If Sunday felt like an particularly tight set of video games within the NFL, your instincts are eager.
Week 3 delivered 12 one-score video games within the 15 video games (and counting), which is tied for probably the most in a single week in NFL historical past, through NBC’s Maria Taylor.
The truth that all 12 occurred on at some point made it really feel all of the extra dramatic and momentous. After a blowout on Thursday, with the Falcons stomping the Packers, it was the day the NFL wanted – particularly with Caleb Williams out and the Bears probably all the way down to their third-string quarterback after they face the Eagles on Monday night time.
The early slate of video games on Sunday featured seven, possibly even eight first rate or higher video games out of 9. The Steelers and Bengals handled us to an surprising shootout. The Colts beat the Texans in a rock combat. Now, possibly Giants-Titans wasn’t your one-score cup of tea, however there was one thing across the league for everybody.
Even Chiefs-Dolphins was a one-score recreation till Kansas Metropolis added a cushion landing within the last three minutes. The one true stinker was the Jaguars stomping the Patriots, which arguably magnifies the highlight on New England much more.
However because the video games whittled down, the joy solely grew. The afternoon quartet was 4 for 4: each recreation inside one rating, and some wild ones amongst them.
Ravens-Cowboys in Brazil was a last-second thriller that had storylines galore: subject situations, two nice quarterbacks dueling, enormous momentum swings, controversy and a last-second game-winner. One thing concerning the video games in that nation … all three have been one-score affairs.
Commanders-Seahawks was arguably probably the most surprising results of Sunday – and possibly the weirdest. Cardinals-49ers by no means stop on us, both, with the groups buying and selling blows (and factors) for 4 quarters. There wasn’t a lot room to breathe or stretch all afternoon.
The entree, nevertheless, arrived Sunday night time — the best-for-last thriller between the Rams and Broncos.
When the Rams took a 16-0 halftime lead, it gave the impression to be headed for Snoozeville. However the Broncos ripped off a 30-10 run to storm again and win, with 4 lead adjustments within the fourth quarter. This recreation additionally had a critical dose of controversy on a late-game phantom DPI name that crushed the Rams – and possibly ought to have clinched the win for Los Angeles.
Begin to end, Sunday was a monster. It is going to be onerous for Eagles-Bears to upstage Sunday’s motion, but when the ultimate result’s inside eight factors, we’ll have had a record-breaking week within the NFL.
