Kirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes in New Orleans that travelled three, four and four yards. The Raiders came from eleven points down to win 35-27, they are 3-0 for only the second time since 2002, and Kansas City are next.
Denver came back from 16 down on a perfect Bo Nix throw and a leaping sneak, twelve games were decided by one score to tie an NFL record, and the referees were the story elsewhere. The full Week 3 results, decoded.
The commentary at your first NFL game is a language of its own. Here is the phrasebook, from what “first and ten” actually means to why a team hands the ball over on purpose.
Sixty minutes on the clock, eleven of actual action, nearly four hours on television. Here is why an NFL game, and the Super Bowl especially, takes so long.
Nine NFL games are played outside the US this season, three of them in London. It started with one sold-out game at Wembley in 2007. Here is why the league keeps sending real games abroad, and why that is good news if you watch from the UK.
Raiders are 2-0 after a 26-14 win at the Chargers, and the story is the pass rush: by one Next Gen Stats measure they now pressure the quarterback more than any defence in the NFL. Cousins was sharp, and the viral fumble stat needed a second look.
The fireworks of Week 1 gave way to a defensive Sunday: the Bears crashed from 59 points to 3, the Saints stunned the Ravens on the road, and the Chargers slid to 0-2. Here are the full Week 2 results and the stories behind them.
The Bears have three 250-yard rushing games since last season, against four for the rest of the league combined. The number is real, but it runs on two chosen dials: the start date and the yard line. Move either and other teams reappear.
Since 2017, just two teams have used the first pick in the NFL draft on someone who was not a quarterback. The position has quietly become almost the only answer at the very top, and the reason says a lot about the sport.
Brady lost the ball, the Raiders recovered, and a replay review turned it into an incomplete pass under the tuck rule. The NFL scrapped that rule eleven years later by a vote of 29-1.
