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Top 5 NFL Teams On Upset Alert In Week 3

Top 5 NFL Teams On Upset Alert In Week 3

Greg Salas New York Jets
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What a season. The Buffalo Bills are 2-0, the New Orleans Saints are 0-2, up is black, left is white and my head is spinning.

Favorites have been dropping like flies, and in NFL Week 3, these five favorites are about to get bitten by the upset bug.

5. Detroit Lions

Matt Stafford Detroit Lions
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5. Detroit Lions

Matt Stafford Detroit Lions
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In the five games Aaron Rodgers has played at Ford Field, he's led the Green Bay Packers to a 4-1 record. In those games, Rodgers has thrown a combined total of 10 TDs and 2 INTs, and the Packers outscored the Lions 136-79.

Matt Stafford played in two of those games, and threw a combined total of two TDs and five INTs.

Enough said.

4. Philadelphia Eagles

Darren Sproles Philadelphia Eagles
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4. Philadelphia Eagles

Darren Sproles Philadelphia Eagles
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Fresh off of their primetime win over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2, the Philadelphia Eagles play a division rival on short rest. Sprinkle in a little revenge by DeSean Jackson, and you've got a recipe for disaster for the Eagles.

The Washington Redskins will be without RGIII, but Kirk Cousins is the next Nick Foles. Look out Philly.

3. New York Giants

Eli Manning New York Giants
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3. New York Giants

Eli Manning New York Giants
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The boys in Las Vegas have decided not to name a favorite in the Giants vs. Houston Texans game. However, the Giants are at home, so that makes them the favorite in my book.

They just lost to a quarterback who was playing for the first time in over 1,350 days -- Drew Stanton in case you hadn't heard -- so it's completely feasible that they'll get beat by a guy who went to Harvard; Ryan Fitzpatrick in case you hadn't heard, too.

2. Baltimore Ravens

Joe Flacco Baltimore Ravens
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2. Baltimore Ravens

Joe Flacco Baltimore Ravens
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The only people who know what really happened in the Ray Rice debacle are the Ravens' brass, Goodell, his commissionership's minions and most importantly, the football gods.

If the Ravens are guilty of misdirection, the football gods will begin by punishing the Ravens with a loss in Cleveland. This is how you and I will find out what truly happened.

The football gods never lie.

1. New York Jets

Geno Smith New York Jets
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1. New York Jets

Geno Smith New York Jets
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No, I don't have anything against teams from the New York/New Jersey metro areas. I simply believe they're both regular football teams. Not that I think the Chicago Bears are much better, but they're a better version of a regular team -- if that makes sense.

If not, the Bears just beat the San Francisco 49ers because Jay Cutler didn't throw picks, but his opposition did. In 18 games, Geno Smith has thrown 23 INTs.

Enough said.

Jeff Pearlman is a writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter, “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.

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