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Week 3 · fifteen games after Thursday · picks due Saturday 4:00 PM PT · card built 1:40 PM PT

The Slate — Week 3

Built on the regraded Master Sheet (09-26), PFF’s updated O-line ranks (09-23), the live book board and Friday’s injury reports. The contest lines are in and the card is below. Hoppen’s composite and the WEPA files are not, so the model is running on one leg this week — the card leans on the frozen-vs-live line more than usual.

WEEK 2, GRADED — 3–2 PIT +5.5 won outright · DEN −2.5 won · CAR −2.5 won by 31 · GB −3.5 lost by winning exactly 3 in overtime · LAR −7 lost outright. All three alternates won (SEA, CIN, CLE). Underdogs went 10–5 against the Circa numbers. Two rules came out of it: a sub-1.0 edge on the wrong side of a key number is not a bet, and when the reason for a pick is retracted, the pick comes off — it doesn’t move down the card. Week 2 archive →

Circa Million VIII — Week 3 card

built 1:40 PM PT off the frozen slip and the live board
ONE LEG THIS WEEK — READ THE CARD ACCORDINGLY Hoppen’s Week 3 composite and the WEPA files never arrived, so the model is the Master Sheet alone against the market. Last week the composite was what kept the sheet honest on Denver and Philadelphia. Without it, every pick below leans harder on the frozen-vs-live line than on the model, and the two games where the sheet screams loudest — New England and Denver — are stay-aways rather than plays.
MIA +11.5

#1 — the biggest stale line on the board. Circa froze at 11.5; the book board is 10.4 (DraftKings 10, the rest 10.5). A full point. The sheet agrees independently at KC −9.9, so the blended fair is −10.2 and the edge is 1.3. Miami just scored 49 in San Francisco. Risk: they are still the worst roster on the sheet, and this is the same double-digit-dog shape that lost us Week 1 money. Game page →

BAL −3

#2 — the most valuable half-point in football. Contest 3, board 3.5 everywhere. On top of that, this game is in Rio: neutral site, so Dallas’s 1.25 of home-field value comes off the sheet and Baltimore’s number goes to −4.7. Blended edge 1.05, and we are laying 3 instead of 3.5. Risk: Baltimore is 1-1 and just lost at home to New Orleans. Game page →

NO −3

#3 — same shape, same key number. Contest 3 flat; the board is 3 juiced to −120 with two books already at 3.5. New Orleans’ defense was regraded up two points this week and they won in Baltimore. Blended edge 1.03. Risk: Las Vegas is 2-0 and got the other big defensive regrade. Game page →

DET −6.5

#4 — below the seven. Contest 6.5, board 6.7 with Rivers at 7. Master Sheet DET −8.0; blended fair −7.3, edge 0.8. The Jets are missing Minkah Fitzpatrick and their starting tight end. Risk: the market has come down three points from the lookahead, which is money, not narrative. Game page →

NYG −2.5

#5 — the cheap side of the 3. Jaxson Dart is out for the season and Jameis Winston starts; the line moved half a point. The sheet already applied that downgrade (QB 13 → 8) and still has the Giants by 3.7. Edge 0.6, laying less than the key number. Risk: a backup’s first start behind the #21 line. Game page →

Alternates

CIN −3.5 — 0.8 edge, but a favorite laying more than the 3 with no stale line. That is exactly how Green Bay lost last week, which is why it’s an alternate and not a pick. SEA −7.5 — 0.6, wrong side of the 7. CLE +2.5 — 0.5, dog below the 3.

The stale-line board

Circa contest (frozen Thu) vs the book board, 09-26
GameContestBook boardStale gapSheetEdge vs contest
KC @ MIAKC −11.5−10.4MIA 1.10KC −9.9MIA 1.32
BAL vs DALBAL −3.0−3.5BAL 0.50 (through the 3)BAL −4.7BAL 1.05
LV @ NONO −3.0−3.3NO 0.30NO −4.9NO 1.03
MIN @ TBMIN −1.0−1.6MIN 0.60MIN −0.6MIN 0.15 — columns disagree
NYJ @ DETDET −6.5−6.7DET 0.20DET −8.0DET 0.80
NE @ JAXJAX −3.0−2.8NE 0.20 (gets the 3)NE −1.0 ⚠NE 0.20
LAC @ BUFBUF −7.0−7.2BUF 0.20BUF −7.0BUF 0.10
PHI @ CHIPHI −4.5−4.7PHI 0.20PHI −4.1CHI 0.06
HOU @ INDHOU −1.5−1.7HOU 0.20HOU −0.6IND 0.28
LAR @ DENLAR −2.5−2.35DEN 0.15DEN +1.3 ⚠DEN 0.15
SEA @ WAS · TEN @ NYG · ARI @ SF · CIN @ PIT · CAR @ CLEcontest within a tenth of the boardnonesee the game pages

How to read this. The stale gap is column two of the two-edge test — the frozen Thursday number against what the market says today. The sheet column is column one. The card is the three games where both columns point the same way, plus two where one column is strong and the key number is on our side. Week 2’s winners came from exactly this table: Pittsburgh at 5.5 when the book said 5, Denver at 2.5 when the book said 3.

