Our NFL Tips & Predictions for Week 3 - 26/09/21

This one is quite a tough game to call as the New England Patriots welcome the New Orleans Saints to Boston, simply because the Saints' defensive motivation, while the hosts have a rookie quarterback on their hands.

It does now seem as if the Boston-based franchise are trying to keep Mac Jones under control a little bit, such as the more offensive approach against certain sides who are not so much of a threat.

Last week, Sam Darnold performed relatiely well against the Saints' defence last week and they did struggle to contain any offensive break last weekend as they were thrashed 26-7.

It's unlikely Jones will have the same sort of success, but Bill Belichick will make Jameis Winston's time in Massachusetts quite tough. We this in mind, our tip here is Jones to have 300+ passing yards and Nelson Agholor to perform 100+ receiving yards.

Last week witnessed a fantastic game for Joe Burrow, who threw interceptions on three consecutive passes, something of which you don't always see so often and the 24-year-old deserves plenty of credit after the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Minnesota Vikings 27-24.

On the other hand, Ben Roethlisberger at the grand age of 39 showed his ageing status and after throwing three consecutive passes, things didn't look so pretty for him throughout the defeat to the Las Vegas Raiders.

A pass rush seems to be the approach now for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but don't expect the Bengals' line to stay as strong as it previously might have in this regard and we're heading for between 48-51 points as the Bengals travel to the Steelers.

It looked as if the Buffalo Bills were looking to finally get over their recent injury woes in the wide receiver and running back positions last time out, but as they dominated the Miami Dolphins in a 35-0 shut out showed this wasn't such as worry as it once was.

The Bills will more than likely see the Washington Football Team switch things around and put in Taylor Heinecke this week, which can be tough to analyse right now, because although he has seemed a capable quarterback in his recent NFL starts (albeit, not many), he may not be the man to get past a fantastic defence that the Bills possess.

The Washington outfit are certainly worth noting in defence as well, but as of this now, it hasn't been that great of start to the season in this regard so we're heading for a Buffalo Bills (-8) victory.