By KCOU Sports Staff
Each week throughout the 2019 season, the KCOU Sports will post an article including the staff’s picks for that week’s slate of games. Welcome to 2019 in the NFL and KCOU!
Here is the document featuring the game by game picks for each of the KCOU Sports staffers as well as our records through two weeks of the season:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c2vnjQ4ZFuWapIieOfdW9L1DHJB3eKJILbrBVUscM2o/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday Night: Tennessee Titans @ Jacksonville Jaguars
“The Jacksonville Jaguars are due for a win if Doug Marrone doesn’t take the ball of Gardner Minshew II’s hands. The man is the real life Uncle Rico, and he’s shown that he can keep them in the game. I expect the Jaguars defense to show up, unless Ramsey gets traded from now until Thursday. Even if Ramsey does get traded, Minshew will uncork one over them there mountains right into Marquise Lee’s hands for a game winner.” – Hal Estep
Titans: 22
Jaguars: 12 
Cincinnati Bengals @ Buffalo Bills
“The Bills head into Week 3 undefeated for the first time since 2014, with both wins coming on the road, and now head home to face the winless Cincinnati Bengals. Buffalo is coming off an emphatic win over the Giants in a game which saw its offense really come to life, while Cincinnati will try to bounce back from an embarrassing home loss to the 49ers. Defense has been the Bills’ calling card, and it should have no trouble against a banged-up Cincy offensive line and sputtering offense. Buffalo may be minus rookie RB Devin Singletary, so look for veteran Frank Gore to step up and lead the Bills to their 3rd straight win. Bills 27, Bengals 13.” – Cole Banker
Bengals: 10
Bills: 24
Miami Dolphins @ Dallas Cowboys
“Dak Prescott has been playing lights out for the Cowboys. He’ll put together another great game as he chases that new contract. Not to mention the Dolphins D is mediocre.” – Ashley Wright
“Miami is going to lose to Dallas 28-10, and the cowboys will get laughed at for being the first team to not cover. Phins up.” – Daniel Virag
Dolphins: 0
Cowboys: 34
Denver Broncos @ Green Bay Packers
“The Packers have a much improved defense and Aaron Rodgers is back healthy. The Broncos are off to a rough 0-2 start and are searching for offense. I think Green Bay wins easily over Denver.” – Ben Krakow
Broncos: 0
Packers: 34
Atlanta Falcons @ Indianapolis Colts
Falcons: 26
Colts: 8
Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs
“A game that will be most interesting is Ravens at Chiefs. We will see if the Ravens defense can stop Mahomes. Expect Lamar Jackson to be very impressive.” – Wilson Truong
“The best offense over the first two weeks of the season has been the Ravens. They’re now up against another weak secondary in the Chiefs. This leads me to believe that Lamar Jackson and the rest of the offense will see another big game and the Ravens will get a big win on the road versus the Chiefs. Expect a shootout with the Ravens coming out on top.” – Logan Franz
“I could go juice-box and say the ‘Hawks over Teddy B and ‘Nawlins, or even juice-boxier with the Patriots over the New York Mono Jets, but instead I’ll just say saddle up because this week I’m gettin’ risky: Ravens over Chiefs. Here’s why: tied at 26 a-piece, buck-eighteen left on the ole’ timeclock.  Hollywood Brown lines up wide left. Goes deep. MarMar steps back, looking, looking, evades the would-be tackler Chris Jones, sees Brown – throws . . . Pass is in the air . . . Incomplete. BUT there is a flag. Clete Blakeman will call pass interference. Spot-foul. Automatic first down. A 47 yard penalty. Ravens run the ball to kill clock, Tucker game winner 29-26 Ravens.” – Daniel Virag
“My only complaint about Chiefs and Ravens is one of my boys has to lose that game.” – Chris Mitchell
Ravens: 9
Chiefs: 25
Oakland Raiders @ Minnesota Vikings
Raiders: 3
Vikings: 31
New York Jets @ New England Patriots
“The Patriots have played 8 quarters of football and have allowed only 3 points. The Jets should’ve started begging for mercy months ago.” – Kyle Jones
Jets: 0
Patriots: 34
Detroit Lions @ Philadelphia Eagles
Lions: 2
Eagles: 32
Carolina Panthers @ Arizona Cardinals
Panthers: 20
Cardinals: 14
New York Giants @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
“Danny Dimes will lead the Giants to their first victory of the season in his first career start. The Eli era is officially over in New York.” – Chuck Ryan
“Giants vs. Bucs is a huge game for the Giants. The Giants just announced Daniel Jones as the starter for this week’s game, which many are perceiving as the end of the Eli Manning tenure for the Giants. Daniel will need to start proving that he was worth the 6th pick in this year’s draft.” – Gerald Hopkins
Giants: 12
Buccaneers: 22
Houston Texans @ Los Angeles Chargers
“Phillip Rivers really struggled last week against the Lions. The Chargers defense  has been very leaky through two weeks and I expect the Texans to move the ball up and down the field on Sunday. Texans a small road win over Chargers.” – Korbett Koselak
Texans: 12
Chargers: 22
Pittsburgh Steelers @ San Francisco 49ers
Steelers: 9
49ers: 25
New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks
“The Saints are going to need to bounce back in a big way against Seattle. The quarterback situation is going to be crucial for them to win without Drew Brees. Hopefully we see some QB play from Taysom Hill to switch it up from last week’s game vs the Rams.” – Austin Wright
“When likely future Hall of Fame QB Drew Brees went out with an injured thumb, the Saints offense sputtered. I do not see much improvement from them this week as they have to go into the hostile environment of the twelfth man. Seahawks win in a low-scoring affair 20-14.” – Aaron Moser
Saints: 9
Seahawks: 25
Sunday Night: Los Angeles Rams @ Cleveland Browns
“I really like the Browns vs Rams game. We get to see an explosive offense go against one of, if not the best defense in the league. It should be one of the most entertaining games of the week.” – Nick Swanson
“Baker is feeling DANGEROUS. Taking care of the Rams on national television will show a lot of people what he’s about.” – Ben Greenberger
Rams: 24
Browns: 10
Monday Night: Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins
Bears: 32
Redskins: 2
Edited by Korbett Koselak | [email protected]