Countdown to Kickoff: NFL Preseason Week 3 (Less than 43 days away)
(Editor's Note: With less than 22 days now until the first game of the National Football League preseason, it is now time to begin the countdown to kickoff of the 2022-2023 NFL season. As of Saturday, July 9th, 2022, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, each day for the next 26 days, I will write a story featuring each matchup for that week’s scheduled NFL games. The goal of writing these stories is to try to determine who is going to win each game of the 2022-2023 NFL preseason, regular season and postseason based on previous matchups each team has played against each other. Each day, each story I write, the hypothetical standings will be updated to reflect what may actually happen in the 2022-2023 NFL season. I may also offer my predictions on who will win each game. I reserve the right to change my predictions before the first game of each week. However, my real goal is to publish all of my predictions of the 2022-2023 NFL season before the first preseason game starts. I want to do that, because I don't want to be making emotional decisions about my predictions at the last minute. I don't want to make my predictions at the last minute because I don't want to get my predictions wrong.)
By: Evan Troxel
OK, I missed publishing a story yesterday (Wednesday). So I will be playing catch up until I get back caught up again.
I guess as I am typing this, people really don't have much an idea of what I am going to show you yet. Just a snippet.
If you haven't read my previous stories for the 2022-2023 National Football League season, you can read about them here:
The only story I feel like is 100% complete is the Hall of Fame Game story.
Preseason Week 1 is mostly complete and I may (or probably will) change at least some of my predictions (if any predictions).
The only reason to read Preseason Week 2 is to see what I want to do with these NFL stories every day for 26 straight days before the Hall of Fame Game on August 4th, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
I intend to publish at least the schedule for the 2022-2023 National Football League Regular Season Week 2 at or before 8 p.m. Eastern Time today (Thursday). I intend to do that at least, if not my thoughts and scores from previous games/matchups for NFL regular season Week 2.
Obviously, you know as I am typing this that I haven't even published Regular Season Week 1 or Preseason Week 3 yet either.
So for now, at a minimum, I am going to publish the schedule for each week's NFL games.
Also, I reserve the right to change my predictions for each NFL game before the first game of each week.
Obviously, come back to this story for more details in the near future as this story I am publishing right now is not 100% completed.
I intend to share the webpage to this story on social media (multiple times) when my story is 100% completed.
Anyway, the Green Bay Packers-Kansas City Chiefs Preseason Week 3 game is supposed to be the most competitive based on last season's combined preseason, regular season and postseason won-lost-tie winning percentages.
While the Jacksonville Jaguars-Atlanta Falcons game and the New York Giants-New York Jets game are supposed to be the least competitive games.
The Detroit Lions-Pittsburgh Steelers game is supposed to be the third-least competitive game.
The Minnesota Vikings-Denver Broncos game is supposed to be the fourth-least competitive game.
The San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans game is supposed to be the fifth-lest competitive game and tied for the fourth-least competitive game based on the combined preseason and regular season won-lost-tie winning percentages from the 2021-2022 NFL season.
So here is the schedule for Preseason Week 3.
Preseason Week 3
Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs (Thursday, August 25th, 2022, 8 p.m. Eastern Time, NFL Network)
The Chiefs lead the all-time regular season and postseason series 8-5-1.
The Packers lost at Kansas City 13-7 on November 2nd, 2021, without Aaron Rodgers (who supposedly got coronavirus/COVID-19 for that game).
Green Bay was supposed to play in Kansas City on Thursday, September 3rd, 2020, but that did not happen.
The last preseason game between the two teams, the Chiefs lost 27-20 at the Packers on Thursday, August 29th, 2019.
The Packers won 31-24 at the Chiefs on October 27th, 2019.
Green Bay lost at Kansas City 33-21 on Thursday, August 30th, 2018.
Current Prediction to win (August 18th, 2022): Kansas City Chiefs
San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans (Thursday, August 25th, 2022, 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time, Prime Video)
The last time these two teams played each other, the Texans lost at the 49ers 23-7 on January 1st, 2022.
The last time these two teams met in the preseason, the 49ers lost 16-13 at the Texans on Saturday, August 18th, 2018.
San Francisco won 26-16 at Houston on December 10th, 2017.
Houston won 24-13 at San Francisco on Sunday, August 14th, 2016.
The 49ers have won the last three regular season contests and lead the all-time regular season and postseason series 4-1.
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Houston Texans
Buffalo Bills at Carolina Panthers (Friday, August 26th, 2022, 7 p.m. Eastern Time)
The last time these two teams played, the Panthers lost at the Bills 31-14 on December 19th, 2021.
The last time these two teams played each other in the preseason, the Bills won 27-14 at the Panthers on Friday, August 16th, 2019.
Carolina won at Buffalo 28-23 the last time there was a preseason game at the Bills on Thursday, August 9th, 2018.
The Panthers won the last regular season game at Carolina 9-3 on September 17th, 2017.
Buffalo is 6-2 in the all-time regular season and postseason series.
Prediction to win: Buffalo Bills
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Carolina Panthers
Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys (Friday, August 26th, 2022, 8 p.m. Eastern Time, NFL Network)
Dallas lost at Seattle 27-17 the last time these two teams met in the preseason on Thursday, August 25th, 2016.
The Cowboys won 13-3 at the Seahawks on Saturday, August 12th, 2006.
Dallas won 18-10 at Seattle on Monday, August 22nd, 2005.
The Seahawks won 20-19 at the Cowboys on Friday, July 31st, 1998.
In the last regular season game, Dallas lost at Seattle 38-31 on September 27th, 2020.
The last game at Dallas, which was in the postseason, the Cowboys won 24-22 on January 5th, 2019.
The last regular season game at Dallas, Seattle won 21-12 on December 24th, 2017.
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Dallas Cowboys
Los Angeles Chargers at New Orleans Saints (Friday, August 26th, 2022, 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): New Orleans Saints
New England Patriots at Las Vegas Raiders (Friday, August 26th, 2022, 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Las Vegas Raiders
Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 3 p.m. Eastern Time, NFL Network)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Atlanta Falcons
Los Angeles Rams at Cincinnati Bengals (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 6 p.m. Eastern Time, NFL Network)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Cincinnati Bengals
Chicago Bears at Cleveland Browns (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 7 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 7 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Tennessee Titans
Philadelphia Eagles at Miami Dolphins (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 7 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Miami Dolphins
Washington Commanders at Baltimore Ravens (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 7 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Washington Commanders
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Indianapolis Colts (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Indianapolis Colts
Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos (Saturday, August 27th, 2022, 9 p.m. Eastern Time, NFL Network)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Denver Broncos
New York Giants at New York Jets (Sunday, August 28th, 2022, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, NFL Network)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): New York Jets
Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers (Sunday, August 28th, 2022, 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS)
Current Prediction (August 18th, 2022): Pittsburgh Steelers
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith." -Philippians 3:7-9
