With two weeks in the books there are a few teams that are anxious to earn their first win of the season, while others are looking to build an early season lead in their division. There is only one game with 2-0 teams facing each other, San Francisco vs. Minnesota.

Here are the top five games I have identified for Week Three, with the rest of the games picked after that. My record for the season is 21-11, my record suffering from an 8-8 Week Two record.

1) San Francisco 49ers (2-0) at Minnesota Vikings (2-0) - The only match up between unbeaten teams. The big question is whether the Minnesota Vikings, who have led the NFL in run defense the last three years (they rank 15th this year) will be able to stop Frank Gore, who is second in the NFC in rushing yards (237), behind only Adrian Peterson, who leads the entire NFL with 272 rushing yards. The other question is whether the Vikings will be able to beat the San Francisco 49ers with Brett Favre only averaging 5.5 yards per attempt. I like the Vikings to win their home opener; I don't think that Gore will have much success against the Vikings running the football and I don't think the 49er's defense is going to be able to force Favre into a big mistake late in the game. Vikings in a close one. Winner: Minnesota

2) Atlanta Falcons (2-0) at New England Patriots (1-1) - Tough game for the Patriots to play, trying to bounce back from a tough divisional loss at the New York Jets. Michael Turner has been limited by opposing defenses with 50 carries for 170 rushing yards, 3.4 yards per carry and one rushing touchdown. If the Falcons are going to win in New England, Turner is going to have to average 4.0 to 4.5 yards per carry and they are going to have to rely on him to keep QB Tom Brady off the field. Patriots aren't playing very well right now and the Falcons look as sharp as any team in the NFL (other than New Orleans), so I look for the Falcons to go to New England and steal a game. Winner: Atlanta

3) Tennessee Titans (0-2) at New York Jets (2-0) - If you would have given the records for these two teams, most people would have thought the 2-0 Titans would be taking on the 0-2 Jets. However, the Titans have lost two games by six points each and the Jets ended eight years of misery at home by beating the hated New England Patriots, which pushed their record to 2-0. I'm going to go with the Titans in this one, I just can't see them going 0-3. The two teams the Jets beat relied heavily on the pass, this Titans team is a much better runner and should be able have more success against a Titans team that risks giving up huge gains to Chris Johnson if the Jets blitz too much. Winner: Tennessee

4) Miami Dolphins (0-2) at San Diego Chargers (1-1) - The Dolphins have to be dissappointed that they dominated the Colts in every area of the game other than the one that mattered, the scoreboard. The Dolphins now also head west to take on a Chargers team that played the Baltimore Ravens tough. This is really a big game for Miami, the Chargers have a lot better chance of recovering from 1-2 in the AFC West than the Dolphins do of recovering from 0-3 in the AFC East. The only consolation for the Dolphins is they draw the Buffalo Bills, while the Chargers play the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4. If the Chargers lose this game they could easily be facing another 1-3 start to their season, a constant in the Norv Turner era. I don't think that happens. Chargers are also an explosive offense and QB Philip Rivers will be able to make the same big plays the Colt's QB Peyton Manning made that propelled them to victory. Dolphins just don't have the offense to keep up in this game. Winner: San Diego Chargers

5) Indianapolis Colts (2-0) at Arizona Cardinals (1-1) - The Colts aren't going to win many games if they can only stay on the field for 15 minutes, but the good news is they got a tough win on Monday night and now head west to take on the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals looked a lot sharper on offense in Week Two; Kurt Warner was 24 for 26 with 243 yards passing, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. I like the Cardinals in this game, that is very hard to travel to Miami and then head on a short week to Arizona. I think Warner and Company will be able to generate a lot more points on Indianapolis than Miami could, and the Colts defense is going to be exhausted having spent 45 minutes on the field only to travel west to face a very explosive offense. Winner: Arizona

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