The third week of the NFL has delivered some surprise results and wild finishes, while one of the more controversial plays in the league continues to dominate headlines.
Read on for the latest news from all the Week 3 results!
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BLOCKED FIELD GOAL TOUCHDOWNS GALORE IN CHAOTIC FINISHES
Jalen Hurts threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Philadelphia won a 33-26 last-play thriller over the Los Angeles Rams in a showdown of NFL unbeatens.
The defending NFL champion Eagles were on the ropes until the final play, when Joshua Karty had a 44-yard field goal attempt to win for the Rams, but Eagles defender Jordan Davis blocked the kick and returned it 61 yards for a game-clinching touchdown.
Hurts completed 21-of-32 passes for 226 yards and ran for 40 more while Matthew Stafford threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns in a losing cause.
Tampa Bay and Indianapolis also improved to 3-0 with triumphs while Green Bay and Cincinnati suffered their first defeats.
Philadelphia’s Zack Baun intercepted a Stafford pass on the opening drive and Hurts capped a 38-yard Eagles march on a one-yard ‘tush push’ touchdown run.
Stafford completed a 44-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams and Karty kicked field goals of 28, 33, 46 and 51 yards to give Los Angeles a 19-7 halftime lead.
Moments into the third quarter, Hurts was sacked by Jared Verse and Nate Landman recovered a fumble to set up a 10-yard Stafford touchdown pass to Kyren Williams.
But Hurts connected with Dallas Goedert on a 33-yard TD pass and hit A.J. Brown on a nine-yard scoring toss to pull the hosts within 26-21.
After Philadelphia’s Jalen Carter blocked a 36-yard Karty field goal attempt, the Eagles drove 91 yards on 17 plays over 6:54 for Hurts to throw a four-yard touchdown pass to Devonta Smith with 1:48 remaining.
A Hurts two-point conversion pass failed but the Eagles still led 27-26, setting the stage for the last-play field goal block.
The New York Jets also got a 50-yard touchdown return by Will McDonald off a blocked field goal attempt for a 27-26 lead at Tampa Bay, but Chase McLaughlin kicked his fifth field goal, a 36-yarder as time expired, to keep the Buccaneers undefeated with a 29-27 victory that left the Jets winless.
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‘BULLC***’ DEBATE AUSSIE HATES CONTINUES TO BUBBLE AWAY
Speaking of the Eagles, the Tush Push discourse will not die.
The Eagles’ use of the Tush Push has once again sparked debate, this time during their win over the Rams.
During the game, the Eagles successfully executed the controversial short-yardage maneuver for a touchdown, but replay showed the offensive line may have moved slightly early, which would indicate a potential false start.
No penalty was called, allowing the score to stand and prompting the return of an ongoing discussion about the play and the consistency of officiating.
Rules analyst Mike Pereira weighed in on the Fox broadcast, labeling the play a false start.
“In real time, it probably didn’t look like much. But it was a false start,” Pereira said, pointing to the early movement by Eagles linemen that should’ve been penalised.
The Tush Push has been a point of focus in the league since a rule change required offensive linemen to begin at least one yard behind the quarterback.
The adjustment was intended to reduce the effectiveness of the play, but it hasn’t.
The Tush Push has been a point of focus in the league since a rule change required offensive linemen to begin at least one yard behind the quarterback.
The adjustment was intended to reduce the effectiveness of the play, but it hasn’t.
In the NFL’s training tape for referees this week, it told game officials to call the Tush Push “tight.”
“We want to officiate it tight,” Ramon George, NFL vice president of officiating training and development, said, according to the Washington Post.
“We want to be black and white and be as tight as we can be when we get into this situation where teams are in the bunch position and we have to officiate them being onsides, movement early. … Prior to the snap, looks like we have movement by the right guard. We also have movement coming across from the defensive side. This is a very hard play to officiate. I get it.”
Australian Jordan Mailata, who plays left tackle for the Eagles, made his thoughts clear on the debate last week, calling all the focus on the play “disrespectful”.
“That pisses me off because we give so much to this game and to kind of base off a short-yardage play, that is a football play, and say that we won the game off that, but not how our defence played and not how our special teams have played, putting us in those positions,” Mailata said on 94 WIP.
“I think it’s bull crap. … I just think it’s rubbish. Absolute rubbish, man. It makes my blood boil just thinking about it.”
BENGALS COP ‘HORRIBLE’ REALITY CHECK WITHOUT BURROW
If this what life without Joe Burrow looks like, Cincinnati may as well pack it in for the season.
The Bengals were demolished 48-10 by a Minnesota Vikings team that was also without its first-choice quarterback as Carson Wentz became the first player to start for six different teams in six consecutive seasons in NFL history.
Of course, it is hard to compare the situations given Burrow is a top-five quarterback while the Vikings’ regular starter J.J. McCarthy has looked shaky in what is his first season in the NFL.
But the drop-off from Burrow to backup Jake Browning wasn’t expected to be this severe, and yet the Vikings defence had a field day after forcing four turnovers in the first half.
Cornerback Isaiah Rodgers was at the heart of it, forcing three turnovers himself and scoring two touchdowns to ease the pressure on a Vikings offence that is still finding its way.
Browning struggled behind a poor Bengals offensive line, completing 19 of 27 passes for 140 yards and two interceptions while the rushing attack also suffered with Samaje Perine (four for 21 yards) their leading runner of the day.
