Best & Worst NFL Week Three

Week Three in the NFL has come and gone and there's quite a few things that can be taken away from what was in the NFL. Kansas City established, yet again, why they maybe the very best team in the league, while the Jets and Giants both showed just how bad they could really be. Josh Allen further shuts up Jalen Ramsey and is having an outstanding season. As is Russel Wilson, who's putting in an early claim for a possible MVP run. So lets look back at some of the best and worst from week three in the NFL

Best: Russel Wilson, Quarterback Seattle Seahawks

If there's anybody in the game of football right now, who could be making an early claim for MVP this season, its Russel Wilson. Seattle pulled off a 38-31 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Yes Dak had the better day, at least in regards to number of yards put up, Wilson was the better QB on the day. He finished with 5 TD passes, giving him an NFL record 14 touchdown passes through the first three games of the season. Oh and Wilson joined Tom Brady (2007), Daunte Culpepper (2004) and Ben Roethlisberger (2014) as the only NFL quarterbacks to throw five TD passes in consecutive games. The only downsides were he was sacked four times and went 27 of 40 on the day. But the 315 passing yards and 5 TD's more than made up for it. He's coming down to earth a little completing his passes but he's been really powering the Seattle offense,

Worst: Mitch Trubisky, Quarterback, Chicago Bears

After three years, it looks like the plug is finally getting pulled in Chicago. Taken with the 2nd overall pick in 2017, Trubisky was supposed to be the guy to be able to turn the fortune of the Bears around and make them a winner. Well after three full seasons, and three rough outings this year, it looks like the plug may finally be getting pulled. He's been average at best during his time in the Windy City. Just look at what he did in the Bears 30-26 win over Atlanta on Sunday. He finished 13 of 22 for 128 yards a touchdown and a pick, plus a 45 yard run at one point during the contest. Still it wasn't enough and he was replaced by Nick Foles, who threw three TD passes in leading Chicago to the comeback win. The offense for Chicago moved a lot better after the QB switch midway through the 3rd quarter. A small part of me feels bad for Mitch, that he was never really able to catch his game up to this level. Who knows what this means for him, or the team, going down the road.

Best: Allen Lazard, Wide Receiver Green Bay Packers

Green Bay put up a statement in a 37-30 win over New Orleans. Devante Adams wasn't available for the Packers. Didn't matter, as Aaron Rogers was able to find himself another primary target. That's where Allen Lazard comes in. The second year receiver out of Iowa State had himself a day in the win over the Saints. He finished the day with 6 catches for 147 yards and a touchdown. He had the 2nd most receiving yards in the league this week, trailing only Justin Jefferson 175 for Minnesota. Rogers always finds a way to do this. He seems to be able to really work with anybody and make them productive game in and game out. He did that this week with Lazard and it helped lead the Packers to another victory./

Worst: Dan Quinn, Head Coach Atlanta Falcons

Your heading down a slippery slope here. With their 30-26 loss to Chicago on Sunday, the Falcons became the first team ever to lose twice in one seas when holding leads of 15 or more points in the 4th quarter. As a matter of fact, including playoffs, this is the 5th time since 2016 that the Falcons have blown a lead of that or bigger. This seems like it doesn't happen to anybody else. And it makes it more shocking the way its gone down. They knocked Trubisky out (which we talked about earlier) and allowed Nick Foles to power the Bears back into the tame and eventually the win. For this mess, somebody has to take a blame for it, and right now I'm putting it on Dan Quinn, for not being able to get his team ready to close out games. The defense hasn't been there late in games the last two weeks.

Best: Dalvin Cook, Running Back Minnesota Vikings

Again I know its strange having a guy under the best in a game that was a losing effort, but it'd be a shame if I didn't put Cook here for the performance he had. Sure the Vikings lost 31-30 to the Titans, but Cook outran Derrick Henry and the rest of the league in week three, by a wide margin. Cook finished the day with 1 touchdown and 1818 yards on the ground on 22 carries on the afternoon. The next closest rusher to him in week three was Derrick Henry, who finished with 119 yards on the ground. Cook kept the Vikings in the ball game on the offensive side of things. Now if only the Vikings could get the rest of their game figured out.

Worst: Doug Peterson, Head Coach Philadelphia Eagles

You know its ugly when there's a tie in an NFL game, but that's what we had with the 23-23 game between the Eagles and Bengals on Sunday. Philly had a chance to win it with a 59 yard field goal with time running down in OT, but were flagged for a false start penalty. They punted instead, trying to preserve the tie, which is pretty embarrassing. Its no wonder the Eagles have gotten booed by the fake crowd noise over the last couple of weeks. Doug Peterson seems like, at times this year, he has no idea what he's doing running this Eagles team. Playing it safe sometimes can really bit you right in the rear end in this league.

Best: Detroit Lions

This has been a long time coming in the Motor City. Detroit snapped an eleven game losing streak on Sunday, beating Arizona 26-23. The Cards had been one of the hotter teams in the league over the first two games of the season, but they were brought back down to earth a little with the loss to Detroit. The Lions hadn't won a game since October 27th last year, beating the Giants at home. Matthew Stafford threw for 270 yards and a pair of touchdowns and looked solid in this game. Detroit's D made big stops when they needed to, and managed to keep Kyler Murray in check. Congrats to Detroit on finally getting a win.

Worst: New York Football (Outside of Buffalo)

The only team in New York that really knows how to win are the Bills, who sit atop the AFC East at 3-0. As for the other two teams, the Jets and Giants, they sit a combined 0-6 and have 75 points scored combined between the two of them. Big Blue lost 36-9 to a depleted 49ers team, while Gang Green was whipped 36-7 by the Colts. With the Jets, they're missing a lot of guys in skill positions due to injury, so Sam Darnold is stuck with scrap heap players. Adam Gase job is on the line against Denver in week four, with reports that he could be fired the next day if the Jets lose. As for the Giants, they can't get anything going right. The offense has shown some flashes but can't rally amount to much of anything. The defense looks like a total mess. Its just bad football going on in the New York/Metro area and that's being polite.