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Week three in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular, some underdogs won and some teams are still on fire. Let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from Sunday’s games and why they should or shouldn’t be worried about their season.

        Skill positions matter more than ever

      With skill positions mattering more and more in the NFL, particularly wide receivers and quarterbacks, a couple teams have a defined ceiling and it’s very noticeable, first two teams that really stood out were the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers who clearly are very limited at the receiver position and struggling to put up points offensively. The Indianapolis Colts are also the perfect example as to why quarterbacks and receivers are more important than ever with the Colts being so good at all the other positions on both sides of the ball but since they don’t have the quarterback and a truly great number one receiver they have a very defined ceiling. 

      Phili looks like the best team in the NFC 

      The Philadelphia Eagles look head and shoulders above all the NFC teams with beating the Jacksonville Jaguars by eight points, and Jalen hurts looking very good. Thus far, the Eagles look like the best team in the NFC for the fact that there’s no other team in the NFC that looks like they’re on the same level as Philly. The Jags are a very good team this year and the fact that Philadelphia beat them by over a touchdown shows how good this Eagles team is.

      Battle of the AFC beasts 

The best two teams in the AFC faced off in the early 1 o’clock window yesterday, the Buffalo Bills, edged out the Baltimore Ravens, 23-20. With the Bills being down by two scores, going into the second half they really showed that they can win these close games, this isn’t take anything away from the Ravens but the lack of consistency in which the Ravens offense operates, won’t last in the postseason, and we’ve seen that time and time again.

Today is the best day for a NFL fan, as every Sunday is considered NFL day during the football season. Let’s look at each game in time order being played on Sunday, predict the scores and outcomes. 

    New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings

    When: 9:30 AM ET

    Score: 24-20 Vikings win

    Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 20-17 Cleveland wins

    Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 34-31 Buffalo wins

    Dallas Cowboys vs Washington Commanders

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-20 Dallas wins

    Detroit Lions vs Seattle Seahawks

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-17 Detroit wins

    Los Angeles Chargers at Houston Texans

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-17 Chargers win

    Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-20 Titans win

    Chicago Bears at New York Giants

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-17 Giants win

    Philadelphia Eagles vs Jacksonville Jaguars

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Eagles win

Pittsburgh Steelers vs New York Jets

When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 17-16 Pittsburgh wins

Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers

When: 4:05 PM ET

    Score: 24-20 Cardinals win

Green Bay Packers vs New England Patriots 

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 20-17 Green Bay wins

Denver Broncos at Las Vegas Raiders

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 27-24 Denver wins

Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

When: 8:20 PM ET

Score: 24-21 Kansas City wins

With week 4 of the NFL season quickly approaching, injuries are starting to pile up for teams already. Let’s look at each team’s injury updates for this upcoming set of games. These players are all either out, questionable or doubtful. 

    Minnesota Vikings

    CB Andrew Booth Jr. (quad) LB Za’Darius Smith (knee)

    New Orleans Saints

WR Michael Thomas (foot), G Andrus Peat (concussion), S Marcus Maye (rib) QB Jameis Winston (back/ankle) RB Alvin Kamara (rib), WR Jarvis Landry (ankle)

    Cleveland Browns

OT Joe Haeg (concussion), DL Taven Bryan (hamstring) DE Jadeveon Clowney (ankle), DE Myles Garrett (shoulder, biceps)

    Atlanta Falcons

RB Cordarrelle Patterson (knee)

    Buffalo Bills

WR Jake Kumerow (ankle), DT Jordan Phillips (hamstring), CB Christian Benford(hand) WR Gabe Davis (ankle), TE Dawson Knox (back, hip), C Mitch Morse (elbow), OL Justin Murray (foot), DT Ed Oliver (ankle), CB Dane Jackson (neck), S Jordan Poyer (foot)

    Baltimore Ravens

OL Patrick Mekari (ankle), LB Justin Houston (groin) LT Ronnie Stanley (ankle)

    Washington Commanders

OG Wes Schweitzer (concussion), LT Charles Leno (shoulder)

    Dallas Cowboys

QB Dak Prescott (thumb), TE Dalton Schultz (knee), OG Connor McGovern (ankle), S Jayron Kearse (knee)

