NFL WEEK 3 UPDATE

For my Week 3 update, I'm going to do something a little different.  I'm going to sum up what happened in some of the games using newspaper style headlines.  I've done this before and always had fun with it.  Hopefully you enjoy it too.  Here we go....

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS  14    ATLANTA FALCONS  56

BUMBLING BUCS GET BLASTED IN ATLANTA AS FALCONS DEVIN HESTER BREAKS ALL-TIME RETURNS TOUCHDOWN RECORD.

SUNDAY FOOTBALL GAMES

DALLAS COWBOYS  34    ST. LOUIS RAMS  31

DEMARCO MURRAY RUNS OVER THE RAMS DEFENSE AS THE COWBOYS COMEBACK FROM 21-POINT DEFICIT FOR THE WIN.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS  34    PHILADELPHIA EAGLES  37

DESPITE DeSEAN JACKSON'S BIG GAME FOR WASHINGTON THE EAGLES BECOME FIRST TEAM EVER TO OVERCOME 3 STRAIGHT DOUBLE-DIGIT DEFICITS AND WIN TO BEGIN SEASON.

HOUSTON TEXANS  17    NY GIANTS  30

RASHAD JENNINGS OF THE GIANTS RUNS FOR 176 YARDS HANDING HOUSTON FIRST LOSS OF SEASON.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS  9    NEW ORLEANS SAINTS  20

VIKINGS LOSE GAME AND QUARTERBACK MATT CASSEL WHILE DESPITE THE VICTORY DREW BREES AND THE SAINTS OFFENSE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS  44    JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS  17

LUCK STRIKES FOR 4 TOUCHDOWNS AS THE COLTS CRUSH THE JAGS AND ROOKIE QB BORTLES.

DENVER BRONCOS  20    SEATTLE SEAHAWKS  26

SUPER REMATCH - MANNING'S MIRACLE COMEBACK NOT ENOUGH FOR BRONCOS AS SEAHAWKS SOAR IN OVERTIME FOR THE WIN.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS  37    CAROLINA PANTHERS  19

BIG BEN, BROWN, BELL, AND BLOUNT LEAD STEELERS TO IMPRESSIVE ROAD VICTORY LEAVING CAM NEWTON AND COMPANY BLACK AND BLUE IN CAROLINA.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME

CHICAGO BEARS  27    NY JETS  19

EVEN WITH A DEPLETED SECONDARY THE MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY HOLD OFF GANG GREEN FOR 2ND STRAIGHT ROAD WIN.

That's it for Week 3 of the 2014 NFL Season.  Tune in for next week's update as I reveal my POINT AFTER with THE PITTMAN POWER RANKINGS for the first quarter of the season!!  Until next week....