# NFL Week 3 Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810 "2010-09-23T20:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/21 "2010-09-26T17:43:21Z")
I can’t say why exactly, but I’m enjoying Minnesota’s ineptitude. And just as I say that… Fumble Rec and td. The bandwagon steelers contingent is back at my sports bar. If only they started 0-2, they’d all be gone or maybe cowboys fans. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/22 "2010-09-26T17:43:54Z")
The Lions are clubbing the Vikes . They are on the way to ending their 21 road game losing streak. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/23 "2010-09-26T18:02:55Z")
Billie is fun to watch. Knocks tacklers on their asses. Cribbs is looking good at receiver. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/24 "2010-09-26T18:06:24Z")
Is there a penalty that they dreamed up that the Lions have not received today? They brush Farves helmet and they call roughing the QB and toss in that it caused the fumble, giving the ball back to the Vikes. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/25 "2010-09-26T18:27:30Z")
It doesn’t matter whether it caused the fumble or not. If the passer is roughed, anything after that didn’t happen. ETA: Speaking of things that didn’t happen - interception, Favre. :smack: I hate the guy for years and years, and when I finally take him in a fantasy draft he repays me with interest. Dust off that helmet, Garrard. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/26 "2010-09-26T18:29:14Z")
The Panthers-Bengals game is fugly. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/27 "2010-09-26T18:35:54Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > The Panthers-Bengals game is fugly. Its raining, the ball is as slippery as an eel, Carolina sucks and Carson Palmer is making bad decisions. The Bengals are winning BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/28 "2010-09-26T18:35:58Z")
Buccaneers scoreline is misleading. Aqib Talib had one sure interception go off his fingertips right to Mike Wallace, and the refs missed the most blatant pick I’ve ever seen on another. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/29 "2010-09-26T18:38:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It doesn’t matter whether it caused the fumble or not. If the passer is roughed, anything after that didn’t happen. > > ETA: Speaking of things that didn’t happen - interception, Favre. :smack: I hate the guy for years and years, and when I finally take him in a fantasy draft he repays me with interest. Dust off that helmet, Garrard. The rule is whether the fumble was caused by the roughing. I saw it caused by Bret being casual with the ball and dropping it. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/30 "2010-09-26T18:39:31Z")
The most obvious intentional grounding in the history on mankind just went uncalled on Flacco. Edit: guess heap was vaguely in the area. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/31 "2010-09-26T18:42:34Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > It doesn’t matter whether it caused the fumble or not. If the passer is roughed, anything after that didn’t happen. > > > > ETA: Speaking of things that didn’t happen - interception, Favre. :smack: I hate the guy for years and years, and when I finally take him in a fantasy draft he repays me with interest. Dust off that helmet, Garrard. > > The rule is whether the fumble was caused by the roughing. I saw it caused by Bret being casual with the ball and dropping it. No, it isn’t. A penalty negates anything that occurs afterward, unless the penalty is declined. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/32 "2010-09-26T18:45:53Z")
Can’t watch the Titans-Giants game - what was the personal foul that resulted in a safety? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/33 "2010-09-26T18:53:35Z")
Was it a personal foul? It looked like a holding call in the end zone. ---
**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 26, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/34 "2010-09-26T18:58:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Can’t watch the Titans-Giants game - what was the personal foul that resulted in a safety? 😕 Chop block. The replay made it seem like a good call. ---
**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 26, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/35 "2010-09-26T19:05:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Buccaneers scoreline is misleading. Aqib Talib had one sure interception go off his fingertips right to Mike Wallace, and the refs missed the most blatant pick I’ve ever seen on another. I can’t speak for the uncalled interception, but when you give up 3 TDs to Charlie Batch and over 7 ypc to Mendenhall, and Talib can’t hold onto the ball, and you have 150 yards total offense in the 3rd quarter, and the score is 31-6, it’s kinda hard to conclude you’re not getting a whupping. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/36 "2010-09-26T19:16:13Z")
So KC is looking at 3-0. I wouldn’t have bet on that. Pittsburgh is going 3-0 without Big Ben. If he’s in any kind of shape when he returns and isn’t too rusty, they look pretty damn tough. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/37 "2010-09-26T19:17:48Z")
Nice 80 yard run by Adrian. His first big homerun of the year. We needed a spark like that. The Vikings are doing a little better with the passing game, but not great. Favre is looking frustrated and has thrown a couple of picks, but Harvin is making plays, and they’re making progress with dink and dunk passes and runs to Adrian. Of course, it’s against the Lions… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/38 "2010-09-26T19:26:27Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > So KC is looking at 3-0. I wouldn’t have bet on that. Pittsburgh is going 3-0 without Big Ben. If he’s in any kind of shape when he returns and isn’t too rusty, they look pretty damn tough. Eh, maybe. Ben doesn’t scare me. In fact, fuck him and his bathroom expeditions. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/39 "2010-09-26T19:27:24Z")
I used to like you, Anquan Boldin. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810/40 "2010-09-26T19:27:25Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Nice 80 yard run by Adrian. His first big homerun of the year. We needed a spark like that. > > The Vikings are doing a little better with the passing game, but not great. Favre is looking frustrated and has thrown a couple of picks, but Harvin is making plays, and they’re making progress with dink and dunk passes and runs to Adrian. > > Of course, it’s against the Lions… I think it is the only play today without a flag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3-discussion/554810.md?page=3)