    Seattle Seahawks

CB Justin Coleman (calf), S Joey Blount (hamstring)

    Detroit Lions

RB D’Andre Swift (ankle, shoulder), WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (ankle), OG Jonah Jackson (finger), DL John Cominsky (wrist), K Austin Seibert (right groin), WR D.J. Chark (ankle), WR Josh Reynolds (ankle)

    Los Angeles Chargers

WR Keenan Allen (hamstring), TE Donald Parham (hamstring), C Corey Linsley (knee)

    Houston Texans

TE Brevin Jordan (ankle), OL Austin Deculus (ankle), TE Pharaoh Brown (hip, shoulder), DL Kurt Hinish (foot), LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin (back), DB isaac Yiadom (thigh)

    Tennessee Titans 

LB Zach Cunningham (elbow), DB Ugo Amadi (ankle), S Amani Hooker(concussion), WR Kyle Philips (shoulder), WR Cody Hollister (back), LB Ola Adeniyi (neck), CB Roger McCreary (back)

    Indianapolis Colts

S Julian Blackmon (ankle), OT Bernhard Raimann (ankle), DT DeForest Buckner (elbow), LB Shaquille Leonard (back)

    Chicago Bears 

RB David Montgomery (ankle, knee), DB Dane Cruikshank (hamstring), DB Jaylon Johnson (quad), TE Ryan Griffin (Achilles), LB Matt Adams (hamstring), WR Velus Jones Jr. (hamstring), DL Robert Quinn ( illness), K Cairo Santos (personal)

    New York Giants

WR Kadarius Toney (hamstring), WR Wan’Dale Robinson (knee), DL Leonard Williams (knee), CB Cor’Dale Flott (calf), CB Nick McCloud (hamstring)

    Jacksonville Jaguars

WR Zay Jones (ankle), OL Cole Van Lanen (hamstring), LB K’Lavon Chaisson (ankle), CB Shaquill Griffin (hip)

    Philadelphia Eagles

RB Boston Scott (rib), CB Avonte Maddox (ankle)

    New York Jets

LB Quincy Williams (ankle), CB Brandin Echols (hamstring)

    Pittsburgh Steelers

CB Ahkello Witherspoon (hamstring)

    Arizona Cardinals

WR A.J. Green (hamstring), DL Rashard Lawrence (hand), LB Ezekiel Turner(ankle), WR Rondale Moore (hamstring), WR Marquise Brown (foot), OL Rodney Hudson (knee), DL J.J. Watt (calf), LB Zaven Collins (shoulder), K Matt Prater(hip)

    Carolina Panthers

RB Christian McCaffrey (thigh), WR Laviska Shenault Jr.(hamstring), DE Marquis Haynes (knee), CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver (Achilles)

    New England Patriots

QB Mac Jones (ankle), OL Yodny Cajuste (thumb), DL Lawrence Guy (shoulder), WR Jakobi Meyers (knee), DL Davon Godchaux (back), LB Raekwon McMillan (thumb), CB Jalen Mills (hamstring), S Joshuah Bledsoe (groin), S Kyle Dugger (knee), S Adrian Phillips (ribs)

    Green Bay Packers

OT Caleb Jones (illness), CB Jaire Alexander (groin)

    Denver Broncos

WR Tyrie Cleveland (hamstring), OG Quinn Meinerz (hamstring), OT Billy Turner(knee), LB Jonathon Cooper (hamstring), CB Darius Phillips (hamstring), OG Dalton Risner (ankle), DT D.J. Jones (concussion)

    Las Vegas Raiders

WR Hunter Renfrow (concussion), TE Foster Moreau (knee), CB Rock Ya-Sin (knee), CB Sam Webb (hamstring)

    Kansas City Chiefs

DE Mike Danna (calf), WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling (abdomen), DE Joshua Kaindoh(illness), K Harrison Butker (ankle)

    Tampa Bay Buccaneers

DT Akiem Hicks (foot), WR Breshad Perriman (knee, hamstring), WR Julio Jones (knee), WR Russell Gage (hamstring), WR Chris Godwin (hamstring), OT Donovan Smith (elbow)

Los Angeles Rams

none

San Francisco 49ers 

None

Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/week-4-injury-report-for-2022-nfl-season

The Cincinnati Bengals are looking good with a 27-15 win over the Miami Dolphins Thursday night to give the Dolphins their first loss of the season. With Cincinnati advancing to 2-2 and the Dolphins dropping to 3-1 let’s go through both teams and give my biggest takeaway. 

