Week 3 Game Recaps
Buffalo Bills 35, Los Angeles Rams 32
This wild affair saw the Rams (2-1) come back to erase a 25-point deficit, only for the Bills (3-0) to get the last word with a Josh Allen-to-Tyler Kroft TD pass with 15 seconds left. Buffalo remains undefeated after Allen threw 4 TDs, plus 311 yards, and ran for a fifth score. The Rams scored four unanswered TDs to gain a 32-28 after a touchdown from Darrell Henderson (114 yards on 20 carries). Jared Goff dealt 321 passing yards and 2 TDs while also rushing for a score. TOP PLAY: Allen’s clutch TD toss to Kroft — their second such pairing of the day, ended a wild one:San Francisco 49ers 36, New York Giants 9
Nick Mullens led the injury-riddled Niners (2-1) with 343 passing yards, including touchdowns to Jeff Wilson and Jerick McKinnon. The Giants (0-3) were held to 231 offensive yards. TOP PLAY: Rookie wideout Brandon Aiyuk carried this end-around to the house.Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Houston Texans 21
James Conner‘s 109-yard rushing day included the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter to lift the Steelers to 3-0 and send the Texans to 0-3. TOP PLAY: Mike Hilton delivers a key interception of Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson that led to the Steelers’ game-winning scoring drive.Cleveland Browns 34, Washington Football Team 20
It was the Nick Chubb show again, as the Browns running back churned out 108 yards and 2 TDs on the ground. Cleveland moves to 2-1, Washington drops to 1-2. Washington hung around and led 20-17 into the fourth quarter; Dontrelle Inman caught a pair of TDs, but Dwayne Haskins threw 3 interceptions on the day to help give this one away. TOP PLAY: Chubb carved up the gut of Washington’s defense on his first 6-pointer of the day:Tennessee Titans 31, Minnesota Vikings 30
Stephen Gostkowski exorcised some of his early-season demons by making six field goals, including the game-winning 55-yarder with 1:44 left to lift Tennessee to a 3-0 record to start the season. Derrick Henry also provided 119 rushing yards and 2 TDs, while Kalif Raymond had 118 receiving yards. Despite a 181-yard, 1-TD day from Dalvin Cook; a 3-TD aerial day from Kirk Cousins; and a 7-catch, 175-yard, 1-TD breakout from rookie wideout Justin Jefferson, the Vikings fell to 0-3 as their defense failed to provide any resistance. TOP PLAY: Sunday, Tennessee spelled redemption G-O-S-T-K-O-W-S-K-I.New England Patriots 36, Las Vegas Raiders 20
Cam Newton struggled under center, but the Patriots (2-1) got by: Rex Burkhead took control with a 98-yard, 3-TD offensive day, while Sony Michel ran for 117 yards on just 9 carries. The Raiders (2-1) got an 84-yard, 1-TD day from Hunter Renfrow, but the Pats’ elite pass defense silenced TE Darren Waller (2 catches, 9 yards) while containing Derek Carr to 261 passing yards. TOP PLAY: New England squashed a Vegas rally with what was originally ruled as a safety but was eventually determined to be a strip-sack touchdown by Deatrich Wise to give the Patriots a 36-13 lead.Philadelphia Eagles 23, Cincinnati Bengals 23
Yep, a tie: Carson Wentz (sort of) made up for a horrendous first three quarters by running for a touchdown from 7 yards out to tie the game with 21 seconds left. The two clubs would wrap the stalemate with a scoreless overtime. Wentz totaled just 225 yards on a 29-for-47 day, though Miles Sanders rushed for 95 yards. Tyler Boyd‘s 125 receiving yards made up most of Joe Burrow‘s 312-yard day, but rookie Tee Higgins caught both of Burrow’s scoring throws. TOP PLAY: Wentz evades defenders to open up a run around the tackle to tie things up in the waning seconds of regulation:Chicago Bears 30, Atlanta Falcons 26
