Week 3 FIREWORKS: Broncos outlast Rams, Ravens Beat Cowboys, Jaguars Roll Patriots & Raiders Are 3-0

We've got 15 more regular season weeks ahead of us, but it wouldn't be a surprise if we just saw what goes down as the best one in Week 3. We had 12 one-score games (two of those were eight-point differences, but still), five of which were decided by three or fewer points. As for storylines, well, the Raiders are 3-0. The Broncos erased a 16-point deficit to beat the Rams. The Ravens won a thriller over the Cowboys in Brazil. The Jaguars absolutely boatraced the Patriots. And the Commanders and Steelers upset the Seahawks and Bengals, respectively. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman recap Week 3 on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

0:00 Welcome to the show
0:10 Los Angeles Rams-Denver Broncos
2:10 Sean Payton coaching decisions
3:00 Rams injuries
4:40 Broncos defense vs Matthew Stafford
6:25 Pass interference call
9:05 Rams repeat issues
10:30 Terrance Ferguson
14:05 Baltimore Ravens-Dallas Cowboys
17:50 Brian Schottenheimer's coaching decisions
15:25 Cowboys special teams
17:25 Lamar Jackson & Ravens offense
19:10 Zay Flowers
22:10 Dak Prescott & Cowboys offense
25:25 Ravens run game
26:28 "Cutesy bullshit"
27:40 Encouragement from Cowboys defense
30:55 Jacksonville Jaguars-New England Patriots
31:15 Trevor Lawrence: hair influencer
32:00 Parker Washington
34:20 The most honorable quarterback
39:05 Jaguars run game & Robert Hainsey
40:25 Drake Maye
44:55 Non-Maye Patriots offense
46:40 Patriots schedule consideration
47:55 Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals
48:55 Bengals defense
50:25 Steelers offensive line
51:55 Troy Fautanu
52:30 Jaylen Warren & Darnell Washington
54:17 "Where are the Bengals defensive players?"
56:25 Bengals offense
58:20 Las Vegas Raiders-New Orleans Saints
59:05 Malcolm Koonce
1:00:10 Raiders defense
1:02:10 Brock Bowers
1:04:10 Devaughn Vele
1:05:10 Nakobe Dean
1:17:00 Los Angeles Chargers-Buffalo Bills
1:09:55 Justin Herbert
1:10:40 Jim Harbaugh/Mike McDaniel decisions
1:14:00 Seattle Seahawks-Washington Commanders
1:14:30 "Sam Darnold's ass was broken"
1:15:40 Marcus Mariota & Commanders offense
1:16:10 Terry McLaurin
1:22:25 Chris Paul
1:22:55 Houston Texans-Indianapolis Colts
1:23:40 Texans defense
1:26:40 Texans offense vs Colts defense
1:32:55 Josh Downs
1:34:00 Contenders Table updates
1:35:00 San Francisco 49ers
1:42:10 Hangover games
1:42:50 New York Jets-Detroit Lions
1:42:25 Geno Smith
1:44:20 Garrett Wilson
1:45:55 Kenyon Sadiq
1:48:55 Ethical hoops

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