# NFL Week 3 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 25, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569 "2011-09-25T17:04:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/21 "2011-09-25T20:09:21Z")
This is so surreal, it seems scripted: Week 1: Halftime, Minnesota 17, San Diego 7. Final, Minnesota 17, San Diego 24 Week 2: Halftime, Minnesota 17, Tampa Bay 0. Final, Minnesota 20, Tampa Bay 24 Week 3: Halftime, Minnesota 20, Detroit 0. Current score, Minnesota 20, Detroit 23 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/22 "2011-09-25T20:09:41Z")
Is it just me, or have all the Fox games sounded like a vuvuzela was playing in the background? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/23 "2011-09-25T20:09:41Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > Gonna be a long season if Vick is out for a long time. It is a broken hand according to CBS. The Lions can take solace that they have the ball coming their way in a 23 to 23 ball game. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/24 "2011-09-25T20:22:51Z")
I imagine giants fans will soon start posting for the first time this season. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/25 "2011-09-25T20:22:53Z")
Goddamn Texans… ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/26 "2011-09-25T20:23:18Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > Gonna be a long season if Vick is out for a long time. I thought there was only one way to beat the Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/27 "2011-09-25T20:25:02Z")
Buffalo beats New England. Nice The 49ers win ugly, really ugly. I’m happy it went in the win collumn, but it felt like a loss. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/28 "2011-09-25T20:29:47Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I thought there was only one way to beat the Eagles. There will now be many many ways to beat the Eagles. Pardon me for thinking the defense had some good players who could make a play. Nobody Really showed up today for Philly. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/29 "2011-09-25T20:33:03Z")
Lions tromped the Vikes. Lions 3 and 0. Vick broke his right hand. Since he throws with the wrong hand, it will not be as long a hiatus. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/30 "2011-09-25T20:36:50Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Lions tromped the Vikes. Lions 3 and 0. Minnesota, first half: 54-7 Minnesota, second half: 6-67 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/31 "2011-09-25T20:38:40Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > As a Bills fan with Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski on her fantasy team, I’ve had an interesting few hours. You had a _very_ good day. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/32 "2011-09-25T20:41:25Z")
Welcome to the NFL, Torrey Smith! ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/33 "2011-09-25T20:42:37Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > This is so surreal, it seems scripted: > > Week 1: Halftime, Minnesota 17, San Diego 7. Final, Minnesota 17, San Diego 24 > > Week 2: Halftime, Minnesota 17, Tampa Bay 0. Final, Minnesota 20, Tampa Bay 24 > > Week 3: Halftime, Minnesota 20, Detroit 0. Current score, Minnesota 20, Detroit 23 **Dio** sure is quiet these days. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/34 "2011-09-25T20:43:08Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Minnesota, first half: 54-7 > > Minnesota, second half: 6-67 Lions were just teasing the Vikes. it has been a long time since Detroit won in Minnesota. But it was a slaughter. Of course the refs favored the Vikes in every single call, like they always do. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/35 "2011-09-25T20:45:00Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > What a difference a half makes. Amen to that, from a Saints fan. In the first half, and especially in the first quarter, the Texans looked like world beaters. Saints offense did nothing, and the defense was horrible. If Houston could find the endzone instead of kicking 4 field goals, this one was over before halftime. Saints came roaring back in the second half, but the game was a shootout. Four lead changes. Saints win 40-33. Big day for Brees and Graham, plus I finally get decent fantasy production out of Ingram. > [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > As a Bills fan with Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski on her fantasy team, I’ve had an interesting few hours. Monster day for Welker. 56 fantasy points today in my league. Best draft pick I made, no doubt about it. He’s going to be my team’s MVP this year. Broken hand for Vick. Karma. I gave my dogs extra pats when I read about it. Really hate that guy. Vikings choke again. I sure somewhere on the internet, perhaps on a board named after a long-necked mammal, someone is explaining how it is clearly the ref’s fault. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/36 "2011-09-25T20:45:21Z")
A lot of streaks broken today. Buffalo beats New England after something like 13 losses in a row (I picked them in the Dope pick em game and changed my mind at 4am this morning - the lesson as always, don’t do fantasy sports while sleepy). Lions won in Minnesota for the first time in how long? And the evil Giants stole one from the Good Guys to break their six game losing streak. Vick broke his hand, so he now has a streak of two game-ending injuries\* suffered while in the pocket\* in his last two games. I wonder how an offhand injury affects a QB? It may affect Vick more than normal because he’s a runner. For as good as Kafka looked, he’s not the answer. He won’t play next week I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/37 "2011-09-25T20:46:14Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/38 "2011-09-25T20:48:54Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > He was banned. That’s why I put the winky simle. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/39 "2011-09-25T20:49:46Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > That’s why I put the winky simle. Yeah, I got that—eventually—and edited my post. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569/40 "2011-09-25T21:06:46Z")
My two favorite AFC teams warmed me up nicely. The Browns win a thriller and Buffalo – let’s just say you don’t mess with a Harvard man in the midst of a contract negotiation. Wow. **MsNito** almost fainted. I couldn’t bear to watch the Lions-Vikings game. But I never get sick of seeing the Vikings collapse, and this board is poorer for the lack of insight on that game… Now for the main act. I’m just glad Finley and Grant are back. The Packers really needed more weapons on offense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-2011/597569.md?page=3)