# NFL 2024-25: Week 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [September 17, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-3/1007386 "2024-09-17T15:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 54
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-3/1007386/54 "2024-09-22T23:04:00Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > After benching Bryce Young, Carolina manages to win with Andy Dalton under center, thus demonstrating that with average or slightly above-average QB play, even the Panthers can look like a professional football organization. I called it! > [@The 0-17 NFL season, 2024 edition - Who'll be football's White Sox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-0-17-nfl-season-2024-edition-wholl-be-footballs-white-sox/1006828/18): > > In all honesty, I do think he’s an upgrade. He’s only mediocre at best, but that’s still better than Bryce Young. Statistically speaking, Dalton has much better numbers, even over the last few years. He surpassed even what I expected, but I insisted that they’d be better. Dalton is **not** a bad QB. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-3/1007386)._