What’s new this week

UPDATED · 09-26Master Sheet regrade — the biggest week of changes yet. Washington QB 16 → 8 (Daniels out), Giants QB 13 → 8 (Dart, season), Chicago QB 12.5 → 9 (Williams out), Pittsburgh O-line 9.2 → 6.3, Houston receivers 5.75 → 3.8. Cincinnati’s defense up four points of rating to #2 overall; Las Vegas and New Orleans both up big.
UPDATED · 09-23PFF O-line ranks — the first in-season re-rank. Atlanta #20 → #7 (Lindstrom back), New England #11 → #22 (Onwenu), Green Bay #28 → #32, New Orleans #16 → #19, Dallas #17 → #24. Denver holds #1.
STILL PRESEASOND-line and secondary ranks — no in-season update yet, so treat them as roster projections, not form. They are the oldest inputs on the site.
NOT IN YETHoppen Week 3 composite + matchup charts and the WEPA files. Without the composite the model has one leg, and one leg is why three games read as alarms.

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Seahawks at Commanders
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Northwest Stadium

Daniels out; the market moved four points and the sheet moved further. Master Sheet SEA −8.7 against a market of 7.5. Washington is 0-2 with the league’s #31 O-line, now without its quarterback.

ALTERNATE #2 — SEA −7.5 · 0.6 edge, wrong side of the 7
Master SheetSEA −8.7
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadSEA −3.5
Circa contestSEA −7.5
Book boardSEA −7.5
OL nowDLDB
SEA13 ↑256
WAS31 ↑12531
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Bengals at Steelers
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Acrisure Stadium

The Week 2 lesson applies here. Master Sheet CIN −5.3 vs a contest line of 3.5 — 0.8 of blended edge, but it is a favorite laying more than the key number, which is exactly how Green Bay lost last week. Contest and book agree at 3.5, so there is no stale line to buy.

ALTERNATE #1 — CIN −3.5 · 0.8 edge, wrong side of the 3
Master SheetCIN −5.3
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadCIN −1.5
Circa contestCIN −3.5
Book boardCIN −3.5
OL nowDLDB
CIN17 ↑3818
PIT12 ↑235
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Jets at Lions
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Ford Field

Detroit below the key number. Contest 6.5, book board 6.7 (Rivers at 7). Master Sheet DET −8.0; blended fair DET −7.3 — 0.8 on the Lions, laying less than a touchdown.

ON THE CARD #4 — DET −6.5 · below the 7, model 0.8 past it
Master SheetDET −8.0
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadDET −9.5
Circa contestDET −6.5
Book boardDET −6.5
OL nowDLDB
NYJ18 ↑32929
DET16 ↑31021
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Titans at Giants
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · MetLife Stadium

Jameis Winston starts, and the market never moved. Lookahead NYG −3, contest −2.5, board −2.6 — a season-ending injury to Jaxson Dart moved this line half a point. The sheet still says NYG −3.7 because Tennessee is the second-worst roster on it.

ON THE CARD #5 — NYG −2.5 · below the 3, Winston starts
Master SheetNYG −3.7
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadNYG −3
Circa contestNYG −2.5
Book boardNYG −2.5
OL nowDLDB
TEN28 ↑11730
NYG21 ↑22127
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Patriots at Jaguars
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · EverBank Stadium

Alarm: the sheet and the market are 3.8 points apart. Master Sheet NE −1.0; market JAX −2.8. The Patriots are 0-2 and just lost their right guard — PFF dropped their line from #11 to #22.

STAY AWAY — alarm; NE +3 is the right side of the key if you want it
Master SheetNE −1.0
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadJAX −1.5
Circa contestJAX −3.0
Book boardJAX −2.5 / −3
OL nowDLDB
NE22 ↓9161
JAX27 ↑399
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Chiefs at Dolphins
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Hard Rock Stadium

Circa froze at 11.5; the market is at 10.4. A full point of stale line, and the sheet agrees — KC −9.9. Blended fair is KC −10.2, so 1.3 points on Miami, the best number on the slate.

ON THE CARD #1 — MIA +11.5 · biggest stale gap on the board
Master SheetKC −9.9
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadKC −7
Circa contestKC −11.5
Book boardKC −10.5
OL nowDLDB
KC14 ↓61923
MIA253032
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Texans at Colts
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Lucas Oil Stadium

Two 0-2 teams, and the sheet now has this at a pick. Master Sheet HOU −0.6 against a market of 1.5. Houston’s WR grade fell 5.75 → 3.8 with Collins out again.

STAY AWAY — 0.3 edge and the contest line is worse than the board
Master SheetHOU −0.6
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadHOU −1.5
Circa contestHOU −1.5
Book boardHOU −1.5
OL nowDLDB
HOU30 ↓322
IND3 ↑11816
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Panthers at Browns
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Huntington Bank Field

The sheet is on Cleveland. Master Sheet CAR −1.4 against a market of 2.5 — a point of value on the home dog, with Cleveland’s 1.75 home-field value included.