        For the Miami Dolphins, first of all prayers up for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa who suffered a scary neck and head injury when being sacked into the turf in the first quarter, Tua did have to go to the hospital but good news he did fly back with the team. Even though Tua was out for for most of this game backup QB Teddy Bridgewater look good in his role as a backup serving for Tua, Bridgewater threw 14-23 with a touchdown and a pick in his three quarters of action, while Tua was in the game he was on route to throw for over 400 yards with his 8-14 and a pick in his little time playing.

        Miami’s defense also played well for the most part but the fins defense being on the field for 90 snaps really took a toll on them in the fourth quarter, with the Bengals being such a explosive team, the fins defense couldn’t keep up with the Bengals receivers in the fourth due to Miami’s defense just being so tired, that’s really when the Bengals offense really opened up.

        Credit to the Bengals for fighting back to 2-2 after having a very rocky start with losing to the Steelers and Cowboys in week 1 and 2, in those weeks the Bengals gave up 13 combined sacks in those two games, in weeks 3 and 4 the Bengals offensive line only gave up three combined sacks, that’s the biggest difference in why the Bengals are really starting to look like the Bengals in the playoffs last year. 

Last night Cincinnati was really struggling on offense against this stout Miami defense, but once the fourth quarter came around this Bengals offense really showed up with Tee Higgins and Jamaar Chase combining for over 200 yards. Joe Burrow also played well, throwing 20-31 with two touchdowns and no picks.

Thursday night’s Amazon prime game will kick start week 4 of the NFL season with the Miami Dolphins facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals, with the Bengals hungry to get back on track in the AFC North. The red hot Dolphins and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa are playing as well as he’s ever had under rookie head coach Mike McDaniels, this Dolphins team is off to a great 3-0 start leading the AFC and tied with the Philadelphia Eagles for the best record in the NFL.

        Each team definitely has a X-Factor which could be a game changer, let’s go through what each team’s factor is. For the Dolphins their key to winning this game is getting pressure with just a simple four man blitz, with this fins team deep at the corner position and a having an above average pass rush this game could be somewhat low scoring if Miami can shut down the Bengals receivers and force pressure on Joe Burrow and the Bengals to run the ball more than usual.

        The X-Factor for the Bengals winning this game is shutting down Miami’s top receivers in Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, now your not gonna completely stop the duo of Hill and Waddle but if you can hold the receivers to under 125 receiving yards combined this could be a recipe for the Bengals to win this matchup. 

If I was to bet this game I would take Miami to win outright for the fact that the Bengals corners are at best average, the Bengals offensive line have been subpar when facing a average pass rush and or defense, and the momentum Miami has right now has them playing at the top of their game week in and week out. Now it is concerning with Tua’s back injury but it looks like he’s good to go for Thursday night according to reports.

Wrapping up week 3 in the NFL season two of America’s biggest teams played on Monday night, the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys with both teams being mediocre at best this game had potential to be a boring stand alone game for the week but it definitely wasn’t. With the Dallas Cowboys having a backup quarterback play in Cooper Rush while Dak Prescott recovers from a hand surgery Rush has played well in his two or so games thus far in the season, leading the Cowboys to a win last week over the Cincinnati Bengals 20-17 and beating the New York Giants last night 23-16 in metlife stadium. Even though this is a small sample size thus far the Cowboys shouldn’t look to rush Dak Prescott back as it looks Cooper Rush is keeping this team afloat.

     Going to last night’s game the Cowboys Rush played well completing 21-31 passes for 215 yards and a touchdown, the Cowboys run game also showed up running back tandem Ezeliek Elliot and Tony Pollard combining for over 180 rushing yards on just 28 combined attempts. Dallas wide receiver CeeDee Lamb also had a nice game with eight catches for 87 yards and a beautiful one handed touchdown catch, switching to the Cowboys defense Demarcus Lawerance showed up with three sacks and it really set a tone early in the night. 

