy Reid reminding him how much Clyde Edwards-Helaire reminds me of Brian Westbrook. Coach called back and after a few conversations he admitted he thought he was better than Brian."That's tremendous praise given by Reid, who coached Westbrook for his entire career from 2002-09. Reid was on hand as Westbrook had back-to-back seasons of over 1,200 yards rushing (2006-07) and led Jaylen Nowell Jersey the league in scrimmage yards in 2007 with 2,104. Westbrook is an Eagles Hall of Famer, a two-time Pro Bowl selection and was named first-team All-Pro back in '07, so they clearly view Edwards-Helaire as an elite prospect.Edwards-Helaire is looked at as arguably the most complete back in this cla s and put together a 2019 campaign where he totaled 1,867 yards from scrimmage and 17 total touchdowns. The 5-foot-8, 209 pounder Juan Hernangomez Jersey averaged 6.6 yards per carry for the Tigers and was a factor in the pa sing game catching 55 balls from .Adding him to this already potent Chiefs offense certainly is exciting for Kansas City, who views him as potentially a better version of Westbrook -- as difficult as that might be to imagine.Veach added that there were a number of players they had a similar grade Malik Sealy Jersey on toward the end of the first round and they started to come off the board around No. 24 overall. If Edwards-Helaire was still there, he said that the club knew he'd be a "special" addition to the offense.If Edwards-Helaire is able to live up to that billing, it's also beneficial that the Chiefs scooped him up in this opening round as they've now gained an additional year of team control with the fifth year option on first-round picks.

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