The NFL Roundup 2021: Week 3 – What We Learned

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Well, hello again football fans, and welcome back to another edition of the NFL Roundup and boy, do we have lots to talk about today. Because Week 3 was about as epic as they come. Since it was filled to the brim with stunning upsets and other surprises along the way. So, without further ado, let’s dive right into last weekend’s slate of games and talk about those surprises and everything else we learned from Week 3 in the NFL.
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Stick a fork in the Jacksonville Jaguars, they’re done.
There was a great deal of hope surrounding the Jacksonville Jaguars in the offseason. After all, they got the best prospect in the draft, they had a new head coach in place and well… that hope is all gone now. Because they’re 0-3, they look awful and their prize QB also looks awful, more on that in a moment. Which means, it is time for our first farewell blurb of the season. For the time has come to forget about Jacksonville going forward because that is it. Their season is done and there’s little left to celebrate regarding them in 2021. So, all we can do at this point is wish Jaguars fans the best and hope their team improves as the year rolls along and check back in with them in 2022.
 
The Kansas City Chiefs are officially in trouble.
We’ve talked at length over the past couple of weeks regarding the Kansas City Chiefs and with good reason. Because they have been stunned this season on more than one occasion, leaving one to wonder if their season is in jeopardy and well… it’s official, it is. Because their loss on Sunday makes it clear that teams have figured out their garbage secondary and how to take advantage of it. And since it’s the middle of September and the free agency market isn’t rife with top tier corners, mainly because Denver scooped them up… they either need to execute a major trade to improve that secondary or take their lumps and well, they certainly don’t seem inclined to improve it. So, buckle up Chiefs fans, because that secondary is about to get torched on a regular basis and that will undoubtedly change the fortunes in the AFC West this season.
 
The Denver Broncos might finally be a contender again.
Speaking the AFC West, we need to take a moment and talk about the Broncos. Because they look stunningly good right now and yes, I know, they’re faced three bad teams. But if they stunk, those games would have been A LOT closer, or they would have dropped one of those three. But instead, they’ve played inspired football through and through. The kind that has allowed for Von Miller and that stingy defense to thrive and has also opened up opportunities galore for Teddy Bridgewater and the offense and they might be contenders once again in this league. And really, we will know if that is the case, come next Sunday. For a win against Baltimore would go far in silencing any of Denver’s remaining doubters.
 
This year’s rookie quarterbacks, need to be benched.
Look I get it, everyone is hoping that the next young QB that takes over their team will be the next Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Baker Mayfield. But the fact of the matter is, most of the rookie quarterbacks in this league will never be as elite as #12 or #18 and it will take some of them years to be decent or great. Which means, the time has come to bench all of these young guns if possible, so they can sit and learn for a hot minute. Which isn’t a popular take by any means but man, for proof that this is needed, just look at Sunday’s stats. Because every rookie QB was just awful through and through and showed their lack of poise and polish. So please, GMs of the NFL. Get them a veteran to learn from, and some bench time and film time, so your teams stand a chance and so the quality of play improves.
 
Congratulations to Justin Tucker for breaking a difficult NFL Record.
Something that every kicker in the NFL wants to accomplish, is to break the longest FG record. Because to do so means they have the strongest leg in the league and they are the most accurate and this is such a difficult and sought out goal that for many, many years… only a handful of men had accomplished the long-standing record of kicking a 63-yard field goal. In fact, it wasn’t until 2013 that Matt Prater broke that record by a yard but on Sunday… well one man has quite literally moved the goalposts on this record. For Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens blasted a 66-yarder through the uprights and well, he deserves a tip of the cap and a round of applause. Because that is a record that will not fall for some time and truly… this is a feat that makes it one-hundred percent clear that Justin Tucker is indeed the finest kicker in the league.  

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