    For the New York Giants you can’t be discouraged if your a Giants fan as the team isn’t what their record is, this isn’t a team who is a playoff team or much like that and last night that showed, this team looks like a at best .500 team who week in and week out give teams trouble with the run game and their defense, speaking of Saquon Barkely I think it’s safe to say he’s officially back, Saquon is leading the league in rushing yard thus far and finished with 81 yards on 14 attempts last night and with a beautiful 36 yard touchdown run. 

With all that being said with the Giants their limitations are still at quarterback in Daniel Jones, even though Jones didn’t have a bad game last night he hasn’t shown Giants fans any glimpse of special, Jones last night played well finishing with 20-37 pass attempts and a pick which was a late game heave to save the game.

Week three in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular as some teams fell to 0-3, some underdogs won and some teams are still on fire. Let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from Sunday’s games and why they should or shouldn’t be worried about their season.

AFC West had a rough day…mostly

Three of the four teams in the AFC West lost yesterday except one, the Devner Broncos who narrowly won but Denver fans still can’t be excited from that win. Coming into the offseason the AFC West was widely considered by far the best division in football but so far that’s not looking true. With the Raiders dropping to a shocking 0-3 with yesterday’s 22-24 loss to the Titans, the Chargers getting blown out by the Jaguars and now becoming injury riddled, the Chiefs shot themselves in the foot with special teams mistakes and the Broncos winning but still looking atrocious on offense. 

Miami upsets Buffalo in a shocking thriller

Two of the hottest teams in the NFL faced off on Sunday afternoon and it was nothing short of spectacular, with both teams 2-0 one had to walk away with a loss and that team was Buffalo who had a shaky defense coming into the game with multiple key pieces missing like Jordan Phillips, Mikah Hyde and others. With all that Buffalo still had a chance to win the game but Josh Allen didn’t have enough time to spike the ball for a game winning field goal but the clock ran out. Allen and Tua had a moment at the end of the game in which Allen looked visually frustrated and disappointed. 

Green Bay holds on for the narrow win in Tampa

In a crazy ending the Green Bay Packers hold on after Tom Brady and the Bucs miss the potential game tying two point conversion. Green Bay got off to a speedy start scoring on their first two drives and taking a 14-3 lead at halftime, credit to the Bucs defense as they shut out Green Bay completely in the second half but Tampa’s offense looked bad with all the missing receivers, Brady was missing multiple offensive lineman, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Julio Jones who are his top three receivers this season. With all those problems Brady had to overcome the game still came down to one two point conversion at the end, Brady acknowledged the Bucs offense shot themselves in the foot with their mistakes. Aaron Rodgers looks like he found his next favorite target in Romeo Doubs who caught eight passes for 73 yards and a touchdown. Green Bay proceeds to 2-1 as Tampa falls to 2-1.

Today is the best day for a NFL fan, as every Sunday is considered NFL day during the football season. Let’s look at each game in time order being played on Sunday, predict the scores and outcomes. 

    New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers

    Score: 24-20 Saints win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Houston Texans at Chicago Bears

    Score: 18-16 Houston win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts

Score: 28-27 Chiefs win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins

    Score: 27-24 Dolphins win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings

    Score: 28-27 Vikings win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots

    Score: 27-17 Ravens win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets

    Score: 24-13 Bengals win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Las Vegas Raiders at Tennessee Titans

    Score: 28-21 Raiders win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders 

    Score: 24-23 Eagles win

    Time: 1:00 PM ET

    Jacksonville Jaguars at Los Angeles Chargers 

    Score: 21-17 Jaguars win *Assuming Justin Herbert doesn’t play

    Time: 4:05 PM ET

    Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals

    Score: 24-21 Rams win

    Time: 4:25 PM ET

    Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks

    Score: 20-17 Falcons win

    Time: 4:25 PM ET

    Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    Score: 20-17 Tampa wins

    Time: 4:25 PM ET

San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos 

Score: 24-20 49ers win

Time: 8:20 PM ET