Countdown to Kickoff: Regular Season Week 3 (Approximately 68 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

The most competitive game of NFL Regular Season Week 3 is the Chiefs-Colts game.

The least competitive is the Lions-Vikings game.

And if your favorite game is ranked as the 8th or 9th most competitive game, it could end up being the most entertaining.

Here are all of the other games for NFL Regular Season Week 3 ranked based on the combined preseason, regular season and postseason winning percentage from the 2021-2022 NFL season.

2. Packers-Buccaneers

3. Rams-Cardinals

4. Raiders-Titans

5. Bills-Dolphins

6. Ravens-Patriots

7. Steelers-Browns

8. 49ers-Broncos

9. Bengals-Jets

10. Eagles-Commanders

11. Saints-Panthers

12. Falcons-Seahawks

13. Cowboys-Giants

14 & 15. Texans-Bears & Jaguars-Chargers

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns (Thursday, September 22nd, 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time, Prime Video)

Houston Texans at Chicago Bears (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS)

Las Vegas Raiders at Tennessee Titans (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS)

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS)

Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS)

Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers (Sunday, September 25th, 1 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

Jacksonville Jaguars at Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday, September 25th, 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS)

Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals (Sunday, September 25th, 4:25 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks (Sunday, September 25th, 4:25 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sunday, September 25th, 4:25 p.m. Eastern Time, FOX)

San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos (Sunday, September 25th, 8:20 p.m. Eastern Time, NBC)

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants (Monday, September 26th, 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time, ESPN and ABC)