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San Francisco 49ers host the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium for a divisional showdown in Week 3. The 49ers are coming off another monster win, while the Cardinals are looking to rebound from a blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks a week ago.
Considering the current nature of both teams, it wasn't a shock to see most experts take the 49ers in this one. We looked at seven outlets in Week 3 to see how picks are shaking out, and the 49ers were picked nearly unanimously. Only one reporter picked the Cardinals of the 52 total picks.
Here is a roundup of those picks.
USA Today
- Jarrett Bell: 49ers
- Nick Brinkerhoff: 49ers
- Chris Bumbaca: 49ers
- Nate Davis: 49ers
- Adam Kaufman: 49ers
- Mike Middlehurst-Schwartz: 49ers
ESPN
- Matt Bowen: 49ers
- Mike Clay: 49ers
- Jeremy Fowler: 49ers
- Dan Graziano: 49ers
- Kalyn Kahler: 49ers
- Pamela Maldonado: 49ers
- Eric Moody: 49ers
- Jason Reid: 49ers
- Ben Solak: 49ers
- Lindsey Thiry: 49ers
- Seth Wickersham: 49ers
CBS Sports
- Pete Prisco: 49ers
- Jared Dubin: 49ers
- Ryan Wilson: 49ers
- John Breech: 49ers
- Tyler Sullivan: 49ers
- Dave Richard: 49ers
- Jamey Eisenberg: 49ers
NFL.com
- Jeremy Bergman: 49ers
- Brooke Cersosimo: 49ers
- Gennaro Filice: 49ers
- Bobby Kownack: 49ers
- Dan Parr: 49ers
Bleacher Report
- Gary Davenport: Cardinals
- Brad Gagnon: 49ers
- Ian Hanford: 49ers
- Kris Knox: 49ers
- Moe Moton: 49ers
- Wes O'Donnell: 49ers
- Brent Sobleski: 49ers
Sports Illustrated
- Albert Breer: 49ers
- Eva Geitheim: 49ers
- Mitch Goldich: 49ers
- Mike Kadlick: 49ers
- Gilberto Manzano: 49ers
- Conor Orr: 49ers
- John Pluym: 49ers
- Matt Verderame: 49ers
The Athletic
- Zach Berman: 49ers
- Chad Graff: 49ers
- Jon Greenberg: 49ers
- Larry Holder: 49ers
- Josh Kendall: 49ers
- Nick Kosmider: 49ers
- Steven Louis Goldstein: 49ers
- Austin Mock: 49ers
This article originally appeared on Niners Wire: 49ers-Cardinals Week 3: Experts almost unanimously take San Francisco
