Hot off the Grill-NFL Week 3

RSS is back with Hot Off The Grill's NFL Week 3 Preview. Don't worry, all costumes and scary masks are welcome. Unlike the No Fun League, we accept any and everybody to RSS without the worry of 5 digit fines. In our opinion, the only thing Sheldon Brown did wrong was that he should've waited till he took the field to wear Jason's mask so he could hide from Drew Brees...

Big Kielbasa's Game Of the Week - Atlanta (2-0) @ New England (1-1)

The game of the week takes place in Foxboro where suddenly the Pats are in crisis. A boneheaded fumble aside, they're staring at an 0-2 record. The biggest concern for the hoodie has to be how teams have taken it to Brady and the Pats Offense. The Golden Boy has looked quite skittery (yes that's now a word) in his first two games back from the knee injury and the D is missing a ton of vets. When Bill Simmons breaks out the "Is the Pats era over column" you know it's a good day for the rest of the NFL.

Looking to add to the Pats' misery will be Matt Ryan and the Falcons. The ATL has been boosted by Tony Gonzalez as he has caught TDs in their first two games. Ryan isn't lighting the statsheet on fire like his NFC South counterpart Drew Brees, but even the most loyal Saints fan will admit that Atlanta has the more complete team. The running game with Michael Turner will be the key to taking the Pats O and the crowd out of it. It will be interesting to see how Belichick and the Pats react with their backs up against the wall. PICK-Falcons

Beer Brat's Spotlight Game Of the Week - San Francisco (2-0) @ Minnesota (2-0)

Our spotlight game takes us to the only matchup of unbeatens in Week 3 as the Vikes host the Niners. San Fran has had the more impressive wins beating two divisional opponents including the NFC Champs on the road. Minny has stuffed itself on Detroit and Cleveland the first two weeks. The running backs will tell the story. Can Frank Gore outdo AP in the dome? Can Shaun Hill outduel Brett Favre? Given our NFL success rate, I'm picking the Vikings, which means I think the 49ers will win, that covers all my bases! PICK-Vikings

Chorizo's Upset Of the Week - Tennessee (0-2) @ New York Sanchezs (2-0)

No, it's not a conspiracy against the Jets here at RSS, but as a lot of folk have pointed out this week, this is a classic upset pick. Upstart 2-0 team coming off of winning their Super Bowl faces desperate, good team that has started 0-2. If the Jets do happen to get up for this one after the win over the Pats, then I'll believe their legitimacy. However, you have to figure that Jeff Fisher will give Rex Ryan all he can handle and the real Tennessee will finally show up. PICK-Titans

Andouille's UTR Game - Indianapolis (2-0) @ Arizona (1-1)

It's interesting that the Sunday night game is the Under The Radar Game this week, but with all of the attention elsewhere this matchup gets lost in the shuffle. Peyton Manning made the most out of his 15 minutes with the ball last week, and could do some more damage against the Cards. This promises to be a great QB duel with Kurt Warner coming off of a 24/26 game at Jacksonville. The game has toss up written all over it, Arizona's run game won't hurt Indy as much as Miami, but they'll make the plays down the stretch the Dolphins didn't. PICK-Cards

Hot Dog Of The Week - Bengals WR Chad 85

An unorthodox pick for our star of the week, but hey, that's what we do here at RSS. The OC has averaged 90 yards per game in his first two, and caught the game winning TD at Green Bay (and got in a Lambeau leap!). It seems the connection between him and Carson Palmer has been repaired, and he would love nothing more than to put up a huge day against the hated Steelers. A surprising number of people are backing Cincinnati to upset the Steelers and The WR Formerly Known As Chad Johnson would be the main reason why.

Extra Toppings -

-The 1st Rotten Topping of the Week award has to go to Kings Island Amusement Park in Cincy. For their Halloween extravaganza they decided to put up a replica skeleton of Steve McNair and his girlfriend. The scene of the shooting was replicated almost to a tee before it was pulled down. Oh, but apparently skeletons of everyone from Heath Ledger to Michael Jackson to Billy Mays will remain. Nothing screams amusement more than a murder/suicide dramatization, eh? The whole idea brings one word to mind: disgusting.

-No 0-2 teams besides the Titans will get in the win column. The next best chances would be Miami and Carolina, but they face tough road games at San Diego and Dallas respectively.

-It'll be an exciting race between Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, and Jacksonville for the last winless team! Hey, it's never too early to start tanking for the draft...

-The Bears catch a break catching Seattle without Matt Hasslebeck. Probably not a good idea by TJ Houshmandzadeh to rile up Lance Briggs and company either.

-So, wait, you're telling me the winner of Denver and Oakland could be alone in 1st place in the AFC West? That is a funny joke!

-Drew Brees might not get to 46 points this week, but expect him to get 300 yards and a couple TDs in a Saints win.

-I'm sure everyone tuned in for that Brothers premiere. If you want to play What Are the Odds, let's give the Over/Under for the show's survival at 4.5 weeks...

Randall's Got His Eye On You... Andy Reid & Michael Vick

A logical choice for who is under the most pressure this week, eh? Vick hasn't played a regular season game since 2006, but at least he gets to face the Chiefs in his first week back. The real pressure though is on Andy Reid. His Eagles got smoked last week, protege Kevin Kolb threw for a lot of yards, but had some crucial mistakes. Watching that entire game it was interesting to see the variety of plays and packages Reid used... most though with little effect. Will he merely use Vick as a Wildcat threat, or will he throw? What the heck happens once McNabb gets back? Will he field 3 QBs at once? One way or another, Philly will be the center of attention this week.

I'm still trying to recuperate from a half-nighter watching Geelong narrowly beat out St. Kilda in the AFL Final last night. Thanks St. Kilda for following through and making my pick look good, pause not. Enjoy the footballing weekend, we'll be back on Monday with what we missed and the YCS... and the Top 5 Athletes of the Decade!