Here are the first fall underdog picks

The summer breeze has blown its last, and it's Week 3 for the Big Daddies of American pro football. The players in our charity underdog game have cogitated long and hard about today's contests, and here are their learned picks for underdogs (in caps) to win their games outright:

7.5  LOS ANGELES RAMS vs. San Francisco - Air, Gordon

6.5  DENVER at Tampa Bay - Portland Pandemonium

6.5  NEW ENGLAND at New York Jets (Thursday, unsuccessful) - Stephen F., SteveO, Oredogger

6  NEW YORK GIANTS at Cleveland - pdxTrojan, Andypdx, Buster Dog-las, pitter patter

5  MIAMI at Seattle - Linda

4.5  ATLANTA vs. Kansas City - Roger Goodell, PDXileinOmaha, Shoeshine Boy, Mojo

2.5  GREEN BAY at Tennessee - Cliff, Annie B., Meow, John, Andy C., Bad Picker

2  LOS ANGELES CHARGERS at Pittsburgh - Kosar19

1  PHILADELPHIA at New Orleans - Zen Cohac

Nobody chose:

8  WASHINGTON at Cincinnati (Monday, pick still due Sunday 10:00 a.m. PDT)

5.5  JACKSONVILLE at Buffalo (Monday, pick still due Sunday 10:00 a.m. PDT)

5  CAROLINA at Las Vegas

2.5  ARIZONA vs. Detroit

2.5  MINNESOTA vs. Houston

2  CHICAGO at Indianapolis

1  DALLAS vs. Baltimore

IMPORTANT NOTE:  This post has been updated to show all picks for the week.

Barring any additional influx of cash, the charity prizes at the end of the season will be:

1. First place $400
2. Second place $125
3. Third place $100

All proceeds to charity. It's how we roll.

Our latest standings are here.  Good luck, players, and enjoy the equi- of your -nox.

UPDATE, 4:35 p.m.: The 'dogs do it again. More than a dozen of our players racked up points today, with the Rams, Denver, the Giants, Green Bay, and Philadelphia. (Carolina and Minnesota also scored upsets.) And there's still a game to be played this evening, with four of our 'dognosticators on Atlanta.