Week 3, you magical beast (plus Cats concerns)

So it’s week 3 and the Brooklyn weather is making it really feel like football season, sunny and cool, and we sense the scent of Buffalo wings…but we digress.

FIRST UP: Today’s game. The Northwestern Wildcats. It’s been nearly 15 years since their Cinderella season, and not much has changed. Last week’s final-seconds loss to Syracuse had me scratching my head. At 2-1 things aren’t that bleak, but they’re facing down Minnesota, hot off nearly upsetting #8 Cal last Saturday. The GG’s may have lost, but they looked really strong. The Cats did not look that good is all I’m saying. So come noon time I will be watching with all the nerves, anxiety, TV screaming and swearing that makes being a Cardiac Cats fan worth while. I just long for another championship season. So Go Cats!

The unfortunately-coiffed, yet all-but-certain MVP, Drew Brees is making New Oleans my pick of the week. This man’s numbers are astounding, and he represents a city who could use more than a playoff team, if you know what I mean.

Darrelle Revis of the Jets is my new reason to absolutely love them. I’m picking the Jets, too, but Tennessee does make me a bit nervy, even they are 0-2.

Also picking Giants, duh.

And thanks to Peter King at SI for pointing out the “most compelling” game of the week, 49ers at Vikings, featuring the only two 2-0 teams to play each other on Sunday. My pick? Singletary and the Niners. Sounds like a 60s doo-wop group, I know, but don’t that reduce the strength of the message.

—B.