Week 3 recap: Chaos reigns, the Vikings do it again, Matt LaFleur is a wizard, the Cowboys are in trouble, and more
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🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Four teams are 3-0 as we head into the final week of September. One is the Chiefs. The other three are the Vikings, Steelers and Seahawks. It's safe to say chaos remains the only constant in the NFL. Well, chaos and the Chiefs. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen wrap up a wild Week 3 on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
- Chaos reigns supreme
- More likely to win their division...Steelers or Seahawks?
- Minnesota Vikings...You Have My Attention
- Matt LaFleur...You Have My Attention
- Saquon Barkley and Dallas Goedert...You Have My Attention
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers...WTF?!?
- Raiders defense...WTF?!?
- Shane Waldron...WTF?!?
- Justin Fields attacking the middle
- Malik Nabers giving off Ja'Marr Chase vibes
- Jauan Jennings has a big day
- The Cowboys defense just might be bad
- It's So Over for the Dolphins
- What We Learned Today
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, the Athletic Football Show, brought to you by Thursday Night Football only on |
| 0:08.5 | Prime Video. |
| 0:09.3 | I am Robert Mays. |
| 0:11.0 | Week three, a chaotic week three in the NFL. |
| 0:15.0 | Me and Derek Classen dug into all of the week three action, the most important things that |
| 0:19.5 | happened on Sunday. |
| 0:20.3 | We started with that idea of just being a chaotic day in the league. We had two and no teams that looked great for the first couple weeks, like the Saints and the Bucks, they lose on Sunday. The Ravens are now one and two. The Niners are now one and two. It just feels like we're searching for who the good teams are, who we can rely on, |
| 0:38.1 | and what that is going to look like moving forward. |
| 0:40.9 | We dug into the Vikings grabbing our attention with another fantastic performance |
| 0:45.7 | against the Houston Texans. |
| 0:47.7 | The Packers, again with Malik Willis, did much of the same in a fantastic repeat |
| 0:52.5 | performance after his first start last week. |
| 0:54.8 | We hit on the Eagles and what guys like Saquan Barkley and Dallas Goddard did in a big win |
| 0:59.3 | against the Saints. On the flip side of things, teams that are a little bit disappointing on |
| 1:03.2 | Sunday. We chatted about the Bucks falling flat against the Broncos, the Raiders giving up a monster |
| 1:07.9 | day to Andy Dalton in that new revamped Carolina Panthers offense |
| 1:12.2 | and which added about some questionable decisions from Shane Waldron and the Chicago Bears |
| 1:17.0 | on Sunday and what has been a frustrating year for them on offense, |
| 1:21.7 | pretty much the entire way through. |
| 1:23.5 | So dug into that and a much, much more. |
| 1:26.0 | So let's get to it. |
| 1:34.8 | Music So dug into that and a much, much more. So let's get to it. Derek, how you doing, man? |
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