The Falcons blew another one in the fourth quarter, letting the Bears erode a 16-point advantage over the last 6 1/3 minutes. Chicago made the switch at quarterback to Nick Foles over a healthy Mitchell Trubisky in the second half, and Foles delivered 3 TDs, including a strike to Anthony Miller with 1:53 left that would prove to be the winner. This is a blow to the Falcons (0-3), who wilted late for the second striaght game, following its collapse due to an onside-kick recovery by the Dallas Cowboys in Week 2. Atlanta running backs Todd Gurley (80 yards, 1 TD) and Brian Hill (58 yards, 1 TD) set a winning tone, and Calvin Ridley made up for Julio Jones‘ absence with his third straight 100-plus-yard receiving day. TOP PLAY: Foles. Miller. Falcons collapse again.Indianapolis Colts 36, New York Jets 7
The Jets (0-3) secured a first-quarter touchdown to tie this 7-7, but the Colts (2-1) scored the final 29 points to run away with this one. Indy’s defense returned two interceptions of Sam Darnold for a touchdown and brought him down for a fourth-quarter safety. TOP PLAY: The second Pick-6 off Darnold, taken to the house by T.J. Carrie, put a bow on this one as the third quarter ended:BETTING RESULTS: Indy went big and covered a spread of -11.5 but couldn’t single-handedly carry the Over/Under of 44.
Detroit Lions 26, Arizona Cardinals 23
The Lions (1-2) surprised in this road effort for their first win of the season. Matthew Stafford went for 270 yards and 2 TDs, and he led the drive with less than 2 minutes left for the game-winning field goal by Matt Prater as time expired. Despite his often jaw-dropping play, Kyler Murray looked young in this one with 3 interceptions that negated his 270 passing yards, 2 TD connections wtih Andy Isabella, and his rushing score. DeAndre Hopkins was his favorite target again with 10 catches and 137 yards. TOP PLAY: Prater … for the win.Carolina Panthers 21, Los Angeles Chargers 16
Carolina (1-2) got 5 field goals from Joey Slye, and the Panthers defense tamed rookie Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, despite allowing 330 yards that were pumped up from garbage-time work. Mike Davis, the Panthers’ top replacement for Christian McCaffrey (ankle), scored the Panthers’ only touchdown on a 13-yard pass. Austin Ekeler and Keenan Allen found the end zone for Los Angeles (1-2) in the losing effort. TOP PLAY: David could be a strong fantasy starting option for as long as McCaffrey is sidelined. Here are a few of his highlights, including his TD grab-and-run:Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28, Denver Broncos 10
Tom Brady is finding his groove in his third game with the Bucs (2-1). He dumped 297 yards and 3 TDs while breaking his long-held curse of slumping in the Mile High city. Of course, these Broncos (0-3) were led by Jeff Driskel and Brett Rypien under center and had little answer for the Bucs defense (6 sacks, 2 INTs, 1 safety). Mike Evans made the most of his two 1-yard catches, putting both in the end zone. Chris Godwin went 5-64-1. TOP PLAY: Unfortunately, Godwin, who had just returned from missing Week 2 with a concussion, left the game due to a hamstring pull. He at least got to squeeze in this score in the first quarter:Seattle Seahawks 38, Dallas Cowboys 31
Russell Wilson (315 yards) now has thrown 5 TDs in each of his past two games and at least 4 in all three games this year. The Seahawks (3-0) peppered the Cowboys’ (1-2) weak secondary all day, and even could’ve won by much more had DK Metcalf not dropped the ball before crossing the goal line in a premature celebration. Metcalf led the Seahawks with 110 yards, and Tyler Lockett hauled in 3 TDs from Wilson on 9 catches and 100 yards. Dak Prescott threw for 472 yards and 3 TDs (including 5 catches, 107 yards, and 2 TDs by Cedrick Wilson and 6-138-1 for Michael Gallup) while keeping pace but fell short in this shootout. TOP PLAY: Metcalf made up for that Leon Lett tribute gaffe by hauling in the game-winning toss with 1:47 left.Want to bet more games in Week 3? Check our Odds and Betting Lines for Sunday’s NFL Week 3 schedule.
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