It was a very different story for Minnesota, with Jordan Mason rushing 16 times for 116 yards and two scores.
“Turnovers. I don’t know how clearly I can say it but five turnovers puts you in a horrible spot,” Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said after the game.
“Four in the first half. Two for touchdowns. That’s going to lead to a lot of historical issues.”
BROWNS PULL OFF UPSET OF THE YEAR IN WILD SCENES
That is not how that was supposed to go.
Super Bowl contender Green Bay suffered a shock 13-10 loss to the struggling Browns, with Cleveland’s defence causing all kinds of problems for Packers quarterback Jordan Love.
The Browns sacked Love five times and blocked a crucial field goal attempt as Cleveland rallied from 10-0 behind at the start of the fourth quarter on the back of its stellar defence.
The Browns were able to get on the board with a field goal before Grant Delpit intercepted Love and returned it to the eight-yard line, setting Cleveland up in scoring territory.
Rookie Quinshon Judkins then punched in the go-ahead score but the Packers had a chance to regain the lead with 27 seconds left, only for Brandon McManus to have his 43-yard field goal attempt blocked.
Greg Newsome scooped up the ball and was able to get to midfield to give the Browns a chance before Joe Flacco found veteran tight end David Njoku to put rookie kicker Andre Szymt in range.
Szymt nailed the 55-yard attempt to seal an incredible, against-the-odds win for Cleveland.
PANTHERS BOUNCE BACK AS FALCONS SUFFER SHOCK SHUTOUT
For the first time since Week 15 last year, Kirk Cousins was back under center for the Falcons in a regular season game.
Cousins, the four-time Pro Bowler who tumbled down the depth chart after bolting to the Falcons in free agency in 2024, took over late in the fourth quarter when Michael Penix Jr. was benched during their ugly 30-0 loss to the Panthers.
Penix, who took over as the starting quarterback late last season and entered the 2025 campaign with the job, went just 18-for-36 with 172 yards with two interceptions — including one that was returned for a touchdown — and zero touchdowns.
He entered with just one touchdown pass and 433 pass yards through the opening two games, too.
Cousins went 5-for-7 with 29 yards across two drives, though all his passing attempts came on his first possession.
However, head coach Raheem Morris made it clear to reporters after the game that Cousins will not have a chance to earn the starting job back this week, and that Penix remains the starter.
It followed a report earlier in the week on the “Scoop City” podcast stating that people around the NFL “think Kirk Cousins is essentially done” when it comes to potentially acquiring the 37-year-old quarterback via trade, James Palmer reported.
“I don’t know if that’s a universal thought or not,” Palmer added on the podcast appearance, “so it has to be the right team that doesn’t think that.”
Cousins’ fall with the Falcons — after signing a four-year, $180 contract last year — started when they surprisingly took Penix No. 8 overall in the draft last year, and he started the first 14 games of the season before Penix took over at the year of the year.
“Obviously, you’d love to play,” Cousins told reporters in June at the Falcons’ mandatory minicamp. “But I’m not gonna dwell on things that aren’t reality.”
The loss dropped the Falcons to 1-2 this season after they lost to the Buccaneers in Week 1 and defeated the Vikings — on five field goals and a late touchdown — last Monday.
This article first appeared on The New York Postand was reproduced with permission.
FAIRYTALE START TO SEASON CONTINUES FOR COLTS
Daniel Jones might be changing his name to Indiana Jones after the former Giants quarterback helped lead the Colts to a 41-20 win over the Titans to extend their perfect start to the season to 3-0.
Jones continued his stellar start to the season by completing 18 of his 25 pass attempts for 228 yards and a touchdown, without throwing a single interception.
The touchdown pass came in the third quarter when he found Michael Pittman Jr. in the middle of the field for the 20-yard scoring pass. He averaged 9.1 yards per throw in the Colts’ third straight win to start the season, marking their best start since 2009 when Peyton Manning was under center.
Sunday was the third straight game that Jones had thrown at least 220 yards.
He has yet to throw a single interception.
The wins this season for Jones are as many as the quarterback had in his last 16 starts during two seasons with the Giants.
The latest success for Jones probably won’t come as much of a surprise for another former Giant, Saquon Barkley, who had been singing Jones’ praises earlier in the week.
“Daniel Jones! Let’s go! That’s my dawg!” Barkley said, according to CBS Sports. “I gotta FaceTime him (more). He texts me and says I never answer my phone calls.”
“The fact that he’s off to a hot start… Seeing what he went through throughout camp, battling with AR [Richardson] over there, I was super excited for him to win that starting job,” Barkley added. “To go out there and play at a high level now and get to show people the player that I know, the person that I know.”
Jones, who was released by the Giants last fall after a rocky five-and-a-half seasons, signed a one-year deal with the Colts in free agency.
The Colts will look to continue their magic next week when they face the Rams.
This article first appeared on The New York Postand was reproduced with permission.
ALL NFL WEEK 3 SCORES
Bills 31 Dolphins 21
Vikings 48 Bengals 10
Jaguars 17 Texans 10
Titans 20 Colts 41
Commanders 41 Raiders 24
Eagles 33 Rams 26
Panthers 30 Falcons 0
Patriots 14 Steelers 21
Browns 13 Packers 10
Buccaneers 29 Jets 27
Chargers 23 Broncos 20
Seahawks 44 Saints 13
Bears 31 Cowboys 14
49ers16 Cardinals 15
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