By the way, Ravens-Lions was my preseason Super Bowl pick, and so far this game has rocked.

Pretty good idea here from Jimmy, imo 👀

Happy early Halloween from this excellent Sports Illustrated for Kids cover of a headless Justin Herbert 🦇🎃 www.si.com/nfl/justin-h...

There are 6 winless teams after three weeks, and two of them are the Jets and Giants

Great angle to see the crowd reaction

Patrick Mahomes stop randomly throwing the ball backward challenge

Random Mike Evans stat: Today he became the first player in NFL history with 25+ TD catches from three different QBs 32- Tom Brady 31- Jameis Winston 25- Baker Mayfield Found via @pro-football-reference.com

Cam Skattebo could play 12 years in the NFL, and every time I see him I’ll still just think: “He had a game-tying octopus in the Peach Bowl”

1-3-1 this week, 6-8-1 on the season 😒

Eagles running away from the Rams ⬅️ January | September ➡️

So the Eagles and Bucs will both be 3-0 when they square off in the best game next week

lololol Jordan Davis walk-off blocked field goal return for a TD Eagles' play of the season, no matter what happens the rest of the way

Wow: The Browns (complimentary)

A.J. Brown: Still great, not getting traded to the Patriots

I haven’t seen a ton of Panthers-Falcons, but I believe that’s twice I’ve seen Chuba Hubbard strongly signal for a challenge on a play where he didn’t do the thing he claims to have done.

Living up, btw

Through nearly 2.5 games, Isaiah Rodgers leads the Vikings in touchdowns this season. 2- Rodgers 1- Justin Jefferson, Aaron Jones, J.J. McCarthy, Josh Oliver

I was two weeks early on “Eagles fans booing [deserved]” becoming a national story.

Great play by Egbuka chasing down that potential fumble, even if it doesn't matter.

I know we’ve had a lot of time to digest this, but it really is kinda crazy that these guys both got to 500+ TD passes

Eagles showing Hurts would pick up fourth downs even if you outlaw the tush push 👀

Week 3 SuperContest picks (3-2 last week, 5-5 on the season): IND -4 @ TEN GB -7.5 @ CLE HOU +2 @ JAX LAC -3 vs DEN DAL -1 @ CHI docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The Dolphins’ next game is *also* in prime time, Week 4 Monday against the Jets. Good chance both teams are 0-3.

Dolphins should go for two, because eh what the hell.

Herbstreit with a very generous "actually it's no big deal Tua has 63 passing yards halfway through the third quarter"

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@conororr.bsky.social has kept bringing this up for 2 years now, well before it became a bigger thing this week, and I’ve appreciated that he wouldn’t let it go. He took a thorough look at Brady’s actual tape the first two weeks and talked to teams on the Raiders’ schedule.

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The Chargers' opener feels like it was 2 years ago. There have been 29 other games since then.

3-2 this week, 5-5 on the season. TB never in doubt.

I am here to make sure people are focused on the important things

🚨 I am very pleased to note that the aesthetically unpleasant trend I have complained about for four years may be going away. Both L.A. and Houston painted the entire end zone instead of leaving the ugly green internal border.

Carson Wentz vs. Jake Browning sounds like a 2019 TNF

I am not wishing a serious injury on Joe Burrow, but I do wonder if the Burrow injury might do it.

Remember Some Field Goals (via @pro-football-reference.com as usual)

Prime-time games, 0 TDs, since 2000: 🔘 ’02: TB 15, CHI 0 (Sun) 🔘 ’06: JAX 9, PIT 0 (Mon) 🔘 ’07: PIT 3, MIA 0 (Mon) 🔘 ’14: ARI 12, STL 6 (Thu) 🔘 ’16: SEA 6, ARI 6 (Sun) 🔘 ’21: NO 9, TB 0 (Sun) 🔘 ’22: IND 12, DEN 9 (Thu) 🔘 ’24: LAR 12, SF 6 (Thu) 🔘 ’24: SEA 6, CHI 3 (Thu)

If you read this, I promise you will learn some interesting things about NFL field preparation and what these teams do behind the scenes. Consider opening the tab and eventually getting around to it someday.

Because tonight's game is in Minnesota, and because many of you were not following me last season, I'm going to share this one more time. Last year I spent a week working for the Vikings' grounds crew. I got to paint the field, mow the lawn, learn tons of cool stuff: www.si.com/nfl/writer-i...

Friendly reminder that all stats about the percentage of 0-2 teams that make the playoffs are outdated now that they added a 17th game and a 7th playoff team in each conference. Be careful out there!

(Deleted a post about Mahomes's rushing yards because I was wrong. Looking at the wrong column. That's on me, gotta be better in Week 2.)

There's a lot of randomness to this, but I also think there's a bit of so many drives now starting at the 35. Start closer, score more.

The funniest part about Russell Wilson going for 400+ and the game-winning TD is that Brian Daboll is gonna get even more questions about Dart because he brought him in for like three plays.

Good audition for the 2026 Rams job (ducks)

Mac!

The onside kick is alive and well, you just need the other team to not realize it's a live ball in their own end zone.

Not sure why Harbaugh didn't challenge that, but it also feels like evenutally they'll automatically review close plays that could be scores instead of just plays that are ruled scores.

Bengals-Jaguars is answering the mysteries of the universe. Apparently you can’t be flagged for interfering with a pass that was illegal to attempt in the first place.

Don't jump to conclusions: The Giants will probably score a touchdown this season

*muttering to myself while picking up Mac Jones in fantasy* C’mon ride the float, hey ride it