# NFL Week 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 20, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273 "2012-09-20T15:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 23, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/41 "2012-09-23T17:06:58Z")
Bwahaha what a way to start the game! Rookie WR Mohamed Sanu out of the Wildcat on the 1st play from scrimmage throws a 77 yard TD pass to AJ Green! It was a perfectly thrown ball, too. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/42 "2012-09-23T17:18:59Z")
Game reset. Bengals start the game with 2 TD passes. Except one of them was to the Skins. ---
**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 23, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/43 "2012-09-23T17:35:30Z")
The browns have given up rather early in the season. ---
**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 23, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/44 "2012-09-23T17:40:00Z")
Frank Gore made a juke/cut so hard it literally broke a defender’s leg. Good for us, not so good for the guy’s ankle. ☹ ---
**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 23, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/45 "2012-09-23T17:56:42Z")
Scab refs screwed browns out of what would’ve probably been their only touchdown of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/46 "2012-09-23T17:58:17Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The browns have given up rather early in the season. Don’t they usually do that in preseason? You got two games out of them, better than usual. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/47 "2012-09-23T18:19:36Z")
I liked the letter the players sent to the NFL. It basically said that they did not understand how the owners could have a commissioner who fined and suspended players willy-nilly in the name of “player safety” and yet they could continue to allow the lockout to continue. (badly paraphrased, mostly due to my bad memory…) ---
**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 23, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/48 "2012-09-23T19:04:17Z")
Bengals letting these guys back into the game…ugh. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/49 "2012-09-23T19:09:14Z")
Skins are running the _triple option_ :eek:! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/50 "2012-09-23T19:15:17Z")
Can you explain to a noob like me what that means and why it’s significant? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/51 "2012-09-23T19:27:33Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Can you explain to a noob like me what that means and why it’s significant? [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_option)’s the basic explanation of the play. It’s just not done in the NFL. At this level the defenders are significantly (and consistently) faster than the offensive lineman (who, in the NFL, are primarily chosen for their ability to pass protect), and NFL QBs are typically not fast enough to have enough of an advantage to make the play successfully gain yards. ---
**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 23, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/52 "2012-09-23T19:41:32Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_option)’s the basic explanation of the play. > > It’s just not done in the NFL. At this level the defenders are significantly (and consistently) faster than the offensive lineman (who, in the NFL, are primarily chosen for their ability to pass protect), and NFL QBs are typically not fast enough to have enough of an advantage to make the play successfully gain yards. Thank you for burning all your timeouts Washington! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/53 "2012-09-23T19:51:06Z")
Vikings decide to be this weeks Cardinals? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/54 "2012-09-23T19:51:57Z")
Skins secondary is just awful. They may as well not even put anyone out on the field. ---
**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 23, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/55 "2012-09-23T20:00:59Z")
The refs just gave SF a challenge they were not allowed to usE and ended up giving the Niners a turnover from it. And now they have tiven the Niners a fourth timeout. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/56 "2012-09-23T20:05:49Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > The refs just gave SF a challenge they were not allowed to usE and ended up giving the Niners a turnover from it. > > And now they have tiven the Niners a fourth timeout. Amazing. Maybe they can use it to challenge the interception? OMG, Harbaugh just did! ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/57 "2012-09-23T20:22:26Z")
Lions/Titans going to overtime! Lions score 2 TDs in last minute and a half to force OT. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/58 "2012-09-23T20:48:21Z")
I don’t think I like the Cards’ black unis. ---
**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 23, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/59 "2012-09-23T20:51:47Z")
I don’t even know what to say. I think I hate my team. ---
**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 23, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273/60 "2012-09-23T20:58:01Z")
Haha the refs tried to force the Eagles to accept a holding penalty. Amazing incompetence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/635273.md?page=4)