‘Monday Night Football’ picks and open thread

The Carolina Panthers (+3) are hosting the New Orleans Saints (-3) for Monday Night Football tonight at 7:15 EST on ESPN. Technically, the Cleveland Browns (-2) are also playing the Pittsburgh Steelers (+2) on ABC tonight at 8:15 EST, but who could possibly want to watch that?

The clearly superior match up in Charlotte features such compelling storylines as Bryce Young’s first prime time start, Frank Reich’s chance at redemption after his offense’s poor Week 1 showing, and the Saints’ second chance at notching their first loss of the season.

Thanks to a partnership between our friends over at Tallysight and the folks at DraftKings Sportsbook (where you can check out odds for tonight’s game), we can bring you a helpful widget* to keep track of the staff picks here at CSR for each game this season.

Clearly, we’ve collectively cooled on the Panthers. Injuries and the slow start on offense in Week 1 has us all cautious to believe in the 2023 Panthers. If they can get their passing game going and prove a little more successful in short yardage situations then maybe, just maybe, we can start to build some new faith in this team.

*It’s just a table, but it’s a pretty table.

Other than that, this is now an open thread for the game.