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By Tim Byrnes<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 3 began Thursday Night in Buffalo: Teammate James Cook, the NFL’s 2nd-leading rusher, ran for 108 yards and a score and looks quicker than in the past. Sunday kicked off with the undefeated Rams and Eagles, in Philadelphia (3-0) 33 Rams (2-1) 26<\/strong> After the Rams scored six times in a row, the Eagles responded with three unanswered touchdowns before scoring on the blocked kick for the win.<\/p>\n While undefeated the defending champions look fragile, and many pundits are comparing this to week 18 of the 2021 season for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n The Rams took a 17-0 lead over the 49ers in that game and lost 27-24.<\/p>\n Rams faithful hope history repeats itself as they went on to beat San Francisco in the playoffs and later won the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n Indianapolis (3-0) 41 Tennessee (0-3) 20\u00a0<\/strong> Indy took a two touchdown lead in the first quarter, including a pick-6, and never looked back.<\/p>\n Indy’s NFL-leading RB Jonathan Taylor had 102 yards on the ground, with three touchdowns while DE Tyquan Lewis had 2 sacks\/ 3 tackles-for-loss on defense.<\/p>\n The Colts are balanced so far this season and leads the NFL in point differential with a (+47).<\/p>\n Additional Sunday Games:<\/strong> -LAC 23-Den 20 Seattle (2-1) 44 New Orleans (0-3) 13\u00a0<\/strong> Seattle linebacker Chazz Surratt absolutely leveled New Orleans punter Kai Kroeger and rookie Tory Horton broke a Seahawks record with a 95-yard punt return for a td as the Seahawks had a 35-point lead by halftime.<\/p>\n Horton added a receiving score to show he may be the new #2 WR in Seattle.<\/p>\n Monday Night Football:<\/strong> Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had seven catches for 77 yards and a score from the NFL’s most efficient arm in Jared Goff.<\/p>\n The Lions quarterback leads the league with an outstanding 78% completion rate.<\/p>\n Linebacker Al-Quadin Muhammed ran down Ravens QB Lamar Jackson all night, getting 2.5 sacks.<\/p>\n While Jackson had a solid night, throwing for 288 and three scores, the usually overpowering running game was stagnant. Key Injuries:<\/strong> Week 3 Results:<\/strong> Week 4 Predictions:<\/strong> By Tim Byrnes Week 3 began Thursday Night in Buffalo:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92179,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92176\/revisions\/92179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBuffalo (3-0) 31 Miami (0-3) 21<\/strong>
\nBills quarterback Josh Allen shredded the Dolphins defense (22\/28-203 yards-3 td’s), and ran for 25 more yards as Miami had no answer for the short passing game.<\/p>\n
\nRamView’s Joe Torosian was quoted over the summer, saying Mike McDaniels tenure may be brief with a poor start.
\nPOOR START!<\/p>\n
\nPhilly:<\/p>\n
\nThe Rams are still wondering what happened this week, as they came from ahead, with a 26-7 lead, and managed to lose on a blocked field goal with time expiring.<\/p>\n
\nBroadcasters and writers everywhere pointed out that the Titans looked disinterested, and the surprising, undefeated Colts noticed and took advantage.<\/p>\n
\n-Pit 21-NE 14
\n-Min 48-Cin 10
\n-Jax 17-Hou 10
\n-Car 30-Atl 0
\n-TB 29-NYJ 27
\n-Was 41-LV 24
\n-Cle 13-GB 10<\/p>\n
\n-SF 16-Ari 15
\n-Chi 31-Dal 14
\n-KC 22-NYG 9<\/p>\n
\nIt remains to be seen: Are the Seahawks THAT good or are the Saints THAT bad?<\/p>\n
\nDetroit (2-1) 38 Baltimore (1-2) 30\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe rushing duo of David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs completely dominated a porous Ravens defense, combining for 218 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, and six catches for another 45 receiving yards.<\/p>\n
\nAfter a massive 169 yards in the opening day game, Baltimore RB Derrick Henry has yet to exceed 50 yards rushing in a game.<\/p>\n
\n-Ari, James Conner (Ankle)
\n-Dal, CeeDee Lamb (Ankle)
\n-LAC, Najee Harris (Achilles)
\n-SF, Nick Bosa (ACL)
\n-TB, Mike Evans (Hamstring)<\/p>\n
\n(12-4, 34-14)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n-Sea over Ari
\n-LAR over Ind
\n-Pit over Min
\n-LAC over NYG
\n-Hou over Ten
\n-Was over Atl
\n-Buf over NO
\n-TB over Phi
\n-Det over Cle
\n-NE over Car
\n-SF over Jax
\n-Bal over KC
\n-LV over Chi
\n-GB over Dal
\n-Mia over NYJ
\n-Den over Cin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"