We're taking a weekly look back at the NFL teams that crushed it, embarrassingly lost, and everything in between.
Through Sunday, 12 of 14 games were decided by eight points or fewer, tying the NFL record for the most one-score games in a single week. Even crazier, 12 of those 14 games were within one score at some point in the fourth quarter.
And it wasn’t just close scores. Five teams: Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh scored the game-winning points in the final three minutes. Three others: Baltimore, Buffalo and Las Vegas came back from deficits of at least 10 points.
Hell, Week 3 could’ve been called “One Long Cardiac Arrest” or “Wait, They’re Coming Back?!”
But either way, I give you Week 3 of the NFL or “Everybody Had to Make It Interesting.”
Can you hear that noise? It’s just me hitting the horn on the Washington Commanders bandwagon. There is more than enough room for anyone who wants to join the fan bus for the team that pulled off the biggest heist this week and robbed the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 33-31 despite the absence of quarterback Jayden Daniels. Marcus Mariota, who before Week 3 I would’ve argued should’ve gotten his CDL, threw three touchdowns, while the defense forced three turnovers, including Kain Medrano’s fourth-quarter pick-six, to snap Seattle’s 12-game winning streak.
Next stop for the Commanders? Super Bowl.
Las Vegas Raiders
Don’t look now, but the Las Vegas Raiders have themselves a football team as they are suddenly 3-0, which nobody had on their September bingo card (also this is the best piece about the importance of fictional bingo cards.) after last season’s disaster. They erased an 11-point deficit against New Orleans by forcing four fourth-quarter turnovers, while Kirk Cousins threw three touchdowns and Brock Bowers returned from injury with 10 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown.
Jacksonville absolutely hammered New England 35-6, getting three touchdown passes from Trevor Lawrence while the defense made Drake Maye miserable with two interceptions. The Jaguars are now 2-1, and after scoring only 47 points through their first two games, putting up 35 in one afternoon makes this feel like a team worth paying attention to.
I know everyone is shocked to see the Bills here, and I get it. The Bills are 3-0.
Full stop.
But beating the Los Angeles Chargers 24-16 while turning the ball over five times for a team with Super Bowl dreams is insane. Josh Allen threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, while James Cook and Dalton Kincaid also coughed it up, forcing the defense to repeatedly clean up the offense’s mess. The Bills have to lock in or else they could be here weekly even if they are winning.
The Ravens are 2-1, but they have now blown double-digit leads in consecutive games before barely surviving Dallas Cowboys 34-31. Lamar Jackson once again had to play closer while the defense struggled to put away a Cowboys offense that came roaring back in the second half.
Also, and this could’ve been another theme for the week, the refs completely blew it as this was not pass interference.
Denver deserves credit for coming all the way back from a 16-0 halftime deficit to beat the Rams 30-26, but needing that kind of rescue mission against a team missing key defensive personnel keeps the Broncos in the “figure some sh-t out” category. Their defense gave up 158 scrimmage yards to Kyren Williams and 137 receiving yards to Davante Adams, so there is plenty to clean up despite the comeback win.
More importantly, this wasn’t pass interference and could’ve ended the game, but the refs blew this call.
The defending AFC champions got absolutely embarrassed, losing 35-6 to Jacksonville in a game that was never remotely competitive. Drake Maye threw two interceptions and the Patriots managed just 6 points, making the Week 3 loss particularly jarring after their 2-0 start.
Houston is now 0-3 after losing to Indianapolis 19-17, and the offense is becoming a serious problem. The Texans managed just 223 yards, including only 62 rushing yards, and couldn’t capitalize on multiple opportunities against an Indianapolis team that was there for the taking.
This one might be the biggest WTF because the Chargers actually did almost everything necessary to beat Buffalo. They forced five turnovers, jumped out to a 10-0 lead, and still lost 24-16, dropping to 0-3; when you force five turnovers and can’t win, that’s not bad luck—that’s a problem.
Highs And Lows: The Biggest Winners (& Losers) Of NFL Season Week 3 & Nobody Can Close A Game was originally published on cassiuslife.com
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