# NFL Week 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 22, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954 "2017-09-22T07:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/41 "2017-09-24T19:42:22Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Don’t want to jinx it, but this Bears backfield is excellent. Aside from the showboating fuck up, this has been one of the most enjoyable NFL games I’ve watched in a long time, I love to see the run game ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/42 "2017-09-24T19:44:56Z")
Lot’s of late flags in the Bills-Broncos game. Lots of flags period. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/43 "2017-09-24T19:46:11Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Aside from the showboating fuck up, this has been one of the most enjoyable NFL games I’ve watched in a long time, I love to see the run game It’s been good, but a lot of penalties (on the Bears, natch) and too many unforced errors. Left at least 7 points on the field. Love the style though. If the Bears had the passing game to complement it, they’d be scary. Penalties and injuries are looking like the hallmark of this Bears squad for the 3rd year in a row. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/44 "2017-09-24T19:52:45Z")
3 FGs by Haushka, shortest one of 49yds. I wonder if Seattle wish that maybe they had kept him. ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/45 "2017-09-24T20:05:17Z")
Just looking around at the scores. Up is left! Down is clockwise! WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/46 "2017-09-24T20:18:47Z")
Blades of grass… and, we’re fucked again. Thanks NFL. ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/47 "2017-09-24T20:20:22Z")
That TD run by Cohen was a thing of beauty. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/48 "2017-09-24T20:20:44Z")
…There beyond the glass is a real blade of grass, be careful as you pass… ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/49 "2017-09-24T20:23:26Z")
The Bills didn’t play a great game but the Broncos weren’t playing a good game. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/50 "2017-09-24T20:24:14Z")
And all is right in the world. Whew. ---
**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 24, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/51 "2017-09-24T20:24:55Z")
It says a lot about the Patriots, that my local broadcast switched over to their game in the final three minutes and they were down by five points - but I still expected that they would win. And they did. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/52 "2017-09-24T20:26:05Z")
The Saints finally put a good game together! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/53 "2017-09-24T20:26:06Z")
Bears win! Wow, what a game. Naturally, I didn’t TiVo it. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/54 "2017-09-24T21:17:30Z")
Sherman will be ejected. Unfairly IMO. Mariota had only one foot out of bounds. ETA: Offseting but still, the quarterback is safe with one step out of bounds? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/55 "2017-09-24T21:56:01Z")
I’m not watching the game, but i am keeping one eye on my fantasy team. Aaron Rodgers has been sacked five times, in the first half! WTF is going on? If the Green Bay O-line comprised of a sheet of damp tissue paper held up by thin pieces of balsa wood? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/56 "2017-09-24T22:20:03Z")
Seahawks just cannot catch the ball today ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/57 "2017-09-24T22:26:12Z")
Got Sunday Ticket for the first time (piggy-backing off my parents’ subscription) and am watching the Red Zone channel on my iPad. This is a solid game watching experience. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/58 "2017-09-24T23:17:25Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Aaron Rodgers has been sacked five times, in the first half! WTF is going on? > > If the Green Bay O-line comprised of a sheet of damp tissue paper held up by thin pieces of balsa wood? Pretty much. I think that they’re currently missing three starters on the offensive line. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/59 "2017-09-24T23:46:55Z")
Another lousy first half then a good second half by the Packers. Kick on 2nd and goal? I guess it was close enough not to try to run it closer. Brian ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954/60 "2017-09-25T00:06:13Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Kick on 2nd and goal? I guess it was close enough not to try to run it closer. Well, running another play gains you pretty much nothing. The field goal wins the game, and it’s at least a 95% play from that distance. Gaining a few more yards wouldn’t materially increase the odds of a successful FG, but _would_ have a non-zero chance of a turnover (and the defense would be doing all they could to strip the ball), or losing yardage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954.md?page=4)