NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 3 of the 2024 NFL season. 1) Malik Nabers‘ hot start to rookie year leads to early accolades It’s been the Malik Nabers show for the Giants through three weeks, as the rookie phenom has …
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs moved to 3-0 for the first time since 2020 with a 22-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night, but to hear the QB speak after the game, you wouldn’t have known his team was victorious. “I’ll speak especially offensively to me, myself. I feel like I …
Derrick Henry enjoyed a breakout game with the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, rumbling over the Dallas Cowboys for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Fittingly, his best game in a Ravens jersey thus far came in Dallas, where he spends his offseason training. “I hold myself to a high standard. I definitely wanted to come out …
Mercury Morris, a staple on the legendary Miami Dolphins teams of the 1970s, has died at the age of 77, the team announced on Sunday. Morris played seven of his eight NFL seasons for the Dolphins, winning two Super Bowls and earning three Pro Bowl selections during his Miami tenure. “We are deeply saddened by …
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Here are the injuries and news we’re monitoring around the league on this Week 3 Sunday: Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Jackson Barton (toe) and defensive lineman Justin Jones (undisclosed injury) were ruled out versus the Lions. Defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga (knee) did not return. Tight end Trey McBride was evaluated for a concussion. Atlanta Falcons …
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Fresh off an improbable comeback win in Baltimore and returning to Las Vegas for a home opener against a winless Carolina squad that had just benched its starting quarterback, the Raiders were set up Sunday with a perfect opportunity to move to 2-1. Instead, Antonio Pierce’s squad laid a massive egg in front of the …
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Less than a month ago, Malik Willis was a Tennessee Titans quarterback whose immediate future was unclear. In his final appearance at Nissan Stadium as a Titan, Willis threw an interception and took two sacks. Nine days later, he’d be traded to the Packers for a seventh-round pick. But in Willis’ return to his old …
Bo Nix is still looking for his first touchdown pass three games into his NFL career, but he got his first win on Sunday. Nix used his arm wisely and his legs productively as he helped the Denver Broncos upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-7, in stunningly dominant fashion on the road. “We played motivated …
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The Miami Dolphins might be on their third starting quarterback of the young season come Week 4. Backup quarterback Skylar Thompson was knocked out of Sunday’s 24-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks with what head coach Mike McDaniel described as a “pretty painful” rib injury, which puts his status for Miami’s Sept. 30 game against …
C.J. Gardner-Johnson spent his first three NFL seasons with New Orleans, but he gave no love to his former club after the Philadelphia Eagles came back to beat the Saints, 15-12, in Week 3. “Listen, we keep receipts,” Gardner-Johnson said. “What’d I tell y’all in the locker room? See y’all Sunday. … They got rid …
