Paste BN Sports' Week 3 NFL predictions
It may only be Week 3, but it's homecoming time on the NFL docket.
It kicks off Thursday night with Andy Reid's ballyhooed return to Philadelphia with his 2-0 Kansas City Chiefs in tow.
Buddies Greg Schiano and Bill Belichick will meet in Foxborough, Mass., as the Buccaneers and Patriots square off. It will also provide a reunion of eight former Rutgers players with four Scarlet Knights on each team's active roster. Schiano used to coach Rutgers, and Belichick's son, Steve (now a Pats assistant), played there.
GM Martin Mayhew will watch his Lions battle the team he played for, the Redskins. New Panthers GM Dave Gettleman hosts the Giants, for whom he worked the previous 15 years.
Former Falcons Tyson Clabo and Brent Grimes will be seeking an upset of Atlanta as members of the Dolphins.
New Bills defensive coordinator will try to get the best of his longtime mentor, Jets boss Rex Ryan. Rookie Jaguars coach Gus Bradley has the daunting task of doing the same against his old patriarch, Pete Carroll of the Seahawks.
Perhaps the most intriguing reunions involve the Texans' Ed Reed coming back to Baltimore — though it's not known if his balky hip will allow him to play yet — while Colts QB Andrew Luck meets his former Stanford coach, Jim Harbaugh, and the 49ers.