A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com.


Last week's "winner," San Francisco, got extra-screwed—its one good day game turned out to be bad and its primetime night game turned into an absolute embarrassment for the 49ers. Bummer, guys! Here are your Week 3 NFL viewing maps:

CBS: Early


Unwatchable

Cleveland at Minnesota: Brian Hoyer is starting. Trent Richardson is gone. LeBron James is gone. Bank of America is gone. TRW is gone. John Q's is gone.

Meh

San Diego at Tennessee: The Chargers are putting up 30 points a game; they're kind of fun to watch! The Titans are average 123 yards in the air per game; they are not fun to watch.


Houston at Baltimore: The 2-0 Texans were down 21 with five minutes left in the third against the Chargers, and down eight with three minutes left against the Titans. The Ravens got blown out by the Broncos and beat the Browns, 14-6. Has-beens.

None.

CBS: Late


Unwatchable

Jacksonville at Seattle: The Jaguars have scored a total of 11 points this season, worst in the NFL. The Seahawks have allowed just 10 points this season, best in the NFL.


Buffalo at NY Jets: A huge matchup between the two most electric rookie QBs in the league! I miss last season.

Must-See TV

Indianapolis at San Francisco: Trent Richardson got to Indianapolis Thursday morning and flew out to San Francisco Saturday afternoon. If he has a decent game against the 49ers, then everything we've been told about how hard it is to master complex NFL offenses is total bullshit.


FOX


Unwatchable

Tampa Bay at New England: The Buccaneers are 0-2 and have scored 31 points–27th in the league. The Patriots are 2-0 and have scored 36 points–tied for 25th in the league.


Meh

Arizona at New Orleans: The first time Drew Brees faced Carson Palmer, he threw for 510 yards. That's a lot of yards! For example ...


St. Louis at Dallas/Atlanta at Miami: ... it's more yards than the Rams, Cowboys, Falcons, and Dolphins have managed to gain on the ground this season, combined. They stand at 505 total, or 63 yards per game.

Detroit at Washington: Last week, Fox switched away from Washington-Green Bay in the middle of the third quarter, and it was just the saddest. Mike Shanahan's offense hasn't scored in the first half yet.


NY Giants at Carolina: Disappointment vs. disappointment, both fighting to stay out of that 0-3 hole. This could actually be a fun one.

Must-See TV

Green Bay at Cincinnati: Tom Mantzouranis and Don Banks of SI both think that this is a Super Bowl preview. People are hyped about the Bengals, for reasons I can't totally grasp.


Who's Getting Screwed?

This week's winner is Wheeling, W.V. Wheeling is an hour southwest of Pittsburgh and roots for the Steelers, just like all but one West Virginia county. Here's what the city gets:

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