ALTERNATE #3 — CLE +2.5 · 0.5 edge, dog below the 3
Master SheetCAR −1.4
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadCAR −1.5
Circa contestCAR −2.5
Book boardCAR −2.5
OL nowDLDB
CAR261514
CLE29 ↑21212
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Chargers at Bills
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Highmark Stadium

The sheet and the market agree within a quarter-point — BUF −7.0 vs a market of 7.2, sitting on the key number. Buffalo’s D-line was regraded up 7.5 → 9.4.

STAY AWAY — contest 7, board 7.2; sheet and market agree
Master SheetBUF −7.0
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadBUF −2.5
Circa contestBUF −7.0
Book boardBUF −7
OL nowDLDB
LAC9 ↓22311
BUF61413
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Vikings at Buccaneers
Week 3 · Sun 1:00 ET · Raymond James Stadium

The sheet has this at a pick; the market has Minnesota laying it on the road. Master Sheet MIN −0.6 vs a market of 1.6. Tampa is 0-2 and was regraded down at quarterback and on the D-line.

STAY AWAY — stale line says Minnesota, model says Tampa
Master SheetMIN −0.6
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadTB −1.5
Circa contestMIN −1.0
Book boardMIN −1.5
OL nowDLDB
MIN11 ↑12222
TB2 ↑11115
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Cardinals at 49ers
Week 3 · Sun 4:05 ET · Levi’s Stadium

Alarm: sheet 2.6 points past the market. Master Sheet SF −11.0 vs a market of 8.4. Nick Bosa is out, and the sheet’s D-line cut (8.0 → 7.0) may not be enough for that.

STAY AWAY — sheet says SF by 2.5 more, but Bosa is out and the sheet barely moved
Master SheetSF −11.0
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadSF −11.5
Circa contestSF −8.5
Book boardSF −8.5
OL nowDLDB
ARI20 ↑23126
SF8 ↑22024
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Raiders at Saints
Week 3 · Sun 4:05 ET · Caesars Superdome

Another favorite sitting on the 3 while the market pushes past it. Books are −3 at −118 to −122 with two at −3.5. Master Sheet NO −4.9 after New Orleans’ defense was regraded up two points. Blended edge 1.03 on the Saints.

ON THE CARD #3 — NO −3 · favorite on the 3 with the juice moving away
Master SheetNO −4.9
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadNO −3
Circa contestNO −3.0
Book boardNO −3
OL nowDLDB
LV15 ↑32428
NO19 ↓32825
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Ravens at Cowboys
Week 3 · Sun 4:25 ET · Neutral site — Rio de Janeiro

Circa gives you the 3; the market is at 3.5. And the venue is Rio — neither team gets home field, which is worth 1.25 points to Dallas on the sheet. Corrected, the sheet says BAL −4.7. Blended edge: 1.05 on Baltimore.

ON THE CARD #2 — BAL −3 · on the key number, neutral site
Master SheetBAL −4.7
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadBAL −2.5
Circa contestBAL −3.0
Book boardBAL −3.5
OL nowDLDB
BAL23 ↑178
DAL24 ↓71320
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Rams at Broncos
Week 3 · Sun 4:25 ET · Empower Field at Mile High

Alarm: 3.6 points apart. Master Sheet has Denver by 1.3; the market has the Rams by 2.5. This is the third straight week the sheet’s Denver grade (69.75, #3 in the league) has fought the market — and the market won last week.

STAY AWAY — third straight week the sheet fights the market on Denver
Master SheetDEN −1.3
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadLAR −2.5
Circa contestLAR −2.5
Book boardLAR −2.5
OL nowDLDB
LAR10 ↑117
DEN163
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Eagles at Bears
Week 3 · MNF 8:15 ET · Soldier Field

Caleb Williams ruled out. The line swung from Chicago −1.5 to Philadelphia −4.5, and the sheet agrees — PHI −4.1 vs a market of 4.7. Chicago was regraded QB 12.5 → 9.0.

STAY AWAY — six-point move already absorbed; nothing left
Master SheetPHI −4.1
Hoppen comp.—
LookaheadCHI −1.5
Circa contestPHI −4.5
Book boardPHI −4.5
OL nowDLDB
PHI4 ↓244
CHI52619
PFF O-line 09-23DL/DB preseason
Sources: Master Sheet power ratings, regraded 09-26 · PFF 2026 O-line rankings, updated 09-23 · PFF preseason D-line and secondary rankings · book board (bet365, BetMGM, DraftKings, Caesars, FanDuel, Fanatics, Rivers) via VegasInsider, 09-26 · NFL.com Week 3 injury reports · Week 2 results via CBS Sports.
Circa contest lines locked 12:07 PM PT. Hoppen’s Week 3 composite and the WEPA files did not arrive this week — the model ran on the Master Sheet alone.
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