Ravens run down Cowboys, Chiefs state case for defence

Week 3 successful the NFL was different thriller arsenic six teams grabbed a archetypal triumph of the season, four tasted their archetypal decision and we were treated to immoderate frantic finishes.

The Baltimore Ravens and the Los Angeles Rams got disconnected the people and piled much misery connected the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers respectively aft contrasting comeback attempts.

The antecedently winless Denver Broncos bushed the antecedently unbeaten Tampa Bay Buccaneers, portion the antecedently hapless New York Giants pulled disconnected an unexpected triumph successful Cleveland.

Even the much-maligned Carolina Panthers grabbed a triumph - beating a Las Vegas Raiders broadside that produced a stunning comeback triumph successful Baltimore conscionable past week.

The Kansas City Chiefs moved to 3-0 and the astonishing Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings are besides unbeaten down their fearsome defences that proceed to dominate.

Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson combined for 238 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns arsenic the Ravens ran the shot 45 times retired of 60 plays to exposure the Cowboys' glaring weakness against the run.

Quaterback Jackson has led his squad successful rushing for the past 5 seasons but having Henry present means the NFL's two-time astir invaluable subordinate does not person to bash it each himself. Henry had his 12th vocation crippled with 150 yards and 2 TDs - conscionable 1 disconnected Jim Brown's all-time record.

Dallas did conjure up 19 fourth-quarter points retired of obscurity and aft Baltimore blew a 10-point pb past week the nerves were there, but the Ravens deserved their archetypal triumph of the season, holding connected for a 28-25 victory.

Like Dallas, San Francisco besides mislaid back-to-back games contempt bouncing retired to a 14-0 pb against the injury-hit Rams, who bagged a melodramatic 27-24 triumph aft a chaotic last fewer minutes.

Jauan Jennings had a monstrous 175-yard, three-touchdown crippled for the Niners, who had large injuries themselves, and Kyren Williams got a hat-trick for the Rams arsenic they joined their rivals with a 1-2 grounds aft a precocious Williams people and adjacent aboriginal Joshua Karty tract goal.

Patrick Mahomes threw 2 TD passes but the Super Bowl champions had to trust connected defence to get implicit the enactment successful a tense 22-17 conflict against the Atlanta Falcons to determination to 3-0.

Mahomes was not astatine his champion and Travis Kelce had different quiescent game, but the defence bailed them retired with 2 precocious stops arsenic the Falcons kept knocking connected the door.

Atlanta caput manager Raheem Morris whitethorn beryllium regretting not kicking a precocious tract extremity arsenic they failed to people a TD from six yards out, but matching the champions passim is simply a bully motion for them going forward.

The different 3 sides to spell to 3-0 connected Sunday are a spot much of a surprise, but the antiaircraft units astatine Pittsburgh and Minnesota successful peculiar mean they are some present teams to beryllium feared.

The Vikings earned their biggest triumph for 5 years with a 34-7 dismantling of the antecedently unbeaten Texans. CJ Stroud was intercepted doubly and sacked 4 times successful a one-sided contest.

TJ Watt continues to pb a stingy Steelers defence that has present allowed conscionable 26 points successful 3 games aft a 20-10 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers.

Mike Tomlin's broadside person reached the play-offs aft each 3 erstwhile 3-0 starts and with back-up QB Justin Fields having his champion crippled of the play they could lone conscionable beryllium warming up.

The Seattle Seahawks are the archetypal squad to commencement 3-0 and let nether 150 passing yards successful each crippled since 1979, but they were helped by the Miami Dolphins having to usage their third-choice QB successful their 24-3 defeat.

The Philadelphia Eagles responded to last Monday's achy nonaccomplishment successful Atlanta by bottling up a New Orleans Saints onslaught that had scored 91 points successful 2 games, to triumph a 15-12 antiaircraft conflict successful the Superdome.

Three touchdowns came successful the 4th fourth aft conscionable 3 points were scored earlier past - with Saquon Barkley showing wherefore the Eagles brought him successful with a game-breaking 65-yard touchdown tally the archetypal of his 2 scores.

Despite losing their opener to the Eagles, the Green Bay Packers inactive look similar superior contenders aft back-up backmost Malik Willis led them to a 30-14 triumph astatine the Tennessee Titans.

Titans backmost Will Levis was mauled by the Packers defence, who sacked him 8 times and grabbed 2 interceptions arsenic Green Bay proceed to triumph without prima antheral Jordan Love.

Carolina's arguable determination to bench erstwhile fig 1 wide prime Bryce Young paid off, arsenic journeyman replacement Andy Dalton became the archetypal backmost this play to person a 300-yard, three-touchdown crippled to pb the Panthers to their archetypal triumph of the campaign.

Raiders caput manager Antonio Pierce was furious with his side's mediocre absorption to past week's thrilling win, but the Panthers did not attraction 1 spot arsenic they ran distant with a 36-22 victory.

The New York Giants fumbled the opening kick-off to spell down successful the archetypal 11 seconds successful Cleveland, but rookie receiver Malik Nabers' 2 touchdown grabs helped them to a 21-15 comeback win.

Nabers looks a prima successful the making arsenic helium became the archetypal subordinate to drawback much than 20 passes for implicit 250 yards and 3 oregon much touchdowns successful his archetypal 3 vocation games.

Bo Nix got his archetypal triumph arsenic Denver Broncos backmost successful their triumph implicit Tampa Bay. Caleb Williams threw his archetypal touchdown passes but the Chicago Bears mislaid astatine the Indianapolis Colts and the Detroit Lions got backmost connected way with triumph astatine the Arizona Cardinals.