Bet The Board: NFL Week 3 Picks & Predictions: Falcons-Packers, Ravens-Cowboys, Rams-Broncos

Welcome into the Bet The Board Podcast, Thursday, September 24th.

It's an NFL Thursday.

As always, we are part of the Sport and State distribution network powered by Hard Rock Bet.

I'm your host, Todd Furman, joined as always by my esteemed colleague and co-host, the one, the only, Payne Insider.

And Payne, it wouldn't be a standalone prime time football game if we didn't have a starting quarterback go down with a season-ending injury.

But alas, a loss for the New York Giants is a win for Florida State alumnus Jameis Winston.

[laughs]

And he once again becomes an NFL starting quarterback.

I mean, all off-season he was priming himself for this moment.

[laughs]

Traveling the world for World Cup.

Yeah, being a World Cup correspondent is exactly where I'm sure new offense coordinator Matt Nagy-

Ah

... wanted, uh, Jameis Winston's head in the playbook.

But, uh, of course, the Giants will now be without Jaxson Dart going forward.

It's a roster that's extremely banged up.

Not warranting a deep dive on today's show, when they'll play host to the Tennessee Titans, uh, but no doubt some storylines to follow in a very-

Yeah

... muddled mess that has become the NFC East.

And the reason I bring up quarterback injuries, Payne, because it gives us the perfect segue to get into Thursday Night Football, where it's the Atlanta Falcons on the road against the Green Bay Packers.

It's Green Bay, a four and a half point favorite, uh, at Hard Rock Bet.

Total in the game sits at 43 right now, shaded to the under.

And I never thought we would get to the point in an NFL season where Michael Penix provides a level of optimism we have never seen.

[laughs]

But that's exactly where the Atlanta Falcons find themselves after the Cooper Rush experiment did not quite go the way they drew it up.