NFL Betting: Week 3 Opening Lines

The New York Giants are still looking for their first ATS victory of the season, and they'll get their next chance to pay off on the NFL betting lines on Thursday night as they take on the Carolina Panthers on the road in a game that opened as a pick'em at the online sportsbooks for Week 3 of the season.

If that game follows the patttern from Week 2, Carolina could be a good bet at home.

Home teams went 14-2 SU last week and four home underdogs all won outright (Carolina, St. Louis, Miami, Seattle). Underdogs went 9-7 ATS overall, but it was the big public games - Dallas, New England, New Orleans - that mattered most in driving a huge day for sportsbooks such as Sportsbook.

The Sunday night game this week has the Baltimore Ravens hosting the New England Patriots, with Tom Brady and company pegged as 2.5-point underdogs on the Week 3 Sportsbook lines at Sportsbook.

Looking ahead to Monday night? The Seattle Seahawks opened as 3.5-point underdogs for that game against the Green Bay Packers, and Seattle has been a dynamite bet at home in September lately (a trend that continued Sunday when they upset the Cowboys).

Week 3 Sportsbook NFL Betting Lines (from Sportsbook)

Thu - N.Y. Giants at Carolina (pick) (8:20pm ET) Sun - San Francisco at Minnesota (+8) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Tampa Bay at Dallas (-8) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Detroit at Tennessee (+2.5) (1:00pm ET) Sun - St. Louis at Chicago (-9) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Kansas City at New Orleans (-10) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Jacksonville at Indianapolis (-3) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Cincinnati at Washington (-4.5) (1:00pm ET) Sun - N.Y. Jets at Miami (+2.5) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Buffalo at Cleveland (+3) (1:00pm ET) Sun - Atlanta at San Diego (-3) (4:05pm ET) Sun - Philadelphia at Arizona (+4) (4:05pm ET) Sun - Pittsburgh at Oakland (+4.5) (4:25pm ET) Sun - Houston at Denver (pick) (4:25pm ET) Sun - New England at Baltimore (-2.5) (8:20pm ET) Mon - Green Bay at Seattle (+3.5) (8:30pm ET)

Week 3 NFL Betting Trends and Notes

NY Giants at Carolina - Matchup Report NY Giants are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of Carolina's last 7 games when playing NY Giants

NY Jets at Miami - Matchup Report The total has gone OVER in 16 of the NY Jets last 21 games on the road Miami is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

St. Louis at Chicago - Matchup Report The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis's last 8 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games at home

San Francisco at Minnesota - Matchup Report San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games at home

Buffalo at Cleveland - Matchup Report The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games at home

Kansas City at New Orleans - Matchup Report The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Kansas City's last 13 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games

Tampa Bay at Dallas - Matchup Report The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games

Detroit at Tennessee - Matchup Report The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit's last 11 games on the road Tennessee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit

Jacksonville at Indianapolis - Matchup Report The total has gone OVER in 5 of Jacksonville's last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indianapolis's last 6 games

Cincinnati at Washington - Matchup Report The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games at home

Philadelphia at Arizona - Matchup Report Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Atlanta at San Diego - Matchup Report Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing Atlanta

Houston at Denver - Matchup Report The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 12 of Denver's last 16 games at home

Pittsburgh at Oakland - Matchup Report The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games on the road against Oakland The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games at home

New England at Baltimore - Matchup Report New England is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road Baltimore is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Green Bay at Seattle - Matchup Report Green Bay is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games at home